An account of the English dramatick poets, or, Some observations and remarks on the lives and writings of all those that have publish'd either comedies, tragedies, tragi-comedies, pastorals, masques, interludes, farces or opera's in the English tongue by Gerard Langbaine.
         New catalogue of English plays
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             An account of the English dramatick poets, or, Some observations and remarks on the lives and writings of all those that have publish'd either comedies, tragedies, tragi-comedies, pastorals, masques, interludes, farces or opera's in the English tongue by Gerard Langbaine.
             New catalogue of English plays
             Langbaine, Gerard, 1656-1692.
          
           [16], 556, [32], p., [5] leaves of plates : ports.
           
             Printed by L.L. for George West and Henry Clements,
             Oxford :
             1691.
          
           
             Based on: New catalogue of English plays, London, 1688 [Dec. 1687], an unauthorized ed. of which had appeared a month earlier under title: Momus triumphans, or, The plagiaries of the English stage.
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           AN
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           THE
           English
           Dramatick
           POETS
           .
        
         
           OR
           ,
           Some
           OBSERVATIONS
           And
           REMARKS
        
         
           On
           the
           Lives
           and
           Writings
           ,
           of
           all
           those
           that
           have
           Publish'd
           either
           Comedies
           ,
           Tragedies
           ,
           Tragi-Comedies
           ,
           Pastorals
           ,
           Masques
           ,
           Interludes
           ,
           Farces
           ,
           or
           Opera's
           in
           the
           
             ENGLISH
             TONGUE
          
           .
        
         
           By
           GERARD
           LANGBAINE
           .
        
         
           OXFORD
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             L.
             L.
          
           for
           GEORGE
           WEST
           ,
           and
           HENRY
           CLEMENTS
           .
        
         
           
             An.
             Dom.
          
           1691.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           The
           RIGHT
           HONOURABLE
           JAMES
           ,
           EARL
           of
           ABINGTON
           ,
           Baron
           NORREYS
           ,
           of
           RICOTT
           :
           Their
           MAJESTIES
           L
           d
           Lieutenant
           of
           OXFORDSHIRE
           .
        
         
           MY
           LORD
           ,
        
         
           I
           Should
           not
           have
           presum'd
           to
           have
           prefix'd
           so
           Great
           a
           Name
           to
           so
           mean
           a
           Work
           ,
           had
           I
           not
           been
           sufficiently
           assur'd
           that
           Candour
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           are
           not
           the
           least
           of
           those
           Excellent
           Qualities
           ,
           which
           have
           acquir'd
           You
           the
           Love
           and
           Esteem
           of
           all
           that
           have
           the
           Honour
           to
           know
           You.
           'T
           is
           this
           Consideration
           ,
           joyn'd
           with
           the
           Experience
           of
           Your
           Lordship's
           former
           Favours
           ,
           which
           rais'd
           me
           to
           the
           Confidence
           of
           expressing
           my
           Obligations
           to
           Your
           Honour
           ,
           by
           dedicating
           
           not
           so
           much
           the
           following
           Sheets
           ,
           as
           My Self
           ,
           the
           Compiler
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           Your
           Lordship's
           Service
           .
           But
           I
           am
           afraid
           both
           the
           Piece
           and
           its
           Author
           ,
           are
           so
           inconsiderable
           in
           themselves
           ,
           and
           so
           unworthy
           of
           Your
           Lordship's
           Eye
           &
           Regard
           ;
           that
           my
           Offering
           will
           seem
           to
           most
           Men
           ,
           to
           have
           more
           of
           Presumption
           than
           Gratitude
           in
           it
           .
           And
           truly
           ,
           
             MY
             LORD
          
           ,
           I
           am
           so
           sensible
           of
           the
           Objection
           ,
           That
           tho'
           I
           would
           willingly
           shroud
           my self
           under
           Your
           Lordship's
           Patronage
           ,
           yet
           I
           dare
           not
           in
           the
           least
           implore
           it
           for
           the
           Essay
           itself
           ;
           which
           hath
           so
           many
           faults
           ,
           that
           some
           may
           be
           apt
           to
           censure
           the
           whole
           Undertaking
           as
           an
           unpardonable
           One
           :
           and
           I
           am
           unwilling
           that
           Your
           Lordship's
           Name
           shoud
           be
           used
           ,
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           a
           Trifle
           ,
           which
           it
           might
           
           have
           been
           perhaps
           more
           for
           the
           Author's
           Credit
           to
           have
           conceal'd
           than
           publish'd
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           having
           said
           thus
           much
           in
           Excuse
           of
           my self
           ,
           I
           must
           confess
           I
           was
           never
           under
           a
           greater
           Temptation
           ,
           to
           say
           something
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Modern
           Custome
           of
           Dedications
           ,
           in
           Praise
           of
           Your
           LP
           ;
           but
           that
           I
           fear
           I
           should
           need
           another
           kind
           of
           Apology
           ,
           should
           I
           attempt
           to
           give
           a
           Character
           of
           Your
           Personal
           Worth
           and
           Excellency
           ;
           or
           enlarge
           upon
           those
           Eminent
           Services
           ,
           with
           which
           You
           have
           oblig'd
           both
           Your
           Prince
           and
           Country
           ,
           in
           the
           most
           hazardous
           Tryals
           of
           Your
           Loyalty
           &
           Affection
           to
           each
           ,
           when
           either
           the
           rights
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           or
           the
           Liberties
           of
           the
           People
           call'd
           for
           your
           Assistance
           :
           Your
           Lordship
           being
           still
           one
           of
           the
           First
           ,
           that
           was
           content
           to
           have
           these
           Your
           Obligations
           
           cancell'd
           and
           forgotten
           ;
           and
           who
           never
           suffer'd
           either
           the
           Caresses
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           or
           the
           Applause
           of
           the
           Populace
           ,
           to
           tempt
           You
           from
           Your
           Duty
           ,
           or
           Your
           Post
           :
           But
           having
           adorn'd
           the
           Great
           Office
           You
           undertook
           ,
           and
           nobly
           defended
           the
           Religion
           You
           profess'd
           ,
           (
           by
           steering
           betwixt
           the
           hot
           blasts
           of
           Zeal
           ,
           &
           the
           colder
           calms
           of
           Indifferency
           )
           You
           generously
           declin'd
           to
           make
           Your
           Services
           appear
           mercenary
           ,
           or
           by
           raising
           Your Self
           to
           a
           higher
           Station
           ,
           give
           the
           World
           occasion
           to
           suspect
           that
           You
           courted
           Virtue
           and
           Religion
           for
           any
           other
           than
           their
           own
           Rewards
           :
           Which
           that
           Your
           Lordship
           may
           happily
           enjoy
           is
           the
           Constant
           and
           Affectionate
           Wish
           of
        
         
           YOUR
           LORDSHIP'S
           Most
           Oblig'd
           ,
           Faithful
           and
           Humble
           Servant
           ,
           
             GERARD
             LANGBAINE
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           MY
           former
           
             Catalogue
             of
             Plays
          
           ,
           in
           spite
           of
           the
           Malice
           and
           poor
           Designes
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Poets
           and
           their
           Agents
           ,
           to
           destroy
           its
           Reputation
           ,
           (
           by
           printing
           a
           Spurious
           Title-page
           ,
           and
           an
           uncorrected
           Preface
           )
           has
           notwithstanding
           found
           so
           kind
           a
           Reception
           from
           the
           Generality
           of
           Unbyass'd
           Judges
           ;
           that
           I
           thought
           my self
           oblig'd
           by
           Gratitude
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Promise
           ,
           to
           revise
           it
           :
           tho'
           it
           were
           only
           to
           purge
           it
           of
           those
           Errata's
           contracted
           in
           the
           former
           Edition
           .
           I
           am
           so
           far
           from
           relenting
           what
           I
           have
           enterpris'd
           ,
           (
           as
           some
           have
           been
           pleas'd
           to
           report
           )
           that
           I
           am
           only
           sorry
           that
           my
           Power
           is
           not
           equal
           to
           the
           Zeal
           I
           have
           for
           the
           Memory
           of
           those
           Illustrious
           Authors
           ,
           the
           Classicks
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           those
           later
           Writers
           of
           our
           own
           Nation
           ,
           Mr
           
             Shakespear
             ,
             Fletcher
             ,
             Johnson
             ,
             Cowley
             ,
             &c.
          
           that
           I
           might
           be
           capable
           of
           doing
           them
           better
           Service
           ,
           in
           vindicating
           Their
           Fame
           ,
           and
           in
           exposing
           our
           Modern
           Plagiaries
           ,
           by
           detecting
           Part
           of
           their
           Thefts
           .
           I
           say
           Part
           ,
           because
           I
           cannot
           be
           suppos'd
           to
           have
           trac'd
           them
           
           in
           All
           :
           And
           having
           no
           Partners
           in
           my
           Discovery
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           expected
           but
           that
           many
           things
           will
           escape
           my
           Observation
           .
           However
           ,
           this
           may
           serve
           for
           a
           Hint
           to
           others
           ;
           who
           being
           better
           vers'd
           in
           Books
           ,
           may
           build
           upon
           the
           Foundation
           which
           is
           here
           laid
           .
           And
           who
           ever
           peruses
           the
           following
           Sheets
           ,
           will
           find
           the
           Observation
           of
           
             Paulus
             Jovius
          
           ,
           to
           be
           very
           applicable
           to
           most
           of
           the
           Poets
           of
           this
           Age
           ;
           
             Castrant
             alios
             ,
             ut
             Libros
             suos
             per
             se
             graciles
             ,
             alieno
             adipe
             suffarciant
             .
          
        
         
           But
           how
           just
           soever
           my
           Design
           may
           seem
           to
           unprejudic'd
           Readers
           ,
           I
           must
           expect
           to
           be
           loudly
           exclaim'd
           against
           ,
           is
           not
           openly
           assaulted
           by
           those
           Poets
           ,
           who
           may
           think
           themselves
           injur'd
           in
           their
           Reputation
           by
           the
           following
           Remarks
           :
           But
           I
           am
           already
           prepar'd
           for
           the
           worst
           ;
           having
           learnt
           from
           the
           Author
           of
           
             Absalom
             and
             Achitophel
          
           *
           ,
           
             That
             how
             honest
             soever
             the
             Design
             be
             ,
             he
             who
             draws
             his
             Pen
             for
             One
             Party
             ,
             must
             expect
             to
             make
             Enemies
             of
             the
             Other
             ;
             and
             every
             Man
             is
             a
             Knave
             or
             an
             Ass
             to
             the
             contrary
             side
             .
          
           I
           shall
           therefore
           leave
           the
           Poets
           to
           their
           own
           Management
           ,
           whilst
           I
           address
           my self
           to
           my
           disingag'd
           Reader
           ;
           whom
           I
           hope
           to
           find
           
           Favourable
           ,
           to
           One
           who
           aims
           only
           at
           his
           Diversion
           ;
           and
           intends
           never
           to
           trouble
           the
           World
           again
           on
           this
           Subject
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           endeavour'd
           to
           make
           this
           Piece
           as
           useful
           as
           the
           Subject
           would
           bear
           ,
           or
           my
           Abilities
           reach
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           almost
           confident
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           were
           satisfied
           with
           my
           former
           Catalogue
           ,
           will
           be
           much
           more
           favourable
           to
           
             This
             Account
             of
             the
             Dramatick
             Poets
             :
          
           since
           they
           will
           find
           This
           so
           different
           from
           That
           ,
           both
           in
           Form
           and
           Matter
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           justly
           be
           stil'd
           
             A
             New
             Book
          
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           First
           place
           then
           I
           have
           given
           a
           succinct
           Account
           of
           the
           Time
           in
           which
           most
           of
           the
           Ancient
           Poets
           liv'd
           ;
           the
           place
           of
           their
           Nativity
           ,
           Quality
           ,
           Death
           ,
           Writings
           ,
           &c.
           in
           a
           larger
           manner
           than
           either
           Mr.
           Philips
           or
           Mr.
           Winstanley
           ;
           and
           have
           collected
           all
           the
           material
           Passages
           of
           their
           Lives
           ,
           which
           I
           found
           scattered
           in
           Doctor
           
             Fuller
             ,
             Lloydd
             ,
             à
             Wood
             ,
             &c.
          
           into
           One
           Volume
           ,
           for
           the
           greater
           Ease
           of
           the
           Reader
           ,
           and
           Advantage
           to
           the
           Work.
           I
           have
           not
           indeed
           always
           cited
           my
           Authorities
           ,
           to
           avoid
           loading
           the
           Page
           ;
           tho'
           I
           here
           once
           for
           all
           make
           my
           publick
           Acknowledgment
           to
           the
           Fore-mention'd
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           other
           worthy
           Writers
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           
           have
           been
           oblig'd
           in
           the
           compiling
           this
           Treatise
           .
           Neither
           have
           I
           omitted
           to
           apply
           my self
           to
           several
           Persons
           now
           living
           for
           Information
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           promis'd
           me
           great
           matters
           ;
           which
           occasioned
           my
           deferring
           the
           Publication
           for
           some
           time
           :
           but
           I
           found
           that
           the
           Memoires
           I
           expected
           from
           London
           ,
           were
           like
           to
           arrive
           with
           Cardinal
           
           Perron's
           Manuscripts
           from
           Rome
           ,
           which
           he
           was
           to
           make
           use
           of
           in
           his
           Vindication
           of
           
             Henry
             le
             Grand
          
           :
           and
           that
           should
           I
           have
           stay'd
           for
           the
           completion
           of
           these
           Promises
           ,
           the
           Louvre
           would
           have
           sooner
           been
           finisht
           than
           my
           Book
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           I
           have
           in
           this
           Edition
           ,
           given
           the
           Reader
           a
           large
           Account
           of
           the
           Title-page
           of
           each
           Play
           which
           I
           have
           seen
           ,
           as
           the
           Double
           Titles
           ;
           the
           Place
           where
           acted
           ,
           the
           Date
           when
           printed
           ,
           and
           the
           Person
           to
           whom
           Dedicated
           ;
           with
           other
           Observations
           ,
           which
           might
           obiter
           occur
           or
           relate
           more
           immediately
           to
           each
           Play.
           
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           As
           to
           those
           Plays
           founded
           on
           History
           ,
           instead
           of
           One
           or
           Two
           ,
           (
           as
           formerly
           )
           I
           have
           cited
           most
           of
           the
           Historians
           that
           have
           treated
           on
           that
           Subject
           ,
           that
           the
           Reader
           might
           compare
           the
           Play
           ,
           with
           the
           Original
           Story
           .
           I
           have
           not
           mention'd
           so
           many
           Authors
           ,
           out
           of
           hopes
           of
           being
           
           counted
           Industrious
           ,
           or
           to
           beget
           an
           Opinion
           in
           the
           World
           of
           my
           Reading
           :
           Tho'
           as
           an
           Ingenious
           Author
           observes
           
           ,
           
             This
             Humor
             possesseth
             many
             Men
             ,
             that
             brag
             of
             many
             Books
             Coming
             under
             their
             Discovery
             :
             as
             if
             not
             only
             with
             the
             Mice
             they
             had
             crept
             through
             the
             Crannies
             of
             all
             Libraries
             ;
             but
             also
             with
             the
             Mothes
             ,
             had
             got
             betwixt
             the
             Leaves
             of
             all
             Treatises
             therein
             .
          
           I
           am
           so
           far
           from
           affecting
           Title-Learning
           ,
           in
           which
           every
           Bookseller
           would
           perhaps
           excel
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           willing
           to
           acknowledge
           to
           the
           Reader
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           owing
           to
           the
           Compendious
           Collections
           of
           Historians
           and
           Chronologers
           ,
           for
           their
           Directions
           ,
           to
           find
           any
           Story
           or
           Action
           in
           the
           Original
           Author
           ;
           and
           therefore
           shall
           account
           it
           no
           lessening
           to
           my
           Reputation
           to
           be
           trac'd
           in
           
             Calvisius
             ,
             Spondanus
             ,
             Lloyd
             ,
             Moreri
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           As
           to
           the
           Drammas
           ,
           which
           are
           founded
           on
           Romances
           or
           Forreign
           Plays
           ,
           I
           have
           much
           enlarg'd
           my
           Remarks
           ;
           having
           employ'd
           a
           great
           part
           (
           if
           not
           too
           much
           )
           of
           my
           Time
           in
           reading
           Plays
           and
           Novels
           ,
           in
           several
           Languages
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           I
           have
           discovered
           many
           more
           Thefts
           than
           those
           in
           the
           former
           Catalogue
           ;
           and
           have
           
           (
           for
           the
           Readers
           Ease
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           my
           own
           Vindication
           )
           cited
           the
           particulars
           of
           each
           Plagiary
           ,
           to
           obviate
           an
           Objection
           of
           a
           certain
           Poet
           ,
           who
           professes
           he
           has
           not
           stollen
           half
           of
           what
           
             I
             then
          
           accused
           him
           of
           .
        
         
           What
           Reception
           this
           Piece
           may
           find
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           very
           sollicitous
           ,
           nor
           greatly
           concern'd
           :
           since
           (
           as
           the
           Judicious
           Sr.
           
             Robert
             Howard
          
           has
           observ'd
           *
           )
           
             Things
             of
             this
             Nature
             ,
             tho'
             never
             so
             Excellent
             ,
             or
             never
             to
             Mean
             ,
             have
             seldome
             prov'd
             the
             Foundation
             of
             Men's
             New-built
             Fortunes
             ,
             or
             the
             Ruine
             of
             their
             Old.
             
          
           I
           am
           so
           far
           from
           valuing
           my self
           upon
           this
           Performance
           ,
           that
           if
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           in
           it
           worth
           Commendation
           ,
           the
           Poets
           are
           at
           liberty
           to
           father
           it
           upon
           whom
           they
           please
           ,
           or
           claim
           it
           as
           their
           own
           ,
           without
           my
           taking
           any
           offence
           at
           it
           :
           And
           if
           I
           can
           but
           be
           so
           happy
           as
           to
           obtain
           a
           Pardon
           from
           the
           more
           solid
           part
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           for
           having
           mis-spent
           my
           Time
           in
           these
           Lighter
           Studies
           ,
           I
           promise
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           to
           imploy
           my self
           on
           Subjects
           of
           more
           Weight
           and
           Importance
           .
        
         
           GER
           .
           LANGBAINE
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           AUTHORS
           Names
           .
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               WIlliam
               Alexander
               
                 E.
                 of
                 Sterline
              
               .
            
             
               1
            
             
               Robert
               Armin.
               
            
             
               6
            
          
        
         
           
             B.
             
          
           
             
               Abraham
               Baily
               .
            
             
               6
            
             
               John
               Banckroft
               .
            
             
               6
            
             
               John
               Banks
               .
            
             
               7
            
             
               Barnaby
               Barnes
               .
            
             
               9
            
             
               Robert
               Baron
               .
            
             
               10
            
             
               Lodowick
               Barrey
               .
            
             
               14
            
             
               Francis
               Beaumont
               .
            
             
               14
            
             
               
                 Capt.
                 Will.
              
               Bedloe
               .
            
             
               15
            
             
               
                 Mrs.
                 Astraea
              
               Behn
               .
            
             
               17
            
             
               Dabridgec
               .
               Belchier
               .
            
             
               24
            
             
               Richard
               Bernard
               .
            
             
               24
            
             
               R.
               Boyle
               
                 E.
                 Orrery
              
               .
            
             
               27
            
             
               
                 Mrs.
                 Fran.
              
               Boothby
               .
            
             
               26
            
             
               Samuel
               Brandon
               .
            
             
               30
            
             
               Anthony
               Brewer
               .
            
             
               30
            
             
               Alexander
               Brome
               .
            
             
               31
            
             
               Richard
               Brome
               .
            
             
               33
            
             
               
                 Fulk
                 Lord
              
               Brook.
               
            
             
               38
            
             
               Henry
               Burkhead
               .
            
             
               41
            
             
               Henry
               Burnel
               .
            
             
               42
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Lady
                 Eliz.
              
               Carew
               .
            
             
               43
            
             
               Thomas
               Carew
               .
            
             
               43
            
             
               Lodowick
               Carlell
               .
            
             
               45
            
             
               James
               Carlisle
            
             
               49
            
             
               Richard
               Carpenter
               .
            
             
               50
            
             
               Will.
               Carthwright
               .
            
             
               51
            
             
               Rob.
               Chamberlain
               .
            
             
               56
            
             
               Will.
               Chamberlain
               .
            
             
               56
            
             
               George
               Chapman
               .
            
             
               57
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 Aston
              
               Cockain
               .
            
             
               67
            
             
               Edward
               Cook.
               
            
             
               71
            
             
               John
               Cook.
               
            
             
               72
            
             
               John
               Corey
               .
            
             
               73
            
             
               Charles
               Cotton
               .
            
             
               74
            
             
               Abraham
               Cowley
               .
            
             
               77
            
             
               Robert
               Cox.
               
            
             
               89
            
             
               John
               Crown
               .
            
             
               90
            
          
        
         
           
             D.
             
          
           
             
               John
               Dancer
               .
            
             
               97
            
             
               Samuel
               Daniel
               .
            
             
               100
            
             
               
                 Dr.
                 Ch.
              
               Davenant
            
             
               116
            
             
               
                 Sr.
                 Will.
              
               Davenant
               .
            
             
               106
            
             
               Robert
               Davenport
               .
            
             
               116
            
             
               Robert
               Dabourn
            
             
               117
            
             
               John
               Day
               .
            
             
               118
            
             
               Thomas
               Decker
               .
            
             
               121
            
             
               
                 Sr.
                 John
              
               Denham
               .
            
             
               125
            
             
               John
               Dover
               .
            
             
               129
            
             
               John
               Dryden
               .
            
             
               130
            
             
               Thomas
               Duffet
               .
            
             
               177
            
             
               Thomas
               Durfey
               .
            
             
               179
            
          
        
         
           
             E.
             
          
           
             
               Edw.
               Eccleston
               .
            
             
               185
            
             
               
                 Sr.
                 Gec
              
               .
               Etheridge
               .
            
             
               186
            
          
        
         
           
           
             F.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Sr.
                 Fr.
              
               Fane
               ,
               Jun.
               
            
             
               188
            
             
               
                 Sr.
                 Rich.
              
               Fanshaw
               .
            
             
               190
            
             
               
                 L.
                 Visc.
              
               Falkland
               .
            
             
               197
            
             
               Nathaniel
               Field
               .
            
             
               198
            
             
               Richard
               Fleknoe
               .
            
             
               199
            
             
               John
               Fletcher
               .
            
             
               203
            
             
               John
               Ford.
               
            
             
               219
            
             
               Thomas
               Ford.
               
            
             
               222
            
             
               John
               Fountain
               .
            
             
               223
            
             
               Abraham
               Fraunce
               .
            
             
               223
            
             
               
                 Sr.
                 Ralph
              
               Freeman
               .
            
             
               226
            
             
               Ulpian
               Fulwel
               .
            
             
               227
            
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             
               George
               Gascoigne
               .
            
             
               228
            
             
               Henry
               Glapthorn
               .
            
             
               231
            
             
               Thomas
               Goff
               .
            
             
               233
            
             
               Robert
               Gomersal
               .
            
             
               237
            
             
               Franc.
               Goldsmith
               .
            
             
               238
            
             
               Alex.
               Green.
               
            
             
               241
            
             
               Robert
               Green.
               
            
             
               241
            
          
        
         
           
             H.
             
          
           
             
               Will.
               Habington
               .
            
             
               243
            
             
               Peter
               Haustead
               .
            
             
               244
            
             
               Richard
               Head.
               
            
             
               246
            
             
               Will.
               Hemmings
               .
            
             
               247
            
             
               Jasper
               Heywood
               .
            
             
               248
            
             
               John
               Heywood
               .
            
             
               253
            
             
               Thomas
               Heywood
               .
            
             
               256
            
             
               Barten
               Hollyday
               .
            
             
               270
            
             
               Charles
               Hool
               .
            
             
               272
            
             
               Edw.
               Howard
               .
            
             
               274
            
             
               James
               Howard
               .
            
             
               275
            
             
               
                 Sr.
                 Rob.
              
               Howard
               .
            
             
               276
            
             
               James
               Howel
               .
            
             
               277
            
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Jevorn
               .
            
             
               280
            
             
               Thomas
               Ingeland
               .
            
             
               280
            
             
               Benjamin
               Johnson
               .
            
             
               280
            
             
               Thomas
               Jordan
               .
            
             
               306
            
             
               William
               Joyner
               .
            
             
               308
            
          
        
         
           
             K.
             
          
           
             
               Henry
               Killegrew
               .
            
             
               309
            
             
               Thomas
               Killegrew
               .
            
             
               311
            
             
               
                 Sr.
                 Will.
              
               Killegrew
               .
            
             
               314
            
             
               Thomas
               Kirke
               .
            
             
               315
            
             
               Ralph
               Knevet
               .
            
             
               316
            
             
               Thomas
               Kyd.
               
            
             
               316
            
          
        
         
           
             L.
             
          
           
             
               John
               Lacy.
               
            
             
               317
            
             
               John
               Leanard
               .
            
             
               319
            
             
               Nathaniel
               Lee.
               
            
             
               320
            
             
               John
               Lilly.
               
            
             
               327
            
             
               Thomas
               Lodge
               .
            
             
               330
            
             
               
                 Sr.
                 William
              
               Lower
               .
            
             
               332
            
             
               Thomas
               Lupon
               .
            
             
               334.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             M.
             
          
           
             
               Lewis
               Machin
               .
            
             
               334
            
             
               John
               Maidwell
               .
            
             
               335
            
             
               
                 Dr.
                 Jasper
              
               Main
               .
            
             
               336
            
             
               Cosino
               Manuch
               .
            
             
               338
            
             
               Gervase
               Markham
               .
            
             
               340
            
             
               Christoph.
               Marloe
               .
            
             
               342
            
             
               Shakerley
               Marmion
               .
            
             
               345
            
             
               John
               Marston
               .
            
             
               347
            
             
               John
               Mason
               .
            
             
               352
            
             
               Phil.
               Massinger
               .
            
             
               352
            
             
               Thomas
               May.
               
            
             
               360
            
             
               
               Robert
               Mead.
               
            
             
               365
            
             
               Matth.
               Medhourn
            
             
               366
            
             
               Thomas
               Meriton
               .
            
             
               367
            
             
               Tho.
               Middleton
            
             
               370
            
             
               John
               Milton
               .
            
             
               375
            
             
               Walt.
               Mountague
               .
            
             
               377
            
             
               Will.
               Mountfort
               .
            
             
               378
            
          
        
         
           
             N.
             
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Nabbes
               .
            
             
               379
            
             
               Thomas
               Nash.
               
            
             
               382
            
             
               Alex.
               Nevile
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Robert
               Nevile
               .
            
             
               384
            
             
               
                 Duke
                 of
              
               Newcastle
               .
            
             
               385
            
             
               Dutch.
               Newcastle
               .
            
             
               390
            
             
               Thomas
               Newton
               .
            
             
               394
            
             
               Thomas
               Nuce
               .
            
             
               395
            
          
        
         
           
             O.
             
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Otway
               .
            
             
               395
            
          
        
         
           
             P.
             
          
           
             
               John
               Palsgrave
               .
            
             
               400
            
             
               George
               Peel
               .
            
             
               401
            
             
               Lady
               Pembroke
               .
            
             
               402
            
             
               
                 Mrs.
                 Kath.
              
               Philips
               .
            
             
               403
            
             
               Sam.
               Pordage
               .
            
             
               406
            
             
               Henry
               Porter
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Thomas
               Porter
               .
            
             
               407
            
             
               George
               Powel
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Thomas
               Preston
               .
            
             
               408
            
             
               Edm.
               Prestwith
               .
            
             
               409
            
          
        
         
           
             Q.
             
          
           
             
               Francis
               Quarles
               .
            
             
               409
            
          
        
         
           
             R.
             
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Randolph
               .
            
             
               411
            
             
               Edw.
               Ravenscroft
               .
            
             
               417
            
             
               Thomas
               Rawlins
               .
            
             
               424
            
             
               Edward
               Revet
               .
            
             
               425
            
             
               Nath.
               Richards
               .
            
             
               426
            
             
               William
               Rider
               .
            
             
               427
            
             
               William
               Rowley
               .
            
             
               428
            
             
               Samuel
               Rowley
               .
            
             
               430
            
             
               Joseph
               Rutter
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Thomas
               Rymer
               .
            
             
               433
            
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Tho.
                 St.
              
               Serf
               .
            
             
               434
            
             
               William
               Sampson
               .
            
             
               435
            
             
               George
               Sandys
               .
            
             
               436
            
             
               Charles
               Saunders
               .
            
             
               438
            
             
               Elkanah
               Settle
               .
            
             
               439
            
             
               Tho.
               Shadwell
               .
            
             
               442
            
             
               Will.
               Shakespear
               .
            
             
               453
            
             
               Lewis
               Sharpe
               .
            
             
               469
            
             
               Edw.
               Sharpham
               .
            
             
               470
            
             
               S.
               Shepheard
               .
            
             
               471
            
             
               Ed.
               Sherbourn
               .
            
             
               472
            
             
               Tho.
               Shipman
               .
            
             
               473
            
             
               Hen.
               Shirley
               .
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               James
               Shirley
               .
            
             
               474
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 Charles
              
               Sidley
               .
            
             
               485
            
             
               John
               Smith
               .
            
             
               488
            
             
               Will.
               Smith
               .
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Tho.
               Southern
               .
            
             
               489
            
             
               Tho.
               Stanley
               .
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 Rob.
              
               Stapleton
               .
            
             
               491
            
             
               John
               Stephens
               .
            
             
               492
            
             
               Will.
               Strode
               .
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               John
               Studley
               .
            
             
               494
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 John
              
               Suckling
               .
            
             
               496
            
             
               Gilbert
               Swinhoe
               .
            
             
               499
            
          
        
         
           
           
             T.
             
          
           
             
               Nathaniel
               Tate
               .
            
             
               500
            
             
               John
               Tateham
               .
            
             
               502
            
             
               Robert
               Taylour
               .
            
             
               503
            
             
               Tho.
               Thomson
               .
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Nich.
               Trott
               .
            
             
               504
            
             
               Rich.
               Tuke
               .
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               
                 Coll.
                 S.
              
               Tuke
               .
            
             
               505
            
             
               Cyril
               Turneur
               .
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               John
               Tutchin
               .
            
             
               506
            
          
        
         
           
             W.
             
          
           
             
               Lewis
               Wager
               .
            
             
               506
            
             
               Edm.
               Waller
               .
            
             
               507
            
             
               Geo.
               Wapul
               .
            
             
               508
            
             
               Will.
               Wayer
               .
            
             
               508
            
             
               R.
               Weaver
               .
            
             
               508
            
             
               John
               Webster
               .
            
             
               508
            
             
               John
               Watson
               .
            
             
               510
            
             
               —
               Whitaker
               .
            
             
               511
            
             
               
                 Dr.
                 Rob.
              
               Wild.
               
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Leon.
               Willan
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               George
               Wilkins
               .
            
             
               512
            
             
               Rob.
               Wilmot
               .
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               John
               Wilson
               .
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Rob.
               Wright
            
             
               514
            
             
               Will.
               Wytcherley
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Y.
             
          
           
             
               Rob.
               Yarrington
               .
            
             
               516
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Names
             of
             the
             Authors
             in
             the
             APPENDIX
             .
          
           
             
               Joseph
               Harris
               .
            
             
               Tho.
               Sackvile
               ,
               and
               Tho.
               Norton
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Wilson
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           AN
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           THE
           Dramatick
           Poets
           .
        
         
           
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               William
               ALEXANDER
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Sterline
               .
            
             
               OUR
               Alphabet
               begins
               with
               this
               worthy
               Nobleman
               ,
               who
               was
               a
               Scot
               by
               Birth
               ;
               and
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Time
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               the
               Sixth
               of
               Scotland
               .
               All
               that
               I
               am
               able
               to
               acquaint
               my
               Readers
               with
               ,
               concerning
               his
               private
               Affairs
               ,
               or
               Family
               ,
               is
               only
               this
               short
               account
               ;
               that
               he
               was
               much
               in
               Favour
               with
               his
               Sovereign
               ,
               and
               Father
               to
               the
               present
               Earl
               of
               Sterline
               .
            
             
               The
               Occasion
               of
               his
               being
               mention'd
               in
               our
               Catalogue
               ,
               is
               ,
               from
               
                 four
                 Monarchick
                 Tragedies
              
               ,
               (
               as
               he
               stiles
               them
               ,
               )
               which
               are
               in
               Print
               under
               his
               Name
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 The
                 Alexandraean
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 Croesus
                 ,
                 Darius
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Julius
                 Caesar.
              
               
            
             
               These
               Plays
               seem
               to
               be
               writ
               with
               great
               
               Judgment
               ,
               and
               (
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               )
               the
               Author
               has
               propos'd
               the
               Ancients
               ,
               for
               his
               Pattern
               ;
               by
               bringing
               in
               the
               Chorus
               between
               the
               Acts.
               They
               are
               grave
               ,
               and
               sententious
               ,
               throughout
               ,
               like
               the
               Tragedies
               of
               Seneca
               ;
               and
               yet
               where
               the
               softer
               ,
               and
               more
               tender
               Passions
               are
               touch't
               ,
               they
               seem
               as
               moving
               ,
               as
               the
               Plays
               so
               much
               in
               vogue
               with
               the
               Ladies
               of
               this
               Age.
               The
               greatest
               objection
               that
               I
               know
               against
               them
               ,
               is
               the
               Choice
               the
               Author
               has
               made
               of
               his
               Verse
               ,
               which
               is
               alternate
               ,
               like
               the
               Quatrains
               of
               the
               French
               Poet
               Pibrach
               ;
               or
               Sr.
               William
               Davenant's
               Heroick
               Poem
               ,
               call'd
               Gondibert
               .
               This
               measure
               of
               Verse
               has
               lately
               been
               found
               fault
               with
               by
               an
               Eminent
               Critick
               a
               notwithstanding
               what
               Sr.
               William
               b
               has
               urg'd
               in
               its
               Defence
               :
               I
               shall
               not
               pretend
               to
               decide
               the
               Controversy
               ,
               but
               leave
               it
               to
               my
               Reader
               ,
               to
               peruse
               both
               their
               Arguments
               at
               leisure
               .
               It
               may
               possibly
               be
               objected
               that
               his
               Stile
               is
               not
               pure
               ,
               but
               as
               the
               Author
               has
               already
               pleaded
               his
               Country
               ,
               c
               so
               he
               ought
               to
               be
               excus'd
               by
               all
               English
               Criticks
               ,
               having
               given
               the
               preference
               to
               our
               Tongue
               ,
               as
               exceeding
               the
               
                 Scotch
                 Dialect
              
               ,
               both
               in
               Elegance
               and
               Perfection
               .
            
             
               His
               Tragedies
               ,
               are
               all
               of
               them
               founded
               on
               History
               ,
               and
               he
               has
               so
               strictly
               ty'd
               himself
               to
               it
               ,
               that
               even
               his
               Episodes
               ,
               (
               which
               usually
               ,
               are
               the
               sole
               Invention
               of
               every
               Author
               )
               are
               founded
               on
               Truth
               likewise
               .
            
             
               The
               
                 Alexandraean
                 Tragedy
              
               is
               a
               proof
               of
               this
               
               for
               after
               the
               First
               Act
               ,
               which
               is
               wholly
               employed
               by
               
               Alexander's
               Ghost
               (
               possibly
               in
               imitation
               of
               
               Seneca's
               Thyestes
               )
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Play
               is
               wholly
               circumscrib'd
               by
               History
               .
               The
               The
               Play
               is
               built
               upon
               the
               Differences
               about
               the
               Succession
               ,
               that
               arose
               between
               
               Alexander's
               Captains
               after
               his
               Decease
               .
               The
               Second
               Act
               begins
               with
               the
               Councel
               held
               by
               
                 Perdiccas
                 ,
                 Meleager
              
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Commanders
               .
               The
               Author
               has
               chiefly
               followed
               
                 Q.
                 Curtius
                 lib.
              
               10.
               cap.
               6.
               
                 &
                 seq
              
               .
               and
               
                 Justin
                 lib.
              
               13.
               
               But
               there
               are
               other
               Authors
               that
               have
               toucht
               upon
               this
               Story
               ,
               as
               well
               Annalists
               as
               Historians
               ;
               which
               for
               the
               Reader
               's
               satisfaction
               I
               shall
               set
               down
               .
               Such
               are
               ,
               
                 Diodorus
                 Siculus
                 lib.
              
               18.
               
               
                 O●osius
                 lib.
              
               3.
               cap.
               21.
               
               
                 Josephus
                 lib.
              
               12
               ,
               cap.
               1
               
                 Appian
                 de
                 Bellis
                 Syriacis
              
               .
               —
               
                 Saliani
                 Annales
                 Ecclesiastici
                 A.
                 M.
              
               3730.
               
               Num.
               30.
               &c.
               
                 Torniel
                 A.
                 M.
              
               3730.
               
               N.
               5.
               &c.
               
               Raleigh's
               Hist.
               lib.
               4
               c.
               3
               Heylin
               's
               Hist.
               of
               
                 Greece
                 ,
                 Howell
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Croesus
               ,
               is
               chiefly
               borrow'd
               from
               
                 Herodotus
                 ,
                 
                   See
                   lib.
                
                 1.
                 
                   sive
                   Clio.
                
                 You
                 may
                 consult
                 likewise
                 ,
                 Justin
                 lib.
              
               1.
               cap.
               7.
               
               
               Plutarch's
               Life
               of
               Solon
               ,
               ●ee
               besides
               
                 Salian
                 .
                 Torniel
                 .
                 A.
                 M.
              
               3510.
               
               In
               the
               fifth
               Act
               there
               is
               an
               Episode
               of
               Abradates
               ,
               and
               ●anthaea
               ,
               which
               the
               Author
               has
               copied
               from
               
                 Xenophon's
                 Cyropaideia
              
               ,
               Or
               the
               Life
               and
               Institution
               of
               
                 Cyrus
                 ,
                 Lib.
              
               7.
               and
               the
               Ingenious
               ●●cudery
               has
               built
               upon
               this
               Foundation
               ,
               in
               that
               diverting
               Romance
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Grand
                 Cyrus
              
               ,
               See
               Part
               5.
               
               Book
               1.
               
               I
               leave
               it
               to
               the
               Readers
               ,
               which
               Romance
               is
               best
               ,
               the
               Copy
               ,
               or
               the
               original
               .
            
             
               Darius
               ,
               was
               the
               first
               Present
               our
               Author
               
               made
               the
               world
               ,
               at
               which
               time
               he
               was
               Lord
               Menstrie
               .
               He
               printed
               this
               Tragedy
               at
               Edinborough
               ,
               in
               quarto
               1603.
               and
               dedicated
               it
               to
               K.
               James
               VI
               ,
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               three
               Stanzas
               .
               It
               was
               first
               compos'd
               in
               a
               mixt
               Dialect
               of
               English
               and
               Scoth
               ,
               and
               even
               then
               ,
               was
               commended
               by
               two
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               .
               The
               Author
               has
               since
               pollished
               and
               corrected
               much
               of
               his
               Native
               Language
               ,
               and
               even
               the
               Play
               it self
               is
               alter'd
               ,
               and
               't
               is
               now
               reprinted
               with
               the
               Rest
               of
               his
               Works
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               read
               
                 Q.
                 Curtius
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               3
               ,
               4
               ,
               and
               5.
               and
               
                 Justin
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               11.
               cap.
               5.
               &c.
               See
               besides
               
                 Diodorus
                 lib.
              
               17
               
                 Arrian
                 de
                 Expeditione
                 Alexandri
                 lib.
              
               2.
               
               
               Plutarch's
               Life
               of
               
                 Alexander
                 Salian
                 .
                 A.
                 M.
              
               2719.
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Julius
                 Caesar
              
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               ,
               and
               the
               Reader
               may
               find
               many
               Authors
               that
               give
               an
               account
               of
               his
               Actions
               ,
               particularly
               Plutarch
               and
               Suetonius
               ,
               each
               of
               which
               writ
               his
               Life
               See
               besides
               
                 Appian
                 de
                 Bellis
                 Civilibus
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               2
               
                 Florus
                 lib.
              
               4.
               cap.
               2.
               
               
                 Salian
                 .
                 Torniel
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               Besides
               these
               Plays
               ,
               he
               writ
               several
               other
               Poems
               ,
               of
               a
               different
               Species
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Doomsday
              
               or
               the
               great
               day
               of
               the
               Lord's
               Judgment
               ;
               Poem
               divided
               into
               Twelve
               Books
               which
               the
               Author
               calls
               Hours
               .
               
                 A
                 Paraenaesis
                 to
                 Prince
                 Henry
              
               ,
               who
               dying
               before
               it
               was
               publish'd
               ,
               he
               dedicated
               it
               to
               Prince
               Charles
               ,
               afterwards
               King
               and
               Martyr
               .
               Jonathan
               ,
               an
               Heroick
               Poem
               intended
               ;
               but
               the
               first
               Book
               only
               extant
               .
               He
               writ
               all
               these
               Poems
               in
               the
               
                 Ottava
                 Rima
              
               of
               Tasso
               ,
               or
               ,
               as
               
                 Michael
                 Drayton
              
               calls
               it
               ,
               d
               
                 A
                 Stanza
                 of
                 Eight
                 Lines
                 ;
                 Six
                 interwoven
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 Couplet
                 in
                 Base
                 .
              
               I
               shall
               leave
               their
               Excellency
               to
               the
               judgment
               of
               Criticks
               ,
               who
               may
               view
               them
               at
               leisure
               ;
               his
               Plays
               and
               Poems
               being
               all
               printed
               together
               in
               Folio
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Recreations
                 with
                 the
                 Muses
              
               :
               printed
               at
               Lond.
               1637
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               His
               Sacred
               Majesty
               K.
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               of
               Blessed
               Memory
               .
            
             
               This
               being
               all
               the
               Account
               I
               am
               able
               to
               give
               of
               our
               Author
               and
               his
               Works
               ,
               I
               must
               have
               recourse
               to
               an
               old
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               stiled
               
                 The
                 Censure
                 of
                 the
                 Poets
              
               ,
               which
               tho'
               mean
               in
               themselves
               ,
               shew
               the
               Opinion
               the
               unknown
               Author
               had
               of
               our
               Poet
               :
               Part
               of
               which
               Copy
               take
               as
               follows
               ;
               
                 
                   So
                   Scotland
                   sent
                   us
                   hither
                   for
                   our
                   own
                   :
                
                 
                   That
                   Man
                   whose
                   Name
                   I
                   even
                   would
                   have
                   known
                
                 
                   To
                   stand
                   by
                   mine
                   ,
                   that
                   most
                   ingenious
                   Knight
                   ,
                
                 
                   My
                   Alexander
                   ;
                   to
                   whom
                   in
                   his
                   right
                
                 
                   I
                   want
                   extreamly
                   ,
                   yet
                   in
                   speaking
                   thus
                   ,
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   but
                   shew
                   that
                   Love
                   that
                   was
                   'twixt
                   us
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   not
                   his
                   Numbers
                   ,
                   which
                   were
                   brave
                   ,
                   &
                   high
                   ,
                
                 
                   So
                   like
                   his
                   Mind
                   was
                   his
                   clear
                   Poesy
                   .
                
              
            
             
               I
               have
               likewise
               seen
               an
               Anagram
               ,
               written
               by
               One
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Quin
              
               ,
               on
               our
               Author's
               Name
               ,
               which
               being
               short
               I
               will
               transcribe
               .
            
             
               
                 GULIELMUS
                 ALEXANDER
                 ,
              
               
                 Anagramma
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 ,
                 LARGUS
                 MELLE
                 EXUNDA
                 .
              
               
                 Tetrasticon
                 .
              
               
                 Cum
                 tibi
                 det
                 Genius
                 ,
                 Musa
                 ingeniumque
                 Poesis
              
               
                 Floribus
                 é
                 variis
                 Attica
                 mella
                 legas
                 ;
              
               
                 
                   I
                   ,
                   largus
                   melle
                   exunda
                
                 .
                 Mell
                 taque
                 funde
              
               
                 Carmina
                 :
                 sic
                 facias
                 nomine
                 fata
                 jubent
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Robert
               ARMIN.
               
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               called
               
                 The
                 Maids
                 of
                 Moor-clack
              
               ;
               stiled
               in
               former
               Catalogues
               ,
               a
               History
               .
               I
               am
               able
               to
               give
               no
               Account
               either
               of
               the
               Author
               ,
               or
               his
               Play
               ,
               having
               no
               knowledge
               of
               either
               .
               All
               that
               I
               can
               say
               ,
               is
               that
               I
               have
               seen
               a
               Book
               written
               by
               one
               of
               the
               same
               Name
               ,
               called
               
                 A
                 Discourse
                 of
              
               Elizabeth
               Caldwell
               ,
               
                 who
                 with
                 some
                 other
                 accomplices
                 ,
                 attempted
                 to
                 poyson
                 her
                 husband
                 .
              
               This
               Book
               is
               in
               quarto
               ,
               printed
               in
               London
               1604.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             B.
             
          
           
             
               Abraham
               BAILY
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               of
               whom
               I
               can
               give
               no
               other
               Information
               ,
               than
               that
               he
               has
               extant
               a
               Play
               called
               
                 The
                 Spightful
                 Sister
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               4
               o
               ;
               but
               where
               or
               when
               ,
               I
               am
               not
               able
               to
               give
               an
               Account
               ;
               the
               Title-page
               ,
               Dedication
               and
               Preface
               (
               if
               there
               be
               any
               )
               being
               deficient
               in
               my
               Copy
               .
               But
               if
               I
               may
               be
               permitted
               to
               speak
               my
               Sentiments
               of
               the
               Play
               it self
               ,
               I
               believe
               the
               Author
               has
               stollen
               neither
               his
               Characters
               nor
               Language
               from
               any
               other
               ;
               and
               I
               presume
               ,
               those
               that
               have
               read
               the
               Character
               of
               My
               Lord
               Occus
               in
               particular
               ;
               Winifred
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               in
               general
               ,
               will
               be
               of
               my
               opinion
               .
            
          
           
             
               John
               BANCROFT
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               Tragedy
               called
               Sertorius
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1679.
               
               'T
               is
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Captain
                 Richard
                 Savage
              
               ;
               and
               the
               Epilogue
               was
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Ravenscroft
               .
               The
               Elder
               Corneille
               has
               writ
               a
               Play
               on
               the
               same
               subject
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               read
               ;
               but
               shall
               leave
               it
               to
               the
               decision
               of
               better
               judgments
               to
               determine
               which
               is
               best
               .
               Those
               who
               would
               read
               the
               foundation
               of
               this
               Play
               may
               consult
               
               Plutarch's
               Life
               of
               Sertorius
               :
               
                 Velleius
                 Paterculus
                 lib.
              
               2.
               
               
                 Florus
                 lib.
              
               2.
               c.
               22.
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               John
               BANKS
               .
            
             
               A
               Person
               now
               living
               ,
               and
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               ,
               a
               Member
               of
               the
               Honourable
               Society
               of
               New-Inn
               :
               One
               whose
               Genius
               to
               Poetry
               led
               him
               to
               make
               several
               Attempts
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               with
               different
               success
               :
               but
               of
               whom
               I
               may
               say
               with
               justice
               ,
               that
               if
               he
               be
               not
               accounted
               a
               Poet
               of
               the
               first
               form
               ,
               yet
               he
               bears
               up
               with
               his
               Contemporaries
               of
               the
               second
               .
               His
               Genius
               lays
               wholly
               to
               Tragedy
               ;
               and
               he
               has
               had
               the
               Fortune
               to
               please
               the
               fair
               Sex
               in
               the
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Anna
                 Bullen
              
               .
               He
               has
               five
               Plays
               in
               print
               ,
               of
               which
               in
               their
               Alphabetical
               Order
               .
            
             
               
                 Destruction
                 of
                 Troy
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1679.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Lady
               
                 Katherine
                 Roos
              
               .
               If
               this
               Play
               fall
               short
               of
               
                 Shakspear's
                 Troilus
              
               and
               Cressida
               ,
               at
               least
               it
               surpasses
               
                 Heywood's
                 Iron
                 Age
              
               ;
               and
               how
               unkind
               soever
               the
               Criticks
               were
               to
               it
               ,
               I
               believe
               they
               have
               seen
               worse
               Tragedies
               on
               the
               Stage
               .
               Various
               are
               the
               Authors
               that
               have
               toucht
               on
               this
               subject
               ,
               as
               
                 Homer
                 ,
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 
                 Ovid
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               but
               none
               more
               fully
               than
               
                 Dares
                 Phrygius
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Dictis
                 Cretensis
              
               :
               though
               Learned
               Men
               suppose
               those
               pieces
               we
               have
               under
               their
               Names
               ,
               to
               be
               spurious
               :
               yet
               
                 Natalis
                 Comes
              
               has
               turned
               Daxes
               into
               Latin
               Verse
               :
               and
               our
               Countryman
               Lydgate
               into
               old
               English
               Meetre
               .
            
             
               
                 Island
                 Queens
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Death
                 of
              
               Mary
               
                 Queen
                 of
                 Scotland
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               :
               published
               only
               in
               defence
               of
               the
               Author
               and
               the
               Play
               ,
               against
               some
               mistaken
               Censures
               occasioned
               by
               its
               being
               prohibited
               the
               Stage
               ,
               printed
               in
               Quarto
               Lond.
               1684.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Illustrious
               Princess
               ,
               Mary
               Dutchess
               of
               Norfolk
               .
               Most
               Historians
               of
               those
               Times
               have
               written
               her
               Story
               ,
               as
               well
               Forreigners
               ,
               as
               our
               own
               :
               See
               
                 Buchanan
                 ,
                 Speed
              
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Q.
               
                 Elizabeth
                 ,
                 Camden
                 ,
                 Du
                 chesne
                 ,
              
               Brantome's
               Memoirs
               ,
               
                 Causin's
                 Holy
                 Court.
              
               Nay
               even
               Writers
               of
               Romances
               have
               thought
               her
               Story
               an
               ornament
               to
               their
               Work
               ;
               witness
               the
               Princess
               Cloria
               ,
               where
               part
               2.
               her
               Story
               is
               succinctly
               related
               ,
               and
               she
               pourtrayed
               under
               the
               title
               of
               Minerva
               Queen
               of
               Mysta
               .
            
             
               
                 Rival
                 Kings
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Loves
                 of
              
               Oroondates
               and
               Statira
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               1677.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Lady
               
                 Katherine
                 Herbert
              
               .
               The
               Play
               is
               founded
               chiefly
               on
               Cassandra
               ,
               a
               famed
               Romance
               in
               Fol.
               As
               to
               what
               concerns
               Alexander
               ,
               I
               refer
               you
               to
               Curtius
               ,
               and
               Justin.
               
            
             
               
                 Vertue
                 betrayed
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Anna
                 Bullen
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1682.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Illustrious
               Princess
               Elizabeth
               Dutchess
               of
               
               Somerset
               .
               The
               Author
               has
               followed
               a
               little
               Novel
               translated
               from
               the
               French
               ;
               and
               called
               The
               Novels
               of
               Elizabeth
               Queen
               of
               England
               ,
               containing
               the
               History
               of
               Queen
               
                 Ann
                 Bullen
              
               .
               For
               the
               Story
               ,
               most
               of
               our
               Chronicles
               relate
               it
               :
               See
               
               Speed's
               Chron.
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Hen.
               VIII
               .
               Ld.
               
                 Herbert
                 ,
                 Duchesne
              
               ,
               Dr.
               
               Burnet's
               Hist.
               Reform
               Book
               the
               2.
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Unhappy
                 Favourite
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
              
               Essex
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               London
               1682.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               most
               High
               and
               most
               Illustrious
               Princess
               the
               Lady
               Ann
               ,
               Daughter
               to
               his
               Royal-Highness
               (
               the
               present
               Princess
               of
               Denmark
               .
               )
               This
               Play
               was
               acted
               with
               good
               success
               :
               The
               Prologue
               and
               Epilogne
               were
               written
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               :
               and
               the
               play
               it self
               founded
               on
               a
               Novel
               called
               ,
               The
               Secret
               History
               of
               the
               most
               Renowned
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               and
               the
               Earl
               of
               Essex
               ,
               printed
               in
               120.
               
               Lond.
               1680.
               
               For
               the
               true
               Story
               ;
               see
               
                 Cambden's
                 Elizabeth
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 Duchesne
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Baker
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               .
               There
               have
               been
               two
               French
               Plays
               ,
               one
               by
               Monsieur
               Calpranede
               ;
               the
               other
               by
               the
               Younger
               Corneille
               ;
               which
               I
               have
               read
               ,
               and
               am
               of
               opinion
               ,
               that
               the
               English
               play
               is
               not
               short
               of
               the
               French
               ,
               notwithstanding
               the
               high
               commendations
               given
               it
               by
               the
               
                 Mercury
                 Gallant
                 ,
                 January
              
               1687.
               
            
          
           
             
               Barnaby
               BARNES
               .
            
             
               This
               Person
               lived
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               K.
               James
               the
               First
               :
               and
               writ
               a
               Play
               called
               
                 The
                 Devil's
                 
                 Charter
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               containing
               the
               Life
               ,
               and
               Death
               of
               Pope
               Alexander
               the
               VI.
               play'd
               before
               the
               King's
               Majesty
               ,
               upon
               Candlemas
               Night
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1607.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Honourable
               and
               his
               very
               dear
               Friends
               ,
               Sir
               
                 W.
                 Herbert
              
               ,
               and
               Sir
               
                 W.
                 Pope
              
               Knights
               ,
               Associates
               in
               the
               Noble
               Order
               of
               the
               Bath
               .
            
             
               This
               Tragedy
               seems
               to
               be
               written
               in
               imitation
               of
               
               Shakspear's
               old
               Play
               of
               Pericles
               Prince
               of
               Tyre
               :
               for
               as
               Shakspear
               raises
               Gower
               ,
               an
               old
               English
               Bard
               ,
               for
               his
               Interlocutor
               or
               Introductor
               ,
               in
               that
               Play
               ;
               so
               this
               Author
               revives
               Guicciardine
               for
               the
               same
               design
               .
               This
               was
               the
               common
               practice
               of
               the
               Poets
               of
               the
               last
               Age
               ,
               as
               
                 Shakspear
                 ,
                 Heywood
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               at
               which
               time
               they
               frequently
               introduced
               
                 dumb
                 Shews
              
               ,
               which
               took
               much
               with
               the
               Spectators
               of
               those
               times
               .
            
             
               'T
               is
               evident
               the
               Author
               followed
               Guicciardine
               ,
               who
               has
               largly
               treated
               to
               this
               Pope
               ,
               in
               his
               History
               of
               the
               Wars
               of
               Italy
               ;
               see
               the
               first
               six
               Books
               .
               Other
               Authors
               have
               likewise
               treated
               of
               him
               ,
               as
               
                 Du
                 Preau
                 ,
                 Hist.
                 de
                 l'Estat
                 &
                 succes
                 de
                 l'Eglise
                 ,
              
               tom
               .
               2
               .
               p.
               293
               .
               &
               seq
               .
               Vollateranus
               ,
               tit
               .
               22.
               sub
               fine
               ,
               
                 Massonius
                 de
                 Gestis
                 Pontificum
                 Romanorum
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               This
               Author
               has
               extant
               besides
               ,
               four
               Books
               of
               Offices
               about
               Princes
               ,
               how
               they
               ought
               to
               be
               administred
               ,
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1606.
               
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               BARON
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               This
               Author
               was
               a
               young
               Gentleman
               ,
               bred
               first
               at
               Cambridge
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               brought
               up
               in
               the
               worthy
               Society
               of
               Grays-Inn
               :
               During
               his
               abode
               there
               ,
               he
               writ
               a
               Romance
               called
               
                 The
                 Cyprian
                 
                 Academy
              
               ,
               printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               1647.
               
               He
               dedicated
               it
               to
               the
               famous
               Traveller
               Mr.
               
                 James
                 Howel
              
               ,
               in
               particular
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Ladies
               and
               Gentlewomen
               of
               England
               ,
               in
               general
               .
               In
               his
               Romance
               ,
               are
               included
               two
               Dramaticks
               ,
               which
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               has
               inserted
               in
               his
               Catalogue
               ,
               tho'
               they
               are
               not
               entire
               Tracts
               of
               themselves
               ,
               nor
               of
               any
               signal
               Eminence
               ;
               but
               since
               they
               have
               been
               mention'd
               in
               former
               Catalogues
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               omit
               them
               .
            
             
               
                 Deorum
                 Dona
              
               ,
               a
               Masque
               presented
               before
               Flaminius
               and
               Clorinda
               ,
               King
               and
               Queen
               of
               Cyprus
               ,
               at
               their
               Regal
               Palace
               in
               Nicosia
               .
               Part
               of
               this
               piece
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               Mr.
               
               Waller's
               Poem
               to
               the
               King
               on
               his
               Navy
               .
            
             
               
                 Gripus
                 and
                 Hegio
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Passionate
                 Lovers
              
               ;
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               acted
               by
               the
               Lady
               
               Julio's
               Servants
               ,
               for
               the
               Entertainment
               of
               Flaminius
               .
               This
               Play
               consists
               but
               of
               three
               Acts
               ,
               and
               is
               borrow'd
               very
               much
               from
               
               Waller's
               Poems
               ,
               and
               
               Webster's
               Dutchess
               of
               Malsy
               ;
               which
               is
               excusable
               only
               on
               the
               account
               of
               the
               Author's
               Youth
               ,
               he
               being
               but
               17
               Years
               of
               age
               ,
               when
               he
               compos'd
               that
               Romance
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               reason
               that
               it
               was
               so
               highly
               commended
               by
               twelve
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               writ
               by
               his
               Friends
               ,
               and
               printed
               with
               his
               Book
               .
            
             
               Mirza
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               really
               acted
               in
               Persia
               ,
               in
               the
               last
               Age
               :
               Illustrated
               with
               Historical
               Annotations
               ,
               printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               —
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               much
               beyond
               either
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               and
               has
               the
               repute
               of
               a
               good
               Play.
               It
               is
               commended
               by
               five
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               ,
               written
               by
               the
               Author's
               
               Cambridge-Friends
               .
               On
               this
               very
               Subject
               ,
               the
               
               famous
               Denham
               ,
               had
               before
               writ
               a
               Play
               called
               
                 The
                 Sophy
              
               ,
               
                 Tho'
                 our
                 Author
                 a
                 had
                 finished
                 three
                 compleat
                 Acts
                 of
                 this
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 before
                 he
                 saw
                 that
                 ;
                 nor
                 was
                 he
                 then
                 discouraged
                 ,
                 seeing
                 the
                 most
                 Ingenious
                 Author
                 of
                 that
                 ,
                 has
                 made
                 his
                 seem
                 quite
                 another
                 Story
                 from
                 this
                 .
              
               Mr.
               Baron
               has
               follow'd
               not
               only
               the
               Honourable
               Sr.
               Thomas
               Herbert's
               printed
               Account
               in
               his
               Travels
               ,
               but
               likewise
               made
               use
               of
               a
               Manuscript
               Letter
               ,
               which
               Sr.
               
                 Dodmore
                 Cotton
              
               ,
               (
               Embassador
               to
               Abbas
               King
               of
               Persia
               ,
               from
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               in
               the
               Year
               1626.
               )
               sent
               to
               a
               Friend
               of
               his
               in
               Cambridge
               ,
               according
               to
               which
               Letter
               ,
               he
               prosecuted
               the
               Story
               throughout
               .
            
             
               The
               Author
               seems
               to
               have
               propos'd
               for
               his
               pattern
               the
               famous
               Catiline
               ,
               writ
               by
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               :
               and
               has
               in
               several
               places
               not
               only
               hit
               the
               model
               of
               his
               Scenes
               :
               but
               even
               imitated
               the
               Language
               tolerably
               ,
               for
               a
               young
               Writer
               .
               Whoever
               pleases
               to
               compare
               the
               Ghost
               of
               Emir-hamze-mirza
               ,
               with
               that
               of
               Scilla
               ,
               may
               easily
               see
               his
               Imitation
               ,
               but
               that
               being
               too
               long
               to
               transcribe
               ,
               I
               shall
               set
               down
               the
               first
               words
               of
               Catiline
               ,
               in
               that
               admirable
               Play
               ;
               and
               afterwards
               those
               of
               Abbas
               ,
               and
               then
               submit
               my
               opinion
               to
               my
               Reader
               's
               judgment
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Catiline
                   ,
                   Act
                   first
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   decreed
                   :
                   Nor
                   shall
                   thy
                   fate
                   ,
                   O
                   Rome
                
                 
                   Resist
                   my
                   Vow
                   .
                   Though
                   hills
                   were
                   set
                   on
                   hills
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   seas
                   met
                   seas
                   ,
                   to
                   guard
                   thee
                   ;
                   I
                   would
                   thro'
                   :
                
                 
                   I
                   'll
                   plough
                   up
                   Rocks
                   ,
                   steep
                   as
                   the
                   Alpes
                   ,
                   in
                   dust
                   :
                
                 
                   And
                   lave
                   the
                   Tyrhene
                   waters
                   into
                   clouds
                   ;
                
                 
                   But
                   I
                   would
                   reach
                   thy
                   head
                   ,
                   thy
                   head
                   ,
                   proud
                   City
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                 
                   Mirza
                   ,
                   Act
                   first
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   vow
                   is
                   made
                   ,
                   nor
                   shall
                   thy
                   flattering
                   Fate
                   ,
                
                 
                   O
                   Mirza
                   ,
                   contradict
                   it
                   ;
                   though
                   thy
                   Troops
                
                 
                   Stood
                   like
                   a
                   wall
                   about
                   thee
                   ,
                   nay
                   tho'
                   Jove
                
                 
                   Press
                   all
                   the
                   gods
                   to
                   guard
                   thee
                   ,
                   and
                   should
                   arm
                
                 
                   Them
                   every
                   one
                   with
                   thunder
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   through
                   :
                
                 
                   I
                   'll
                   tear
                   the
                   groundsells
                   of
                   thy
                   Towers
                   up
                   ;
                
                 
                   And
                   make
                   their
                   nodding
                   Spires
                   kiss
                   the
                   centre
                   ,
                
                 
                   But
                   I
                   will
                   reach
                   thy
                   heart
                   ,
                   thy
                   heart
                   ,
                   proud
                   Victor
                   .
                
              
            
             
               This
               is
               the
               first
               Author
               taken
               notice
               of
               ,
               either
               by
               Mr.
               Phillips
               b
               in
               his
               
                 Theatrum
                 Poetarum
              
               ,
               or
               his
               Transcriber
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               ,
               in
               his
               
                 Lives
                 of
                 the
                 English
                 Poets
              
               :
               c
               and
               though
               neither
               of
               them
               give
               any
               other
               Account
               of
               our
               Author
               ,
               but
               what
               they
               collected
               from
               my
               former
               Catalogue
               printed
               1680.
               yet
               through
               a
               mistake
               in
               the
               method
               of
               that
               Catalogue
               ,
               they
               have
               ascrib'd
               many
               Anonymous
               Plays
               to
               the
               foregoing
               Writers
               ,
               which
               belonged
               not
               to
               them
               :
               and
               thus
               have
               committed
               mistakes
               in
               almost
               all
               the
               Dramatick
               Writers
               they
               have
               handled
               ,
               To
               give
               an
               Instance
               in
               this
               Author
               :
               they
               both
               ascribe
               to
               him
               
                 Don
                 Quixote
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Knight
                 of
                 the
                 ill-favoured
                 Countenance
                 ,
              
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               whence
               they
               had
               their
               Intelligence
               :
               but
               I
               never
               heard
               or
               read
               any
               such
               Play
               ,
               nor
               do
               I
               believe
               there
               is
               any
               other
               Book
               which
               bears
               that
               title
               ,
               except
               the
               fam'd
               Romance
               ,
               written
               by
               the
               admirable
               Pen
               of
               that
               famous
               Spanish
               Author
               ,
               
                 Miguel
                 de
                 Cervantes
              
               .
               They
               have
               likewise
               ascribed
               several
               other
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               to
               this
               Author
               ,
               which
               I
               dare
               be
               confident
               ,
               are
               
               not
               of
               his
               Writing
               ;
               as
               
                 Dick
                 Scorner
                 ,
                 Destruction
                 of
                 Jerusalem
                 ,
                 Marriage
                 of
                 Wit
                 and
                 Science
                 ,
                 Masques
                 ,
                 and
                 Interludes
              
               ;
               and
               have
               omitted
               two
               other
               Pieces
               written
               by
               him
               .
               
                 viz.
                 Poems
              
               ,
               octavo
               ,
               and
               a
               Book
               intituled
               ,
               
                 An
                 Apology
                 for
                 Paris
              
               .
               Neither
               do
               I
               believe
               Mr.
               
               Phillips's
               Account
               ,
               that
               any
               of
               his
               Pieces
               appear'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               .
               I
               shall
               conclude
               all
               with
               the
               following
               Anagram
               ,
               written
               by
               his
               Friend
               Mr.
               
                 John
                 Quarles
              
               ,
               sometimes
               of
               St.
               
               Peter's
               College
               in
               Cambridge
               .
            
             
               
                 Anagram
              
               
                 ROBERTUS
                 BARONUS
                 .
              
               
                 Anagram
              
               
                 RARUS
                 AB
                 ORBE
                 NOTUS
                 .
              
            
             
               Rarus
               ,
               haud
               cuiquam
               peperit
               Natura
               secundum
               .
               Notus
               es
               ,
               &
               scriptis
               
                 (
                 Baron
              
               )
               ab
               orbe
               tuis
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lodowick
               BARREY
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               middle
               of
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               :
               who
               writ
               a
               Play
               call'd
               Ram-Alley
               ,
               or
               
                 Merry
                 Tricks
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               divers
               times
               heretofore
               Acted
               :
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               the
               Kings
               Revels
               ;
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1611.
               
               The
               Plot
               of
               Will
               Smallshank's
               decoying
               the
               Widow
               Taffeta
               into
               Marriage
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               (
               as
               I
               suppose
               )
               from
               the
               same
               Author
               ,
               from
               whence
               Kirkman
               took
               the
               Story
               which
               is
               to
               be
               found
               in
               the
               
                 English
                 Rogue
              
               ,
               Part
               the
               IV
               ,
               Chap.
               19.
               and
               is
               an
               Incident
               in
               other
               Plays
               besides
               this
               ;
               particularly
               in
               
                 Killegrew's
                 Parjon's
                 Wedding
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Francis
               BEAUMONT
               .
            
             
               See
               Fletcher
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Captain
               William
               BEDLOE
               .
            
             
               A
               Person
               so
               remarkable
               in
               this
               Nation
               not
               many
               years
               since
               ,
               on
               the
               Account
               of
               the
               Popish
               Plot
               ;
               that
               few
               are
               ignorant
               of
               his
               part
               of
               the
               discovery
               .
               I
               shall
               not
               pretend
               here
               ,
               to
               give
               you
               an
               account
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               but
               refer
               you
               to
               that
               which
               was
               written
               by
               an
               Unknown
               Hand
               ,
               intituled
               ,
               
                 The
                 Life
                 and
                 Death
                 of
                 Captain
                 William
                 Bedloe
                 ,
              
               printed
               in
               octavo
               ,
               Lond.
               1681.
               
            
             
               The
               Reason
               why
               we
               mention
               him
               in
               our
               Catalogue
               is
               ,
               on
               account
               of
               a
               Play
               writ
               by
               him
               ,
               called
               ,
               
                 The
                 Excommunicated
                 Prince
              
               :
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 false
                 Relick
              
               :
               a
               Tragedy
               Acted
               by
               his
               Holiness's
               Servants
               :
               being
               
                 The
                 Popish
                 Plot
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 Play
                 ,
              
               printed
               in
               folio
               ,
               Lond.
               1679.
               
               Dedicated
               to
               his
               Grace
               the
               Duke
               of
               Buckingham
               .
               I
               must
               confess
               ,
               I
               was
               very
               desirous
               to
               read
               this
               Piece
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               the
               Title-page
               ,
               and
               came
               to
               it
               with
               great
               expectations
               ;
               but
               found
               them
               altogether
               frustrated
               ,
               and
               only
               a
               Story
               which
               I
               had
               formerly
               read
               in
               Dr.
               
               Heylin's
               Geography
               ,
               described
               in
               it
               .
               But
               afterwards
               when
               his
               Life
               came
               out
               ,
               I
               was
               satisfied
               with
               the
               Account
               the
               Publisher
               gave
               of
               it
               :
               which
               for
               the
               Readers
               Information
               ,
               and
               the
               Justification
               of
               the
               Deceased
               ,
               I
               shall
               quote
               word
               for
               word
               .
            
             
               d
               
                 In
                 the
                 next
                 place
                 ,
                 I
                 desire
                 leave
                 to
                 speak
                 something
                 of
                 his
                 
                   Dramatick
                   Poem
                
                 ,
                 call'd
                 
                   The
                   Excommunicated
                   Prince
                
                 ,
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   False
                   Relick
                
                 .
                 As
                 to
                 the
                 worth
                 of
                 the
                 Play
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 own
                 my self
                 so
                 unskilful
                 in
                 Poetry
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 rashly
                 pretend
                 to
                 give
                 my
                 opinion
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 
                 But
                 that
                 which
                 I
                 know
                 ,
                 let
                 me
                 assert
                 in
                 its
                 vindication
                 ,
                 viz.
                 That
                 it
                 was
                 both
                 began
                 and
                 finisht
                 in
                 the
                 space
                 of
                 two
                 Months
                 ,
                 which
                 every
                 one
                 must
                 needs
                 acknowledge
                 was
                 but
                 a
                 very
                 short
                 time
                 ,
                 considering
                 the
                 great
                 business
                 that
                 then
                 more
                 earnestly
                 imploy'd
                 his
                 thoughts
                 ,
                 which
                 must
                 necessarily
                 be
                 a
                 weighty
                 clog
                 to
                 the
                 ablest
                 Muse.
                 Whereas
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 chiefest
                 Poets
                 of
                 this
                 Age
                 have
                 thought
                 it
                 no
                 disparagement
                 to
                 confess
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 correct
                 Play
                 to
                 be
                 perfected
                 ,
                 will
                 require
                 at
                 least
                 twelve
                 Months
                 time
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 remember
                 in
                 some
                 Prologue
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 in
                 that
                 to
                 the
                 Virtuoso
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 read
                 this
                 Distick
                 to
                 the
                 same
                 purpose
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 Play
                 ,
                 like
                 Ground
                 ,
                 must
                 a
                 Year
                 Fallow
                 lye
                 ,
              
               
                 E're
                 it
                 can
                 ripen
                 to
                 good
                 Comedy
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 This
                 consider'd
                 ,
                 (
                 and
                 it
                 being
                 the
                 first
                 Essay
                 he
                 ever
                 finish'd
                 of
                 this
                 Nature
                 )
                 what
                 few
                 mistakes
                 are
                 found
                 in
                 his
                 Play
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 easily
                 excus'd
                 .
                 But
                 besides
                 its
                 real
                 faults
                 ,
                 the
                 errors
                 of
                 the
                 Press
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 it
                 suffers
                 thro'
                 the
                 prejudice
                 and
                 malice
                 of
                 the
                 Author's
                 Adversaries
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 wonder
                 if
                 even
                 the
                 most
                 impartial
                 Reader
                 too
                 ,
                 should
                 look
                 severely
                 on
                 it
                 ,
                 seeing
                 he
                 is
                 promis'd
                 in
                 the
                 Title-page
                 ,
                 what
                 he
                 can
                 never
                 find
                 in
                 the
                 Book
                 .
                 It
                 would
                 fain
                 cozen
                 him
                 to
                 believe
                 that
                 he
                 shall
                 meet
                 with
                 the
                 Popish
                 Plot
                 represented
                 in
                 that
                 Play
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 Mr.
                 Bedloe
                 often
                 say
                 he
                 never
                 intended
                 any
                 such
                 thing
                 .
                 The
                 History
                 he
                 designed
                 ,
                 may
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 am
                 inform'd
                 ,
                 be
                 read
                 in
                 several
                 Authentick
                 Authors
                 ;
                 but
                 in
                 
                   Heylin's
                   Geography
                
                 I
                 remember
                 I
                 met
                 with
                 it
                 my self
                 .
                 So
                 may
                 any
                 
                 that
                 will
                 peruse
                 his
                 History
                 of
                 Georgia
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Bedloe
                 well
                 knew
                 it
                 was
                 against
                 his
                 Interest
                 so
                 for
                 to
                 ridicule
                 the
                 Plot
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 compose
                 a
                 Play
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 had
                 more
                 judgment
                 in
                 Poetry
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 imagine
                 that
                 such
                 a
                 new
                 thing
                 would
                 please
                 in
                 Tragedy
                 .
                 And
                 least
                 any
                 one
                 should
                 suspect
                 that
                 his
                 design
                 did
                 in
                 the
                 least
                 incline
                 that
                 way
                 ,
                 he
                 writ
                 an
                 Epistle
                 to
                 assure
                 his
                 Reader
                 of
                 the
                 contrary
                 .
                 Which
                 the
                 Stationer
                 ,
                 (
                 supposing
                 under
                 that
                 pretence
                 the
                 Play
                 would
                 vend
                 much
                 better
                 )
                 thought
                 it
                 his
                 interest
                 to
                 stifle
                 ,
                 and
                 added
                 these
                 words
                 to
                 the
                 Title-page
                 (
                 
                   Being
                   the
                   Popish
                   Plot
                   in
                   a
                   Play
                
                 )
                 without
                 the
                 Author's
                 consent
                 or
                 knowledge
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Mrs.
               Astraea
               BEHN
               .
            
             
               A
               Person
               lately
               deceased
               ,
               but
               whose
               Memory
               will
               be
               long
               fresh
               amongst
               the
               Lovers
               of
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               ,
               as
               having
               been
               sufficiently
               Eminent
               not
               only
               for
               her
               Theatrical
               Performances
               ,
               but
               several
               other
               Pieces
               both
               in
               Verse
               and
               Prose
               ;
               which
               gain'd
               her
               an
               Esteem
               among
               the
               Wits
               ,
               almost
               equal
               to
               that
               of
               the
               incomparable
               Orinda
               ,
               Madam
               
                 Katharine
                 Phillips
              
               (
               of
               whom
               we
               shall
               speak
               hereafter
               )
               .
               Her
               Plays
               are
               Sixteen
               in
               number
               ,
               having
               therein
               exceeded
               any
               of
               the
               Poets
               of
               this
               Age
               ,
               Sr.
               
                 William
                 Davenant
              
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               excepted
               .
               Most
               of
               her
               Comedies
               have
               had
               the
               good
               fortune
               to
               please
               :
               and
               tho'
               it
               must
               be
               confest
               that
               she
               has
               borrow'd
               very
               much
               ,
               not
               only
               from
               her
               own
               Country
               Men
               ,
               but
               likewise
               from
               the
               French
               Poets
               yet
               it
               may
               be
               said
               in
               her
               behalf
               ,
               that
               she
               has
               
               often
               been
               forc'd
               to
               it
               through
               haft
               :
               and
               has
               borrow'd
               from
               others
               Stores
               ,
               rather
               of
               Choice
               than
               for
               want
               of
               a
               fond
               of
               Wit
               of
               her
               own
               :
               it
               having
               been
               formerly
               her
               unhappiness
               to
               be
               necessitated
               to
               write
               for
               Bread
               ,
               as
               she
               has
               publisht
               to
               the
               world
               .
               e
               'T
               is
               also
               to
               her
               Commendation
               ,
               that
               whatever
               she
               borrows
               she
               improves
               for
               the
               better
               :
               a
               Plea
               which
               our
               late
               Laureat
               has
               not
               been
               asham'd
               to
               make
               use
               of
               .
               f
               If
               to
               this
               ,
               her
               Sex
               may
               plead
               in
               her
               behalf
               ,
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               she
               will
               be
               allowed
               equal
               with
               several
               of
               our
               Poets
               her
               Contemporaries
               .
               I
               shall
               now
               give
               an
               Account
               of
               her
               Plays
               in
               an
               Alphabetical
               Order
               ,
               as
               follows
               :
               viz.
               
            
             
               Abdelazer
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Moor's
                 Revenge
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               Acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Dukes
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1671.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               originally
               an
               old
               Play
               of
               Marloes
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Lusts
                 Dominion
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Lascivious
                 Queen
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               written
               above
               Forty
               years
               ago
               ,
               tho'
               printed
               in
               octavo
               ,
               Lond.
               1661.
               
               She
               has
               much
               improv'd
               it
               throughout
               .
            
             
               
                 Amorous
                 Prince
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Curious
                 Husband
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               Acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1671.
               
               The
               Plot
               of
               Antonio
               ,
               the
               curious
               Husband
               's
               trying
               his
               Wives
               Chastity
               by
               his
               Friend
               
               Alberto's
               means
               ,
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Novel
               in
               the
               Romance
               of
               
                 Don
                 Quixot
              
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Curious
                 Impertinent
              
               :
               See
               Part
               4.
               
               Ch.
               6
               ,
               7
               ,
               8.
               
               The
               
                 City
                 Night-Cap
              
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               same
               Story
               ,
               tho'
               Mrs.
               Behn
               has
               much
               out-done
               that
               
               Play
               ,
               and
               improv'd
               the
               Novel
               itself
               .
            
             
               City-Heiress
               ,
               or
               
                 Sr.
                 Timothy
                 Treat-all
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               Acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               his
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1682.
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               henry
               Earl
               of
               Arundel
               ,
               and
               Lord
               Mowbray
               .
               This
               Play
               had
               the
               luck
               to
               be
               well
               receiv'd
               in
               the
               Town
               :
               yet
               I
               cannot
               but
               take
               notice
               that
               most
               of
               the
               Characters
               are
               borrow'd
               ;
               as
               those
               of
               
                 Sir
                 Timothy
                 Treat-all
              
               and
               his
               Nephew
               ,
               from
               
                 Sir
                 Bounteous
                 Progress
              
               ,
               and
               Folly-wit
               ,
               in
               
                 Middleton's
                 Mad
                 World
                 my
                 Masters
              
               :
               and
               those
               of
               
                 Sir
                 Anthony
                 Merrywell
              
               ,
               and
               his
               Nephew
               
                 Sr.
                 Charles
              
               ,
               from
               Durazzo
               and
               Caldoro
               ,
               in
               
                 Massenger's
                 Guardian
              
               .
               Part
               of
               the
               Language
               in
               each
               Play
               is
               likewise
               transcrib'd
               .
               As
               for
               the
               Plot
               of
               Sir
               Timothy's
               endeavouring
               to
               supplant
               his
               Nephew
               of
               his
               Mistress
               ,
               't
               is
               the
               same
               Design
               with
               other
               Plays
               ,
               as
               Ram-Alley
               ,
               and
               
                 Trick
                 to
                 Catch
                 the
                 Old
                 One.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Dutch
                 Lover
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               Acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1673.
               
               The
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Spanish
               Romance
               ,
               written
               by
               the
               ingenious
               
                 Don
                 Francisco
                 de
                 las
                 Coveras
              
               stiled
               
                 Don
                 Fenise
              
               ,
               see
               the
               Stories
               of
               Eufemie
               ,
               and
               
                 Theodore
                 ,
                 Don
                 Jame
              
               ,
               and
               Frederick
               .
            
             
               
                 Emperor
                 of
                 the
                 Moon
              
               ,
               a
               Farce
               ,
               Acted
               by
               Their
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Queen's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1687.
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Lord
               Marquess
               of
               Worcester
               .
               This
               Farce
               was
               originally
               Italian
               ,
               and
               Acted
               in
               France
               Eighty
               odd
               times
               without
               intermission
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Harlequin
                 l'
                 Empereur
                 
                 dans
                 le
                 Monde
                 de
                 la
                 Lune
                 :
              
               but
               much
               alter'd
               ,
               and
               adapted
               to
               our
               English
               Theatre
               .
            
             
               
                 Forc'd
                 Marriage
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Jealous
                 Bridegroom
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ;
               Acted
               at
               his
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               York's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1671.
               
               This
               ,
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               ,
               was
               the
               first
               Play
               that
               our
               Authress
               brought
               on
               the
               Stage
               .
            
             
               
                 False
                 Count
              
               ,
               or
               
                 A
                 New
                 Way
                 to
                 play
                 an
                 Old
                 Game
                 ,
              
               a
               Comedy
               Acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1682.
               
               The
               Hint
               of
               Isabella
               being
               deceiv'd
               by
               Guillaume
               the
               Chimney-sweeper
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
                 Molliere's
                 Les
                 Precieuses
                 Ridicules
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Feign'd
                 Courtezmis
              
               ,
               or
               
                 a
                 Nights
                 Intrigue
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1679.
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               Mrs.
               
                 Ellen
                 Guin
              
               .
               This
               Comedy
               I
               take
               to
               be
               One
               of
               the
               best
               she
               has
               written
               .
            
             
               
                 Luckey
                 Chance
              
               ,
               or
               
                 an
                 Alderman's
                 Bargain
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               Their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               4
               o
               ,
               Lond.
               1687.
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               R
               t
               Hon
               
               ble
               Laurence
               L
               d
               Hyde
               ,
               E.
               of
               Rochester
               .
               Tho'
               some
               Criticks
               decry'd
               this
               Play
               ,
               yet
               whoever
               will
               consult
               the
               Author's
               Preface
               ,
               will
               find
               the
               Objections
               fully
               answer'd
               :
               however
               I
               must
               observe
               that
               the
               Incident
               of
               
               Gayman's
               enjoying
               the
               Lady
               Fulbanck
               ,
               and
               taking
               her
               for
               the
               Devil
               ,
               is
               copied
               from
               Mr.
               
                 Alexander
                 Kickshaw
              
               and
               the
               Lady
               Aretina
               ,
               in
               the
               
                 Lady
                 of
                 Pleasure
              
               .
            
             
               Rover
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Banisht
                 Cavaleers
              
               ,
               in
               two
               parts
               ,
               both
               of
               them
               Comedies
               ,
               Acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1677
               ,
               and
               1681.
               the
               Second
               Part
               being
               Dedicated
               to
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               .
               These
               
               are
               the
               only
               Comedies
               ,
               for
               the
               Theft
               of
               which
               ,
               I
               condemn
               this
               ingenious
               Authoress
               ;
               they
               being
               so
               excellent
               in
               their
               Original
               ,
               that
               't
               is
               pity
               they
               should
               have
               been
               alter'd
               :
               and
               notwithstanding
               her
               Apology
               in
               the
               Postscript
               to
               the
               first
               part
               ;
               I
               cannot
               acquit
               her
               of
               prevarication
               ,
               since
               Angelica
               is
               not
               
                 the
                 only
                 stol'n
                 Object
              
               ,
               as
               she
               calls
               it
               :
               she
               having
               borrow'd
               largely
               throughout
               .
               The
               truth
               is
               ,
               the
               better
               to
               disguise
               her
               Theft
               ,
               she
               has
               (
               as
               the
               ingenious
               Scarron
               observes
               of
               the
               Writers
               of
               Romances
               ,
               )
               g
               
                 Flea'd
                 the
                 Eel
                 by
                 beginning
                 at
                 the
                 Tail
              
               ;
               yet
               notwithstanding
               ,
               what
               she
               has
               omitted
               of
               worth
               in
               her
               first
               part
               ,
               she
               has
               taken
               into
               the
               second
               ;
               and
               therefore
               could
               not
               justly
               call
               these
               Plays
               her
               own
               .
            
             
               Round-heads
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 good
                 Old
                 Cause
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1682.
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Most
               Illustrious
               Prince
               ,
               
                 Henry
                 Fitz-Roy
              
               ,
               Duke
               of
               Grafton
               .
               A
               great
               part
               of
               the
               Language
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
                 Tateham's
                 Rump
              
               ,
               or
               
                 a
                 Mirror
                 of
                 the
                 Times
              
               ;
               but
               yet
               she
               has
               a
               better
               Title
               to
               this
               Play
               ,
               than
               the
               former
               ,
               having
               much
               improv'd
               the
               Humor
               of
               the
               Round-heads
               .
            
             
               
                 Sr.
                 Patient
                 Fancy
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               Acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1678.
               
               The
               Hint
               of
               
                 Sr.
                 Patient
                 Fancy
              
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               a
               French
               Play
               called
               
                 Le
                 Malade
                 imaginaire
              
               :
               and
               the
               Characters
               of
               
                 Sr.
                 Credulous
                 Easy
              
               ,
               and
               his
               Groom
               Curry
               ,
               are
               stol'n
               from
               
                 Sr.
                 Amphilus
              
               the
               Cornish
               Knight
               ,
               and
               his
               Man
               Trebasco
               in
               
               Brome's
               Play
               called
               
                 The
                 Damoseille
              
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Town
                 Fop
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Sr.
                 Timothy
                 Tawdrey
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1677.
               
               The
               foundation
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               is
               a
               Comedy
               writ
               by
               
                 George
                 Wilkins
              
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Miseries
                 of
                 inforc'd
                 Marriage
              
               ;
               from
               which
               not
               only
               the
               Plot
               ,
               but
               a
               great
               part
               of
               the
               Language
               is
               stol'n
               .
            
             
               
                 Widow
                 Ranter
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 History
                 of
                 Bacon
                 in
                 Virginia
                 ,
              
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               acted
               by
               Their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1690.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Much
               Honored
               Madam
               Weldon
               by
               
                 G.
                 J.
              
               a
               Friend
               to
               the
               Authress
               ,
               by
               whom
               this
               Play
               was
               publisht
               after
               her
               Decease
               .
               I
               refer
               the
               Reader
               to
               this
               Epistle
               for
               the
               Plays
               justification
               :
               only
               I
               cannot
               but
               observe
               ,
               that
               the
               Prologue
               was
               written
               Ten
               years
               since
               ,
               and
               publisht
               before
               Mr.
               
                 Shadwell's
                 True
                 Widow
              
               :
               and
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               the
               Epilogue
               is
               Old
               likewise
               .
               For
               the
               Story
               of
               Bacon
               I
               know
               no
               History
               that
               relates
               it
               ,
               but
               his
               Catastrophe
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               known
               story
               of
               Cassius
               ,
               who
               perished
               by
               the
               Hand
               of
               his
               freed-Man
               Dandorus
               ,
               believing
               his
               Friend
               Brutus
               vanquished
               .
            
             
               
                 Young
                 King
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Mistake
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1683.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               some
               Gentleman
               her
               particular
               Friend
               ,
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               Philaster
               .
               The
               Design
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               Monsieur
               
                 Calpranede's
                 Cleopatra
              
               ,
               see
               the
               History
               of
               Alcamenes
               and
               Menalippa
               ,
               Part
               VIII
               .
            
             
               Besides
               these
               Plays
               this
               Ingenious
               Woman
               has
               publisht
               several
               other
               Works
               ,
               both
               in
               Verse
               and
               Prose
               .
               As
               a
               Collection
               of
               Poems
               
               in
               octavo
               ,
               Lond.
               1684.
               and
               a
               Collection
               of
               several
               Others
               in
               octavo
               ,
               Lond.
               1685.
               
               Another
               Volume
               in
               octavo
               ,
               Lond.
               1688.
               amongst
               all
               which
               are
               many
               of
               her
               own
               Composures
               .
               Her
               several
               Versions
               from
               the
               French
               are
               commended
               by
               those
               who
               think
               themselves
               Judges
               of
               Wit
               ;
               amongst
               which
               the
               chiefest
               are
               ,
               
                 A
                 Voyage
                 to
                 the
                 Island
                 of
                 Love
                 ;
                 Lycidas
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 The
                 Lover
                 in
                 Fashion
              
               ;
               and
               
                 The
                 Lover's
                 Watch.
              
               These
               Pieces
               in
               the
               Original
               may
               be
               found
               in
               the
               second
               and
               third
               Tomes
               of
               
                 Le
                 Receueil
                 des
                 Pieces
                 Gallantes
                 ,
                 en
                 Prose
                 &
                 en
                 Vers
                 ,
                 8
                 o
                 Paris
              
               1684.
               
               Those
               who
               will
               take
               the
               pains
               to
               compare
               them
               ,
               will
               find
               the
               English
               rather
               Paraphrases
               ,
               than
               just
               Translations
               :
               but
               which
               sufficiently
               shew
               the
               Fancy
               and
               excellent
               Abilities
               of
               our
               Authress
               .
            
             
               She
               has
               written
               other
               Pieces
               in
               prose
               ,
               which
               have
               had
               the
               fortune
               to
               please
               ,
               as
               
                 The
                 Love
                 Letters
                 between
                 a
                 Nobleman
                 and
                 his
                 Sister
                 ,
              
               in
               Three
               Volumes
               ,
               octavo
               Lond.
               1684.
               &c.
               
               Three
               Histories
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               ,
               Lond.
               1688.
               
                 viz.
                 Oroonoko
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Royal
                 Slave
                 .
                 The
                 fair
                 Jilt
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 Tarquin
                 and
                 Miranda
                 .
                 Agnes
                 de
                 Castro
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 The
                 Force
                 of
                 Generous
                 Love.
              
               There
               are
               two
               other
               small
               Novels
               under
               her
               Name
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 Nun
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 fair
                 Vow-breaker
              
               ,
               120
               London
               1689.
               
               The
               
                 Lucky
                 Mistake
              
               ,
               120
               Lond.
               1689.
               
            
             
               What
               Opinion
               the
               Wits
               of
               the
               Age
               had
               of
               her
               ,
               may
               appear
               from
               several
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               written
               before
               her
               Translation
               of
               Monsieur
               
                 Bonnecorse's
                 La
                 Montre
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Watch
              
               :
               amongst
               whom
               Mr.
               
                 Charles
                 Cotton
              
               ,
               who
               was
               no
               contemptible
               Poet
               ,
               gives
               her
               the
               following
               Character
               .
            
             
               
               
                 Some
                 hands
                 write
                 some
                 things
                 well
                 ,
                 are
                 elsewhere
                 lame
                 :
              
               
                 But
                 on
                 all
                 Theams
                 your
                 power
                 is
                 the
                 same
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 Buskin
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 Sock
                 ,
                 you
                 know
                 the
                 Pace
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 tread
                 in
                 both
                 with
                 equal
                 Skill
                 and
                 Grace
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 when
                 you
                 write
                 of
                 Love
                 ,
                 Astrea
                 then
              
               
                 Love
                 dips
                 his
                 Arrows
                 ,
                 where
                 you
                 wet
                 your
                 Pen.
              
               
                 Such
                 charming
                 Lines
                 did
                 never
                 Paper
                 grace
                 ;
              
               
                 Soft
                 as
                 your
                 Sex
                 ;
                 and
                 smooth
                 as
                 Beauty's
                 Face
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Dawbridge-court
               BELCHIER
               .
            
             
               An
               English-man
               ,
               who
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               ,
               but
               one
               ,
               who
               was
               an
               Inhabitant
               of
               the
               Town
               of
               Utreicht
               in
               the
               Low
               Countries
               ;
               at
               the
               time
               of
               his
               writing
               an
               Interlude
               ,
               called
               
                 Hans
                 Beer-pot
              
               ,
               his
               invisible
               Comedy
               of
               
                 See
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 see
                 me
                 not
              
               ;
               acted
               by
               an
               honest
               Company
               of
               Health-Drinkers
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1618.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               
                 Honourable
                 Sr.
                 
                   John
                   Ogle
                
                 ,
                 Colonel
                 of
                 our
                 English
              
               Regiment
               of
               Foot
               ,
               under
               the
               Lords
               ,
               the
               Estates
               General
               of
               the
               United
               Provinces
               ,
               and
               Lord
               Governor
               of
               the
               Town
               and
               Garison
               of
               Utreicht
               .
               
                 This
                 Piece
                 h
                 is
                 neither
                 Comedy
                 nor
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 as
                 wanting
                 First
                 the
                 just
                 number
                 of
                 Speakers
                 ;
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 those
                 Parts
                 or
                 Acts
                 it
                 should
                 have
                 ,
                 which
                 should
                 be
                 at
                 the
                 least
                 Five
                 ;
                 but
                 a
                 plain
                 Conference
                 of
                 so
                 many
                 Persons
                 ,
                 consisting
                 of
                 Three
                 Acts
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 more
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Richard
               BERNARD
               .
            
             
               This
               Person
               flourish'd
               at
               Epworth
               in
               Lincoln-shire
               ,
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               and
               
               was
               (
               as
               I
               suppose
               )
               the
               first
               Translator
               of
               
               Terence's
               Comedies
               entire
               :
               which
               tho'not
               so
               well
               translated
               into
               English
               ,
               as
               into
               French
               ,
               by
               the
               famous
               Abbot
               
                 de
                 Villeloin
              
               ,
               Monsieur
               
                 de
                 Marolles
              
               ,
               or
               by
               Monsieur
               
                 de
                 Martignac
              
               ;
               yet
               certainly
               it
               is
               passable
               for
               the
               time
               in
               which
               he
               liv'd
               .
               Besides
               the
               bare
               Translation
               of
               the
               whole
               Six
               Comedies
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Andraea
                 ,
                 Adelphi
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               he
               has
               taken
               notice
               in
               each
               Scene
               of
               the
               most
               remarkable
               forms
               of
               Speech
               ,
               Theses
               ,
               and
               moral
               Sentences
               ,
               in
               imitation
               possibly
               of
               an
               old
               French
               Translation
               ,
               printed
               at
               Paris
               in
               octavo
               ,
               1574.
               
               This
               Version
               is
               printed
               with
               the
               latine
               ,
               4
               
               o.
               Cambridge
               1598.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Mr.
               
                 Christopher
                 Wray
              
               ,
               Son
               and
               Heir
               to
               Sr.
               
                 William
                 Wray
              
               ,
               and
               his
               Brothers
               .
               Having
               given
               this
               short
               account
               of
               the
               Translator
               and
               his
               Work
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               speak
               somewhat
               of
               the
               Author
               .
            
             
               
                 Publius
                 Terentius
              
               ,
               was
               a
               Native
               of
               Carthage
               ;
               but
               being
               taken
               Prisoner
               ,
               when
               he
               was
               very
               young
               he
               was
               sent
               to
               Rome
               .
               He
               was
               brought
               up
               in
               Literature
               ,
               and
               all
               good
               Education
               ,
               by
               his
               Patron
               
                 Terentius
                 Seneca
              
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               freed
               by
               him
               ,
               on
               account
               of
               his
               Wit
               ,
               and
               good
               Meen
               .
               He
               luckily
               found
               the
               best
               way
               of
               writing
               Comedy
               ,
               and
               he
               left
               some
               Pieces
               in
               that
               kind
               ,
               that
               few
               Persons
               have
               been
               able
               to
               imitate
               .
               He
               was
               in
               great
               Esteem
               ,
               not
               only
               with
               the
               People
               in
               general
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               his
               Dramatick
               Performances
               ;
               but
               particularly
               belov'd
               and
               cherish'd
               by
               Men
               of
               the
               best
               Quality
               ,
               as
               
                 Publius
                 Scipio
                 ,
                 Laelius
              
               ,
               and
               others
               .
               His
               purity
               of
               Stile
               ,
               was
               so
               conspicuous
               ,
               that
               his
               Adversaries
               endeavour'd
               to
               perswade
               the
               People
               ,
               
               that
               he
               was
               assisted
               in
               his
               Plays
               by
               great
               Men
               ,
               which
               he
               handsomely
               takes
               notice
               of
               ,
               in
               his
               Prologue
               to
               the
               Adelphi
               .
            
             
               
                 Nam
                 quod
                 illi
                 dicunt
                 malevoli
                 ,
                 homines
                 nobiles
              
               
                 Eum
                 adjutare
                 ,
                 assiduéque
                 unà
                 scribere
                 ;
              
               
                 Quod
                 illi
                 maledictum
                 vehemens
                 esse
                 existimant
                 ,
              
               
                 Eam
                 laudē
                 hic
                 ducit
                 maxumā
                 ;
                 cùm
                 illis
                 placet
                 ,
              
               
                 Qui
                 vobis
                 universis
                 ,
                 &
                 populo
                 placent
                 ;
              
               
                 Quorum
                 operâ
                 in
                 bello
                 ,
                 in
                 otio
                 ,
                 in
                 negotio
                 ,
              
               
                 Suo
                 quisque
                 tempore
                 usus
                 est
                 sine
                 superbia
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Plots
               of
               these
               Comedies
               he
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               Greeks
               ,
               the
               Four
               first
               from
               the
               Comedies
               of
               Menander
               ;
               and
               the
               Two
               last
               from
               Apollodorus
               .
               He
               was
               beholding
               to
               Menander
               likewise
               ,
               for
               some
               other
               Comedies
               ,
               which
               in
               his
               Return
               from
               Greece
               ,
               by
               Sea
               ,
               were
               lost
               with
               himself
               :
               in
               the
               Year
               of
               
                 Rome
                 ,
                 595
              
               ,
               and
               the
               second
               year
               of
               the
               155
               th
               Olympiad
               .
               Some
               say
               that
               he
               Died
               in
               Arcadia
               ;
               but
               the
               former
               Account
               is
               confirm'd
               by
               Volcatius
               ,
               in
               the
               following
               Verses
               .
            
             
               
                 Sed
                 ut
                 Afer
                 sex
                 populo
                 edidit
                 Comoedias
                 ,
              
               
                 Iter
                 hinc
                 in
                 Asiam
                 fecit
                 :
                 navim
                 cum
                 semel
                 '
              
               
                 Conscendit
                 ,
                 visus
                 nunquam
                 est
                 ,
                 sic
                 vita
                 vacat
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Consult
                   further
                
                 Crinitus
                 de
                 Poetis
                 Latinis
                 .
              
               
                 Scaliger
                 in
                 Poetic
                 .
                 Lilius
                 Gyraldus
                 
                   Hist.
                   Poet.
                
              
               
                 Vossius
                 de
                 Poetis
                 Latinis
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Mrs.
               Frances
               BOOTHBY
               .
            
             
               The
               Authress
               of
               a
               Play
               called
               Marcelia
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Treacherous
                 Friend
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1670.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Honourable
               ,
               and
               most
               Accomplisht
               
               Lady
               Yate
               ,
               of
               Harvington
               in
               Worcester-shire
               :
               to
               whom
               she
               was
               related
               .
            
          
           
             
               Roger
               BOYLE
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Orrery
               .
            
             
               An
               Irish
               Nobleman
               ,
               whose
               Abilities
               in
               Arts
               and
               Arms
               ,
               have
               render'd
               him
               better
               known
               to
               this
               Nation
               ,
               than
               any
               Character
               I
               can
               give
               him
               ,
               so
               that
               I
               may
               justly
               say
               of
               him
               with
               Madam
               Phillips
               ;
               i
            
             
               
                 Of
                 him
                 I
                 cannot
                 which
                 is
                 hardest
                 tell
                 ,
              
               
                 Or
                 not
                 to
                 praise
                 him
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 praise
                 him
                 well
                 .
              
            
             
               However
               I
               must
               observe
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               not
               only
               a
               Poet
               himself
               ,
               but
               a
               Patron
               of
               Poets
               likewise
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Crown
               must
               acknowledge
               :
               so
               that
               methinks
               his
               Lordship's
               Reputation
               ,
               joyn'd
               with
               the
               Earl
               of
               
               Roscomon's
               ,
               might
               be
               sufficient
               to
               attone
               for
               their
               Country's
               Character
               in
               point
               of
               Wit.
               He
               has
               publisht
               Four
               Plays
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ;
               wherein
               not
               only
               the
               true
               English
               Courage
               is
               delineated
               to
               the
               Life
               :
               but
               likewise
               the
               very
               Infidels
               and
               Barbarians
               ,
               are
               taught
               by
               his
               Pen
               ,
               not
               only
               Humanity
               ,
               but
               the
               Highest
               Morality
               and
               Virtue
               .
               But
               his
               Wit
               is
               as
               far
               above
               my
               Abilities
               to
               describe
               ,
               as
               to
               imitate
               ;
               and
               therefore
               I
               shall
               hasten
               to
               give
               an
               Account
               of
               his
               Plays
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Black
                 Prince
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               printed
               at
               Lond.
               folio
               ,
               1672.
               
               Tho'
               this
               Play
               in
               the
               Title-page
               be
               call'd
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               yet
               it
               ends
               successfully
               :
               and
               therefore
               I
               presume
               was
               rather
               stiled
               so
               by
               the
               Author
               ,
               from
               the
               Quality
               and
               Grandeur
               of
               the
               Persons
               in
               the
               Dramma
               ,
               than
               from
               any
               unfortunate
               Catastrophe
               .
               
               For
               the
               foundation
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               it
               concerns
               History
               consult
               
                 Walsinghami
                 Historia
                 Angliae
                 .
                 Florentii
                 Monarch
                 .
                 Wigorniensis
                 Chronicon
                 .
                 Pol
                 Vergilii
                 Historiae
                 Angliae
                 .
                 Froissard
                 Croniques
                 de
                 France
                 ,
                 &
                 d'Angleterre
                 .
                 Du
                 Chesne
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
              
               and
               other
               English
               Historians
               in
               in
               Reign
               of
               Edward
               the
               Third
               .
            
             
               Tryphon
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               by
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               folio
               ,
               Lond.
               1672.
               
               Of
               this
               Usurper
               you
               have
               an
               account
               in
               
                 Maccabees
                 lib.
              
               1.
               
               See
               besides
               
                 Josephus
                 lib.
              
               13.
               
               
                 Appian
                 de
                 Bellis
                 Syriacis
              
               &c.
               
               These
               two
               Plays
               are
               printed
               together
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 the
                 Fifth
              
               ,
               a
               History
               ,
               acted
               at
               his
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               folio
               ,
               Lond.
               1677.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               see
               the
               Chronicles
               of
               England
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               that
               King
               such
               as
               
                 Walsingham
                 ,
                 Polydore
                 Vergil
                 ,
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
              
               &c.
               and
               the
               French
               Chronicles
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Sixth
               ,
               as
               
                 Les
                 Chroniques
                 d'Enguerrand
                 de
                 Monstrelet
                 .
                 Jean
                 Juvenal
                 des
                 Ursins
                 ,
                 L'Histoire
                 de
                 Charles
                 VI.
                 F.
                 de
                 Belleforest
                 ,
                 L'Histoire
                 de
                 neuf
                 Roys
                 Charles
                 de
                 France
                 ,
                 Mezeray
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Mustapha
                 Son
                 of
                 Solyman
                 the
                 Magnificent
                 ,
              
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Dukes
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               folio
               ,
               Lond.
               1677.
               
               See
               
                 Paulus
                 Jovius
                 lib.
              
               40.
               
               
                 Thuanus
                 lib.
              
               12.
               
               
                 Tho.
                 Artus
                 la
                 Continuation
                 de
                 l'Histoire
                 des
                 Turcs
                 .
                 Knolles's
                 Turkish
                 History
                 .
              
            
             
               Besides
               these
               Plays
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               Comedy
               lately
               publisht
               ,
               tho'
               writ
               as
               I
               suppose
               some
               years
               ago
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Anthony
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               Their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               
               1690.
               
               This
               Play
               I
               believe
               was
               acted
               formerly
               ,
               at
               the
               Dukes
               Theatre
               in
               Lincolns-Inn-Fields
               ,
               because
               I
               find
               Mr.
               Angel
               ,
               and
               Mrs.
               Long
               amongst
               the
               Actors
               Names
               ,
               who
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               ,
               have
               been
               dead
               some
               years
               .
               The
               Prologue
               to
               this
               Play
               ,
               is
               the
               same
               with
               that
               of
               
                 The
                 Fool
                 turn'd
                 Critick
              
               :
               but
               whether
               it
               be
               borrow'd
               ,
               or
               genuine
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               .
            
             
               Besides
               these
               Plays
               our
               Author
               has
               writ
               a
               Romance
               ,
               called
               Parthenissa
               ;
               which
               yields
               not
               either
               in
               Beauty
               ,
               Language
               ,
               or
               Design
               to
               the
               Works
               of
               the
               famous
               Scudery
               ,
               or
               Calpranede
               ,
               however
               Eminent
               they
               may
               be
               amongst
               the
               French
               ,
               for
               Pieces
               of
               this
               Nature
               :
               and
               what
               Mr.
               Davis
               of
               Kidwelly
               says
               of
               
               Scarron's
               Comical
               Romance
               ,
               may
               with
               more
               Justice
               be
               applied
               to
               our
               Illustrious
               Author
               ,
               and
               this
               Work.
               
               
                 k
                 'T
                 is
                 a
                 thousand
                 pities
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Author
                 (
                 prevented
                 by
                 death
                 )
                 hath
                 left
                 the
                 Work
                 imperfect
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 we
                 are
                 ,
                 and
                 ever
                 shall
                 beat
                 a
                 loss
                 ,
                 to
                 know
                 ,
                 what
                 period
                 he
                 might
                 bring
                 so
                 many
                 noble
                 Adventures
                 to
                 .
              
               He
               his
               written
               a
               Treatise
               in
               Folio
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Art
                 of
                 War.
              
               I
               have
               been
               told
               ,
               it
               has
               been
               commended
               by
               many
               expert
               Captains
               ,
               for
               the
               best
               Piece
               extant
               in
               English
               :
               but
               this
               I
               must
               leave
               to
               the
               judgment
               of
               others
               ,
               more
               experienced
               in
               the
               Art
               Military
               .
            
             
               I
               know
               not
               where
               ,
               or
               when
               ,
               our
               Noble
               Author
               Died
               :
               but
               those
               who
               would
               view
               his
               Character
               more
               at
               large
               ,
               must
               read
               Sr.
               William
               Davenant's
               Poem
               to
               his
               Lordship
               ,
               l
               which
               will
               make
               them
               regret
               the
               Loss
               of
               so
               great
               a
               Man.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Samuel
               BRANDON
               .
            
             
               This
               Author
               liv'd
               in
               the
               later
               part
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeths
               Reign
               ,
               and
               publisht
               a
               Play
               called
               
                 The
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 of
                 the
                 Virtuous
                 Octavia
                 ,
              
               never
               acted
               ,
               but
               printed
               120.
               
               Lond.
               1598.
               and
               dedicated
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               ,
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               and
               truly
               Virtuous
               Lady
               ,
               the
               Lady
               
                 Lucia
                 Audelay
              
               :
               accompanied
               with
               two
               other
               Copies
               in
               commendation
               of
               the
               Play.
               It
               is
               writ
               in
               alternate
               Verse
               ,
               with
               a
               Chorus
               at
               the
               end
               of
               each
               Act.
               For
               the
               Ground
               of
               this
               Play
               read
               
               Suetonius's
               Life
               of
               Augustus
               .
               Plutarch's
               Life
               of
               
                 M.
                 Anthony
                 .
                 Dion
                 .
                 Cassius
                 ,
              
               &c.
               At
               the
               End
               of
               this
               Play
               are
               printed
               two
               Epistles
               between
               Octavia
               ,
               and
               her
               Husband
               
                 M.
                 Anthony
              
               ,
               in
               imitation
               of
               
               Ovid's
               Stile
               ,
               but
               writ
               in
               long
               Alexandrins
               .
               They
               are
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Honourable
               ,
               Virtuous
               and
               Excellent
               Mrs.
               
                 Mary
                 Thin
              
               .
               The
               Author
               had
               that
               good
               Opinion
               of
               his
               Play
               ,
               that
               besides
               his
               
                 Prosopopeia
                 al
                 Libro
              
               ,
               at
               the
               beginning
               of
               his
               Book
               ,
               he
               has
               concluded
               with
               this
               Italian
               Sentence
               .
            
             
               
                 L'aqua
                 non
                 temo
                 de
                 l'
                 eterno
                 oblio
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Anthony
               BREWER
               .
            
             
               A
               Writer
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               to
               whom
               is
               ascrib'd
               by
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               ,
               two
               Plays
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 The
                 Country
                 Girl
              
               ,
               and
               
                 The
                 Love-sick
                 King
              
               :
               tho'
               I
               question
               whether
               the
               former
               belong
               to
               him
               ,
               it
               being
               ascrib'd
               to
               
                 T.
                 B.
              
               in
               the
               Title-page
               .
               However
               I
               am
               sure
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               ,
               is
               much
               mistaken
               in
               the
               Account
               that
               he
               gives
               
               of
               our
               Author
               ,
               m
               
                 That
                 he
                 was
                 One
                 who
                 in
                 his
                 time
                 contributed
                 much
                 towards
                 the
                 English
                 Stage
                 by
                 his
                 Dramatick
                 Writings
                 ,
                 especially
                 ,
                 in
                 that
                 noted
                 One
                 of
                 his
                 call'd
                 Lingua
                 :
              
               for
               neither
               was
               that
               Play
               writ
               by
               him
               ,
               nor
               
                 Love's
                 Loadstone
                 ,
                 Landagartha
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Love's
                 Dominion
              
               ,
               as
               he
               and
               Mr.
               Phillips
               affirm
               :
               Landagartha
               being
               writ
               by
               
                 Henry
                 Burnel
              
               
                 Esq
              
               and
               
                 Love's
                 Dominion
              
               ,
               by
               Flecknoe
               .
               But
               I
               shall
               proceed
               to
               give
               an
               Account
               of
               those
               Plays
               ,
               which
               are
               ascrib'd
               to
               him
               by
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               ,
               who
               was
               better
               vers'd
               in
               Writings
               of
               this
               Nature
               .
            
             
               
                 Country
                 Girl
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               often
               acted
               with
               much
               applause
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1647.
               
               This
               Play
               has
               been
               reviv'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Country
                 Innocence
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Chamber-maid
                 turn'd
                 Quaker
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Love-sick
                 King
              
               ,
               an
               English
               Tragical
               History
               ,
               with
               the
               Life
               and
               Death
               of
               Cartesmunda
               the
               fair
               Nun
               of
               Winchester
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1655.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               likewise
               reviv'd
               by
               the
               Actors
               of
               the
               King's
               House
               in
               the
               Year
               168c
               .
               and
               acted
               by
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               
                 Perjur'd
                 Nun.
              
               The
               Historical
               part
               of
               the
               Plot
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               Invasion
               of
               the
               Danes
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               K.
               Ethelred
               ,
               and
               Alfred
               ;
               which
               the
               Author
               calls
               Etheldred
               and
               Alured
               .
               See
               the
               Writers
               of
               English
               Affairs
               ,
               as
               
                 Polydore
                 ,
                 Vergil
                 ,
                 Mathaeus
                 Westmonasteriens
                 .
                 Gul.
                 Malmsburiensis
                 ,
                 Ingulsus
                 ,
                 Ranulphus
                 Higden
                 ,
                 Du
                 Chesne
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Alexander
               BROME
               .
            
             
               This
               Author
               flourisht
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               
               Charles
               the
               Martyr
               ,
               and
               was
               an
               Attorney
               in
               the
               Lord
               Mayor's
               Court.
               He
               was
               Eminent
               in
               the
               worst
               of
               Times
               for
               Law
               ,
               and
               Loyalty
               ,
               and
               yet
               more
               for
               Poetry
               .
               Though
               his
               Genius
               led
               him
               rather
               to
               Lyrick
               than
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               ,
               yet
               we
               have
               One
               Play
               of
               his
               extant
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Cunning
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               by
               Their
               Majesties
               Servants
               at
               the
               private
               House
               in
               Drury-lane
               ,
               printed
               in
               quatro
               ,
               Lond.
               1654.
               
               Part
               of
               the
               Plot
               is
               borrow'd
               ;
               as
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               Mantua's
               shutting
               up
               his
               Daughter
               in
               the
               Tower
               ,
               and
               his
               being
               deceiv'd
               by
               her
               ,
               and
               Prince
               Prospero
               ,
               is
               taken
               from
               a
               Story
               in
               the
               Old
               Book
               of
               the
               
                 Seven
                 Wise
                 Masters
              
               ;
               but
               which
               the
               Reader
               may
               find
               better
               related
               in
               the
               
                 Fortunate
                 Deceiv'd
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Unfortunate
                 Lovers
              
               :
               in
               the
               Fifth
               Novel
               of
               the
               
                 Deceiv'd
                 Lovers
              
               .
            
             
               Although
               our
               Author
               ,
               has
               himself
               made
               but
               one
               Attempt
               in
               this
               Kind
               ,
               yet
               we
               are
               indebted
               to
               him
               for
               two
               Volumes
               of
               Mr.
               
                 Richard
                 Brome's
              
               Plays
               in
               octavo
               ,
               especially
               One
               of
               them
               ,
               since
               't
               was
               by
               his
               Care
               ,
               that
               after
               the
               Author's
               Death
               they
               were
               preserv'd
               and
               publisht
               .
               On
               which
               account
               One
               
                 T.
                 S.
              
               n
               amongst
               other
               Commendations
               given
               our
               Author
               in
               Verse
               ,
               says
               thus
               ;
               
                 
                   Nor
                   can
                   I
                   tell
                   to
                   whom
                   we
                   are
                   more
                   bound
                   ,
                
                 
                   Or
                   to
                   
                   Brome's
                   Wit
                   ,
                   or
                   You
                   that
                   have
                   it
                   found
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Our
               Poet
               is
               chiefly
               famous
               for
               his
               Odes
               ,
               and
               Dithyrambs
               ,
               which
               he
               compos'd
               during
               the
               late
               Troubles
               ,
               together
               with
               his
               Epistles
               ,
               and
               Epigrams
               translated
               from
               several
               Authors
               ,
               all
               which
               were
               printed
               together
               at
               the
               King
               's
               Return
               in
               octavo
               ,
               and
               Second
               Edition
               .
               Lond.
               
               1664.
               
               Nor
               was
               he
               less
               eminent
               for
               his
               Version
               of
               Horace
               ;
               which
               tho'
               not
               wholly
               his
               own
               ,
               yet
               having
               supplied
               his
               Verse
               from
               the
               Stores
               of
               Sr.
               
                 Richard
                 Fanshaw
              
               ,
               Dr.
               Holliday
               ,
               Sr.
               
                 Tho.
                 Hawkins
              
               ,
               the
               Ingenious
               Mr.
               Cowley
               ,
               the
               Admirable
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               ,
               from
               which
               great
               Master
               ,
               he
               borrow'd
               the
               Version
               of
               the
               last
               Epistle
               ,
               
                 De
                 Arte
                 Poetica
              
               ,
               to
               crown
               the
               rest
               (
               tho'it
               is
               since
               left
               out
               for
               a
               new
               Translation
               ,
               done
               by
               
                 S.
                 P.
              
               
                 Esq
              
               which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               
                 Samuel
                 Pordage
              
               )
               he
               has
               gain'd
               to
               himself
               a
               Reputation
               ,
               which
               will
               not
               speedily
               decay
               :
               tho'
               the
               late
               Version
               of
               Mr.
               Creech
               ,
               seems
               somewhat
               to
               obscure
               it
               Lustre
               .
               I
               cannot
               but
               inform
               the
               Reader
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               once
               an
               Intention
               to
               translate
               Lucretius
               ;
               o
               as
               I
               learn
               from
               an
               Epigram
               writ
               by
               Sr.
               
                 Aston
                 Cockain
              
               ;
               but
               this
               great
               Work
               notwithstanding
               what
               he
               design'd
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Evelyn
               perform'd
               ,
               was
               reserv'd
               for
               the
               management
               of
               a
               nobler
               Pen
               ,
               that
               of
               the
               much
               Admired
               Mr.
               Creech
               .
            
          
           
             
               Richard
               BROME
               .
            
             
               This
               Author
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               K.
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               tho'of
               mean
               Extraction
               (
               being
               Servant
               to
               the
               fam'd
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               )
               Writ
               himself
               into
               much
               credit
               .
               His
               Subject
               for
               the
               most
               part
               was
               Comedy
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               usual
               Motto
               out
               of
               Martial
               ,
               which
               he
               placed
               before
               most
               of
               his
               Plays
               .
            
             
               
                 Hic
                 totus
                 volo
                 rideat
                 Libellus
                 .
              
            
             
               As
               to
               his
               worth
               in
               Comick
               Writing
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               only
               asserted
               by
               the
               Testimony
               of
               several
               Poets
               of
               that
               Age
               ,
               in
               their
               commendatory
               
               Verses
               before
               many
               of
               his
               Plays
               ,
               as
               
                 Shirley
                 ,
                 Decker
                 ,
                 Ford
                 ,
                 Chamberlain
                 ,
              
               Sr.
               
                 Aston
                 Cockain
                 ,
                 Alexander
                 Brome
              
               ,
               and
               others
               :
               but
               even
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               himself
               (
               who
               was
               not
               over-lavish
               of
               of
               Praise
               )
               bestowed
               the
               following
               Copy
               on
               his
               
                 Northern
                 Lass
              
               ,
               which
               will
               weigh
               against
               all
               the
               Calumnies
               of
               his
               Enemies
               .
            
             
               To
               my
               Faithful
               Servant
               ,
               and
               (
               by
               his
               continu'd
               Virtue
               )
               my
               Loving
               Friend
               the
               Author
               of
               this
               Work
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Richard
                 Brome
              
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 had
                 you
                 for
                 a
                 Servant
                 ,
                 once
                 ,
                 
                   Dick
                   Brome
                
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 you
                 perform'd
                 a
                 Servants
                 faithful
                 parts
                 ,
              
               
                 Now
                 you
                 are
                 got
                 into
                 a
                 nearer
                 Room
              
               
                 Of
                 Fellowship
                 ,
                 professing
                 my
                 old
                 Arts.
              
               
                 And
                 you
                 do
                 do
                 them
                 well
                 ,
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 ,
              
               
                 Which
                 you
                 have
                 justly
                 gain'd
                 from
                 the
                 Stage
                 ,
              
               
                 By
                 observation
                 of
                 those
                 Comick
                 Laws
              
               
                 Which
                 I
                 ,
                 your
                 Master
                 ,
                 first
                 did
                 teach
                 the
                 Age.
              
               
                 You
                 learnt
                 it
                 well
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 it
                 serv'd
                 your
                 time
              
               
                 A
                 Prentice-ship
                 ,
                 which
                 few
                 do
                 now
                 a
                 days
                 :
              
               
                 Now
                 each
                 Court
                 Hobbihorse
                 will
                 wince
                 in
                 Rime
                 ;
              
               
                 Both
                 learned
                 ,
                 and
                 unlearned
                 ,
                 all
                 write
                 Plays
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 was
                 not
                 so
                 ,
                 of
                 Old
                 :
                 Men
                 took
                 up
                 Trades
              
               
                 That
                 knew
                 the
                 Crafts
                 they
                 had
                 bin
                 bred
                 in
                 right
                 ;
              
               
                 An
                 honest
                 Bilboe-Smith
                 would
                 make
                 good
                 Blades
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 the
                 Physitian
                 teach
                 men
                 spue
                 and
                 sh
                 —
              
               
                 The
                 Cobler
                 kept
                 him
                 to
                 his
                 Aul
                 ;
                 but
                 now
              
               
                 He
                 'll
                 be
                 a
                 Poet
                 ,
                 scarce
                 can
                 guide
                 a
                 Plow
                 .
              
            
             
               Tho'
               the
               later
               part
               of
               this
               Copy
               be
               an
               imitation
               of
               the
               following
               Lines
               of
               Horace
               ,
               yet
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               the
               Reader
               will
               pardon
               Ben
               for
               his
               ingenious
               Application
               .
            
             
               
               
                 Horatii
                 Epistolarum
                 ,
                 Lib.
                 2
                 ,
                 Epist.
                 1.
                 
              
               
                 Navem
                 agere
                 ignarus
                 navis
                 timet
                 :
                 abrotonum
                 aegro
              
               
                 Non
                 audet
                 ,
                 nisi
                 qui
                 didicit
                 ,
                 dare
                 .
                 Quod
                 Medicorū
                 est
              
               
                 Promittunt
                 Medici
                 :
                 tractant
                 fabilia
                 fabri
                 .
              
               
                 Scribimus
                 indocti
                 doctique
                 Poemata
                 passim
                 .
              
            
             
               In
               imitation
               of
               his
               Master
               Mr.
               Johnson
               ,
               he
               studied
               Men
               and
               Humor
               ,
               more
               than
               Books
               ;
               and
               his
               Genius
               affecting
               Comedy
               ,
               his
               Province
               was
               more
               observation
               than
               Study
               .
               His
               Plots
               were
               his
               own
               ,
               and
               he
               forg'd
               all
               his
               various
               Characters
               from
               the
               Mint
               of
               his
               own
               Experience
               ,
               and
               Judgment
               .
               'T
               is
               not
               therefore
               to
               be
               expected
               ,
               that
               I
               should
               be
               able
               to
               trace
               him
               ,
               who
               was
               so
               excellent
               an
               Imitator
               of
               his
               Master
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               truly
               pass
               for
               an
               Original
               :
               so
               that
               all
               that
               I
               can
               inform
               my
               Reader
               of
               his
               Plays
               ,
               is
               that
               he
               has
               Fifteen
               in
               print
               ,
               most
               of
               which
               were
               acted
               with
               good
               Applause
               ,
               and
               that
               several
               of
               them
               have
               been
               thought
               worthy
               to
               be
               revived
               by
               the
               Players
               ,
               (
               to
               their
               own
               Profit
               ,
               and
               the
               Author's
               Honor
               )
               in
               this
               Critical
               Age.
               Nor
               are
               several
               of
               his
               other
               Plays
               less
               worthy
               of
               Commendation
               :
               of
               which
               Alphabetically
               .
            
             
               Antipodes
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               in
               the
               year
               1638.
               by
               the
               Queen's
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               at
               
                 Salisbury
                 Court
              
               in
               Fleetstreet
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               William
               Earl
               of
               Hertford
               .
            
             
               
                 City
                 Wit
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Woman
                 wears
                 the
                 Breeches
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1653.
               
            
             
               
                 Covent-Garden
                 weeded
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Middlesex
                 Justice
                 of
                 Peace
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1658.
               
            
             
             
               
                 Court
                 Beggar
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Cock-pit
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               Anno
               1632.
               and
               printed
               in
               octavo
               ,
               Lond.
               1653.
               
            
             
               Damoiselle
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 New
                 Ordinary
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1653.
               
            
             
               
                 English
                 Moor
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Mock
                 Marriage
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               often
               acted
               with
               general
               applause
               ,
               by
               her
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lon.
               1659.
               
            
             
               
                 Jovial
                 Crew
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Merry
                 Beggars
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               presented
               at
               the
               Cock-pit
               in
               Drury-lane
               ,
               in
               the
               year
               1641
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1652.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Noble
               ,
               Ingenious
               and
               Judicious
               Gentleman
               
                 Thomas
                 Stanley
              
               
                 Esq
              
               This
               Play
               was
               reviv'd
               by
               the
               Actors
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               reprinted
               1686.
               
            
             
               
                 Love-sick
                 Court
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Ambitious
                 Politick
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1658.
               
               What
               Opinion
               the
               Author
               himself
               had
               of
               this
               Comedy
               may
               be
               gathered
               by
               the
               following
               Distick
               ,
               prefixt
               in
               his
               Title-page
               .
            
             
               
                 Nil
                 mea
                 ,
                 ceu
                 mos
                 est
                 ,
                 comendes
                 carmina
                 curo
                 ,
              
               
                 Se
                 nisi
                 comendent
                 carmina
                 dispereant
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Mad
                 Couple
                 well
                 Matcht
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1653.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               reviv'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               by
               the
               Duke's
               Actors
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 The
                 Debaunchee
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Credulous
                 Cuckold
              
               ;
               and
               reprinted
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1677.
               
            
             
               
                 New
                 Academy
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 New
                 Exchange
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1658.
               
            
             
               
                 Northern
                 Lass
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               with
               great
               Applause
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1663.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Worthy
               ,
               and
               no
               less
               Judicious
               than
               Ingenious
               Gentleman
               
                 Rich.
                 
                 Holford
              
               Esquire
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               commended
               not
               only
               by
               the
               above-mentioned
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               ,
               but
               by
               Five
               other
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               printed
               before
               the
               Play.
               This
               Play
               was
               reviv'd
               by
               the
               Players
               ,
               since
               the
               Union
               of
               the
               Two
               Houses
               ,
               and
               reprinted
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1684.
               with
               a
               new
               Prologue
               and
               Epilogue
               ,
               the
               former
               written
               by
               
                 Jo.
                 Haynes
              
               the
               Comedian
               .
            
             
               Novella
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Black-friars
               ,
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Servants
               Anno
               1632.
               and
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1653.
               
               This
               I
               take
               to
               exceed
               many
               of
               our
               modern
               Comedies
               .
            
             
               
                 Queen
                 and
                 Concubine
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1659.
               
            
             
               
                 Queen's
                 Exchange
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               with
               general
               applause
               at
               the
               Black-fryars
               ,
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               1657.
               
            
             
               
                 Sparagus
                 Garden
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               in
               the
               year
               1635.
               by
               the
               then
               Company
               of
               Revels
               ,
               at
               Salisbury-Court
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               William
               Earl
               of
               Newcastle
               ,
               &c.
               
               Governor
               to
               the
               Prince
               his
               Highness
               .
               This
               Comedy
               is
               applauded
               by
               Two
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               writ
               by
               two
               of
               the
               Author's
               Friends
               .
            
             
               He
               joyn'd
               with
               
                 Thomas
                 Heywood
              
               ,
               in
               a
               Play
               called
               
                 The
                 late
                 Lancashire
                 Witches
              
               :
               an
               Account
               of
               which
               see
               in
               that
               Author
               .
            
             
               Ten
               of
               these
               Plays
               are
               printed
               in
               two
               Volumes
               in
               octavo
               ,
               each
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               Five
               New
               Plays
               by
               
                 Richard
                 Brome
              
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Phillips
               ,
               p
               I
               know
               not
               for
               what
               Reason
               ,
               has
               omitted
               several
               of
               our
               Authors
               Plays
               ,
               viz.
               
               Damoyselle
               ,
               New
               Academy
               ,
               Queen
               and
               Concubine
               ,
               Queen's
               Exchange
               ,
               and
               Lancashire
               Witches
               .
            
          
           
             
               Fulk
               Grevile
               Lord
               BROOK
               .
            
             
               This
               Honourable
               Person
               was
               Son
               to
               Sr.
               
                 Fulk
                 Grevile
              
               the
               Elder
               ,
               of
               Beauchamp-Court
               in
               Warwick-shire
               ;
               and
               after
               having
               been
               Educated
               some
               time
               at
               Cambridge
               ,
               he
               removed
               to
               Court
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               :
               and
               in
               the
               Seventeenth
               year
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               ,
               he
               was
               made
               a
               Baron
               .
               He
               was
               eminently
               Famous
               for
               Learning
               and
               Courage
               .
               He
               was
               bred
               up
               with
               the
               Fam'd
               Sr.
               
                 Philip
                 Sidney
              
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               youth
               writ
               several
               Poems
               of
               different
               Kinds
               ,
               amongst
               which
               are
               two
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               Alaham
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               printed
               in
               Folio
               1633.
               
               This
               Play
               seems
               an
               Imitation
               of
               the
               Ancients
               .
               The
               Prologue
               is
               spoken
               by
               a
               Ghost
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               Old
               Kings
               of
               Ormus
               ,
               (
               an
               Island
               Scituate
               at
               the
               Entrance
               of
               the
               Persian
               Gulf
               )
               where
               the
               Scene
               of
               the
               Dramma
               lies
               .
               This
               Spectre
               gives
               an
               Account
               of
               each
               Character
               ;
               which
               is
               possibly
               done
               in
               Imitation
               of
               Euripides
               ,
               who
               usually
               introduced
               one
               of
               the
               chief
               Actors
               ,
               as
               the
               Prologue
               :
               whose
               business
               was
               to
               explain
               all
               those
               Circumstances
               which
               preceded
               the
               opening
               of
               the
               Stage
               .
               The
               Author
               has
               been
               so
               careful
               in
               observing
               the
               Rules
               of
               Aristotle
               and
               Horace
               ,
               that
               whereas
               Horace
               q
               says
               
                 
                   —
                   nec
                   quarta
                   loqui
                   persona
                   laboret
                   .
                
              
            
             
               He
               has
               in
               no
               Scene
               throughout
               introduc'd
               above
               two
               Speakers
               ;
               except
               in
               the
               Chorus
               between
               
               each
               Act
               :
               and
               even
               there
               he
               observes
               all
               the
               Rules
               laid
               down
               by
               that
               great
               Master
               ,
               in
               the
               Art
               of
               Poetry
               ,
               part
               of
               whose
               Directions
               to
               the
               Chorus
               are
               as
               follows
               :
               r
               
                 
                   Ille
                   dapes
                   laudet
                   mensae
                   brevis
                   :
                   ille
                   salubrem
                
                 
                   Justitiam
                   ,
                   legesque
                   ,
                   &
                   apertis
                   otia
                   Portis
                   .
                
              
            
             
               For
               the
               Plot
               of
               this
               Tragedy
               I
               know
               not
               whence
               it
               is
               taken
               ,
               neither
               can
               I
               find
               the
               Name
               of
               any
               such
               King
               as
               Alaham
               ,
               amongst
               those
               Princes
               that
               Reigned
               there
               ,
               which
               are
               enumerated
               by
               Mr.
               Herbert
               s
               in
               his
               Account
               of
               Ormus
               .
            
             
               Mustapha
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               printed
               in
               Folio
               1633.
               
               What
               I
               have
               spoken
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               may
               be
               applied
               to
               this
               Play
               likewise
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Rules
               of
               the
               Ancients
               :
               since
               both
               seem
               to
               be
               built
               on
               their
               Model
               .
               All
               I
               have
               to
               say
               further
               is
               ,
               that
               an
               imperfect
               Copy
               of
               this
               Play
               appeared
               in
               print
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1609.
               tho'
               I
               suppose
               without
               his
               Lordship's
               Knowledge
               ,
               since
               it
               may
               rather
               be
               stiled
               a
               Fragment
               ,
               than
               a
               Tragedy
               .
               But
               those
               Imperfections
               are
               amended
               in
               the
               Folio
               Edition
               .
            
             
               As
               to
               the
               Foundation
               of
               the
               Play
               ,
               't
               is
               the
               same
               with
               that
               of
               my
               Lord
               
               Orrery's
               Tragedy
               :
               therefore
               I
               refer
               you
               to
               the
               same
               Authors
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Paulus
                 Jovius
                 ,
                 Thuanus
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Both
               these
               Plays
               are
               printed
               together
               in
               Folio
               Lond.
               1633.
               with
               several
               other
               Poems
               ,
               as
               
                 A
                 Treatise
                 of
                 Humane
                 Learning
                 .
                 An
                 Inquisition
                 upon
                 Fame
                 and
                 Honour
                 .
                 A
                 Treatise
                 of
                 Wars
                 .
              
               All
               these
               are
               written
               in
               a
               Stanza
               of
               Six
               Lines
               ;
               four
               interwoven
               ,
               and
               a
               Couplet
               in
               
               Base
               ;
               which
               the
               Italians
               call
               
                 Sestine
                 .
                 Caelica
              
               containing
               One
               Hundred
               and
               Nine
               Sonnets
               of
               different
               Measures
               ,
               on
               different
               Subjects
               .
               There
               are
               in
               this
               Volume
               two
               Letters
               ,
               the
               One
               to
               an
               Honourable
               Lady
               ;
               the
               Subject
               of
               which
               is
               ,
               how
               to
               behave
               her self
               in
               a
               Married
               State
               :
               The
               other
               written
               to
               his
               Cosen
               
                 Grevil
                 Varney
              
               then
               in
               France
               ;
               containing
               Directions
               for
               Travel
               .
            
             
               His
               Lordship
               has
               other
               Pieces
               ascribed
               to
               him
               ,
               besides
               these
               publisht
               under
               his
               Name
               ;
               as
               the
               Life
               of
               his
               Friend
               and
               Companion
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Philip
                 Sidney
              
               ,
               printed
               at
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Arcadia
               ,
               under
               the
               name
               of
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
               His
               Remains
               ,
               or
               Poems
               of
               Monarchy
               and
               Religion
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1670.
               and
               other
               Pieces
               which
               because
               of
               their
               uncertainty
               I
               omit
               .
               Only
               ,
               I
               cannot
               pass
               by
               a
               Mistake
               committed
               by
               Mr.
               Phillips
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               ;
               who
               ascribe
               another
               Play
               to
               him
               called
               
                 Marcus
                 Tullius
              
               Cicero's
               Tragedy
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               not
               written
               ,
               at
               least
               not
               printed
               ,
               as
               I
               suppose
               ,
               till
               long
               after
               his
               Lordships
               Death
               ,
               who
               was
               unhappily
               kill'd
               by
               an
               ungrateful
               Servant
               ,
               who
               afterwards
               to
               avoid
               the
               Sentence
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               made
               his
               own
               Hand
               the
               Executioner
               of
               Justice
               ,
               making
               Death
               his
               Choice
               ,
               which
               should
               have
               been
               his
               Punishment
               .
            
             
               
                 This
                 Worthy
                 Nobleman
                 lies
                 Buried
                 (
                 as
                 Dr.
                 Fuller
                 t
                 says
                 )
                 in
                 Warwick
                 Church
                 ,
                 under
                 a
                 Monument
                 of
                 black
                 and
                 white
                 Marble
                 ,
                 whereon
                 he
                 is
                 stiled
                 ,
                 
                   Servant
                   to
                   Queen
                   Elizabeth
                   ,
                   Councellor
                   to
                   King
                   James
                   ,
                   and
                   Friend
                   to
                   
                   Sr.
                   Philip
                   Sidney
                   :
                
              
               Dying
               Anno
               16
               —
               without
               Issue
               and
               unmarried
               .
               Those
               who
               would
               read
               his
               Character
               more
               at
               large
               ,
               may
               have
               recourse
               to
               that
               excellent
               Author
               above-mentioned
               .
            
          
           
             
               Henry
               BURKHEAD
               .
            
             
               This
               Author
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               K.
               Charles
               the
               Martyr
               ,
               being
               a
               Merchant
               in
               Bristol
               .
               He
               writ
               a
               Play
               in
               the
               year
               1645.
               called
               
                 Cola's
                 Furie
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Lirenda's
                 Misery
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               
                 Edward
                 Somerset
              
               ,
               Lord
               Herbert
               .
               The
               Subject
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               is
               the
               
                 Irish
                 Rebellion
              
               ,
               which
               broke
               out
               the
               twenty-third
               day
               of
               October
               1641.
               
               'T
               is
               couch'd
               under
               feign'd
               Names
               ;
               as
               Osirus
               for
               the
               late
               Duke
               of
               
                 Ormond
                 ,
                 Berosus
              
               ,
               for
               Sr.
               
                 John
                 Borlace
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               the
               other
               Characters
               are
               easily
               discovered
               by
               reading
               Sr.
               John
               Temple's
               History
               of
               the
               
                 Irish
                 Rebellion
              
               ,
               printed
               Lond.
               1646.
               and
               Sr.
               
                 John
                 Borlace
              
               his
               History
               on
               the
               same
               Subject
               ,
               Folio
               Lond.
               16
               —
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               never
               acted
               ,
               but
               introduc'd
               into
               the
               world
               by
               two
               Recommendatory
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               ,
               written
               by
               his
               Friends
               :
               both
               which
               may
               seem
               to
               the
               Reader
               ,
               to
               be
               too
               partial
               in
               their
               Judgments
               ;
               as
               may
               be
               judg'd
               by
               the
               following
               Lines
               ,
               which
               are
               part
               of
               a
               Copy
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Paul
                 Aylward
              
               .
            
             
               
                 What
                 tho'
                 of
                 
                   Terence
                   ,
                   Seneca
                
                 ,
                 we
                 hear
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 other
                 modern
                 Scenicks
                 ,
                 in
                 our
                 Sphere
                 ;
              
               
                 You
                 I
                 prefer
                 .
                 Johnson
                 for
                 all
                 his
                 Wit
              
               
                 Could
                 never
                 paint
                 out
                 Times
                 as
                 you
                 have
                 hit
              
               
               
                 The
                 Manners
                 of
                 our
                 Age
                 :
                 The
                 Fame
                 declines
              
               
                 Of
                 ne're
                 enough
                 prais'd
                 Shakespear
                 if
                 thy
                 lines
              
               
                 Come
                 to
                 be
                 publisht
                 :
                 
                   Beaum
                   &
                
                 Fletcher's
                 skill
              
               
                 Submits
                 to
                 yours
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 more
                 learned
                 Quill
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Henry
               BURNEL
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               This
               Gentleman
               liv'd
               in
               Ireland
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               .
               He
               writ
               a
               Play
               called
               Landgartha
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               presented
               in
               the
               New
               Theatre
               in
               Dublin
               ,
               with
               good
               applause
               ,
               being
               an
               ancient
               Story
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Dublin
               1641.
               and
               dedicated
               
                 To
                 all
                 Fair
                 ,
                 indifferent
                 Fair
                 ,
                 Virtuous
                 that
                 are
                 not
                 Fair
                 ,
                 and
                 magnanimous
                 Ladies
                 .
              
               This
               Play
               is
               usher'd
               into
               the
               world
               with
               Four
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               ,
               three
               Latine
               and
               one
               English
               ,
               but
               being
               guilty
               of
               the
               same
               partiality
               with
               the
               former
               ,
               I
               shall
               omit
               to
               insert
               any
               .
               The
               Play
               it self
               was
               first
               acted
               on
               St.
               Patrick's-day
               1639.
               with
               allowance
               of
               the
               Master
               of
               the
               Revels
               .
               The
               Author
               it
               seems
               ,
               miscarried
               in
               a
               former
               Play
               ,
               and
               therefore
               in
               imitation
               of
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               u
               (
               whom
               he
               stiles
               
                 The
                 Best
                 of
                 English
                 Poets
              
               )
               he
               has
               introduc'd
               his
               Play
               ,
               by
               a
               Prologue
               spoken
               by
               an
               Amazon
               ,
               with
               a
               Battle-Ax
               in
               her
               Hand
               ;
               which
               succeeded
               to
               the
               Author's
               satisfaction
               .
               The
               Plot
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               Conquest
               of
               Fro
               ,
               (
               which
               the
               Author
               calls
               Frollo
               )
               King
               of
               Suevia
               ,
               or
               Suethland
               ,
               by
               Regner
               (
               or
               as
               the
               Author
               calls
               him
               Reyner
               )
               King
               of
               Denmark
               :
               with
               the
               Repudiation
               of
               Landgertha
               Queen
               to
               Regner
               ,
               See
               Krantzius
               ,
               lib.
               4.
               c.
               6.
               
               
                 Saxo
                 Grammaticus
              
               ,
               lib.
               9.
               
               
                 Jo.
                 Magnus
              
               ,
               lib.
               17.
               c.
               4
               ,
               5.
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             C.
             
          
           
             
               Lady
               Elizabeth
               CAREW
               .
            
             
               A
               Lady
               that
               flourisht
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Qu
               :
               Elizabeth
               ,
               of
               whom
               I
               am
               able
               to
               give
               no
               other
               Account
               ,
               than
               what
               I
               collect
               from
               the
               Title-page
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Mariam
                 the
                 Fair
                 Queen
                 of
                 Jewry
                 ,
              
               her
               Tragedy
               ,
               written
               (
               says
               the
               Publisher
               )
               by
               that
               Learned
               ,
               Virtuous
               ,
               and
               truly
               Noble
               Lady
               ,
               
                 Elizabeth
                 Carew
              
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1613.
               
               The
               Play
               is
               writ
               in
               the
               same
               measure
               of
               Verse
               ,
               with
               the
               Tragedies
               of
               the
               Earl
               of
               
                 Sterline
                 ,
                 viz.
              
               in
               Alternate
               Verse
               ,
               and
               the
               Chorus
               is
               writ
               in
               Settines
               ,
               or
               a
               Stanza
               of
               Six
               Lines
               ,
               four
               interwoven
               and
               a
               Couplet
               in
               Base
               .
               For
               the
               Play
               itself
               ,
               it
               is
               very
               well
               Pen'd
               ,
               considering
               those
               Times
               ,
               and
               the
               Lady's
               Sex
               :
               I
               leave
               it
               to
               the
               Readers
               to
               compare
               it
               with
               that
               modern
               Tragedy
               of
               Herod
               and
               Mariamne
               .
               Her
               Story
               is
               written
               at
               large
               in
               Josephus
               his
               History
               of
               the
               Jews
               .
               See
               lib.
               14
               and
               15.
               
               Salian
               .
               Tom.
               6.
               
               A.M.
               4012.
               &c.
               Torniel
               .
               Tom.
               2.
               
               A.
               M.
               4026.
               
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               CAREW
               .
            
             
               A
               Courtier
               much
               in
               Favour
               with
               K.
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               being
               One
               of
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Privy-Chamber
               ;
               and
               Sewer
               in
               Ordinary
               .
               He
               was
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               Masque
               call'd
               
                 Coelum
                 Britanicum
              
               ;
               which
               was
               performed
               at
               White-hall
               ,
               in
               the
               Banqueting-house
               on
               Shrove-Tuesday
               
               Night
               ,
               the
               Eighteenth
               of
               February
               1633.
               by
               the
               King's
               Majesty
               ,
               the
               Duke
               of
               Lenox
               ,
               the
               Earls
               of
               
                 Devonshire
                 ,
                 Holland
                 ,
                 Newport
              
               ,
               &c.
               with
               several
               other
               Lords
               and
               Noblemen's
               Sons
               .
               He
               was
               assisted
               in
               the
               contrivance
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Inigo
                 Jones
              
               ,
               that
               Famous
               Architect
               ;
               and
               all
               the
               Songs
               were
               set
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Henry
                 Lawes
              
               ,
               Gentleman
               of
               the
               King's
               Chappel
               ,
               and
               one
               of
               the
               private
               Musick
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               .
               It
               being
               written
               by
               the
               King
               's
               express
               Command
               ,
               our
               Author
               placed
               this
               Distick
               in
               the
               Front
               ,
               when
               printed
               .
            
             
               
                 Non
                 habet
                 Ingenium
                 ;
                 Caesar
                 sed
                 jussit
                 :
                 habebo
                 ;
              
               
                 Cur
                 me
                 posse
                 negem
                 ,
                 posse
                 quod
                 ille
                 putat
                 .
              
            
             
               He
               writ
               besides
               ,
               several
               Poems
               ,
               Songs
               ,
               and
               Sonnets
               which
               are
               received
               with
               good
               Esteem
               by
               the
               Wits
               of
               this
               Age
               ,
               and
               are
               printed
               with
               the
               foregoing
               Masque
               .
               These
               Poems
               have
               been
               several
               times
               Reprinted
               ,
               the
               Fourth
               Edition
               being
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1670.
               
               This
               Masque
               is
               not
               mentioned
               by
               either
               Mr.
               Philips
               ,
               or
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               ,
               because
               it
               was
               formerly
               ,
               through
               a
               mistake
               ,
               ascrib'd
               to
               Sr.
               
                 William
                 Davenant
              
               .
            
             
               Sr.
               
                 John
                 Suckling
              
               ,
               that
               gay
               Wit
               ,
               who
               delighted
               to
               Railly
               the
               best
               Poets
               ,
               and
               spar'd
               not
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               himself
               ,
               has
               thus
               play'd
               upon
               our
               Author
               in
               his
               
                 Sessions
                 of
                 Poets
              
               .
               a
            
             
               
                 
                   Tom
                   Carew
                
                 was
                 next
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 Fault
              
               
                 That
                 would
                 not
                 well
                 stand
                 with
                 a
                 Laureat
                 ;
              
               
                 His
                 Muse
                 was
                 hide-bound
                 ,
                 &
                 the
                 issue
                 of
                 's
                 brain
              
               
                 Was
                 seldome
                 brought
                 forth
                 but
                 with
                 trouble
                 and
                 pain
                 .
              
               
               
                 All
                 that
                 were
                 there
                 present
                 did
                 agree
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 a
                 Laureat
                 Muse
                 should
                 be
                 easy
                 and
                 free
                 ,
              
               
                 Yet
                 sure
                 't
                 was
                 not
                 that
                 ;
                 but
                 't
                 was
                 thought
                 that
                 His
                 Grace
                 ,
              
               
                 Consider'd
                 he
                 was
                 well
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 Cup-bearer's
                 Place
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               this
               is
               not
               to
               be
               taken
               for
               the
               real
               Judgment
               of
               that
               Excellent
               Poet
               :
               and
               he
               was
               too
               good
               a
               Judge
               of
               Wit
               to
               be
               ignorant
               of
               Mr.
               
               Carew's
               Worth
               ,
               and
               his
               Talent
               in
               Poetry
               ,
               and
               had
               he
               pleas'd
               he
               could
               have
               said
               as
               much
               in
               his
               Commendation
               ,
               as
               Sr
               
                 William
                 D'Avenant
              
               in
               those
               Stanzas
               writ
               to
               him
               ,
               b
               with
               part
               of
               which
               we
               shall
               conclude
               :
               
                 
                   Not
                   but
                   thy
                   Verses
                   are
                   as
                   smooth
                   and
                   high
                
                 
                   As
                   Glory
                   ,
                   Love
                   ,
                   and
                   Wine
                   from
                   Wit
                   can
                   raise
                   ;
                
                 
                   But
                   now
                   the
                   Devil
                   take
                   such
                   Destiny
                   !
                
                 
                   What
                   should
                   commend
                   them
                   ,
                   turns
                   to
                   their
                   dispraise
                   .
                
                 
                   Thy
                   Wits
                   chief
                   Virtue
                   ,
                   is
                   become
                   its
                   Vice
                   ;
                
                 
                   For
                   every
                   Beauty
                   thou
                   hast
                   rais'd
                   so
                   high
                   ,
                
                 
                   That
                   now
                   course
                   Faces
                   carry
                   such
                   a
                   Price
                   ,
                
                 
                   As
                   must
                   undo
                   a
                   Lover
                   that
                   would
                   buy
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Lodowick
               CARLELL
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               This
               Gentleman
               flourisht
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               and
               Second
               .
               He
               was
               an
               Ancient
               Courtier
               ,
               being
               Gentleman
               of
               the
               Bows
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               Groom
               of
               the
               King
               and
               Queen's
               Privy-chamber
               ,
               and
               served
               the
               Queen-Mother
               many
               years
               ,
               His
               Plays
               
               (
               which
               are
               Eight
               in
               number
               )
               were
               well
               esteem'd
               of
               ,
               and
               most
               of
               them
               appeared
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Black-friars
               ,
               notwithstanding
               the
               prohibition
               of
               the
               Stage
               in
               those
               days
               .
               The
               Names
               follow
               .
            
             
               
                 Arviragus
                 and
                 Philicia
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               in
               two
               parts
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               
                 Black
                 Friars
              
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1639.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               since
               revived
               on
               our
               Stage
               ,
               a
               new
               Prologue
               being
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               and
               spoke
               by
               Mr.
               Hart.
               c
               there
               is
               another
               Prologue
               printed
               in
               
                 London
                 Drollery
                 ,
                 pag.
              
               10.
               
               Several
               of
               our
               Historians
               speak
               of
               the
               Actions
               of
               this
               Illustrious
               Prince
               .
               See
               
                 Matth.
                 Westmonast
              
               .
               A.D.
               44.
               pag.
               93.
               
               
                 Galf.
                 Monumentens
              
               .
               lib.
               4.
               c.
               16.
               
               
                 Pol.
                 Vergil
              
               .
               lib.
               2.
               
               Grafton
               .
               Part
               7.
               p.
               77.
               
               These
               all
               agree
               ,
               that
               he
               Reign'd
               in
               the
               time
               of
               
                 Claudius
                 Caesar
              
               ,
               but
               Mr.
               Speed
               d
               will
               have
               it
               ,
               that
               he
               liv'd
               in
               the
               time
               of
               
                 Domitian
                 Caesar
              
               ,
               from
               Juvenal
               e
               who
               introduces
               
                 Fabritius
                 Vejento
              
               a
               Roman
               Senator
               flattering
               Domitian
               ,
               at
               the
               Councel
               held
               about
               the
               Turbot
               ,
               as
               follows
               ,
               
                 
                   Regem
                   aliquem
                   capies
                   ,
                   aut
                   de
                   Temone
                   Britanno
                
                 
                   Excidet
                   Arviragus
                   ,
                   —
                
              
               But
               in
               this
               he
               is
               mistaken
               ,
               for
               Arviragus
               was
               dead
               before
               the
               Reign
               of
               Domitian
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               Sycophant
               could
               not
               mean
               that
               he
               should
               overcome
               Him
               ,
               but
               some
               British
               or
               Foreign
               Warrier
               ,
               as
               stout
               as
               that
               Arviragus
               subdued
               by
               his
               his
               Father
               Vespasian
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Deserving
                 Favourite
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               presented
               before
               the
               King
               and
               Queen's
               Majesties
               at
               White-hall
               ,
               and
               very
               often
               at
               the
               Private
               House
               in
               Black-friars
               ,
               with
               great
               Applause
               ,
               by
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               his
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1659.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               very
               Noble
               and
               Approved
               Friends
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Cary
              
               Son
               to
               the
               Earl
               of
               Monmouth
               ;
               and
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Murrey
              
               :
               both
               of
               the
               Bed-chamber
               to
               His
               Majesty
               .
            
             
               
                 Fool
                 would
                 be
                 a
                 Favourite
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Discreet
                 Lover
              
               ,
               often
               acted
               by
               the
               Queen's
               Majesties
               Servants
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1657.
               
            
             
               
                 Osmond
                 the
                 Great
                 Turk
              
               ,
               otherwise
               called
               
                 The
                 Noble
                 Servant
              
               his
               Tragedy
               :
               acted
               by
               the
               Queens
               Servants
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               and
               printed
               with
               the
               former
               ,
               octavo
               Lond.
               1657.
               
               The
               Action
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               is
               the
               taking
               of
               Constantinople
               ,
               in
               the
               year
               1453.
               
               I
               know
               not
               why
               the
               Author
               has
               alter'd
               his
               Scene
               ,
               from
               Greece
               ,
               to
               Barbary
               ;
               or
               the
               Names
               of
               Mahomet
               ,
               and
               Irene
               ,
               for
               Melchosus
               ,
               and
               Despina
               :
               except
               in
               imitation
               of
               Beaumont
               ,
               and
               Fletcher
               ,
               who
               have
               transfer'd
               the
               Names
               of
               Rollo
               ,
               and
               Otto
               ,
               on
               Antoninus
               and
               Geta
               ,
               and
               degraded
               those
               Emperors
               of
               Rome
               ,
               by
               Creating
               them
               Dukes
               of
               Normandy
               .
               Many
               Authors
               have
               treated
               of
               this
               Story
               ,
               in
               the
               Life
               of
               Mahomet
               the
               Second
               ,
               consult
               Chalcocondylus
               lib.
               8.
               cap.
               6.
               
               
               Knolles's
               
                 Turkish
                 History
              
               .
               This
               Story
               is
               likewise
               in
               
               Bandello's
               Novels
               ;
               see
               the
               French
               Translation
               by
               Belleforest
               ,
               Tome
               1.
               
               Hist.
               2.
               
               See
               
               Painter's
               
                 Palace
                 of
                 Pleasure
              
               ,
               a
               Book
               of
               Novels
               ,
               printed
               in
               
               quarto
               Lond.
               1566.
               
               Nov.
               4
               
               o.
               For
               the
               Underplot
               of
               
                 Orcanes
                 ,
                 Calibeus
              
               ,
               and
               Ozaca
               ,
               't
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               Story
               of
               Mustapha
               ,
               Son
               to
               Mahomet
               the
               Second
               ,
               
                 Achmet
                 Bassa
              
               ,
               and
               his
               Wife
               .
               See
               
                 Lipsii
                 Monita
              
               .
               lib.
               2.
               cap.
               9.
               pag.
               125.
               
               
                 Artus
                 le
                 Contin
                 .
                 de
                 l'Hist
                 .
                 des
                 Turcs
                 .
              
               L.
               11.
               
               Knolles
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Passionate
                 Lover
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               in
               two
               parts
               ,
               twice
               presented
               before
               the
               King
               and
               Queen's
               Majesties
               at
               Somerset-house
               ,
               and
               very
               often
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Black-friars
               ,
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               by
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               's
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1655
               ,
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Illustrious
               Princess
               Mary
               Dutchess
               of
               Richmond
               ,
               and
               Lenox
               ,
               by
               the
               Publisher
               Mr.
               
                 Alexander
                 Goughe
              
               .
               On
               this
               Play
               the
               ingenious
               
                 Alexander
                 Brome
              
               has
               writ
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               ,
               which
               seem
               to
               reflect
               on
               the
               Character
               of
               the
               
                 Passionate
                 Lover
              
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               found
               by
               the
               Curious
               ,
               in
               his
               Poems
               8
               
               o.
               pag.
               256
               .
               Edition
               the
               Second
               .
            
             
               
                 Heraclius
                 Emperor
                 of
                 the
                 East
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               translated
               from
               the
               French
               of
               Monsieur
               
                 P.
                 Corneille
              
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1664.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               never
               acted
               ,
               tho'
               intended
               by
               the
               Translator
               for
               the
               Stage
               :
               but
               another
               Translation
               formerly
               design'd
               ,
               (
               after
               this
               seem'd
               to
               be
               accepted
               )
               being
               perfected
               was
               prefer'd
               by
               the
               Players
               ,
               and
               this
               not
               return'd
               to
               the
               Author
               until
               the
               very
               day
               the
               other
               was
               Acted
               .
               But
               notwithstanding
               the
               Preference
               given
               to
               the
               other
               ,
               certainly
               this
               Version
               is
               not
               contemptible
               ;
               at
               least
               if
               the
               Author's
               Reasons
               in
               the
               Prologue
               make
               take
               place
               :
               
                 
                 
                   All
                   things
                   have
                   proper
                   Idioms
                   of
                   their
                   own
                   ,
                
                 
                   Their
                   Elegance
                   in
                   Ours
                   is
                   hardly
                   shown
                   ;
                
                 
                   This
                   ,
                   but
                   a
                   Copy
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   such
                   go
                   less
                   ,
                
                 
                   Great
                   Beauties
                   may
                   be
                   altered
                   by
                   the
                   Dress
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Having
               given
               you
               the
               Author's
               Excuse
               for
               his
               Translation
               ,
               let
               me
               give
               you
               his
               Opinion
               of
               Translations
               in
               general
               in
               the
               following
               Distick
               .
            
             
               
                 Those
                 who
                 translate
                 ,
                 hope
                 but
                 a
                 Labourer's
                 praise
                 ,
              
               
                 Who
                 well
                 invent
                 ,
                 contrive
                 ;
                 deserve
                 the
                 Bays
                 .
              
            
             
               In
               the
               design
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               the
               French
               Author
               follows
               
               Baronius's
               Ecclesiastical
               Annals
               ,
               but
               does
               not
               (
               as
               he
               himself
               acknowledges
               in
               his
               Examen
               of
               this
               Play
               )
               strictly
               follow
               truth
               in
               many
               things
               .
               See
               
                 Le
                 Theatre
                 de
                 Corneille
              
               ,
               tom
               .
               3.
               
               
                 Je
                 n'ay
                 conservé
                 icy
                 pour
                 toute
                 verité
                 Historique
                 que
                 l'ordre
                 de
                 la
                 Succession
                 des
                 Empereurs
                 ,
                 Tibere
                 ,
                 Maurice
                 ,
                 Phocas
                 ,
                 &
                 Heraclius
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               Many
               are
               the
               Historians
               that
               have
               treated
               on
               this
               Story
               ,
               as
               
                 Nicephorus
                 Calistus
                 Eccl.
                 Hist.
                 Cedreni
                 Annal.
                 Zonaras
                 ,
                 Annal.
                 Baronius
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Phillips
               has
               omitted
               Three
               of
               these
               Plays
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Deserving
                 Favourite
                 ,
                 Fool
                 would
                 be
                 a
                 Favourite
                 ,
              
               and
               Heraclius
               :
               the
               later
               is
               forgot
               likewise
               by
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               ,
               who
               has
               in
               requital
               Father'd
               another
               Play
               on
               him
               ,
               which
               belongs
               to
               Dr.
               Lodge
               ,
               viz.
               
                 Marius
                 and
                 Scylla
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               James
               CARLILE
               .
            
             
               A
               young
               Author
               now
               living
               ,
               who
               has
               lately
               publisht
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Fortune
                 Hunters
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Two
                 Fools
                 well
                 met
              
               :
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               
               1689.
               
               I
               know
               not
               how
               it
               succeeded
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               but
               if
               it
               be
               consider'd
               as
               the
               First
               Play
               of
               a
               young
               Poet
               ,
               I
               think
               it
               deserv'd
               Applause
               ,
               and
               exceeds
               several
               Comedies
               printed
               in
               this
               Age.
               Only
               I
               think
               the
               Author's
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Mr.
               
               Spruce's
               Brains
               were
               a
               little
               Doz'd
               when
               he
               writ
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Second
               Act
               :
               where
               he
               mistakes
               young
               
               Wealthy's
               Hand
               for
               the
               Handle
               of
               the
               Pump
               ,
               and
               the
               Orange-flower-for
               Pump-water
               .
            
             
               
                 *
                 That
                 he
                 meant
                 well
                 is
                 all
                 he
                 has
                 to
                 plead
                 ;
              
               
                 Faith
                 then
                 be
                 kind
                 ,
                 and
                 let
                 his
                 Play
                 succeed
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 take
                 for
                 once
                 the
                 Good-will
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Deed.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Richard
               CARPENTER
               .
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               called
               
                 The
                 Pragmatical
                 Jesuit
                 new
                 leaven'd
              
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               but
               when
               ,
               or
               where
               I
               know
               not
               through
               the
               defect
               of
               my
               Copy
               .
               All
               that
               I
               can
               acquaint
               the
               Reader
               with
               ,
               is
               that
               it
               is
               a
               very
               instructive
               Play
               ,
               chiefly
               tending
               to
               Morality
               ;
               shewing
               the
               difference
               between
               true
               Religion
               ,
               and
               Hypochrisy
               .
               The
               Author
               has
               made
               it
               his
               business
               to
               expose
               all
               the
               Subtleties
               and
               Inventions
               of
               the
               Romish
               Clergy
               to
               gain
               Proselites
               ,
               and
               promote
               their
               Religion
               .
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               or
               no
               ,
               it
               might
               not
               be
               writ
               by
               a
               Divine
               of
               that
               Name
               ,
               the
               Author
               of
               several
               Sermons
               ,
               particularly
               Three
               ,
               of
               keeping
               a
               good
               Conscience
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1623.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               William
               CARTHWRIGHT
               .
            
             
               A
               Person
               as
               Eminent
               for
               Loyaty
               and
               Learning
               ,
               (
               his
               years
               consider'd
               )
               as
               any
               this
               Age
               has
               produc'd
               .
               One
               ,
               whose
               Character
               has
               been
               written
               by
               several
               Pens
               ;
               and
               therefore
               has
               afforded
               me
               ,
               (
               who
               fetch
               my
               knowledge
               from
               Books
               ,
               more
               than
               verbal
               Information
               )
               the
               larger
               subject
               to
               expatiate
               on
               .
            
             
               The
               Place
               of
               this
               Author's
               Nativity
               ,
               the
               time
               ,
               and
               his
               Father's
               Name
               ,
               are
               differently
               represented
               by
               those
               Authors
               that
               have
               mention'd
               him
               .
               Mr.
               Lloyd
               f
               says
               that
               he
               was
               the
               Son
               of
               
                 Thomas
                 Carthwright
              
               of
               Burford
               in
               Oxford-shire
               ,
               and
               Born
               Aug.
               16.
               in
               the
               year
               1615.
               
               Mr.
               Wood.
               g
               says
               that
               he
               was
               the
               Son
               of
               
                 William
                 Carthwrigth
              
               ,
               and
               Born
               at
               Northway
               near
               Tewskbury
               in
               Gloucester-shire
               ,
               in
               Sept.
               1611.
               and
               Christned
               the
               26
               th
               day
               of
               the
               same
               Month.
               That
               his
               Father
               had
               dissipated
               a
               fair
               Inheritance
               ,
               he
               knew
               not
               how
               ,
               and
               as
               his
               last
               Refuge
               turn'd
               Inn-keeper
               at
               Cirencester
               .
               This
               Account
               contradicts
               the
               Publisher
               of
               his
               Poems
               ,
               who
               says
               that
               he
               Died
               at
               Thirty
               .
               But
               however
               uncertain
               the
               place
               and
               time
               of
               his
               Birth
               be
               ;
               certain
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               bred
               a
               King's-Scholar
               under
               the
               Reverend
               and
               Learned
               Dr.
               Oldbaston
               :
               and
               in
               the
               year
               1631
               was
               chose
               Student
               of
               Christ-Church
               College
               in
               Oxford
               ,
               and
               plac'd
               under
               the
               care
               of
               Mr.
               Terrent
               .
               He
               took
               his
               several
               Degrees
               ,
               of
               Bachelor
               and
               Master
               of
               Arts
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               was
               chosen
               by
               the
               House
               as
               
               Proctor
               ,
               and
               admitted
               as
               Junior
               to
               Mr.
               Wake
               of
               Magdalen
               College
               by
               the
               University
               ,
               the
               Twelfth
               of
               April
               1643.
               and
               the
               same
               year
               ,
               viz.
               on
               the
               29
               th
               of
               November
               ,
               he
               Died
               of
               a
               Malignant
               Feaver
               ,
               which
               then
               raign'd
               ,
               and
               was
               that
               year
               Fatal
               to
               others
               of
               his
               Contemporaries
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               Masters
               of
               New-College
               ,
               Mr.
               Diggs
               of
               All-Souls
               ,
               and
               others
               both
               Men
               of
               the
               Gown
               and
               Sword.
               He
               was
               Buried
               the
               first
               of
               December
               in
               the
               South-Isle
               ,
               being
               lamented
               not
               only
               by
               all
               good
               and
               learned
               Men
               ,
               but
               even
               by
               Majesty
               it self
               :
               the
               King
               and
               Queen
               having
               anxiously
               enquir'd
               after
               him
               all
               the
               time
               of
               his
               Sickness
               ,
               and
               shewed
               themselves
               much
               afflicted
               at
               his
               Death
               .
               On
               the
               Ninth
               of
               December
               Mr.
               Maplet
               of
               the
               same
               House
               ,
               was
               chose
               to
               supply
               his
               Place
               the
               remaining
               part
               of
               the
               year
               .
            
             
               He
               was
               extreamly
               remarkable
               both
               for
               his
               outward
               ,
               and
               inward
               Endowments
               ;
               his
               Body
               being
               as
               handsome
               as
               his
               Soul.
               He
               was
               an
               expert
               Linguist
               ,
               understanding
               not
               only
               Greek
               and
               Latine
               ,
               but
               French
               and
               Italian
               ,
               as
               perfectly
               as
               his
               Mother-tongue
               .
               He
               was
               an
               excellent
               Orator
               ,
               and
               yet
               an
               admirable
               Poet
               ,
               a
               Quality
               which
               Cicero
               with
               all
               his
               pains
               could
               not
               attain
               to
               .
               Nor
               was
               Aristotle
               less
               known
               to
               him
               than
               Cicero
               and
               Virgil
               :
               and
               those
               who
               heard
               his
               Metaphysical
               Lectures
               ,
               gave
               him
               the
               Preference
               to
               all
               his
               Predecessors
               ,
               the
               present
               Bishop
               of
               Lincoln
               excepted
               .
               His
               Sermons
               were
               as
               much
               admired
               as
               his
               other
               Composures
               ,
               and
               One
               fitly
               applied
               to
               our
               Author
               ,
               that
               Saying
               of
               Aristotle
               concerning
               AEschron
               the
               Poet
               ,
               that
               
                 He
                 could
                 not
                 tell
                 what
              
               AEschron
               
                 could
                 not
                 do
              
               .
            
             
             
               In
               a
               word
               he
               was
               of
               so
               sweet
               a
               disposition
               ,
               and
               so
               replete
               with
               all
               Virtues
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               beloved
               by
               all
               Learned
               Men
               that
               knew
               him
               ,
               and
               admired
               by
               all
               Strangers
               :
               and
               to
               close
               all
               with
               the
               Character
               the
               Reverend
               and
               Pious
               Dr.
               Fell
               (
               sometime
               Bishop
               of
               Oxford
               )
               gave
               of
               him
               ,
               Carthwright
               
                 was
                 the
                 utmost
                 Man
                 could
                 come
                 to
                 .
              
            
             
               To
               speak
               of
               his
               Poetry
               ,
               there
               needs
               no
               other
               Character
               of
               it
               in
               general
               ,
               then
               that
               the
               ablest
               Judge
               of
               Poetry
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               I
               mean
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               ,
               said
               with
               some
               Passion
               ,
               
                 My
                 Son
              
               Carthwright
               
                 writes
                 all
                 like
                 a
                 Man.
              
               
            
             
               He
               writ
               Four
               Plays
               besides
               other
               Poems
               ,
               all
               which
               were
               printed
               together
               in
               octavo
               ,
               Lond.
               1651.
               accompanied
               with
               above
               Fifty
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               writ
               by
               the
               most
               eminent
               Wits
               of
               the
               University
               ,
               every
               One
               being
               desirous
               to
               appear
               in
               the
               Number
               of
               his
               Friends
               ,
               and
               to
               give
               a
               publick
               Testimony
               to
               the
               world
               of
               the
               Value
               they
               had
               for
               his
               Memory
               .
            
             
               Ordinary
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               :
               I
               know
               not
               where
               this
               Play
               was
               acted
               ,
               but
               I
               remember
               part
               of
               the
               second
               Scene
               of
               the
               first
               Act
               ,
               between
               the
               Widow
               
                 Pot-luck
                 ,
                 Slicer
              
               ,
               and
               Hear-say
               ,
               is
               transcrib'd
               by
               the
               Composer
               of
               
                 Wits
                 Interpreter
              
               ,
               in
               his
               Love-Dialogues
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               the
               
                 Old
                 Widow
              
               .
               pag.
               81.
               
            
             
               
                 Lady
                 Errant
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               can
               give
               no
               Account
               where
               acted
               ,
               only
               that
               it
               is
               esteem'd
               by
               some
               a
               good
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Royal
                 Slave
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ;
               presented
               to
               the
               King
               and
               Queen
               by
               the
               Students
               of
               
                 Christ
                 Church
              
               in
               
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 Aug.
              
               30.
               1636.
               
               Presented
               
               since
               to
               both
               Their
               Majesties
               at
               Hampton-Court
               by
               the
               King's
               Servants
               .
               This
               Play
               gave
               such
               Content
               to
               Their
               Majesties
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               Court
               ,
               as
               well
               for
               the
               stately
               Scenes
               ,
               the
               Richness
               of
               the
               Persian
               .
               Habits
               ,
               the
               excellency
               of
               the
               Songs
               ,
               (
               which
               were
               set
               by
               that
               admirable
               Composer
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Henry
                 Lawes
              
               ,
               Servant
               to
               his
               Majesty
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ;
               in
               his
               publick
               and
               private
               Musick
               :
               )
               as
               for
               the
               noble
               Stile
               of
               the
               Play
               it self
               ,
               and
               the
               ready
               Address
               and
               graceful
               Carriage
               of
               the
               Actors
               (
               amongst
               which
               Dr.
               Busby
               ,
               the
               famous
               Master
               of
               Westminster
               School
               approv'd
               himself
               a
               second
               Roscius
               )
               ;
               that
               they
               unanimously
               acknowledged
               that
               it
               did
               exceed
               all
               things
               of
               that
               Nature
               which
               they
               had
               ever
               seen
               .
               The
               Queen
               in
               particular
               so
               much
               admired
               it
               ,
               that
               in
               November
               following
               ,
               she
               sent
               for
               the
               Habits
               and
               Scenes
               to
               Hampton-Court
               :
               she
               being
               desirous
               to
               see
               her
               own
               Servants
               represent
               the
               same
               Play
               ,
               (
               whose
               profession
               it
               was
               )
               that
               she
               might
               the
               better
               judge
               of
               the
               several
               Performances
               ,
               and
               to
               whom
               the
               Preference
               was
               due
               .
               The
               Sentence
               was
               universally
               given
               by
               all
               the
               Spectators
               in
               favour
               of
               the
               Gown
               :
               tho'
               nothing
               was
               wanting
               on
               Mr.
               
               Carthwright's
               side
               ,
               to
               inform
               the
               Players
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Scholars
               ,
               in
               what
               belong'd
               to
               the
               Action
               and
               Delivery
               of
               each
               Part.
               
            
             
               Siege
               ,
               or
               
                 Love's
                 Convert
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ;
               where
               acted
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               but
               't
               is
               dedicated
               by
               the
               Author
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               by
               an
               Epistle
               in
               Verse
               .
               The
               Story
               of
               Misander
               ,
               and
               Leucatia
               ,
               is
               founded
               on
               that
               of
               Pausanias
               and
               Cleonice
               ,
               in
               
               Plutarch's
               Life
               of
               Cymon
               .
               The
               Injunction
               
               which
               the
               Rich
               Widow
               Pyle
               laid
               upon
               her
               Lovers
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
               Boccace's
               
                 Novels
                 .
                 Day
              
               9th
               ,
               Nov.
               1.
               
            
             
               Amongst
               his
               Poems
               ,
               there
               are
               several
               concerning
               the
               Dramatick
               Poets
               and
               their
               Writings
               ,
               which
               must
               not
               be
               forgot
               :
               as
               those
               two
               Copies
               which
               he
               writ
               on
               Mr.
               Thomas
               Killegrew's
               Plays
               ,
               
                 The
                 Prisoner
              
               ,
               and
               Claracilla
               ;
               Two
               Copies
               on
               Fletcher
               ,
               and
               One
               in
               Memory
               of
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               ,
               which
               are
               so
               Excellent
               that
               the
               Publisher
               of
               Mr.
               
               Carthwright's
               Poems
               speaks
               as
               in
               a
               Rapture
               in
               the
               Preface
               ;
               viz.
               
               
                 What
                 had
                 Ben
                 said
                 ,
                 had
                 he
                 read
                 his
                 own
                 Eternity
                 in
                 that
                 lasting
                 Elegy
                 given
                 him
                 by
                 our
                 Author
                 .
              
            
             
               Besides
               these
               Poems
               ,
               our
               Author
               has
               extant
               other
               Pieces
               on
               different
               Subjects
               ,
               as
               a
               Sermon
               ,
               printed
               Lond.
               1652.
               and
               a
               Book
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               ,
               but
               is
               mentioned
               by
               Mr.
               Wood
               g
               under
               this
               Title
               ;
               
                 Dies
                 in
                 Mense
                 Novembri
                 maxime
                 notabiles
                 Coronam
                 nempe
                 &
                 familiam
                 regiam
                 spectantes
                 .
              
               Lond.
               1671.
               
            
             
               'T
               is
               not
               possible
               for
               me
               in
               this
               place
               ,
               to
               enumerate
               all
               the
               Praises
               given
               him
               by
               the
               Learned
               of
               those
               Times
               in
               which
               he
               liv'd
               :
               only
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               insert
               part
               of
               one
               Copy
               ,
               by
               which
               the
               Reader
               may
               judge
               of
               the
               Rest.
               The
               Lines
               were
               writ
               by
               
                 John
                 Leigh
              
               
                 Esq
              
               to
               the
               Stationer
               (
               Mr.
               Mosely
               )
               on
               his
               printing
               Mr.
               
               Carthwright's
               Poems
               .
               After
               he
               has
               nam'd
               all
               the
               admirable
               Poems
               ,
               set
               forth
               by
               the
               aforesaid
               Bookseller
               ;
               with
               the
               just
               Commendation
               of
               each
               Author
               ,
               he
               says
               thus
               of
               Mr.
               Carthwright
               ;
               
                 
                 
                   But
                   after
                   all
                   thou
                   bring'st
                   up
                   in
                   the
                   Rear
                   ,
                
                 
                   One
                   that
                   fills
                   every
                   Eye
                   ,
                   and
                   every
                   Ear
                   ,
                
                 
                   Carthwright
                   ,
                   rare
                   
                     Carthwr
                     t
                  
                   to
                   whom
                   all
                   must
                   bow
                   ,
                
                 
                   That
                   was
                   best
                   Preacher
                   ,
                   and
                   best
                   Poet
                   too
                   ;
                
                 
                   Whose
                   Learned
                   Fancy
                   never
                   was
                   at
                   rest
                   ,
                
                 
                   But
                   always
                   labouring
                   yet
                   labour'd
                   least
                   :
                
                 
                   His
                   Wit
                   's
                   Immortal
                   ,
                   and
                   shall
                   Honor
                   haue
                   ,
                
                 
                   While
                   there
                   's
                   or
                   Slavish
                   Lord
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     Royal
                     Slave
                  
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               CHAMBERLAIN
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               flourisht
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               called
               
                 The
                 Swaggering
                 Damsel
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1640.
               
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               this
               Play
               was
               ever
               acted
               ,
               but
               't
               is
               usher'd
               into
               the
               world
               by
               Three
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               ,
               one
               of
               which
               was
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Rawlins
               ,
               in
               requital
               of
               a
               Copy
               writ
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               in
               praise
               of
               his
               Tragedy
               called
               
                 The
                 Rebellion
              
               .
               A
               Complement
               which
               has
               in
               this
               Age
               been
               practiced
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               to
               Mr.
               
                 Lee's
                 Rival
                 Queens
              
               ,
               in
               Return
               of
               that
               ,
               past
               by
               him
               ,
               on
               Mr.
               
                 Dryden's
                 State
                 of
                 Innocence
              
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Phillips
               ,
               and
               Winstanley
               have
               ascrib'd
               to
               our
               Author
               a
               Play
               call'd
               Sicellides
               ,
               which
               they
               stile
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               tho'it
               is
               distinguish'd
               (
               by
               the
               Anonymous
               Author
               )
               by
               the
               Title
               of
               a
               Piscatory
               ,
               the
               
                 Dramatis
                 Personae
              
               being
               most
               of
               them
               Fishermen
               .
            
          
           
             
               William
               CHAMBERLAIN
               .
            
             
               A
               Dorset-shire
               Gentleman
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               liv'd
               at
               Shaftsbury
               ,
               a
               
               Market-town
               of
               sufficient
               Note
               for
               giving
               the
               Title
               to
               the
               famous
               Lord
               Cooper
               ,
               first
               Earl
               of
               Shaftsbury
               .
               He
               writ
               a
               Play
               called
               
                 Love's
                 Victory
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1658.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Worshipful
               Sr.
               
                 William
                 Portman
              
               .
               He
               writ
               this
               Play
               during
               the
               late
               Troubles
               ,
               and
               design'd
               to
               have
               it
               acted
               ,
               but
               the
               Powers
               then
               in
               being
               having
               suppressed
               the
               Stage
               ;
               he
               contented
               himself
               with
               Printing
               it
               :
               tho'
               it
               has
               since
               appeared
               ,
               (
               at
               least
               a
               great
               part
               of
               it
               )
               upon
               the
               Stage
               in
               1678.
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Wits
                 led
                 by
                 the
                 Nose
              
               ,
               or
               
                 A
                 Poet's
                 Revenge
              
               .
            
             
               This
               Author
               writ
               besides
               ,
               an
               Heroick
               Poem
               called
               Pharonnida
               ,
               in
               Five
               Books
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1659.
               and
               dedicated
               likewise
               to
               Sr.
               
                 William
                 Portman
              
               .
               This
               Poem
               tho'
               it
               hath
               nothing
               extraordinary
               to
               recommend
               it
               ,
               yet
               appear'd
               abroad
               in
               Prose
               1683.
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               a
               Novel
               called
               Eromena
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Noble
                 Stranger
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               George
               CHAPMAN
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               of
               no
               mean
               Repute
               for
               his
               Poetical
               Writings
               and
               Versions
               ,
               amongst
               the
               Wits
               of
               the
               Age
               wherein
               he
               liv'd
               ,
               
                 to
                 wit
              
               ,
               in
               the
               later
               part
               of
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               and
               that
               of
               King
               James
               .
               I
               can
               give
               him
               no
               greater
               Commendation
               ,
               than
               that
               he
               was
               so
               intimate
               with
               the
               famous
               Jhonson
               ,
               as
               to
               engage
               in
               a
               Triumvirate
               with
               Him
               ,
               and
               Marston
               in
               a
               Play
               called
               Eastward-Hoe
               :
               a
               Favour
               which
               the
               haughty
               Ben
               could
               seldome
               be
               perswaded
               to
               .
               I
               might
               add
               to
               this
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               so
               much
               valued
               
               in
               his
               time
               ,
               by
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Middle-Temple
               and
               Lincoln's-Inn
               ,
               that
               when
               those
               two
               Honourable
               Societies
               agreed
               to
               Present
               Their
               Majesties
               with
               a
               Masque
               at
               Whitehall
               ,
               on
               the
               joyful
               Occasion
               of
               the
               Marriage
               between
               the
               Princess
               Elizabeth
               ,
               only
               Daughter
               to
               King
               James
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               Frederick
               the
               Fifth
               of
               that
               Name
               ,
               Count
               Palatine
               of
               the
               Rhine
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               King
               of
               Bohemia
               :
               they
               chose
               Mr.
               Chapman
               for
               their
               Poet
               ,
               to
               suit
               Language
               to
               the
               Occasion
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
                 Inigo
                 Jones
              
               for
               their
               Ingineer
               ,
               to
               order
               the
               Machines
               ,
               and
               Decoration
               of
               the
               Scenes
               .
            
             
               He
               has
               writ
               many
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               ,
               to
               the
               number
               of
               Eighteen
               :
               besides
               several
               other
               Poems
               and
               Translations
               :
               of
               all
               which
               his
               Tragedy
               of
               
                 Bussy
                 d'
                 Amboise
              
               has
               the
               Preference
               .
               I
               know
               not
               how
               Mr.
               Dryden
               h
               came
               to
               be
               so
               possest
               with
               Indignation
               against
               this
               Play
               ,
               as
               to
               resolve
               to
               burn
               One
               annually
               to
               the
               Memory
               of
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               :
               but
               I
               know
               very
               well
               that
               there
               are
               some
               who
               allow
               it
               a
               just
               Commendation
               ;
               and
               others
               i
               that
               since
               have
               taken
               the
               liberty
               to
               promise
               a
               solemn
               annual
               Sacrifice
               of
               
                 The
                 Hind
                 and
                 Panther
              
               ,
               to
               the
               Memory
               of
               Mr.
               Quarles
               ,
               and
               
                 John
                 Bunyan
              
               :
               so
               that
               should
               this
               last
               Humour
               continue
               ,
               
                 The
                 Hind
                 and
                 Panther
              
               would
               grow
               as
               scarce
               ,
               as
               this
               Old
               Tragedy
               is
               at
               present
               .
               But
               I
               leave
               this
               Digression
               to
               give
               the
               Reader
               an
               Account
               of
               his
               Plays
               in
               order
               .
            
             
               
                 All
                 Fools
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               presented
               at
               the
               Black-friars
               ,
               
               and
               afterwards
               before
               his
               Majesty
               King
               James
               the
               First
               ,
               in
               the
               Begining
               of
               his
               Reign
               :
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1605.
               
               This
               was
               in
               those
               days
               accounted
               an
               Excellent
               Comedy
               ,
               and
               will
               still
               bear
               Reading
               :
               it
               seems
               to
               be
               built
               in
               part
               upon
               the
               same
               Fabrick
               with
               
                 Terence's
                 Heautontimorumenos
              
               ,
               as
               those
               who
               will
               compare
               the
               Characters
               of
               the
               two
               Fathers
               Gostanzo
               ,
               and
               
                 Mar.
                 Antonio
              
               ,
               with
               Chremes
               ,
               and
               Menedemus
               ;
               and
               their
               Sons
               
                 Valerio
                 ,
                 Fortunio
              
               ,
               and
               Rynaldo
               ,
               with
               
                 Clinia
                 ,
                 Antipho
              
               ,
               and
               Syrus
               ,
               may
               easily
               perceive
               .
               The
               Prologue
               and
               Epilogue
               (
               writ
               in
               Blank
               Verse
               )
               shew
               that
               in
               those
               days
               ,
               Persons
               of
               Quality
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               thought
               themselves
               Judges
               of
               Wit
               ,
               instead
               of
               sitting
               in
               Boxes
               ,
               as
               now
               in
               use
               ,
               sat
               on
               the
               Stage
               :
               what
               influence
               those
               Sparks
               had
               on
               the
               meaner
               Auditors
               ,
               may
               be
               seen
               by
               the
               following
               Lines
               ;
               k
            
             
               
                 Great
                 are
                 the
                 Gifts
                 given
                 to
                 united
                 Heads
                 ;
              
               
                 To
                 Gifts
                 ,
                 Attire
                 ,
                 to
                 fair
                 Attire
                 the
                 Stage
              
               
                 Helps
                 much
                 ;
                 for
                 if
                 our
                 other
                 Audience
                 see
              
               
                 You
                 on
                 the
                 Stage
                 depart
                 before
                 we
                 end
                 ,
              
               
                 Our
                 Wits
                 go
                 with
                 you
                 all
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 are
                 Fools
                 ;
                 &c
              
            
             
               
                 Alphonsus
                 Emperor
                 of
                 Germany
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               very
               often
               acted
               (
               with
               great
               Applause
               )
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Black-friars
               ,
               by
               the
               Servants
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1654.
               
               This
               Play
               ,
               tho'
               it
               bear
               the
               Name
               of
               Alphonsus
               ,
               was
               writ
               (
               as
               I
               suppose
               )
               in
               Honor
               of
               the
               English
               Nation
               ,
               in
               the
               Person
               of
               Richard
               Earl
               of
               Cornwal
               ,
               Son
               to
               King
               John
               ,
               and
               Brother
               
               to
               King
               Henry
               the
               Third
               .
               He
               was
               chosen
               King
               of
               the
               Romans
               in
               1257.
               and
               Crown'd
               at
               Aix
               the
               Seventeenth
               day
               of
               May
               ,
               being
               Ascension
               day
               .
               About
               this
               time
               Alphonsus
               the
               Tenth
               King
               of
               Castile
               ,
               (
               the
               subject
               of
               this
               Tragedy
               )
               was
               chosen
               by
               other
               Electors
               .
               Tho'this
               King
               was
               accounted
               by
               some
               a
               Pious
               Prince
               ,
               yet
               our
               Author
               represents
               his
               as
               a
               Bloody
               Tyrant
               ,
               and
               contrary
               to
               other
               Historians
               brings
               him
               to
               an
               unfortunate
               End
               ,
               he
               supposing
               him
               to
               be
               kill'd
               by
               Alexander
               ,
               Son
               to
               
                 Lorenzo
                 de
                 Cipres
              
               his
               Secretary
               :
               in
               revenge
               of
               his
               Father
               ,
               who
               was
               poyson'd
               by
               him
               :
               and
               to
               compleat
               his
               Revenge
               he
               makes
               him
               first
               deny
               his
               Saviour
               in
               hopes
               of
               Life
               ,
               and
               then
               stabs
               him
               ,
               glorying
               that
               he
               had
               at
               once
               destroyed
               both
               Body
               and
               Soul.
               This
               Passage
               is
               related
               in
               several
               Authors
               ,
               as
               Bolton's
               
                 Four
                 last
                 Things
              
               ,
               Reynolds
               
                 of
                 the
                 Passions
              
               ,
               Clark's
               Examples
               ,
               Wanley's
               
                 History
                 of
                 Man.
              
               For
               the
               true
               Story
               consult
               
                 Mariana
                 de
                 Reb.
                 Hisp.
              
               Lib.
               13
               .
               C.
               10
               .
               
                 &c.
                 Loüis
                 de
                 Mayerne
                 Turquet
                 .
                 Hist.
                 Generale
                 d'
                 Espagne
              
               Lib.
               12
               .
               
                 Bzovius
                 An.
              
               1257
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Blind
                 Beggar
                 of
                 Alexandria
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               most
               pleasantly
               discoursing
               his
               variable
               Humours
               in
               disguised
               shapes
               full
               of
               Conceit
               and
               Pleasure
               :
               sundry
               times
               publickly
               Acted
               in
               London
               ,
               by
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Earl
               of
               Notingham
               ,
               Lord
               High
               Admiral
               his
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1598.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               neither
               divided
               into
               Acts
               nor
               Scenes
               .
            
             
               
                 Bussy
                 d'
                 Amboise
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               often
               presented
               at
               Pauls
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               :
               and
               since
               the
               Restauration
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               
               Second
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               with
               good
               Applause
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               see
               
                 Thuanus
                 ,
                 Jean
                 De
                 Serres
              
               ,
               and
               Mezeray
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Henry
               the
               Third
               of
               France
               .
               The
               Intrigue
               between
               Bussy
               and
               Tamyra
               is
               related
               by
               Rosset
               in
               his
               
                 Histoires
                 Tragiques
                 de
                 nôtre
                 temps
              
               ,
               under
               the
               feign'd
               Names
               of
               
                 Lysis
                 &
                 Silvie
                 .
                 Hist.
              
               17.
               pag.
               363.
               
            
             
               
                 Bussy
                 d'
                 Amboise
                 ,
                 his
                 Revenge
                 ,
              
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               often
               presented
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               the
               White-Friars
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1613.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Virtuous
               and
               Truly
               Noble
               Knight
               ,
               Sr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Howard
              
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               far
               short
               in
               value
               to
               the
               former
               ,
               and
               was
               not
               received
               on
               the
               Stage
               with
               that
               universal
               Applause
               ,
               Neither
               is
               it
               so
               strictly
               founded
               on
               Truth
               as
               the
               other
               :
               tho'
               the
               Author
               l
               calls
               them
               
                 poor
                 Envious
                 Souls
                 that
                 cavil
                 at
                 Truth
                 's
                 want
                 in
                 these
                 natural
                 Fictions
                 :
                 Material
                 Instruction
                 ,
                 elegant
                 and
                 sententious
                 excitation
                 to
                 Virtue
                 ,
                 and
                 deflection
                 from
                 her
                 contrary
                 ,
                 being
                 the
                 Soul
                 ,
                 limbs
                 ,
                 and
                 limits
                 of
                 an
                 Authentical
                 Tragedy
                 .
              
            
             
               Conspiracy
               and
               Tragedy
               of
               Charles
               Duke
               of
               Byron
               Marshal
               of
               France
               ,
               in
               two
               Plays
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Black-friars
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1608.
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               his
               Honourable
               and
               constant
               Friend
               Sr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Walsingham
              
               ,
               and
               to
               his
               much
               Loved
               from
               his
               Birth
               ,
               the
               right
               Toward
               and
               Worthy
               Gentleman
               his
               son
               ,
               
                 Thomas
                 Walsingham
              
               
                 Esq
              
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Henry
               IV.
               of
               France
               :
               and
               many
               
               are
               the
               Authors
               that
               have
               mention'd
               the
               Marshal's
               Story
               .
               See
               
               Davila's
               Civil
               Wars
               of
               
                 France
                 ,
                 Montluc's
                 Memoires
              
               ,
               Mezeray's
               
                 Chron.
                 Pierre
                 Mathiew's
                 Contin
                 of
                 De
                 Serres
                 ,
                 Thuanus
                 ,
                 Anselmus
                 Gemblacensis
                 ,
                 Scipion
                 Du
                 pleix
                 ,
                 P.
                 Mathiew
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Caesar
                 and
                 Pompey
              
               ,
               a
               Roman
               Tragedy
               declaring
               their
               Wars
               ,
               out
               of
               whose
               Events
               is
               evicted
               this
               Proposition
               ,
               
                 Only
                 a
                 Just
                 Man
                 is
                 a
                 Freeman
                 ,
              
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1631.
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               his
               exceeding
               good
               Lord
               ,
               the
               Earl
               of
               Middlesex
               .
               I
               cannot
               pass
               by
               that
               our
               Author
               has
               here
               laid
               down
               the
               same
               Rule
               with
               Father
               
                 Le
                 Bossu
              
               ,
               the
               Learned
               regular
               Canon
               of
               St.
               Genevieve
               ,
               m
               That
               the
               Moral
               ought
               to
               be
               the
               foundation
               of
               a
               Play
               :
               Instruction
               being
               the
               chief
               design
               of
               a
               Poet.
               As
               he
               says
               ;
               
                 La
                 premiere
                 chose
                 par
                 où
                 l'ou
                 doit
                 commencer
                 pour
                 fair
                 une
                 Fable
                 ,
                 est
                 de
                 choisir
                 l'Instruction
                 &
                 le
                 point
                 de
                 Morale
                 qui
                 luy
                 doit
                 servir
                 de
                 fond
                 ,
                 selon
                 le
                 dessein
                 &
                 la
                 fin
                 que
                 l'on
                 se
                 propose
                 .
              
               This
               is
               that
               Passage
               which
               Mr.
               Dryden
               hints
               at
               in
               his
               Grounds
               of
               Criticism
               in
               Tragedy
               n
               and
               tho'
               he
               takes
               the
               French
               for
               his
               Guide
               ,
               I
               believe
               there
               have
               not
               been
               wanting
               those
               of
               our
               own
               Countrymen
               ,
               who
               have
               been
               able
               to
               decide
               all
               Controversies
               in
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Strangers
               .
               Many
               Authors
               have
               treated
               on
               this
               Story
               :
               See
               
               Suetonius's
               Life
               of
               
                 Julius
                 Caesar.
              
               Plutarch's
               Lives
               of
               
                 Pompey
                 ,
                 Caesar
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Cato
                 ,
                 Velleius
                 Paterculus
                 ,
                 Florus
                 ,
                 Dion
                 ,
              
               and
               Lucan
               ,
               who
               by
               some
               is
               rather
               
               accounted
               an
               Historian
               than
               a
               Poet.
               
            
             
               
                 Gentleman
                 Usher
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1606.
               
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               ever
               this
               Play
               was
               acted
               ,
               but
               I
               have
               heard
               it
               commended
               by
               some
               ,
               for
               a
               good
               Comedy
               ,
               though
               if
               I
               may
               presume
               to
               give
               my
               Opinion
               ,
               't
               is
               but
               indifferent
               .
            
             
               
                 Humourous
                 days
                 Mirth
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               as
               I
               am
               told
               in
               quarto
               ,
               and
               a
               passable
               Play
               :
               but
               this
               I
               must
               leave
               to
               those
               who
               have
               read
               it
               .
            
             
               Masque
               of
               the
               Two
               Honourable
               Houses
               or
               Inns
               of
               Court
               ;
               the
               Middle-Temple
               and
               
                 Lincolns
                 Inn
              
               :
               Perform'd
               before
               the
               King
               at
               White-hall
               ,
               on
               Shrove-monday
               at
               Night
               ,
               being
               the
               fifteenth
               of
               February
               1613
               :
               at
               the
               Princely
               Celebration
               of
               the
               Most
               Royal
               Nuptials
               of
               the
               Palsgrave
               ,
               and
               his
               thrice
               Gracious
               Princess
               Elizabeth
               ,
               &c.
               
               With
               a
               description
               of
               their
               whole
               Shew
               ;
               in
               the
               manner
               of
               their
               March
               on
               Horse-back
               to
               the
               Court
               from
               the
               
                 Master
                 of
                 the
                 Rolls
              
               his
               House
               :
               with
               all
               their
               Right
               Noble
               Consorts
               ,
               and
               shewful
               Attendants
               .
               Invented
               ,
               and
               Fashion'd
               ,
               with
               the
               ground
               and
               special
               structure
               of
               the
               whole
               Work-by
               our
               Kingdoms
               most
               Artfull
               and
               Ingenious
               Architect
               
                 Inigo
                 Jones
              
               .
               Supplied
               ,
               applied
               ,
               digested
               ,
               and
               written
               by
               
                 George
                 Chapman
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1614.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               most
               Noble
               and
               constant
               Combiner
               of
               Honor
               and
               Virtue
               ,
               Sr.
               
                 Edward
                 Phillips
                 ,
                 Master
                 of
                 the
                 Rolls
                 .
              
               At
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Masque
               is
               printed
               an
               Epithalamium
               called
               a
               Hymne
               to
               Hymen
               for
               the
               most
               time-fitted
               Nuptials
               of
               our
               Thrice
               Gracious
               Princess
               Elizabeth
               ,
               &c.
               
               I
               leave
               it
               to
               their
               Judgments
               who
               have
               perus'd
               
               this
               Piece
               ,
               to
               determine
               whether
               it
               answer
               the
               swelling
               Title-page
               ,
               or
               whether
               the
               Authors
               Defence
               before
               the
               Masque
               ,
               be
               just
               and
               solid
               .
            
             
               May-day
               ,
               a
               Witty
               Comedy
               ,
               divers
               times
               acted
               at
               the
               Black-friars
               ;
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1811.
               
            
             
               
                 Monsieur
                 d'Olive
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               sundry
               times
               acted
               by
               her
               Majesties
               Children
               at
               the
               
                 Black
                 Friars
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1606.
               
            
             
               
                 Revenge
                 for
                 Honor
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1654.
               
               This
               Play
               I
               have
               seen
               acted
               many
               years
               ago
               at
               the
               Nursery
               in
               Barbican
               .
            
             
               Temple
               ,
               a
               Masque
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
             
               
                 Two
                 Wise
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 rest
                 Fools
                 ,
              
               or
               a
               Comical
               Moral
               ,
               censuring
               the
               Follies
               of
               that
               Age
               ,
               divers
               times
               acted
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1619.
               
               The
               Prologue
               and
               Epilogue
               to
               this
               Play
               are
               writ
               in
               Prose
               ,
               which
               was
               practic'd
               formerly
               by
               several
               of
               the
               Poets
               ,
               as
               
                 William
                 Lilly
              
               ,
               in
               his
               Court
               Comedies
               ,
               and
               others
               .
               But
               there
               is
               One
               thing
               in
               this
               Play
               ,
               far
               more
               remarkable
               ;
               that
               it
               is
               extended
               to
               Seven
               Acts
               :
               a
               thing
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               in
               any
               other
               ,
               either
               in
               our
               own
               ,
               or
               Foreign
               Languages
               ,
               and
               which
               is
               directly
               contrary
               to
               that
               Rule
               of
               Horace
               o
            
             
               
                 Néve
                 minor
                 ,
                 neu
                 sit
                 quinto
                 ,
                 productior
                 actu
              
               
                 Fabula
                 ,
                 quae
                 posci
                 vult
                 &
                 spectata
                 reponi
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               I
               suppose
               this
               might
               rather
               be
               the
               Printer's
               Ignorance
               ,
               than
               the
               Poets
               Intention
               ;
               for
               certainly
               Mr.
               Chapman
               better
               understood
               the
               Rules
               of
               the
               Dramma
               :
               tho'I
               am
               led
               only
               by
               Tradition
               to
               believe
               this
               Play
               to
               be
               his
               ;
               since
               
               't
               is
               published
               without
               any
               mention
               of
               the
               Author
               ,
               or
               the
               Place
               where
               't
               was
               printed
               .
            
             
               
                 Widow's
                 Tears
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               often
               presented
               in
               the
               Black
               and
               White-Friars
               :
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1612.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               right
               Virtuous
               and
               truly
               Noble
               Gentleman
               
                 John
                 Reed
              
               of
               Mitton
               ,
               in
               the
               County
               of
               Gloucester
               ,
               Esq.
               The
               Plot
               of
               Lysander
               and
               Cynthia
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
                 Petronius
                 Arbyters
                 Satyricon
              
               ,
               being
               the
               Story
               of
               the
               Matron
               of
               Ephesus
               related
               by
               Eumolpus
               :
               a
               Story
               since
               handled
               by
               several
               other
               Pens
               ,
               as
               
                 Janus
                 Dousa
              
               the
               Father
               ,
               in
               his
               Notes
               on
               this
               Story
               ,
               and
               Gabbema
               in
               the
               last
               Edition
               of
               Petronius
               :
               who
               observe
               ,
               That
               it
               was
               translated
               into
               Latine
               Verse
               by
               Romulus
               ,
               an
               Antique
               Gramarian
               ;
               that
               it
               was
               translated
               from
               the
               German
               Language
               into
               Latine
               :
               and
               into
               French
               Rhime
               by
               Hebertus
               .
               We
               have
               it
               not
               only
               in
               the
               
                 Seven
                 Wife
                 Masters
              
               ,
               a
               Book
               vulgarly
               known
               ,
               and
               which
               ,
               if
               I
               may
               believe
               my
               Author
               ,
               is
               a
               translation
               of
               Modius
               ,
               who
               new
               modell'd
               the
               Story
               ,
               and
               publisht
               his
               Version
               under
               this
               Title
               
                 Ludus
                 septem
                 Sapientum
                 ,
                 de
                 Astrei
                 regii
                 adolescentis
                 ,
                 educatione
                 ,
                 periculis
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               But
               also
               I
               have
               read
               the
               same
               Story
               with
               little
               alteration
               in
               the
               
                 Cento
                 Novelle
                 Antiche
                 di
                 Carlo
                 Gualteruzzi
                 ,
                 Nov.
              
               51.
               
               We
               have
               it
               likewise
               much
               improv'd
               ,
               with
               a
               Philosophical
               Comment
               upon
               it
               ,
               by
               a
               Countryman
               of
               our
               own
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               the
               
                 Ephesian
                 Matron
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1668.
               and
               others
               .
            
             
               These
               are
               all
               the
               Plays
               which
               I
               know
               of
               ,
               that
               are
               publisht
               under
               our
               Authors
               name
               ,
               except
               a
               Play
               which
               I
               have
               already
               mention'd
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
             
               Eastward-Hoe
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               play'd
               in
               the
               
                 Black
                 Friars
              
               ,
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               her
               Majesties
               Revels
               :
               made
               by
               
                 George
                 Chapman
                 ,
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               ,
               and
               
                 John
                 Marston
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1605.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               writ
               shortly
               after
               
                 Decker's
                 Westward
                 Hoe
              
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               by
               the
               Prologue
               which
               is
               writ
               in
               Blank
               Verse
               .
               The
               Play
               it self
               hath
               lately
               appear'd
               on
               the
               present
               Stage
               ,
               being
               reviv'd
               by
               Mr.
               Tate
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Cuckold's
                 Haven
              
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Phillips
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               why
               ,
               has
               omitted
               half
               this
               Authors
               Plays
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               his
               Account
               of
               the
               
                 Modern
                 Poets
              
               ,
               p.
               53.
               
            
             
               Having
               given
               an
               Account
               of
               his
               Plays
               ,
               I
               am
               now
               to
               speak
               of
               his
               other
               Works
               which
               were
               not
               in
               those
               days
               accounted
               less
               eminent
               :
               particularly
               his
               Version
               of
               all
               
               Homer's
               Works
               ;
               viz.
               His
               
                 Illiads
                 ,
                 Odysses
              
               ,
               and
               what
               he
               calls
               
                 The
                 Crown
                 of
                 all
                 his
                 Works
                 ,
              
               his
               Batracomyomachia
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Battle
                 of
                 Frogs
                 and
                 Mice
                 ,
              
               together
               with
               his
               Hymns
               and
               Epigrams
               .
               If
               it
               be
               urg'd
               by
               some
               that
               he
               has
               been
               since
               out-done
               by
               Mr.
               Ogleby
               in
               the
               Two
               former
               ,
               it
               is
               chiefly
               to
               be
               ascrib'd
               to
               the
               ill
               choice
               of
               his
               measure
               of
               Verse
               ,
               and
               the
               obsolete
               Expressions
               in
               use
               in
               his
               time
               ,
               and
               besides
               Translation
               was
               then
               ,
               as
               I
               may
               say
               ,
               in
               its
               Infancy
               .
               However
               I
               think
               Mr.
               Ogleby
               himself
               has
               since
               been
               as
               far
               exceeded
               by
               the
               exact
               and
               curious
               Pen
               of
               Mr.
               Hobbs
               :
               and
               for
               for
               his
               
                 Minor
                 Poems
              
               ,
               they
               have
               never
               been
               attempted
               by
               any
               other
               Pen
               that
               I
               know
               of
               .
               To
               these
               I
               must
               add
               his
               Translation
               of
               Hesiod
               ;
               his
               finishing
               Musaeus
               his
               Erotopaenion
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Loves
                 of
                 Hero
                 and
                 Leander
                 ,
              
               a
               Piece
               begun
               by
               
               
                 Christopher
                 Marloe
              
               ;
               his
               
                 Andromeda
                 liberata
              
               with
               a
               Vindication
               of
               the
               same
               ;
               all
               which
               speak
               his
               Industry
               at
               least
               ,
               if
               not
               his
               Ingenuity
               :
               and
               how
               slight
               an
               Opinion
               soever
               this
               Age
               may
               entertain
               of
               his
               Translations
               ,
               I
               find
               them
               highly
               extoll'd
               in
               an
               Old
               Copy
               call'd
               
                 a
                 Censure
                 of
                 the
                 Poets
              
               :
               which
               having
               spoke
               of
               the
               Eminent
               Dramatick
               Poets
               ,
               as
               
                 Shakesprear
                 ,
                 Johnson
                 ,
                 Daniel
              
               ,
               &c.
               it
               adds
               of
               Translators
               as
               follows
               ,
               placing
               our
               Author
               in
               the
               first
               Rank
               .
            
             
               
                 Others
                 again
                 there
                 lived
                 in
                 my
                 days
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 have
                 of
                 us
                 deserved
                 no
                 less
                 Praise
              
               
                 For
                 their
                 Translations
                 ,
                 than
                 the
                 daintiest
                 Wit
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 on
                 Parnassus
                 thinks
                 he
                 high
                 doth
                 sit
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 for
                 a
                 Claim
                 may
                 'mongst
                 the
                 Muses
                 call
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 the
                 most
                 curious
                 Maker
                 of
                 them
                 all
                 ;
              
               
                 First
                 reverend
                 Chapman
                 ,
                 who
                 hath
                 brought
                 to
                 us
              
               
                 
                   Musaeus
                   ,
                   Homer
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Hesiodus
                 ,
              
               
                 Out
                 of
                 the
                 Greek
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 his
                 skill
                 hath
                 rear'd
              
               
                 Them
                 to
                 that
                 height
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 our
                 tongue
                 indear'd
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 were
                 those
                 Poets
                 at
                 this
                 day
                 alive
                 ;
              
               
                 To
                 see
                 their
                 Books
                 ,
                 that
                 with
                 us
                 thus
                 survive
                 ;
              
               
                 They'd
                 think
                 ,
                 having
                 neglected
                 them
                 so
                 long
                 ,
              
               
                 They
                 had
                 been
                 written
                 in
                 the
                 English
                 Tongue
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               Aston
               COKAIN
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               K.
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               liv'd
               at
               Ashbourn
               ,
               a
               Market-town
               An
               Darby-shire
               ,
               (
               situate
               between
               the
               River
               Dove
               and
               Compton
               )
               .
               He
               was
               of
               an
               Ancient
               Family
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               Cambden
               observes
               in
               the
               Entrance
               of
               his
               Description
               of
               Darby-shire
               .
               Nay
               further
               Mr.
               
                 John
                 Cokain
              
               of
               Rushton
               (
               our
               Authors
               Kinsman
               
               and
               Cousin-German
               to
               the
               Lord
               
                 Obrian
                 Cokain
              
               ,
               Viscount
               Cullen
               in
               Ireland
               )
               had
               an
               Ancient
               Evidence
               to
               prove
               that
               Sr.
               —
               Cokain
               their
               Predecessor
               was
               anciently
               allyed
               to
               King
               William
               the
               Conqueror
               ,
               and
               in
               those
               days
               lived
               at
               Hemmingham-Castle
               in
               Essex
               .
               p
               But
               whether
               our
               Author
               fetcht
               his
               Pedigree
               from
               so
               Ancient
               a
               Stock
               or
               no
               ;
               certain
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               well
               descended
               ,
               and
               had
               a
               Liberal
               Education
               bestowed
               on
               him
               ,
               being
               in
               his
               youth
               bred
               in
               Trinity
               College
               ,
               in
               Cambridge
               ,
               and
               when
               he
               was
               about
               Four
               and
               Twenty
               years
               of
               Age
               ,
               he
               was
               sent
               to
               make
               a
               Journey
               through
               France
               and
               Italy
               ,
               which
               he
               compleated
               in
               a
               Twelve-months
               space
               ,
               An.
               1632.
               an
               Account
               of
               which
               he
               has
               writ
               to
               his
               Son
               q
               .
               He
               was
               very
               much
               addicted
               to
               Books
               ,
               and
               the
               study
               of
               Poetry
               ;
               spending
               most
               of
               his
               time
               in
               the
               Muses
               company
               .
               Amongst
               his
               other
               Poetical
               Productions
               ,
               he
               has
               written
               Three
               Plays
               ,
               and
               a
               Masque
               which
               are
               in
               print
               ;
               of
               which
               take
               the
               following
               Account
               .
            
             
               Masque
               presented
               at
               Bretbie
               in
               Darby-shire
               ,
               on
               Twelfth-Night
               1639.
               
               This
               Entertainment
               has
               hitherto
               been
               omitted
               in
               all
               former
               Catalogues
               ,
               as
               I
               suppose
               through
               an
               Over-sight
               ,
               it
               being
               but
               short
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               the
               body
               of
               the
               Author's
               Poems
               ,
               r
               amongst
               others
               of
               a
               different
               Nature
               .
               It
               was
               presented
               ,
               (
               as
               I
               find
               upon
               perusal
               of
               it
               )
               before
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Phillip
               the
               first
               Earl
               of
               Chesterfield
               ,
               and
               his
               Countess
               ,
               Two
               of
               their
               Sons
               acting
               in
               it
               .
               The
               diversion
               terminated
               in
               a
               Ball.
               
            
             
             
               
                 Obstinate
                 Lady
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               in
               octavo
               ,
               Lond.
               1658.
               
               This
               Play
               ,
               with
               other
               Poems
               were
               left
               in
               the
               Custody
               of
               a
               Friend
               ,
               at
               the
               Author's
               Removal
               from
               London
               ,
               who
               dying
               ,
               they
               were
               disperst
               into
               several
               Hands
               .
               One
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Godbid
              
               ,
               (
               a
               Bookseller
               as
               I
               suppose
               )
               got
               this
               Play
               into
               his
               Hands
               ,
               and
               tho'
               he
               found
               it
               imperfect
               ,
               the
               last
               Leaf
               being
               wanting
               ,
               wherein
               were
               the
               Authors
               Conclusion
               and
               Epilogue
               :
               he
               procured
               some
               of
               his
               Acquaintance
               to
               supply
               that
               defect
               ,
               and
               so
               printed
               it
               .
               And
               tho'
               this
               Comedy
               were
               very
               much
               of
               it
               writ
               in
               Number
               (
               as
               the
               Author
               calls
               it
               )
               he
               put
               it
               forth
               as
               if
               the
               most
               part
               of
               it
               were
               Prose
               .
               In
               this
               Edition
               you
               have
               that
               defect
               much
               amended
               ,
               and
               the
               Authors
               own
               Conclusion
               ,
               and
               Epilogue
               added
               .
               Sr.
               
                 Aston's
                 Obstinate
                 Lady
              
               ,
               seems
               to
               be
               Cousin-German
               to
               
                 Massinger's
                 Very
                 Woman
              
               ;
               as
               they
               that
               will
               compare
               
                 Don
                 John
                 ,
                 Antonio
              
               ,
               and
               Almira
               ,
               with
               Carionil
               and
               Lucora
               in
               this
               Play
               ,
               may
               easily
               perceive
               .
            
             
               
                 Ovid's
                 Tragedy
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1669.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               printed
               since
               the
               rest
               of
               his
               Works
               ,
               tho
               't
               is
               frequently
               bound
               with
               them
               .
               I
               know
               not
               why
               the
               Author
               gave
               this
               Play
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Ovid's
                 Tragedy
              
               ,
               except
               that
               he
               lays
               the
               Scene
               in
               Tomos
               ,
               and
               brings
               him
               to
               fall
               down
               dead
               with
               grief
               at
               the
               News
               he
               received
               from
               Rome
               ,
               in
               sight
               of
               the
               Audience
               :
               otherwise
               he
               has
               not
               much
               business
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               and
               the
               Play
               ought
               rather
               to
               have
               taken
               the
               Name
               from
               Bassanes
               Jealousy
               ,
               and
               the
               dismal
               effects
               thereof
               ,
               the
               murther
               of
               his
               new
               Bride
               Clorina
               ,
               and
               his
               Friend
               Pyrontus
               .
               But
               this
               is
               an
               Error
               
               which
               Beaumont
               and
               Fletcher
               have
               heretofore
               committed
               ,
               (
               as
               Mr.
               Rimer
               s
               has
               observ'd
               .
               )
               in
               the
               
                 King
                 and
                 no
                 King
              
               ,
               and
               therefore
               the
               more
               excusable
               in
               our
               Author
               .
               The
               passage
               of
               Captain
               
               Hannibal's
               inviting
               the
               dead
               Carcass
               of
               Helvidius
               to
               Supper
               ,
               is
               possibly
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               Italian
               Play
               called
               
                 Il
                 Atheisto
                 Fulminato
              
               ,
               to
               which
               Language
               our
               Author
               was
               no
               Stranger
               ;
               and
               on
               which
               Foundation
               the
               Catastrophe
               of
               the
               Libertine
               is
               built
               .
            
             
               
                 Trapolin
                 creduto
                 Principe
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Trapolin
                 suppos'd
                 a
                 Prince
              
               ,
               an
               Italian
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1658.
               
               The
               Design
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               the
               Author
               borrow'd
               from
               One
               which
               he
               saw
               ,
               or
               rather
               heard
               ,
               twice
               Acted
               in
               Venice
               during
               his
               abode
               in
               that
               City
               ;
               since
               he
               built
               this
               on
               that
               Foundation
               :
               So
               that
               as
               he
               pleads
               in
               his
               Proloque
               it
               is
               no
               Translation
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               reviv'd
               on
               our
               Stage
               since
               the
               King's
               Return
               ,
               and
               a
               new
               Prologue
               writ
               by
               Duffet
               ,
               printed
               in
               his
               Poems
               pag.
               82.
               and
               has
               since
               that
               ,
               been
               alter'd
               by
               Mr.
               Tate
               ,
               and
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               Dorset-Garden
               1685.
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Philips
               t
               and
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               u
               have
               committed
               mistakes
               in
               this
               Author
               ,
               having
               omitted
               the
               Tragedy
               of
               Ovid
               ,
               and
               plac'd
               two
               anonymous
               Plays
               to
               him
               ,
               which
               I
               dare
               be
               confident
               are
               none
               of
               his
               ;
               
                 viz.
                 Thersites
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Tyranical
                 Government
              
               .
               All
               his
               Poems
               being
               collected
               ,
               and
               publisht
               together
               ,
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1669
               ,
               by
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               ,
               who
               knew
               Plays
               far
               better
               than
               either
               of
               these
               Authors
               .
            
             
             
               Having
               given
               you
               this
               Account
               of
               his
               Plays
               ,
               I
               am
               next
               to
               speak
               of
               his
               other
               Poems
               ,
               and
               Pieces
               ,
               but
               since
               the
               Author
               has
               reckon'd
               them
               up
               in
               Verse
               ,
               in
               an
               Epigram
               x
               directed
               to
               his
               Honoured
               Friend
               ,
               Major
               
                 William
                 Warner
              
               ,
               I
               shall
               transcribe
               his
               own
               Lines
               ,
               which
               may
               inform
               the
               Reader
               of
               his
               Stile
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               his
               Poems
               .
            
             
               
                 Plays
                 ,
                 Eclogues
                 ,
                 Songs
                 ,
                 a
                 Satyr
                 I
                 have
                 writ
                 ,
              
               
                 A
                 Remedy
                 for
                 those
                 i'
                 th
                 amorous
                 Fit
                 ,
              
               
                 Love
                 Elegies
                 ,
                 and
                 Funeral
                 Elegies
                 ,
              
               
                 Letters
                 of
                 things
                 of
                 divers
                 Qualities
                 ,
              
               
                 Encomiastick
                 Lines
                 to
                 Works
                 of
                 some
                 ,
              
               
                 A
                 Masque
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 Epithalamium
                 ,
              
               
                 Two
                 Books
                 of
                 Epigrams
                 :
                 All
                 which
                 I
                 mean
              
               
                 Shall
                 (
                 in
                 this
                 Volume
                 )
                 come
                 upon
                 the
                 Scene
                 ;
              
               
                 Some
                 Divine
                 Poems
                 ,
                 which
                 when
                 first
                 I
                 came
              
               
                 To
                 Cambridge
                 I
                 writ
                 there
                 ,
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 name
                 ;
              
               
                 Of
                 Dianea
                 ,
                 y
                 neither
                 my
                 Translation
                 ,
              
               
                 Omitted
                 here
                 as
                 of
                 another
                 Fashion
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 Heavens
                 sake
                 name
                 no
                 more
                 you
                 say
                 ,
                 I
                 cloy
                 you
                 ,
              
               
                 I
                 do
                 obey
                 you
                 ;
                 Therefore
                 (
                 Friend
                 )
                 God
                 b'wy
                 you
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Edward
               COOK
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               of
               whom
               I
               can
               give
               no
               other
               account
               ,
               than
               that
               he
               has
               publisht
               a
               Play
               call'd
               
                 Love's
                 Triumph
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Royal
                 Union
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               never
               acted
               ,
               but
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1678.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               her
               Highness
               ,
               the
               Most
               Illustrious
               MARY
               Princess
               of
               
               Orange
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               Cassandra
               ,
               a
               fam'd
               Romance
               ,
               as
               you
               will
               find
               by
               reading
               Part
               5th
               ,
               Book
               4th
               ,
               to
               the
               End.
               
            
          
           
             
               John
               COOK
               .
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               call'd
               
                 Green's
                 Tu
                 Quoque
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               —
               I
               cannot
               tell
               the
               Date
               ,
               or
               the
               Place
               where
               't
               was
               first
               acted
               ,
               the
               Title-page
               of
               my
               Copy
               being
               lost
               ,
               tho'
               I
               suppose
               at
               the
               Red-Bull
               ,
               by
               a
               Passage
               in
               the
               Play
               ;
               but
               I
               can
               inform
               the
               Reader
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               commended
               by
               
                 Thomas
                 Heywood
              
               ,
               who
               
                 purposely
                 writ
                 an
                 Epistle
                 to
                 gratulate
                 (
                 as
                 he
                 says
                 )
                 the
                 Love
                 and
                 Memory
                 of
                 his
                 Worthy
                 Friend
                 the
                 Author
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 intirely
                 beloved
                 Friend
                 the
                 Actor
                 .
              
               He
               says
               further
               ,
               
                 That
                 it
                 past
                 the
                 Test
                 of
                 the
                 Stage
                 with
                 general
                 Applause
                 :
              
               And
               I
               have
               seen
               it
               acted
               since
               the
               King's
               Return
               ,
               at
               the
               Play-house
               (
               as
               I
               think
               )
               in
               little
               Lincolns-Inn-Fields
               with
               good
               success
               :
               tho'
               the
               printed
               Copy
               be
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts.
               The
               Plot
               of
               Spend-all's
               gaining
               the
               Widow
               Raysby
               ,
               has
               a
               near
               resemblance
               with
               that
               of
               
                 Will.
                 Small
                 shanks
              
               and
               Widow
               Taffety
               :
               tho'
               I
               think
               the
               Design
               is
               better
               wrought
               up
               in
               this
               Play
               ,
               because
               the
               Widow
               by
               a
               Counter-plot
               frees
               her self
               from
               Spend-all
               ,
               and
               after
               having
               made
               a
               Tryal
               of
               the
               Sincerity
               of
               his
               Love
               ,
               consents
               of
               her
               own
               accord
               to
               Marry
               him
               .
            
             
               This
               Play
               had
               its
               Title
               given
               it
               by
               the
               Author
               ,
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               admirable
               Comedian
               ,
               
                 Thomas
                 Green
              
               ,
               who
               acted
               the
               part
               of
               Bubble
               ,
               whose
               universal
               Repartee
               to
               all
               Complement
               
               is
               
                 Tu
                 Quoque
              
               ;
               Mr.
               Heywood
               z
               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
                 .
              
            
             
               At
               the
               Entrance
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               a
               Distick
               ,
               which
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               applies
               to
               Mr.
               
                 Robert
                 Green
              
               ,
               (
               of
               whom
               I
               shall
               give
               an
               account
               in
               his
               proper
               place
               :
               )
               tho'
               had
               he
               put
               on
               his
               Spectacles
               he
               would
               have
               found
               it
               printed
               thus
               ;
            
             
               
                 
                   Upon
                   the
                   Death
                   of
                   Thomas
                   Green.
                   
                
                 
                   How
                   fast
                   bleak
                   Autumn
                   changeth
                   
                   Flora's
                   dye
                   ,
                
                 
                   What
                   yesterday
                   was
                   (
                   Green
                   )
                   now
                   's
                   sear
                   and
                   dry
                   .
                
                 
                   W.
                   R.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
               John
               COREY
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               who
               is
               pleas'd
               to
               stile
               himself
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Generous
                 Enemies
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Ridiculous
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1672.
               
               Tho'he
               has
               so
               little
               share
               in
               it
               ;
               that
               we
               may
               justly
               say
               of
               him
               ,
               as
               Appolodorus
               the
               Athenian
               said
               of
               the
               Books
               of
               Chrysippus
               :
               If
               a
               Man
               should
               extract
               the
               things
               which
               he
               hath
               borrow'd
               from
               others
               ,
               the
               Paper
               would
               be
               left
               blank
               .
               To
               prove
               this
               I
               am
               to
               acquaint
               the
               Reader
               ,
               that
               this
               Play
               ,
               like
               a
               Botcher's
               Cushion
               is
               made
               out
               of
               several
               Pieces
               ;
               he
               having
               stollen
               from
               Four
               Eminent
               Poets
               ;
               Fletcher
               ,
               and
               
                 Randolph
                 ;
                 Th.
                 Corneille
              
               ,
               and
               Quinault
               .
               The
               chief
               Design
               of
               
               the
               Play
               ,
               that
               of
               the
               
                 Generous
                 Enemies
              
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
                 Quinault's
                 La
                 Genereuse
                 Ingratitude
              
               ,
               as
               will
               be
               evident
               to
               those
               who
               will
               compare
               the
               Characters
               of
               
                 Don
                 Alvarez
              
               ,
               and
               Signior
               Flaminio
               ,
               with
               those
               of
               the
               French
               Zegry
               and
               
                 Abencerage
                 ;
                 Semena
              
               in
               Disguise
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               Lisander
               ,
               with
               Zelinda
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               Ormin
               ,
               &c.
               
               For
               the
               
                 Ridiculous
                 Lovers
              
               ;
               't
               is
               chiefly
               borrow'd
               from
               a
               Comedy
               of
               Th.
               Corneille's
               call'd
               
                 D.
                 Bertran
                 de
                 Cigarral
              
               ,
               which
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Spanish
               Comedy
               written
               by
               
                 D.
                 Francisco
                 de
                 Roxas
              
               ,
               and
               stiled
               ,
               
                 Entre
                 bobos
                 anda
                 el
                 juego
              
               .
               The
               Quarrel
               between
               Bertran
               and
               Robatzy
               in
               the
               fifth
               Act
               ,
               is
               stollen
               verbatim
               from
               
                 Love's
                 Pilgrimage
              
               ,
               Act
               2.
               
               Sc.
               1.
               and
               Act
               3.
               
               Sc.
               3.
               
               The
               testy
               Humour
               of
               Bertran
               to
               his
               Servants
               in
               the
               third
               Act
               ,
               is
               part
               of
               it
               taken
               from
               the
               
                 Muses
                 Looking-glass
              
               .
               Act
               2.
               
               Sc.
               1.
               
               Act
               3.
               
               Sc.
               3.
               and
               4.
               
            
          
           
             
               Charles
               COTTON
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               An
               Ingenious
               Gentleman
               lately
               (
               as
               I
               am
               inform'd
               )
               Deceas'd
               ,
               who
               sometimes
               dwelt
               at
               Beresford
               in
               the
               County
               of
               Stafford
               .
               He
               was
               an
               excellent
               Lyrick
               Poet
               ,
               but
               particularly
               famous
               for
               Burlesque
               Verse
               :
               but
               mention'd
               here
               on
               account
               of
               a
               Translation
               of
               his
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               Horace
               ,
               a
               French
               Tragedy
               of
               Monsieur
               Corneille
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1671.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Dear
               Sister
               Mrs.
               
                 Stanhope
                 Hutchinson
              
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               first
               finished
               in
               1665.
               
               a
               
                 But
                 neither
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 nor
                 of
                 sevaral
                 years
                 
                 after
                 ,
                 was
                 it
                 intended
                 for
                 the
                 publick
                 view
                 ;
                 it
                 being
                 writ
                 for
                 the
                 private
                 divertisement
                 of
                 a
                 fair
                 young
                 Lady
                 ,
                 and
                 ever
                 since
                 it
                 had
                 the
                 honor
                 first
                 to
                 kiss
                 her
                 Hands
                 ,
                 so
                 intirely
                 hers
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Author
                 did
                 not
                 reserve
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 the
                 Broüillon
                 to
                 himself
                 .
                 However
                 she
                 being
                 prevail'd
                 upon
                 tho'
                 with
                 some
                 difficulty
                 to
                 give
                 her
                 consent
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 printed
                 in
                 Octo.
                 1670.
                 
              
            
             
               I
               shall
               not
               extol
               ,
               or
               particularise
               the
               Excellencies
               of
               this
               Play
               in
               the
               Original
               ;
               't
               is
               sufficient
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               that
               the
               French
               Author
               thought
               it
               might
               pass
               for
               the
               best
               of
               his
               Productions
               if
               the
               three
               last
               Acts
               had
               been
               equal
               to
               the
               two
               First
               :
               and
               this
               he
               says
               was
               the
               general
               Opinion
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               read
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               his
               Examen
               of
               this
               Play.
               b
               As
               to
               the
               Performance
               of
               this
               our
               Countryman
               ,
               notwithstanding
               his
               Modesty
               ,
               and
               Generosity
               in
               giving
               the
               preference
               to
               Madam
               Phillips
               her
               Translation
               ,
               I
               think
               it
               no
               ways
               inferior
               to
               it
               ,
               at
               least
               ,
               I
               dare
               aver
               that
               it
               far
               transcends
               that
               Version
               publisht
               by
               Sr.
               
                 William
                 Lower
              
               .
            
             
               The
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               it
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               ,
               may
               be
               read
               in
               several
               Authors
               .
               See
               
                 Livy
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               1.
               
               
                 Florus
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               1.
               c.
               3.
               
               
                 Dionysius
                 Hallicarnassaeus
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               There
               are
               other
               Works
               of
               this
               Author's
               writing
               ,
               which
               speak
               him
               a
               great
               Wit
               ,
               and
               Master
               of
               an
               excellent
               Fancy
               and
               Judgment
               :
               Such
               as
               his
               Poem
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Wonders
                 of
                 the
                 Peak
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1681.
               
               His
               Burlesque
               Poems
               call'd
               ,
               Scarronides
               ,
               or
               
                 Virgil
                 Travestie
              
               ,
               a
               mock
               Poem
               ,
               on
               the
               first
               and
               fourth
               
               Books
               of
               
               Virgil's
               AEneis
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1678.
               
               Tho'
               the
               Title
               seems
               to
               imply
               as
               if
               this
               Poem
               were
               an
               Imitation
               of
               Scarron
               ,
               who
               has
               translated
               .
               Eight
               Books
               of
               Virgil
               in
               the
               same
               manner
               :
               yet
               those
               who
               will
               compare
               both
               these
               Pieces
               ,
               will
               possibly
               find
               that
               he
               has
               not
               only
               exceeded
               the
               French
               ,
               but
               all
               others
               that
               have
               attempted
               in
               that
               kind
               ,
               to
               the
               reserve
               of
               the
               incomparable
               Butler
               ,
               the
               fam'd
               Author
               of
               Hudibras
               :
               and
               I
               think
               we
               may
               with
               little
               variation
               apply
               the
               following
               Tetrastick
               written
               by
               
               Scarron's
               Uncle
               to
               this
               our
               Author
               .
            
             
               
                 Si
                 punctum
                 omne
                 tulit
                 ,
                 qui
                 miscuit
                 utile
                 dulcis
              
               
                 Ludendo
                 scribens
                 seria
                 ,
                 quid
                 meruit
                 ?
              
               
                 Virgilii
                 miranda
                 legens
                 ,
                 ridere
                 jubetur
              
               
                 Hoc
                 debet
                 ,
                 Cotton
                 ,
                 Anglica
                 Musa
                 tibi
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 ABRAHAM
                 COWLEY
              
            
          
           
             
               Abraham
               COWLEY
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               generally
               hitherto
               contented
               my self
               with
               giving
               a
               succinct
               Account
               of
               each
               Authors
               Affairs
               of
               Life
               ,
               or
               Family
               :
               and
               chose
               rather
               to
               enlarge
               on
               their
               Works
               :
               but
               Mr.
               Cowley
               was
               a
               Person
               of
               so
               great
               Merit
               and
               Esteem
               in
               the
               world
               when
               Living
               ;
               and
               his
               Memory
               so
               fresh
               in
               the
               minds
               of
               Learned
               Men
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               oblig'd
               not
               to
               pass
               him
               slightly
               over
               .
               'T
               is
               true
               my
               Predecessors
               in
               this
               Work
               ,
               I
               mean
               Mr.
               Phillips
               and
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               ,
               have
               given
               but
               an
               imperfect
               account
               of
               Him
               ,
               or
               his
               Writings
               :
               but
               as
               I
               
               propose
               not
               them
               for
               my
               Pattern
               in
               this
               Subject
               ,
               so
               I
               must
               publickly
               own
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               so
               great
               a
               Veneration
               for
               the
               Memory
               of
               this
               great
               Man
               ,
               that
               methinks
               his
               very
               Name
               seems
               an
               Ornament
               to
               my
               Book
               ,
               and
               deserves
               to
               be
               set
               in
               the
               best
               Light
               I
               can
               place
               it
               .
               Wherefore
               I
               shall
               be
               as
               careful
               in
               copying
               his
               Picture
               from
               his
               Writings
               ,
               as
               an
               Artist
               would
               be
               in
               hitting
               the
               Features
               of
               his
               Sovereign
               .
            
             
               To
               begin
               first
               with
               his
               Birth
               ;
               the
               place
               of
               his
               Nativity
               was
               London
               ,
               and
               the
               time
               which
               made
               his
               Virtuous
               Parents
               happy
               in
               him
               ,
               was
               the
               year
               of
               our
               Lord
               1618.
               
               Tho'
               his
               Mother
               had
               no
               prescience
               like
               Maia
               the
               Parent
               of
               the
               great
               Virgil
               ,
               (
               who
               the
               Night
               before
               her
               delivery
               dreamt
               she
               brought
               forth
               a
               sprig
               of
               Lawrel
               ,
               which
               upon
               the
               setting
               forthwith
               became
               a
               Tree
               ;
               )
               yet
               it
               may
               be
               said
               ,
               that
               this
               our
               
                 English
                 Maro
              
               ,
               grew
               ripe
               with
               equal
               speed
               ,
               as
               that
               famous
               Poplar
               Bough
               planted
               at
               the
               Roman
               Poets
               Birth
               ,
               sprung
               up
               into
               a
               beautiful
               tall
               Tree
               ,
               which
               overtopt
               several
               others
               of
               far
               riper
               Age.
               Virgil
               at
               Thirteen
               years
               of
               Age
               began
               his
               Studies
               at
               Millain
               ;
               but
               this
               our
               Author
               writ
               his
               Tragical
               History
               of
               Pyramus
               and
               Thisbe
               ,
               when
               he
               was
               but
               Ten
               years
               old
               ;
               his
               Constantia
               and
               Philetus
               at
               Twelve
               ;
               and
               at
               Thirteen
               had
               publisht
               not
               only
               these
               but
               several
               other
               
                 Poetical
                 Blossoms
              
               ,
               d
               which
               sufficiently
               prov'd
               the
               pregnancy
               of
               his
               Wit
               :
               and
               all
               this
               ,
               whilst
               he
               was
               yet
               but
               a
               Westminster
               Schollar
               ;
               before
               he
               could
               say
               with
               Juvenal
               ,
               e
            
             
               
                 Et
                 nos
                 ergo
                 manum
                 ferulae
                 subduximus
                 —
              
            
             
             
               Nor
               is
               the
               Character
               he
               gives
               of
               himself
               less
               full
               of
               Admiration
               ;
               f
               
                 That
                 even
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 very
                 young
                 Boy
                 at
                 School
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 running
                 about
                 on
                 Holidays
                 ,
                 and
                 playing
                 with
                 his
                 Fellows
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 wont
                 to
                 steal
                 from
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 walk
                 into
                 the
                 Fields
                 ,
                 either
                 alone
                 with
                 a
                 Book
                 ;
                 or
                 with
                 some
                 One
                 Companion
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 could
                 find
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Temper
                 .
              
            
             
               His
               first
               Inclinations
               to
               Poetry
               ,
               proceeded
               from
               his
               falling
               by
               chance
               on
               
               Spencer's
               
                 Fairy
                 Queen
              
               ,
               g
               
                 With
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 so
                 infinitely
                 delighted
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 by
                 degrees
                 so
                 fill'd
                 his
                 head
                 with
                 the
                 tinkling
                 of
                 the
                 Rhime
                 ,
                 and
                 dance
                 of
                 the
                 Numbers
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 read
                 him
                 all
                 over
                 before
                 he
                 was
                 Twelve
                 years
                 old
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 thus
                 made
                 a
                 Poet
                 as
                 immediately
                 as
                 a
                 Child
                 is
                 made
                 an
                 Eunuch
                 .
                 Thus
                 he
                 gradualy
                 grew
                 up
                 to
                 that
                 maturity
                 both
                 of
                 Fancy
                 and
                 Judgment
                 ,
                 that
                 (
                 in
                 the
                 opinion
                 of
                 a
                 great
                 Man
                 now
                 living
                 ,
                 h
                 Whoever
                 would
                 do
                 him
                 right
                 ,
                 should
                 not
                 only
                 equal
                 him
                 to
                 the
                 principal
                 Ancient
                 Writers
                 of
                 our
                 own
                 Nation
                 ,
                 but
                 should
                 also
                 rank
                 his
                 Name
                 amongst
                 the
                 Authors
                 of
                 the
                 true
                 Antiquity
                 ,
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 the
                 Greeks
                 ,
                 and
                 Romans
                 .
              
               Nor
               is
               this
               the
               sence
               only
               of
               this
               Worthy
               Person
               ,
               and
               Excellent
               Poet
               ,
               but
               the
               general
               Opinion
               of
               the
               Wits
               of
               both
               Universities
               ,
               and
               which
               will
               appear
               obvious
               to
               All
               that
               shall
               diligently
               read
               his
               Works
               :
               most
               of
               which
               were
               writ
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               design'd
               whilst
               he
               was
               of
               Trinity
               Colledge
               in
               Cambridge
               ,
               and
               of
               which
               I
               shall
               give
               a
               succinct
               Account
               ,
               begining
               
               first
               with
               his
               English
               Plays
               ,
               which
               are
               Three
               in
               Number
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               Guardian
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1650.
               
               
                 Made
                 (
                 says
                 the
                 Author
                 i
                 )
                 and
                 acted
                 before
                 the
                 Prince
                 ,
                 or
                 rather
                 neither
                 made
                 nor
                 acted
                 ,
                 but
                 rough-drawn
                 only
                 ,
                 and
                 repeated
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 hast
                 was
                 so
                 great
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 could
                 neither
                 be
                 revised
                 ,
                 or
                 perfected
                 by
                 the
                 Author
                 ,
                 nor
                 
                   learned
                   without
                   Book
                
                 by
                 the
                 Actors
                 ,
                 nor
                 set
                 forth
                 in
                 any
                 Measure
                 tolerably
                 by
                 the
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Colledge
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               Mr.
               Cowley
               thought
               fit
               to
               acquaint
               the
               Prince
               with
               ,
               in
               the
               Prologue
               which
               was
               spoken
               to
               him
               at
               that
               time
               :
               as
               the
               Reader
               may
               see
               by
               the
               following
               Lines
               ,
               being
               part
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Accept
                 our
                 hasty
                 Zeal
                 ;
                 a
                 thing
                 that
                 's
                 play'd
              
               
                 E're
                 't
                 is
                 a
                 Play
                 ,
                 and
                 acted
                 e're
                 't
                 is
                 made
                 .
              
               
                 Our
                 Ignorance
                 ,
                 but
                 our
                 Duty
                 too
                 ,
                 we
                 show
                 :
              
               
                 I
                 would
                 all
                 ignorant
                 People
                 would
                 do
                 so
                 .
              
               
                 At
                 other
                 times
                 ,
                 expect
                 our
                 Wit
                 and
                 Art
                 ;
              
               
                 This
                 Comedy
                 is
                 acted
                 by
                 the
                 Heart
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 After
                 the
                 Representation
                 (
                 the
                 Author
                 tells
                 us
                 k
                 he
                 began
                 to
                 look
                 it
                 over
                 ,
                 and
                 changed
                 it
                 very
                 much
                 ,
                 striking
                 out
                 some
                 whole
                 Parts
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 Poet
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Souldier
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 having
                 lost
                 the
                 Copy
                 ,
                 durst
                 not
                 think
                 it
                 deserv'd
                 the
                 pains
                 to
                 write
                 it
                 again
                 ,
                 which
                 made
                 him
                 omit
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 publication
                 of
                 his
                 Works
                 in
                 Folio
                 ;
                 though
                 (
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 he
                 acknowledg'd
                 )
                 there
                 were
                 some
                 things
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 asham'd
                 of
                 ,
                 taking
                 the
                 Excuse
                 of
                 his
                 Age
                 when
                 he
                 made
                 it
                 .
                 But
                 as
                 it
                 was
                 he
                 
                 accounted
                 it
                 only
                 the
                 hasty
                 first-sitting
                 of
                 a
                 Picture
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 like
                 to
                 resemble
                 him
                 accordingly
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               Comedy
               ,
               notwithstanding
               Mr.
               
               Cowley's
               modest
               Opinion
               of
               it
               ,
               was
               acted
               not
               only
               at
               Cambridge
               ,
               but
               several
               times
               after
               that
               privately
               ,
               during
               the
               prohibition
               of
               the
               Stage
               ,
               and
               after
               the
               King's
               Return
               ,
               publickly
               at
               Dublin
               ,
               and
               never
               fail'd
               of
               Applause
               .
               This
               I
               suppose
               put
               our
               Author
               upon
               revising
               it
               ;
               and
               there
               being
               many
               things
               in
               it
               which
               he
               dislik't
               ;
               and
               finding
               himself
               at
               leisure
               in
               the
               Country
               ,
               he
               fell
               upon
               altring
               it
               almost
               throughout
               ;
               and
               then
               permitted
               it
               to
               appear
               publickly
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               under
               a
               new
               Title
               ,
               as
               indeed
               't
               was
               in
               a
               manner
               a
               new
               Play
               ,
               calling
               it
            
             
               
                 Cutter
                 of
                 Coleman-street
              
               ,
               acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1663.
               
               This
               Play
               met
               with
               some
               Opposition
               ,
               at
               its
               Representation
               under
               this
               new
               Name
               ,
               from
               some
               who
               envyed
               the
               Authors
               unshaken
               Loyalty
               to
               the
               Prince
               ,
               and
               the
               Royal
               Cause
               ,
               in
               the
               worst
               of
               Times
               ;
               but
               afterwards
               I
               suppose
               the
               Authors
               Preface
               (
               to
               which
               I
               refer
               the
               Reader
               )
               dispell'd
               all
               those
               Clouds
               rais'd
               by
               the
               Faction
               ;
               and
               I
               have
               seen
               it
               acted
               with
               universal
               Applause
               :
               and
               I
               believe
               generally
               speaking
               ,
               all
               unbyass'd
               Judges
               that
               have
               read
               ,
               or
               seen
               it
               acted
               ,
               will
               give
               it
               the
               Approbation
               of
               an
               excellent
               Comedy
               :
               and
               for
               those
               who
               are
               unsatisfied
               concerning
               his
               Fidelity
               to
               his
               King
               ,
               I
               must
               refer
               them
               to
               that
               admirable
               Defence
               writ
               by
               the
               Reverend
               Bishop
               of
               Rochester
               l
               in
               
               behalf
               of
               this
               excellent
               Man
               ,
               it
               being
               too
               copious
               to
               be
               inserted
               here
               .
            
             
               
                 Love's
                 Riddle
              
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               Comedy
               ,
               written
               at
               his
               time
               of
               being
               King's
               Scholar
               ,
               in
               Westminster
               School
               ;
               printed
               first
               with
               his
               
                 Poetical
                 Blossoms
              
               ,
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1633.
               but
               since
               printed
               in
               the
               Second
               Volume
               of
               his
               Works
               ,
               in
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1681.
               and
               dedicated
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               to
               the
               truly
               Worthy
               and
               Noble
               Sr.
               
                 Kenelm
                 Digby
              
               .
               If
               this
               Play
               be
               consider'd
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Authors
               years
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               't
               will
               certainly
               be
               allow'd
               standard
               ;
               or
               at
               least
               needs
               no
               other
               Apology
               then
               what
               the
               Author
               makes
               for
               it
               in
               his
               Dedication
               to
               his
               Patron
               :
               
                 
                   Take
                   it
                   as
                   early
                   Fruits
                   ,
                   which
                   rare
                   appear
                   ,
                
                 
                   Though
                   not
                   half
                   ripe
                   ,
                   but
                   worst
                   of
                   all
                   the
                   year
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   if
                   it
                   please
                   your
                   Taste
                   ,
                   my
                   Muse
                   will
                   say
                   ,
                
                 
                   The
                   Birch
                   which
                   crown'd
                   her
                   then
                   ,
                   it
                   s
                   grown
                   a
                   Bay.
                   
                
              
            
             
               It
               might
               be
               expected
               that
               I
               should
               give
               some
               Account
               either
               of
               the
               Plots
               of
               these
               Plays
               ,
               or
               whence
               he
               has
               borrow'd
               :
               but
               let
               those
               that
               think
               so
               ,
               be
               satisfied
               from
               the
               Famous
               
               Denham's
               Character
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 is
                 no●
                 an
                 Author
                 of
                 that
                 Stamp
                 .
              
               I
               hope
               it
               will
               not
               be
               thought
               Foreign
               to
               my
               purpose
               ,
               to
               transcribe
               part
               of
               that
               Copy
               which
               he
               writ
               on
               this
               Admirable
               Poets
               Death
               and
               Burial
               amongst
               the
               Ancient
               Poets
               .
               The
               whole
               Copy
               deserves
               to
               be
               engraved
               in
               Brass
               ;
               but
               I
               shall
               here
               transcribe
               only
               what
               is
               to
               our
               purpose
               ;
               m
            
             
               
               
                 Old
                 Mother
                 Wit
                 ,
                 and
                 Nature
                 gave
              
               
                 Shakespear
                 ,
                 and
                 Fletcher
                 ,
                 all
                 they
                 have
                 ;
              
               
                 In
                 Spencer
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 Johnson
                 ,
                 Art
                 ,
              
               
                 Of
                 slower
                 Nature
                 got
                 the
                 start
                 ;
              
               
                 But
                 both
                 in
                 him
                 so
                 equal
                 are
                 ,
              
               
                 None
                 knows
                 which
                 bears
                 the
                 happy'st
                 share
                 ;
              
               
                 To
                 him
                 no
                 Author
                 was
                 unknown
                 ,
              
               
                 Yet
                 what
                 he
                 wrote
                 was
                 all
                 his
                 own
                 ;
              
               
                 He
                 melted
                 not
                 the
                 ancient
                 Gold
                 ,
              
               
                 Nor
                 with
                 
                   Ben
                   Johnson
                
                 did
                 make
                 bold
              
               
                 To
                 plunder
                 all
                 the
                 Roman
                 Stores
              
               
                 Of
                 Poets
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 Orators
                 :
              
               
                 Horace
                 his
                 Wit
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 Virgil's
                 State
                 ,
              
               
                 He
                 did
                 not
                 steal
                 ,
                 but
                 emulate
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 when
                 he
                 would
                 like
                 them
                 appear
                 ,
              
               
                 Their
                 Garb
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 their
                 Cloaths
                 ,
                 did
                 weas
                 .
              
            
             
               As
               to
               his
               other
               Works
               in
               English
               ,
               they
               consist
               both
               of
               Verse
               and
               Prose
               :
               amongst
               which
               are
               his
               Love
               Verses
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Mistress
              
               ;
               which
               were
               first
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1647.
               from
               a
               Correct
               Copy
               written
               by
               the
               Author
               himself
               ,
               and
               since
               they
               are
               printed
               in
               Folio
               ,
               with
               several
               of
               his
               other
               Pieces
               .
               These
               Poems
               are
               highly
               applauded
               by
               the
               generality
               of
               judicious
               Men
               ,
               and
               notwithstanding
               the
               nice
               scruples
               of
               some
               ,
               it
               is
               an
               undeniable
               Truth
               which
               the
               knowing
               Writer
               of
               his
               Life
               lays
               down
               ,
               n
               
                 That
                 never
                 yet
                 so
                 much
                 was
                 written
                 on
                 a
                 Subject
                 so
                 Delicate
                 ,
                 that
                 can
                 less
                 offend
                 the
                 severest
                 rules
                 of
                 Morality
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               dare
               not
               persume
               to
               give
               a
               particular
               Character
               of
               his
               Works
               :
               therefore
               I
               shall
               refer
               
               them
               to
               the
               large
               Account
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               written
               by
               the
               exact
               and
               ingenious
               Author
               above-mentioned
               ,
               or
               to
               the
               Readers
               own
               judgment
               .
               They
               consist
               of
               Miscellanies
               ,
               Anacreontiques
               ,
               and
               Pindariques
               ;
               or
               some
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               translated
               Paraphrastically
               out
               of
               Anacreon
               and
               Pindar
               :
               on
               the
               later
               he
               has
               writ
               Notes
               ,
               as
               replete
               with
               Learning
               ,
               as
               his
               Odes
               with
               Wit
               and
               Fancy
               ,
               and
               which
               most
               admirably
               explain
               the
               most
               difficult
               and
               abstruse
               Passages
               .
            
             
               Besides
               these
               he
               has
               publisht
               an
               Epique
               Poem
               call'd
               Davideis
               ,
               a
               Sacred
               Poem
               of
               the
               Troubles
               of
               David
               ,
               in
               Four
               Books
               :
               tho'
               design'd
               by
               the
               Author
               to
               be
               continu'd
               and
               extended
               to
               Twelve
               ;
               not
               for
               the
               Tribes
               sake
               ,
               but
               in
               imitation
               of
               Virgil.
               As
               it
               is
               a
               great
               grief
               to
               the
               Lovers
               of
               Poetry
               ,
               that
               he
               liv'd
               not
               to
               finish
               the
               Work
               ;
               so
               't
               is
               the
               Opinion
               of
               an
               eminent
               Critick
               ,
               o
               
                 That
                 as
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 lamented
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 carried
                 not
                 on
                 the
                 Work
                 so
                 far
                 as
                 he
                 design'd
                 ,
                 so
                 it
                 might
                 he
                 wisht
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 liv'd
                 to
                 Revise
                 what
                 he
                 did
                 leave
                 us
                 :
                 I
                 think
                 the
                 Troubles
                 of
                 David
                 is
                 neither
                 Title
                 nor
                 Matter
                 proper
                 for
                 an
                 Heroick
                 Poem
                 ;
                 seeing
                 it
                 is
                 rather
                 the
                 Actions
                 than
                 his
                 Sufferings
                 ,
                 that
                 make
                 an
                 Heroe
                 :
                 nor
                 can
                 it
                 be
                 defended
                 by
                 
                 Homer's
                 Odysseis
                 ,
                 since
                 
                 Ulysses's
                 Sufferings
                 conclude
                 with
                 one
                 great
                 and
                 perfect
                 Action
                 .
              
               Yet
               notwithstanding
               ,
               this
               judicious
               Author
               allows
               ,
               
                 That
                 in
                 the
                 Davideis
                 (
                 Fragment
                 and
                 imperfect
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 )
                 there
                 shines
                 something
                 of
                 a
                 more
                 fine
                 ,
                 more
                 free
                 ,
                 more
                 new
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 noble
                 air
                 ,
                 than
                 
                 appears
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Hierusalem
                   of
                   Tasso
                
                 ,
                 which
                 for
                 all
                 his
                 care
                 ,
                 is
                 scarce
                 perfectly
                 purg'd
                 from
                 Pedantry
                 .
              
               And
               after
               all
               says
               ,
               
                 That
                 in
                 the
                 Lyrick
                 way
                 however
                 Cowley
                 far
                 exceeds
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Italians
                 .
              
               Tho'
               
                 Jacobus
                 Philippus
                 Tomasinus
                 ,
                 Laur.
                 Crasso
                 ,
              
               and
               other
               great
               Men
               give
               Tasso
               an
               extraordinary
               Character
               .
               But
               to
               return
               to
               our
               Author
               ,
               whatever
               faults
               Mr.
               Cowley
               may
               have
               committed
               in
               the
               Oeconomy
               of
               his
               Poem
               ,
               (
               as
               Mr.
               Rymer
               reckons
               up
               others
               )
               if
               it
               be
               consider'd
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 writ
                 the
                 greatest
                 part
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 the
                 Author
                 of
                 his
                 Life
                 observes
                 )
                 whilst
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 young
                 Student
                 in
                 Trinity
                 College
                 in
                 Cambridge
                 ,
                 and
                 withal
                 ,
                 reflect
                 on
                 the
                 vastness
                 :
                 of
                 the
                 Argument
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 manner
                 of
                 Handling
                 it
                 ,
                 he
                 may
                 seem
                 like
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Miracles
                 he
                 there
                 adorns
                 ,
                 
                   like
                   a
                   Boy
                   attempting
                   Goliah
                
                 .
              
               The
               rest
               of
               his
               Verses
               are
               written
               on
               several
               Occasions
               ,
               and
               for
               what
               remains
               unspoken
               of
               in
               his
               Second
               Volume
               ,
               they
               are
               Verses
               which
               he
               made
               when
               he
               was
               a
               King's
               Scholar
               ,
               and
               to
               which
               he
               gave
               the
               Title
               of
               Sylva
               .
            
             
               As
               to
               his
               Pieces
               in
               English
               Prose
               ,
               they
               are
               Discourses
               by
               way
               of
               Essays
               ,
               upon
               grave
               and
               serious
               Subjects
               ;
               where
               he
               gives
               the
               truest
               and
               best
               Character
               of
               himself
               ,
               and
               his
               thoughts
               during
               his
               Retirement
               .
               These
               ,
               with
               several
               others
               which
               he
               design'd
               to
               add
               ;
               he
               intended
               had
               not
               Death
               prevented
               him
               ,
               to
               have
               dedicated
               to
               his
               old
               Patron
               the
               Earl
               of
               St.
               Albans
               ,
               
                 As
                 a
                 Testimony
                 of
                 his
                 entire
                 Respects
                 to
                 him
                 :
                 and
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 Apology
                 for
                 having
                 left
                 humane
                 Affairs
                 in
                 the
                 strength
                 of
                 his
                 Age
                 ,
                 while
                 
                 he
                 might
                 still
                 have
                 been
                 serviceable
                 to
                 his
                 Country
                 .
              
               But
               not
               withstanding
               his
               Death
               ,
               his
               intentions
               are
               made
               good
               by
               his
               worthy
               Friend
               the
               careful
               Overseer
               to
               his
               Writings
               ,
               who
               has
               paid
               in
               this
               Legacy
               according
               to
               the
               will
               and
               intention
               of
               the
               deceased
               Testator
               .
            
             
               His
               Latine
               Works
               contain
               the
               two
               former
               Books
               of
               his
               Davideis
               ;
               a
               Latine
               Comedy
               call'd
               
                 Naufragium
                 Joculare
              
               ,
               which
               was
               acted
               before
               the
               University
               of
               Cambridge
               by
               the
               Members
               of
               Trinity
               Colledge
               ,
               the
               second
               day
               of
               February
               1638.
               and
               his
               
                 Poemata
                 Latina
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               1668.
               consisting
               of
               Six
               Books
               of
               Plants
               ,
               and
               One
               of
               Miscellanies
               ;
               of
               whose
               several
               Character
               ,
               you
               will
               find
               an
               account
               in
               his
               Life
               ;
               where
               you
               may
               likewise
               find
               a
               description
               of
               his
               Temper
               ,
               Conversation
               ,
               &c.
               which
               would
               swell
               this
               Volume
               beyond
               its
               design'd
               Bulk
               ,
               to
               relate
               .
               All
               that
               I
               shall
               acquaint
               you
               further
               with
               is
               ,
               that
               this
               best
               of
               Poets
               ,
               that
               ever
               our
               Nation
               produc'd
               ,
               and
               a
               Man
               of
               so
               excellent
               a
               Temper
               ,
               in
               the
               Opinion
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               pleas'd
               to
               say
               of
               him
               upon
               the
               news
               of
               his
               death
               ,
               that
               Mr.
               
                 Cowley
                 had
                 not
                 left
                 a
                 better
                 Man
                 behind
                 him
                 in
              
               England
               .
               This
               Excellent
               Man
               I
               say
               ,
               Died
               after
               a
               Fortnights
               Sickness
               ,
               of
               a
               Stoppage
               in
               his
               Breast
               and
               Throat
               ,
               accompanied
               with
               a
               violent
               Defluction
               .
               He
               was
               Buried
               at
               Westminster
               Abby
               ,
               near
               Two
               of
               our
               most
               eminent
               English
               Bards
               ,
               Chaucer
               ,
               and
               Spencer
               ;
               his
               Corps
               being
               attended
               with
               a
               numerous
               Train
               of
               Persons
               of
               the
               most
               eminent
               Rank
               ,
               both
               for
               Birth
               and
               Virtue
               ,
               The
               late
               Duke
               of
               Buckingham
               his
               Noble
               Friend
               
               and
               Patron
               ,
               has
               erected
               a
               Magnificent
               Monument
               over
               his
               Ashes
               in
               testimony
               of
               his
               Affection
               ;
               whose
               Sculpture
               you
               may
               see
               at
               the
               beginning
               of
               his
               Second
               Volume
               .
               Tho'
               I
               take
               it
               for
               granted
               that
               every
               Lover
               of
               Poetry
               hath
               the
               Works
               of
               this
               Worthy
               Ornament
               of
               our
               Nation
               :
               (
               since
               in
               my
               weak
               judgment
               ,
               what
               was
               said
               of
               
               d'Urffé's
               Astraea
               ,
               by
               the
               great
               Cardinal
               Richlieu
               ,
               may
               more
               truly
               be
               said
               of
               our
               Authors
               Works
               ,
               That
               he
               was
               not
               fit
               to
               be
               admitted
               into
               the
               Academy
               ,
               who
               had
               not
               been
               before
               well
               read
               in
               Astraea
               :
               )
               yet
               since
               his
               Epitaph
               may
               prove
               an
               Embellishment
               to
               this
               Work
               ,
               I
               shall
               transcribe
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 ABRAHAMUS
                 COWLEIUS
                 ,
              
               
                 Anglorum
                 Pindarus
                 ,
                 Flaccús
                 ,
                 Maro
                 ,
              
               
                 Deliciae
                 ,
                 Decus
                 ,
                 Desiderium
                 AEvi
                 sui
                 ,
              
               
                 Hic
                 juxta
                 situs
                 est
                 .
              
               
                 Aurea
                 dum
                 volitant
                 latè
                 tua
                 scripta
                 per
                 orbem
              
               
                 Et
                 Famâ
                 aeternùm
                 vivis
                 Divine
                 Poeta
                 ,
              
               
                 Hic
                 placidâ
                 jaceas
                 requie
                 ,
                 Custodiat
                 urnam
              
               
                 Cana
                 fides
                 vigilentque
                 perenni
                 lampade
                 Musae
                 ;
              
               
                 Sit
                 sacer
                 iste
                 Locus
                 ,
                 Nec
                 quis
                 temerarius
                 ausit
              
               
                 Sacrilegâ
                 turbare
                 manu
                 Venerabile
                 Bustum
                 .
              
               
                 Intacti
                 manèant
                 ,
                 maneant
                 per
                 secula
                 Dulcis
              
               
                 COULEI
                 cineres
                 ,
                 serventque
                 immobile
                 saxum
                 .
              
               
                 Sic
                 Vovet
              
               
                 Votumque
                 suum
                 apud
                 Posteros
                 sacratum
                 esse
                 voluit
                 ,
              
               
                 Qui
                 viro
                 Incomparabi
                 possuit
                 sepulcrale
                 marmor
                 :
              
               
                 GEORGIUS
                 DUX
                 BUCKINGHAMIAE
              
            
             
               
            
             
             
               I
               forgot
               to
               acquaint
               the
               Reader
               ,
               that
               there
               have
               been
               two
               Pieces
               falsly
               ascrib'd
               to
               this
               Author
               ,
               One
               a
               Poem
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Iron
                 Age
              
               ,
               which
               was
               publisht
               during
               our
               Authors
               residence
               in
               France
               ,
               on
               which
               he
               himself
               has
               sharply
               reflected
               at
               the
               Entrance
               of
               his
               Preface
               to
               his
               Works
               .
               The
               other
               Poem
               is
               father'd
               upon
               him
               by
               Mr.
               Phillips
               and
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               ,
               which
               they
               call
               
                 Antonius
                 and
                 Mellida
              
               ,
               which
               in
               truth
               is
               not
               a
               Poem
               ,
               but
               a
               Play
               in
               Two
               Parts
               ,
               written
               by
               
                 John
                 Marston
              
               .
               Tho'
               I
               can
               give
               no
               Account
               how
               Mr.
               Phillips
               fell
               into
               this
               mistake
               ,
               yet
               I
               know
               very
               well
               ,
               that
               the
               little
               Poem
               he
               speaks
               of
               q
               is
               call'd
               
                 Constantia
                 and
                 Philetus
              
               .
               As
               for
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               ,
               he
               like
               blind
               Bayard
               boldly
               follows
               the
               former
               at
               a
               venture
               ;
               but
               he
               may
               by
               this
               learn
               the
               truth
               of
               that
               old
               Proverb
               ;
               
                 Mali
                 Corvi
                 malum
                 ovum
                 ,
                 Like
                 Carpenter
                 ,
                 like
                 Chips
                 .
              
               There
               is
               an
               Ode
               written
               by
               Mr.
               Cowley
               for
               her
               Majesty
               ,
               Queen
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               printed
               in
               the
               begining
               of
               Mr.
               
               Tate's
               Collection
               of
               Poems
               on
               several
               Occasions
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1685.
               
               There
               was
               a
               New
               Edition
               of
               his
               Works
               with
               a
               Table
               ,
               and
               the
               Verses
               that
               were
               made
               on
               his
               Death
               ,
               by
               the
               Wits
               of
               the
               Age
               ,
               printed
               in
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1688.
               
               I
               shall
               close
               all
               with
               the
               Commendation
               given
               him
               by
               Mr.
               Evelyn
               ,
               in
               his
               Imitation
               of
               
               Ovid's
               Elegy
               
                 ad
                 Invidos
              
               .
               r
            
             
               
                 So
                 long
                 shall
                 Cowley
                 be
                 admir'd
                 above
              
               
                 The
                 Croud
                 ,
                 as
                 
                 David's
                 Troubles
                 pity
                 move
                 ,
              
               
                 Till
                 Woman
                 cease
                 to
                 charm
                 ,
                 and
                 Youth
                 to
                 love
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Robert
               Cox.
               
            
             
               An
               Excellent
               Comedian
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               One
               ,
               who
               when
               the
               Ring-leaders
               of
               the
               Rebellion
               ,
               and
               Reformers
               of
               the
               Nation
               supprest
               the
               Stage
               ,
               betook
               himself
               to
               making
               Drolls
               of
               Farces
               ;
               such
               as
               were
               Actaeon
               and
               Diana
               ;
               Oenone
               ,
               with
               the
               Humours
               of
               
                 Bumkin
                 ;
                 Hobbinal
              
               ;
               Singing
               Simkin
               ;
               and
               Simpleton
               the
               Smith
               ;
               which
               under
               the
               Colour
               of
               Rope-dancing
               ,
               were
               allow'd
               to
               be
               acted
               at
               the
               Red-Bull
               Play
               house
               by
               stealth
               ,
               and
               the
               connivance
               of
               those
               straight
               lac'd
               Governors
               .
               These
               Parts
               he
               usually
               acted
               himself
               ,
               and
               so
               naturally
               ,
               that
               once
               after
               he
               had
               play'd
               Young
               Simpleton
               at
               a
               Country
               Fair
               ,
               a
               noted
               Smith
               in
               those
               parts
               ,
               who
               saw
               him
               act
               ,
               came
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               offer'd
               to
               take
               him
               as
               his
               Journey-man
               ,
               and
               to
               allow
               him
               Twelve-pence
               a
               Week
               more
               than
               the
               rest
               .
            
             
               Nor
               was
               it
               in
               London
               only
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               University
               likewise
               ,
               that
               our
               Actor
               was
               applauded
               :
               insomuch
               that
               a
               Poetical
               Butler
               took
               such
               a
               Fancy
               to
               his
               Acting
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               pleased
               to
               oblige
               him
               with
               a
               Prologue
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               appear
               in
               form
               ,
               as
               he
               had
               seen
               the
               Members
               of
               the
               Colledge
               he
               belonged
               to
               ,
               at
               the
               Acting
               a
               Play
               in
               Christmass
               ;
               part
               of
               which
               ,
               for
               the
               Readers
               Diversion
               ,
               and
               as
               a
               Sample
               of
               the
               Talent
               of
               this
               Chip
               of
               Pernassus
               ,
               I
               have
               set
               down
               as
               follows
               :
               
                 
                   Courteous
                   Spectators
                   ,
                   we
                   are
                   your
                   Relators
                   ,
                
                 
                   Neither
                   Tylers
                   ,
                   nor
                   Slators
                   ,
                   nor
                   your
                   Vexators
                   :
                
                 
                   But
                   such
                   as
                   will
                   strive
                   to
                   please
                   ,
                   will
                   you
                   sit
                   at
                
                 
                   your
                   Ease
                   ,
                
                 
                 
                   And
                   speak
                   such
                   words
                   as
                   may
                   be
                   spoken
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   not
                   by
                   any
                   be
                   mistoken
                   ;
                   &c.
                   
                
              
            
             
               These
               Drolls
               were
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1656.
               
               Second
               Edition
               ,
               but
               first
               printed
               by
               
                 Tho.
                 Newcomb
              
               for
               the
               use
               of
               the
               Author
               .
               They
               are
               since
               printed
               in
               a
               Collection
               of
               Drolls
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Spart
                 upon
                 Sport
              
               ,
               for
               Kirkman
               ,
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1673.
               
            
          
           
             
               John
               CROWN
               .
            
             
               A
               Person
               now
               living
               ,
               who
               has
               attempted
               all
               sorts
               of
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               ,
               with
               different
               success
               .
               If
               I
               may
               be
               allow'd
               to
               speak
               my
               Sentiments
               ,
               I
               think
               his
               Genius
               seems
               fittest
               for
               Comedy
               ;
               tho'
               possibly
               his
               Tragedies
               are
               no
               ways
               contemptible
               ;
               of
               all
               which
               ,
               in
               my
               weak
               judgement
               ,
               his
               
                 Destruction
                 of
                 Jerusalem
              
               seems
               the
               best
               .
               He
               has
               written
               Fifteen
               Plays
               ,
               of
               which
               Alphabetically
               .
            
             
               Andromache
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1675.
               
               This
               Play
               Mr.
               Crown
               claims
               no
               farther
               share
               in
               ,
               than
               the
               turning
               it
               into
               Prose
               ,
               it
               being
               translated
               from
               the
               French
               of
               Monsieur
               Racine
               ,
               by
               a
               young
               Gentleman
               ,
               who
               had
               a
               great
               esteem
               for
               all
               French
               Plays
               ,
               and
               particularly
               for
               this
               ;
               but
               whose
               Genius
               in
               Verse
               ,
               it
               seems
               was
               not
               very
               fortunate
               .
               In
               a
               word
               ,
               Mr.
               Crown
               has
               written
               as
               Epistle
               to
               clear
               himself
               of
               the
               Scandal
               (
               as
               he
               terms
               it
               )
               of
               so
               poor
               a
               Translation
               .
               This
               Play
               tho
               well
               esteem'd
               in
               the
               Original
               ,
               had
               not
               its
               expected
               success
               on
               our
               English
               Stage
               .
            
             
               The
               French
               Author
               has
               followed
               Virgil
               ,
               in
               
               his
               Story
               .
               See
               Lib.
               3.
               
               He
               transcribes
               the
               Passage
               begining
               at
               Verse
               292.
               
            
             
               Littoraque
               Epiri
               legimus
               ,
               portuque
               subimus
            
             
               
                 Chaonio
                 ,
                 &
                 celsum
                 Buthroti
                 ascendimus
                 urbem
                 .
              
               And
               then
               skipping
               seven
               Verses
               which
               relate
               to
               her
               Marriage
               with
               Hellenus
               ,
               he
               ends
               with
               the
               death
               of
               Pyrrhus
               by
               Orestes
               at
               the
               Altar
               of
               Apollo
               ,
               or
               as
               some
               would
               have
               it
               ,
               One
               which
               he
               erected
               in
               memory
               of
               his
               Father
               Achilles
               .
               The
               Author
               has
               followed
               Euripides
               his
               A
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               in
               the
               Character
               of
               Hermione
               ,
               and
               her
               jealous
               Transports
               :
               but
               in
               that
               of
               Andromache
               ,
               he
               rather
               chuses
               to
               shew
               her
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               as
               the
               Widow
               of
               Hector
               ,
               than
               Pyrrhus
               ,
               and
               sollicitous
               to
               preserve
               the
               Life
               of
               Astyanax
               ,
               than
               Molossus
               :
               this
               being
               conformable
               to
               the
               general
               Idea
               which
               People
               have
               of
               Andromache
               .
            
             
               
                 Ambitious
                 Statesman
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Loyal
                 Favorite
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1679.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               her
               Grace
               the
               Dutchess
               of
               Albermarle
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               in
               the
               Poets
               Opinion
               ,
               the
               most
               vigorous
               of
               all
               his
               Labours
               ,
               but
               born
               in
               a
               time
               so
               unhealthy
               to
               Poetry
               ,
               that
               it
               met
               not
               with
               the
               Applause
               which
               some
               people
               thought
               it
               deserv'd
               .
               I
               know
               not
               what
               Author
               Mr.
               Crown
               has
               follow'd
               ,
               or
               whence
               he
               hath
               taken
               his
               Plot
               :
               but
               I
               suppose
               by
               his
               
                 Ambitious
                 Statesman
              
               ,
               he
               means
               
                 Bernard
                 d'
                 Armagnac
              
               the
               seventh
               ,
               
                 Comte
                 d'
                 Armagnac
              
               ,
               and
               Constable
               of
               France
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Sixth
               .
               My
               Reason
               for
               this
               Conjecture
               is
               ,
               that
               he
               speaks
               of
               Henry
               the
               Fifth's
               Landing
               in
               France
               ,
               which
               was
               in
               the
               time
               of
               that
               King.
               
               Those
               Authors
               who
               have
               treated
               of
               his
               Reign
               ,
               are
               
                 J.
                 de
                 Laboureur
                 ,
                 Hist.
                 de
                 Ch.
                 VI.
                 Enguerand
                 de
                 Monstrelet
                 Chron.
                 J.
                 Froissard
                 .
                 Chron.
                 de
                 Fr.
                 &
                 de
                 Angleterre
                 .
                 Memoires
                 de
                 Mart.
                 du
                 Bellay
                 ,
                 Jean
                 Juvenal
                 des
                 Ursins
                 Hist.
                 de
                 Ch.
                 VI.
                 De
                 Serres
                 ,
                 Mezeray
                 ,
              
               &c.
               to
               which
               I
               refer
               the
               Reader
               for
               better
               satisfaction
               .
            
             
               Calisto
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Chast
                 Nymph
              
               ;
               a
               Masque
               at
               Court
               ,
               frequently
               presented
               there
               by
               Persons
               of
               great
               Quality
               ,
               with
               the
               Prologue
               ,
               and
               the
               Songs
               between
               the
               Acts
               :
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1675.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               her
               Highness
               ,
               the
               Lady
               Mary
               ,
               Eldest
               Daughter
               of
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               .
               This
               Masque
               was
               writ
               at
               the
               Command
               of
               her
               present
               Majesty
               :
               and
               was
               rehearsed
               near
               Thirty
               times
               ,
               all
               the
               Representations
               being
               follow'd
               by
               throngs
               of
               Persons
               of
               the
               greatest
               Quality
               ,
               and
               very
               often
               grac'd
               with
               their
               Majesties
               and
               Royal
               Highnesses
               Presence
               .
               The
               Play
               was
               alter'd
               by
               the
               Poet
               from
               what
               it
               was
               at
               first
               ;
               that
               which
               remains
               of
               the
               first
               design
               ,
               may
               be
               known
               by
               its
               being
               written
               in
               the
               Pindarick
               way
               :
               that
               which
               has
               been
               alter'd
               being
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               .
               The
               Plot
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Story
               in
               
               Ovid's
               Metamorphosis
               ,
               see
               Lib.
               2.
               
               Fab.
               5
               ,
               6.
               
            
             
               
                 Charles
                 the
                 Eighth
                 of
                 France
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Invasion
                 of
                 Naples
                 by
                 the
                 French
                 ,
              
               a
               History
               writ
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               acted
               at
               his
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1680.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               John
               Earl
               of
               Rochester
               .
               This
               Play
               notwithstanding
               the
               Patronage
               of
               his
               Lordship
               ,
               could
               not
               escape
               his
               Railery
               ;
               for
               in
               his
               Imitation
               
               of
               
               Boyleau's
               third
               Satyr
               he
               brings
               in
               Mr.
               Crown
               as
               follows
               ;
               f
            
             
               
                 Kickum
                 for
                 Crown
                 declar'd
                 ;
                 said
                 ,
                 in
                 Romance
                 ,
              
               
                 He
                 had
                 out-done
                 the
                 very
                 Wits
                 of
                 France
                 .
              
               
                 Witness
                 Pandion
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 
                   Charles
                   the
                   Eight
                
                 ;
              
               
                 Where
                 a
                 young
                 Monarch
                 ,
                 careless
                 of
                 his
                 Fate
                 ,
              
               
                 Tho
                 foreign
                 Troops
                 and
                 Rebels
                 shock
                 his
                 State
                 ,
              
               
                 Complains
                 another
                 sight
                 afflicts
                 him
                 more
                 .
              
               
                 (
                 viz.
                 )
                 t
                 The
                 Queens
                 Galleys
                 rowing
                 from
              
               
                 the
                 Shore
                 ,
              
               
                 Fitting
                 their
                 Oars
                 and
                 Tackling
                 to
                 be
                 gone
              
               
                 Whilst
                 sporting
                 Waves
                 smil'd
                 on
                 the
                 rising
              
               
                 Sun.
              
               
                 Waves
                 smiling
                 on
                 the
                 Sun
                 !
                 I
                 'm
                 sure
                 that
                 's
                 new
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 't
                 was
                 well
                 thought
                 on
                 give
                 the
                 Devil
                 his
                 due
                 .
              
            
             
               For
               the
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               it
               concerns
               History
               ,
               consult
               those
               who
               have
               written
               the
               Affairs
               of
               Charles
               VIII
               .
               as
               
                 Philip
                 de
              
               Commines's
               
                 Memoires
                 ,
                 Robertus
                 Gaguinus
                 Rer.
                 Gal.
                 Annal.
                 Guillaume
                 de
                 Jaligny
                 Hist.
                 de
                 Ch.
                 VIII
                 .
                 F.
                 de
                 Belleforest
                 l'Hist
                 .
                 de
                 neuf
                 Roys
                 Charles
                 de
                 France
                 ,
                 André
                 de
                 la
                 Vigne
                 ,
                 Guicciardine
                 ,
                 Mezeray
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 City
                 Politiques
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1683.
               
               This
               Play
               (
               which
               I
               have
               seen
               acted
               with
               Applause
               )
               is
               a
               severe
               Satyr
               upon
               the
               Whiggish
               Faction
               :
               but
               tho'
               the
               Author
               was
               accus'd
               for
               abusing
               an
               Eminent
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               and
               his
               Wife
               ,
               under
               the
               Characters
               of
               Bartoline
               ,
               and
               Lucinda
               ,
               and
               a
               certain
               Doctor
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               Panchy
               ,
               yet
               he
               has
               sufficiently
               clear'd
               himself
               
               self
               in
               his
               Epistle
               to
               the
               Reader
               ,
               to
               which
               I
               refer
               you
               .
            
             
               
                 Country
                 Wit
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1675.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Charles
               Earl
               of
               Middlesex
               .
               This
               Comedy
               is
               of
               that
               Kind
               ,
               which
               the
               French
               call
               
                 Basse
                 Comedie
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Low
                 Comedy
              
               ,
               one
               degree
               remov'd
               from
               Farce
               .
               This
               Play
               ,
               notwithstanding
               the
               Faction
               against
               it
               ,
               pass'd
               the
               Test
               ,
               and
               was
               approv'd
               by
               his
               Majesty
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               whom
               the
               judicious
               part
               of
               Mankind
               will
               readily
               acknowledge
               to
               be
               a
               sovereign
               Judge
               of
               Wit.
               Part
               of
               the
               design
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               a
               Comedy
               of
               Molliere's
               call'd
               
                 Le
                 Sicilien
                 ,
                 ou
                 l'Amour
                 Peintre
              
               ;
               and
               I
               must
               take
               the
               freedome
               to
               tell
               our
               English
               Author
               ,
               that
               part
               of
               the
               Language
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Plot
               is
               stollen
               from
               that
               Play.
               Witness
               Rambles
               turning
               Picture-drawer
               to
               gain
               an
               Opportunity
               to
               discourse
               
                 Betty
                 Frisque
              
               :
               which
               the
               Reader
               may
               be
               pleased
               to
               compare
               with
               the
               Intrigue
               between
               Adraste
               ,
               and
               Isidore
               Act.
               1.
               
               Sc.
               10.
               &c.
               besides
               other
               places
               .
               I
               shall
               leave
               it
               to
               those
               ,
               who
               understand
               French
               ,
               to
               judge
               whether
               our
               Author
               has
               put
               in
               practice
               the
               Rule
               which
               he
               has
               laid
               down
               in
               his
               Epistle
               to
               the
               
                 Destruction
                 of
                 Jerusalem
              
               ;
               That
               all
               Forreign
               Coin
               must
               be
               melted
               down
               ,
               and
               receive
               a
               new
               Stamp
               ,
               if
               not
               addition
               of
               Mettal
               ,
               before
               it
               will
               pass
               currant
               in
               England
               ,
               and
               be
               judged
               Sterling
               .
            
             
               
                 Darius
                 King
                 of
                 Persia
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1688.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Sr.
               
                 George
                 Hewytt
              
               
               Baronet
               ,
               One
               of
               the
               Lieutenants
               of
               his
               Majesties
               Horse-Guard
               .
               If
               I
               mistake
               not
               the
               Author
               has
               copyed
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               imitated
               Euripides
               his
               Hippolitus
               ,
               and
               Phaedra
               ,
               in
               the
               Characters
               of
               Memnon
               and
               Barzana
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               as
               far
               as
               it
               concerns
               Darius
               ,
               I
               have
               already
               mention'd
               in
               the
               Account
               of
               the
               Earl
               of
               
                 Sterline
                 ,
                 pag.
              
               4
               .
               as
               
                 Qu.
                 Curtius
                 ,
                 Justin
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Destruction
                 of
                 Jerusalem
              
               by
               
                 Titus
                 Vespasian
              
               ,
               in
               Two
               Parts
               ;
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1677.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               her
               Grace
               the
               Dutchess
               of
               Portsmouth
               .
               These
               Tragedies
               are
               written
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               and
               were
               acted
               with
               good
               Applause
               .
               As
               to
               the
               Authors
               Character
               of
               Phraartes
               ,
               I
               leave
               it
               to
               the
               Criticks
               ,
               and
               refer
               the
               Reader
               to
               his
               Epistle
               for
               satisfaction
               .
               The
               Historical
               part
               of
               these
               Plays
               ,
               may
               be
               read
               at
               large
               in
               
                 Josephus
                 de
                 Bello
                 Judaico
              
               .
               Other
               Authors
               have
               likewise
               toucht
               upon
               it
               :
               as
               
                 Baronius
                 Annal.
                 Tom.
              
               1.
               
               A.C.
               72.
               
               
                 Eusebius
                 l.
                 3.
                 c.
                 6.
                 
                 Xiphilinus
                 Epitome
                 Hist.
                 Dion
                 .
              
               in
               
                 Vit.
                 Vespasiani
                 ,
                 Suetonius
              
               Life
               of
               
                 T.
                 Vespas
                 .
                 Tacitus
                 Hist.
                 l.
              
               5.
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 English
                 Friar
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Town
                 Sparks
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1690.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               William
               Earl
               of
               Devonshire
               .
               What
               Success
               this
               Play
               met
               with
               ,
               the
               objections
               against
               it
               ,
               and
               the
               Authors
               defence
               ,
               the
               Preface
               will
               inform
               you
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 the
                 Sixth
              
               the
               First
               Part
               ,
               with
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
               Gloucester
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1681.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Sr.
               
                 Charles
                 Sidley
              
               .
               
               This
               Play
               is
               (
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               )
               very
               much
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               Second
               Part
               of
               
                 Shakespear's
                 Henry
                 the
                 Sixth
              
               ;
               tho'
               Mr.
               Crown
               with
               a
               little
               too
               much
               assurance
               affirms
               ,
               that
               he
               has
               no
               Title
               to
               the
               Fortieth
               part
               of
               it
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               oppos'd
               by
               the
               Popish
               Faction
               ,
               who
               by
               their
               Power
               at
               Court
               got
               it
               supprest
               :
               however
               it
               was
               well
               receiv'd
               by
               the
               Rest
               of
               the
               Audience
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 the
                 Sixth
              
               the
               Second
               Part
               ,
               or
               the
               Misery
               of
               Civil-War
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1681.
               
               Part
               of
               this
               Play
               likewise
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               Shakespear
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               read
               the
               Chronicles
               of
               those
               Times
               ,
               writ
               by
               
                 Graston
                 ,
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Trussel
                 ,
                 Martin
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 Biondi
                 ,
                 Du
                 Chesne
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               Juliana
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Princess
                 of
                 Poland
              
               ;
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               York's
               Theatre
               :
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1671.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Roger
               Earl
               of
               Orrery
               .
               This
               was
               the
               first
               Play
               this
               Author
               writ
               ,
               which
               if
               it
               be
               not
               so
               well
               penn'd
               as
               several
               of
               his
               later
               Productions
               ,
               it
               does
               but
               verify
               his
               own
               Observation
               ,
               u
               
                 That
                 there
                 are
                 few
                 Authors
                 but
                 have
                 had
                 those
                 slips
                 from
                 their
                 Prune
                 ,
                 which
                 their
                 riper
                 Thoughts
                 either
                 were
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 had
                 reason
                 to
                 be
                 asham'd
                 of
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sr.
                 Courtly
                 Nice
              
               ,
               or
               
                 It
                 cannot
                 be
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1685.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Grace
               the
               Duke
               of
               Ormond
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               written
               at
               the
               Command
               of
               his
               late
               Majesty
               K.
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               who
               gave
               Mr.
               Crown
               a
               Spanish
               Play
               
               
                 No
                 pued
                 eser
              
               :
               or
               
                 It
                 cannot
                 be
              
               ;
               out
               of
               which
               he
               took
               part
               of
               the
               Name
               ,
               and
               Design
               of
               this
               .
               This
               Comedy
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               the
               Plot
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               relates
               to
               the
               Spanish
               Plot
               ,
               has
               formerly
               appear'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Tarugo's
                 Wiles
                 .
                 Sr.
                 Courtly's
              
               Song
               of
               
                 Stop
                 Thief
              
               ,
               is
               a
               Paraphrase
               of
               
                 Mascarille's
                 Au
                 Voleur
              
               in
               
                 Mollier's
                 Les
                 precieuses
                 Ridicules
              
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               accounted
               an
               excellent
               Comedy
               ,
               and
               has
               been
               frequently
               acted
               with
               good
               Applause
               .
            
             
               Thyestes
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1681.
               
               The
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               
                 Seneca's
                 Thyestes
              
               ,
               and
               seems
               to
               be
               an
               Imitation
               of
               that
               Play.
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               our
               Author
               ever
               saw
               the
               Italian
               Play
               on
               this
               Subject
               ,
               written
               by
               
                 Ludovicus
                 Dulcis
              
               ,
               which
               is
               commended
               by
               Delrio
               ;
               or
               the
               French
               Tragedies
               of
               
                 Roland
                 Brisset
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Benoist
                 Bauduyn
              
               :
               but
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               this
               Play
               may
               vie
               with
               either
               of
               them
               :
               at
               least
               the
               French
               Plays
               ,
               which
               in
               the
               Opinion
               of
               some
               ,
               are
               very
               mean.
               
            
             
               I
               know
               nothing
               else
               of
               our
               Authors
               writing
               ,
               except
               that
               Romance
               above-mention'd
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             D.
             
          
           
             
               John
               DANCER
               ,
               alias
               DAUNCY
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               of
               whose
               place
               of
               Nativity
               ,
               or
               other
               passages
               of
               Life
               I
               am
               able
               to
               give
               no
               Account
               .
               All
               I
               know
               of
               him
               is
               ,
               that
               he
               liv'd
               in
               
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ;
               and
               that
               his
               Translations
               shew
               him
               well
               vers'd
               in
               the
               French
               ,
               and
               Italian
               Tongue
               .
               He
               has
               oblig'd
               us
               with
               Three
               Dramatick
               Plays
               ,
               translated
               from
               the
               Originals
               of
               three
               Eminent
               Poets
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Tasso
                 ,
                 Corneille
              
               ,
               and
               Quinault
               .
            
             
               
                 Agrippa
                 King
                 of
                 Alba
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 False
                 Tiberinus
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ;
               several
               times
               acted
               with
               great
               Applause
               ,
               before
               his
               Grace
               the
               Duke
               of
               Ormond
               ,
               then
               Lord
               Lieutenant
               of
               Ireland
               ,
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               in
               Dublin
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1675.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Lady
               
                 Mary
                 Cavendish
              
               ,
               Daughter
               to
               the
               Duke
               of
               Ormond
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               traslated
               from
               the
               French
               of
               Monsieur
               Quinault
               ,
               an
               Author
               well
               known
               amongst
               those
               that
               are
               conversant
               in
               French
               Poetry
               ,
               several
               of
               whose
               Pieces
               have
               appear'd
               on
               the
               English
               Stage
               ;
               as
               
                 La
                 Genereuse
                 Ingratitude
                 ;
                 L'Amant
                 Indiscret
                 ;
                 Le
                 Fantosme
                 amoureux
              
               ;
               &c.
               
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               this
               Translation
               be
               equal
               to
               the
               Original
               ,
               having
               never
               seen
               the
               later
               ;
               neither
               can
               I
               give
               any
               account
               of
               the
               Plot
               ,
               which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               fictitious
               .
            
             
               Aminta
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1660.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               much
               Honoured
               and
               truly
               Noble
               Friend
               Mr.
               
                 R.
                 B.
              
               Who
               is
               meant
               by
               those
               Letters
               I
               will
               not
               be
               so
               bold
               as
               to
               conjecture
               ,
               because
               our
               Author
               has
               conceal'd
               his
               Patrons
               Name
               in
               obedience
               to
               his
               Commands
               .
               This
               Play
               ,
               is
               a
               Translation
               of
               that
               famous
               Piece
               writ
               by
               that
               celebrated
               Wit
               ,
               Signior
               
                 Torquato
                 Tasso
              
               ,
               born
               at
               Sorrento
               ,
               bred
               up
               at
               Padua
               ,
               and
               the
               Favourite
               of
               Charles
               IX
               .
               of
               France
               .
               
               He
               was
               (
               as
               I
               may
               say
               )
               the
               Father
               of
               Pastorals
               ;
               being
               the
               first
               that
               transferr'd
               them
               from
               the
               Eclogue
               ,
               to
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               :
               and
               his
               Aminta
               is
               esteem'd
               by
               Forreigners
               ,
               a
               Master-piece
               of
               Pastoral
               Comedy
               :
               and
               has
               been
               translated
               into
               the
               French
               ,
               Spanish
               ,
               English
               ,
               German
               and
               Dutch
               Tongues
               .
               This
               was
               the
               Pattern
               which
               the
               admired
               Guarini
               propos'd
               for
               his
               Imitation
               ,
               when
               he
               writ
               
                 Il
                 Pastor
                 fido
              
               ;
               and
               our
               Author
               has
               since
               endeavour'd
               to
               imitate
               his
               excellent
               Translator
               ,
               the
               Lord
               Embassador
               Fanshaw
               .
               If
               it
               be
               objected
               by
               some
               that
               this
               Translation
               of
               Tasso
               ,
               is
               far
               short
               of
               that
               of
               Guarini
               ;
               we
               may
               however
               with
               justice
               affirm
               ,
               that
               at
               least
               this
               Translation
               exceeds
               that
               printed
               in
               1628
               ,
               if
               we
               allow
               some
               consideration
               for
               his
               being
               clog'd
               with
               Rhime
               ,
               which
               forces
               him
               more
               upon
               Paraphrase
               ,
               and
               withal
               that
               it
               was
               his
               first
               attempt
               to
               Poetry
               .
               With
               this
               Play
               ,
               are
               printed
               several
               Poems
               of
               different
               Subjects
               ,
               amongst
               which
               are
               Love
               Verses
               ,
               which
               seem
               as
               is
               they
               were
               writ
               in
               imitation
               of
               Mr.
               
               Cowley's
               Mistriss
               .
            
             
               Nicomede
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Théatre
               Royal
               in
               Dublin
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1671.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Thomas
               Earl
               of
               Ossory
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               translated
               from
               the
               French
               Original
               of
               Monsieur
               
                 Th.
                 Corneille
              
               ,
               and
               is
               One
               of
               those
               Pieces
               which
               he
               himself
               most
               valu'd
               .
               There
               are
               a
               great
               many
               Beauties
               in
               it
               which
               he
               enumerates
               in
               the
               Examen
               .
               He
               says
               the
               Story
               is
               taken
               from
               the
               Fourth
               Book
               of
               Justin
               ,
               tho'
               I
               suppose
               this
               is
               an
               Errata
               of
               the
               Press
               ,
               the
               Story
               being
               in
               the
               
               last
               Chapter
               of
               the
               Thirty-fourth
               Book
               .
            
             
               He
               writ
               besides
               there
               ,
               several
               other
               Pieces
               ;
               as
               a
               Romance
               call'd
               the
               
                 English
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               —
               which
               however
               commended
               by
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               ,
               the
               Contrivance
               is
               due
               to
               Heywood's
               Play
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Fair
                 Maid
                 of
                 the
                 West
              
               in
               Two
               Parts
               :
               from
               whence
               our
               Author
               borrow'd
               the
               Story
               .
               Two
               other
               Pieces
               are
               mention'd
               by
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               ,
               viz.
               
                 A
                 Compleat
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 late
                 Times
                 ,
              
               and
               a
               
                 Chronicle
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdome
                 of
                 Portugal
                 :
              
               neither
               of
               which
               I
               have
               ever
               seen
               .
            
          
           
             
               Samuel
               DANIEL
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               living
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               and
               King
               James
               the
               First
               :
               and
               One
               ,
               whose
               Memory
               will
               ever
               be
               fresh
               in
               the
               minds
               of
               those
               who
               favour
               History
               ,
               or
               Poetry
               .
               He
               was
               born
               near
               Taunton
               in
               Somerset-shire
               ,
               and
               at
               Nineteen
               years
               of
               Age
               ,
               in
               the
               year
               1581.
               he
               was
               enter'd
               Commoner
               of
               St.
               
                 Mary
                 Magdalen
                 Hall
              
               in
               Oxford
               :
               and
               after
               having
               three
               years
               exercised
               himself
               in
               History
               ,
               and
               Poetry
               ,
               he
               left
               the
               University
               .
               His
               own
               Merit
               ,
               added
               to
               the
               Recommendation
               of
               his
               Brother
               in
               Law
               ,
               the
               
                 Resolute
                 John
                 Florio
              
               (
               so
               well
               known
               for
               his
               Italian
               Dictionary
               )
               prefer'd
               him
               to
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               Queen
               Ann
               ;
               who
               was
               pleased
               to
               confer
               on
               him
               the
               Honour
               of
               being
               One
               of
               the
               Grooms
               of
               her
               most
               Honourable
               Privy-Chamber
               :
               which
               enabled
               him
               to
               rent
               a
               Garden-house
               near
               London
               ,
               where
               in
               private
               he
               compos'd
               most
               of
               his
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               .
               At
               last
               
               being
               weary
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               he
               retir'd
               into
               Wiltshire
               ;
               where
               he
               rented
               a
               Farm
               near
               the
               Devises
               ,
               according
               to
               Dr.
               Fuller
               ,
               a
               tho'
               Mr.
               Wood
               b
               says
               that
               his
               retreat
               was
               to
               Beckington
               ,
               near
               Phillips-Norton
               in
               Somerset-shire
               ,
               where
               he
               Died
               in
               October
               1619.
               being
               about
               Four-score
               years
               of
               Age
               ,
               and
               was
               Buried
               in
               the
               same
               Parish-Church
               ,
               where
               a
               Monument
               was
               erected
               at
               the
               sole
               Bounty
               of
               the
               Lady
               
                 Ann
                 Clifford
              
               ,
               Heiress
               of
               George
               Earl
               of
               Cumberland
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               Countess
               of
               
                 Pembroke
                 ,
                 Dorset
              
               ,
               and
               Montgomery
               ,
               whose
               Tutor
               he
               was
               .
            
             
               Having
               given
               this
               Account
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               I
               am
               now
               to
               speak
               somewhat
               of
               his
               Writings
               ;
               and
               it
               being
               at
               present
               my
               Subject
               ,
               I
               shall
               speak
               first
               of
               his
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               ,
               which
               consist
               of
               Two
               Pastorals
               ;
               Two
               Tragedies
               ;
               and
               a
               Masque
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               Cleopatra
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1623.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Lady
               Mary
               Countess
               of
               Pembroke
               ,
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               written
               in
               Stanzas
               of
               Eight
               Lines
               ,
               which
               the
               Italians
               (
               from
               whence
               we
               took
               the
               Measure
               )
               call
               
                 Ottava
                 Rima
              
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               first
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               .
               1611.
               but
               this
               later
               Copy
               infinitly
               differs
               from
               the
               former
               ,
               and
               far
               exceeds
               it
               ;
               the
               Language
               being
               not
               only
               corrected
               ,
               but
               it
               having
               another
               advantage
               in
               the
               Opinion
               of
               a
               Modern
               Poet
               ,
               c
               since
               that
               which
               is
               only
               dully
               recited
               in
               the
               first
               Edition
               ,
               is
               in
               the
               last
               represented
               .
               for
               the
               Foundation
               of
               the
               Story
               ,
               consult
               Plutarch
               
               in
               the
               Lives
               of
               Pompey
               ,
               and
               
                 Anthony
                 ,
                 Florus
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               4.
               c.
               11.
               
               
                 Appian
                 de
                 Bellis
                 Civilibus
                 ,
                 Lib.
              
               5.
               and
               a
               new
               Book
               translated
               out
               of
               French
               by
               Mr.
               Otway
               ,
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1686.
               call'd
               
                 The
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 Three
                 Triumvirates
                 ,
              
               where
               the
               Story
               is
               related
               at
               large
               .
            
             
               
                 Hymen's
                 Triumph
              
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               Presented
               at
               the
               Queens
               Court
               in
               the
               Strand
               ,
               at
               her
               Majesties
               Magnificent
               Entertainment
               of
               the
               Kings
               most
               Excellent
               Majesty
               ,
               being
               at
               the
               Nuptials
               of
               the
               Lord
               Roxborough
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1623.
               and
               dedicated
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               to
               the
               most
               Excellent
               Majesty
               of
               the
               Highest
               born
               Princess
               Ann
               of
               Denmark
               ,
               Queen
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               This
               Play
               is
               not
               printed
               in
               the
               Octavo
               Edition
               .
               'T
               is
               introduc'd
               by
               a
               pretty
               contriv'd
               Prologue
               ;
               Hymen
               being
               oppos'd
               by
               
                 Avarice
                 ,
                 Envy
              
               ,
               and
               Jealousy
               ,
               the
               Disturbers
               of
               quiet
               Marriage
               .
            
             
               Philotas
               ,
               his
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1623.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Prince
               afterwards
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               .
               Both
               this
               Play
               ,
               and
               Cleopatra
               were
               much
               esteem'd
               in
               their
               time
               ;
               they
               are
               both
               written
               with
               the
               Chorus
               between
               each
               Act
               ;
               according
               to
               the
               manner
               of
               the
               Ancients
               .
               This
               Play
               indeed
               found
               some
               Enemies
               ,
               not
               on
               the
               score
               of
               the
               Wit
               ,
               or
               Conduct
               of
               the
               Design
               ;
               but
               because
               it
               was
               reported
               ,
               that
               under
               the
               Character
               of
               Philotas
               ,
               that
               Great
               but
               Unfortunate
               Favourite
               of
               Queen
               
                 Elizabeth
                 Robert
                 d'Eureux
              
               Earl
               of
               Essex
               was
               portrayed
               :
               but
               the
               Author
               in
               his
               Apology
               at
               the
               End
               of
               the
               Play
               has
               sufficiently
               clear'd
               himself
               from
               that
               imputation
               .
               This
               was
               the
               first
               Play
               that
               
               our
               Author
               writ
               ;
               as
               for
               the
               Plot
               it
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               .
               See
               
                 Q.
                 Curtius
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               6.
               c.
               7.
               
               
                 Justin
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               12.
               c.
               5.
               
               Plut.
               in
               
                 Vit.
                 Alex.
                 Arrian
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Queens
                 Arcadia
              
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               presented
               to
               her
               Majesty
               and
               her
               Ladies
               ,
               by
               the
               University
               of
               Oxford
               in
               Christ-Church
               ,
               in
               Aug.
               1605.
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1623.
               and
               dedicated
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               ,
               to
               the
               Queens
               most
               Excellent
               Majesty
               .
               Whether
               the
               Scene
               d
               between
               Carinus
               and
               Amintas
               the
               Lovers
               of
               Cloris
               be
               borrow'd
               from
               any
               ancient
               Poet
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               but
               sure
               I
               am
               that
               in
               Monsieur
               
               Quinault's
               
                 La
                 Comedie
                 sans
                 Comedie
              
               there
               is
               a
               Scene
               betwixt
               Filene
               and
               Daphnis
               in
               a
               manner
               the
               same
               e
               .
               As
               the
               Two
               next
               Scenes
               between
               these
               Shepherds
               ,
               and
               their
               Mrs.
               Clomire
               ,
               exactly
               resemble
               the
               Scene
               f
               betwixt
               the
               Swains
               ,
               Damon
               and
               Alexis
               ,
               and
               the
               inconstant
               Nymph
               Laurinda
               ;
               in
               
                 Randolph's
                 Amyntas
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Vision
                 of
                 the
                 Twelve
                 Goddesses
              
               ,
               presented
               in
               a
               Masque
               the
               Eighth
               of
               January
               ,
               at
               Hampton-Court
               ,
               by
               the
               Queens
               most
               Excellent
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               her
               Ladies
               ,
               printed
               in
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1623.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Lady
               Lucy
               ,
               Countess
               of
               Bedford
               .
               This
               was
               printed
               without
               the
               Authors
               leave
               ,
               by
               the
               unmannerly
               presumption
               of
               an
               indiscreet
               Printer
               ,
               without
               warrant
               ;
               and
               so
               imperfect
               ,
               that
               the
               Author
               to
               prevent
               the
               prejudice
               ,
               which
               both
               the
               Masque
               ,
               and
               the
               Invention
               suffer'd
               ,
               publisht
               it
               from
               his
               own
               Copy
               .
               His
               Design
               under
               the
               shapes
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Persons
               of
               Twelve
               Goddesses
               ,
               was
               to
               present
               the
               Figure
               of
               those
               Blessings
               ,
               which
               
               this
               Nation
               enjoy'd
               in
               peace
               ,
               under
               the
               happy
               Reign
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               :
               by
               Juno
               ,
               was
               represented
               Power
               ;
               by
               Pallas
               Wisdome
               and
               Defence
               ;
               &c.
               
            
             
               All
               these
               Pieces
               are
               printed
               together
               in
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1623.
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 The
                 Whole
                 Works
                 of
                 Samuel
                 Daniel
                 
                   Esq
                
                 in
                 Poetry
                 ,
              
               by
               which
               I
               suppose
               his
               other
               Poetical
               Works
               ,
               which
               were
               printed
               with
               his
               Plays
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1611.
               are
               inserted
               in
               this
               later
               Edition
               ,
               tho'
               that
               Volume
               I
               have
               by
               me
               ,
               want
               them
               .
               The
               Names
               of
               them
               are
               ,
               An
               Epistle
               from
               Octavia
               to
               
                 M.
                 Anthony
              
               in
               AEgypt
               ;
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Lady
               Margaret
               Countess
               of
               Cumberland
               ,
               and
               writ
               in
               
                 Ottava
                 Rima
              
               :
               Complaint
               of
               Rosomond
               ;
               in
               Stanza's
               of
               Seven
               Lines
               .
               Musophilus
               ,
               and
               containing
               a
               general
               Defence
               of
               all
               Learning
               ,
               written
               Dialogue-wise
               ,
               between
               Musophilus
               and
               Philocosmus
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Sr.
               
                 Fulk
                 Grivel
              
               .
               A
               Funeral
               Poem
               upon
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               late
               Earl
               of
               
                 Devonshire
                 :
                 Delia
              
               ,
               containing
               Fifty
               Seven
               Love
               Sonnets
               .
               He
               writ
               besides
               ,
               an
               Heroick
               Poem
               of
               the
               Civil
               Wars
               between
               the
               two
               Houses
               of
               York
               and
               Lancaster
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               endeavour'd
               to
               imitate
               
               Lucan's
               Pharsalia
               ,
               and
               Succeeded
               so
               well
               in
               the
               Opinion
               of
               Mr.
               Speed
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               by
               him
               call'd
               the
               English
               Lucan
               .
            
             
               These
               are
               all
               the
               Poems
               that
               our
               Author
               has
               publisht
               that
               ever
               I
               heard
               of
               :
               but
               however
               his
               Genius
               was
               qualified
               for
               Poetry
               ,
               I
               take
               his
               History
               of
               England
               to
               be
               the
               Crown
               of
               all
               his
               Works
               :
               It
               was
               first
               printed
               about
               the
               year
               1613.
               and
               was
               dedicated
               to
               Queen
               Ann.
               It
               reaches
               from
               the
               state
               of
               Brittain
               under
               the
               
               Romans
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Edward
               the
               Third
               ,
               
                 An.
                 Dom.
              
               1376.
               
               Of
               this
               History
               a
               late
               Writer
               g
               has
               given
               this
               Character
               ,
               
                 It
                 is
                 written
                 with
                 great
                 Brevity
                 and
                 Politeness
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Political
                 and
                 Moral
                 Reflections
                 are
                 very
                 fine
                 ,
                 useful
                 ,
                 and
                 instructive
                 .
              
               
                 John
                 Trussel
              
               continu'd
               this
               History
               with
               the
               like
               Brevity
               and
               Truth
               ,
               but
               not
               with
               equal
               Elegance
               ,
               till
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Reign
               of
               Richard
               III.
               A.D.
               
               1484.
               
            
             
               I
               have
               never
               seen
               any
               Copies
               made
               on
               the
               old
               Poets
               ,
               but
               Mr.
               Daniel
               is
               therein
               mention'd
               with
               Honor.
               One
               Author
               h
               stiles
               him
               in
               a
               Copy
               on
               the
               
                 Time
                 Poets
              
               ,
               
                 
                   The
                   Pithy
                   Daniel
                   ,
                   whose
                   Salt
                   Lines
                   afford
                   ,
                
                 
                   A
                   weighty
                   Sentence
                   in
                   each
                   little
                   Word
                   .
                
              
               Another
               Author
               in
               a
               Copy
               call'd
               
                 A
                 Censure
                 of
                 the
                 Poets
              
               i
               says
               thus
               ;
               
                 
                   Amongst
                   these
                   
                     Samuel
                     Daniel
                  
                   ,
                   whom
                   I
                
                 
                   May
                   speak
                   of
                   ,
                   but
                   to
                   censure
                   do
                   deny
                   .
                
                 
                   Only
                   have
                   heard
                   some
                   Wise
                   men
                   him
                   rehearse
                   ,
                
                 
                   To
                   be
                   too
                   much
                   Historian
                   in
                   Verse
                   ;
                
                 
                   His
                   Rimes
                   were
                   smooth
                   ,
                   his
                   Meeters
                   well
                   did
                   close
                   ,
                
                 
                   But
                   yet
                   his
                   Matters
                   better
                   fitted
                   Prose
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Having
               given
               you
               the
               Sence
               of
               the
               Poets
               of
               those
               times
               ,
               concerning
               this
               excellent
               Author
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               transcribe
               an
               Epigram
               written
               in
               his
               Commendation
               by
               his
               Friend
               Mr.
               
                 Charles
                 Fitz-Geoffry
              
               k
               ,
               with
               which
               I
               shall
               conclude
               .
            
             
               
                 Spenserum
                 
                   si
                   quis
                   nostrum
                   velit
                   esse
                
                 Maronem
                 ,
              
               
                 Tu
                 Daniele
                 mihi
                 Naso
                 Brittannus
                 eris
                 .
              
               
               
                 Sin
                 illum
                 potius
                 Phaebum
                 velit
                 esse
                 Britannum
                 ,
              
               
                 Tum
                 Daniele
                 mihi
                 tu
                 Maro
                 noster
                 eris
                 ,
              
               
                 Nil
                 Phaebo
                 ulterius
                 ;
                 si
                 quid
                 foret
                 ,
                 illud
                 haberet
              
               
                 
                   Spenserus
                   ,
                   Phaebus
                
                 tu
                 Daniele
                 fores
                 .
              
               
                 Quippe
                 loqui
                 Phaebus
                 cuperet
                 si
                 more
                 Britanno
                 ,
              
               
                 Haud
                 scio
                 quo
                 poterat
                 ,
                 ni
                 velit
                 ore
                 suo
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               William
               DAVENANT
               .
            
             
               A
               Person
               sufficiently
               known
               to
               all
               Lovers
               of
               Poetry
               ,
               and
               One
               whose
               Works
               will
               preserve
               his
               Memory
               to
               Posterity
               .
               He
               was
               Born
               in
               the
               City
               of
               Oxford
               ,
               in
               the
               Parish
               of
               St.
               Martins
               ,
               vulgarly
               call'd
               Carfax
               ,
               near
               the
               End
               of
               February
               in
               the
               year
               1605.
               and
               was
               Christned
               on
               the
               Third
               of
               March
               following
               .
               He
               was
               the
               Mercurial
               Son
               of
               a
               Saturnine
               Father
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 John
                 D'
                 Avenant
              
               ,
               a
               Vintner
               by
               Profession
               :
               who
               liv'd
               in
               the
               same
               House
               ,
               which
               is
               now
               known
               by
               the
               Sign
               of
               the
               Crown
               .
               He
               was
               formerly
               of
               Lincoln
               College
               ,
               and
               instructed
               in
               Logick
               and
               Physicks
               ,
               by
               his
               Tutor
               Mr.
               
                 Daniel
                 Hough
              
               ,
               Fellow
               of
               that
               Society
               ;
               tho'
               his
               Genius
               rather
               inclin'd
               him
               to
               walk
               in
               the
               more
               flowry
               Fields
               of
               Poetry
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               made
               a
               Prodigious
               discovery
               :
               advancing
               even
               without
               any
               Guide
               ,
               but
               his
               own
               Wit
               ,
               and
               Ingenuity
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               the
               Herculean
               Pillars
               (
               if
               any
               such
               bounds
               are
               to
               be
               set
               )
               of
               Poetry
               .
               He
               was
               Poet
               Laureat
               to
               Two
               Kings
               ,
               whose
               Memory
               will
               always
               be
               Sacred
               to
               all
               good
               ,
               loyal
               ,
               and
               witty
               Men
               ;
               I
               mean
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               the
               Martyr
               for
               ,
               and
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               the
               Restorer
               of
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Church
               
               of
               England
               .
               During
               this
               Honour
               ,
               of
               which
               his
               Wit
               and
               Parts
               render'd
               him
               Worthy
               ,
               he
               writ
               (
               as
               I
               suppose
               )
               his
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               shall
               give
               some
               Account
               .
            
             
               To
               speak
               of
               them
               in
               general
               ,
               I
               need
               only
               say
               ,
               that
               most
               of
               them
               have
               appear'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               with
               good
               applause
               ,
               and
               been
               receiv'd
               with
               like
               success
               in
               Print
               :
               the
               greatest
               part
               publisht
               in
               the
               Authors
               Life
               time
               in
               Quarto
               ,
               and
               all
               since
               his
               Death
               collected
               into
               one
               Volume
               ,
               with
               his
               other
               Works
               ,
               printed
               in
               Folio
               Lond.
               1673.
               and
               dedicated
               by
               his
               Widow
               to
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               ,
               the
               late
               King
               James
               .
            
             
               
                 Albovine
                 King
                 of
                 the
                 Lombards
                 his
                 Tragedy
                 ,
              
               printed
               first
               in
               quarto
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Duke
               of
               Somerset
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               commended
               by
               Eight
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               .
               For
               the
               Design
               ,
               it
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               .
               You
               may
               read
               the
               Story
               in
               several
               Historians
               :
               See
               
                 Paulus
                 Diaconus
                 de
                 Gestis
                 Langobardorum
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               2
               .
               c.
               28.
               
               
                 Gregorius
                 Epise
                 .
                 Turonensis
                 Hist.
                 Francorum
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               2.
               c.
               28
               .
               
               Heylin's
               Cosinoraphy
               ,
               Part
               1.
               
               Book
               1.
               p.
               57.
               
               This
               Story
               is
               likewise
               related
               at
               large
               in
               a
               Novel
               by
               Bandello
               ,
               which
               is
               translated
               by
               Belleforest
               ;
               See
               
                 Histoires
                 Tragiques
              
               Tome
               4.
               
               Nov.
               19.
               
            
             
               
                 Cruel
                 Brother
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               printed
               first
               in
               quarto
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Lord
               Weston
               ,
               Lord
               High
               Treasurer
               of
               England
               .
            
             
               Distresses
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               printed
               in
               folio
               ,
               Lond.
               1673.
               
            
             
               
                 First-days
                 Entertainment
                 at
                 Ruthland-house
                 ,
                 by
                 Declamation
                 ,
                 and
                 Musick
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 manner
                 
                 of
                 the
                 Ancients
                 .
              
               The
               subject
               of
               the
               former
               of
               these
               Declamations
               is
               concerning
               Publick
               Entertainment
               by
               Moral
               Representations
               ;
               the
               Disputants
               being
               Diogenes
               the
               Cynick
               ,
               and
               Aristophanes
               the
               Poet.
               The
               later
               Dispute
               is
               between
               a
               Parisian
               ,
               and
               a
               Londoner
               ,
               who
               declaim
               concerning
               the
               Preheminence
               of
               Paris
               and
               London
               .
               The
               Vocal
               and
               Instrumental
               Musick
               was
               compos'd
               by
               Dr.
               
                 Charles
                 Coleman
              
               ,
               Capt.
               
                 Henry
                 Cook
              
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Henry
                 Laws
              
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
                 George
                 Hudson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Fair
                 Favourite
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               printed
               in
               Folio
               ,
               1673.
               
            
             
               
                 Just
                 Italian
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               printed
               first
               in
               quarto
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               ,
               and
               commended
               by
               the
               Verses
               of
               his
               Friends
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Hopkins
              
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Carew
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Law
                 against
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               made
               up
               of
               two
               Plays
               written
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Shakespear
                 ,
                 viz
                 Measure
                 for
                 Measure
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Much
                 Ado
                 about
                 Nothing
              
               .
               Tho'
               not
               only
               the
               Characters
               ,
               but
               the
               Language
               of
               the
               whole
               Play
               almost
               ,
               be
               borrow'd
               from
               Shakespear
               :
               yet
               where
               the
               Language
               is
               rough
               or
               obsolete
               ,
               our
               Author
               has
               taken
               care
               to
               polish
               it
               :
               as
               to
               give
               ,
               instead
               of
               many
               ,
               one
               Instance
               .
               
               Shakespear's
               Duke
               of
               Vienna
               says
               thus
               l
               ;
               
                 
                   —
                   I
                   love
                   the
                   People
                   ;
                
                 
                   But
                   do
                   not
                   like
                   to
                   Stage
                   me
                   to
                   their
                   Eyes
                   :
                
                 
                   Though
                   it
                   do
                   well
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   relish
                   well
                
                 
                   Their
                   loud
                   Applause
                   ,
                   and
                   Aves
                   vehement
                   :
                
                 
                   Nor
                   do
                   I
                   think
                   the
                   Man
                   of
                   safe
                   discretion
                   ,
                
                 
                   That
                   does
                   affect
                   it
                   .
                
              
            
             
             
               In
               Sr.
               
               William's
               Play
               the
               Duke
               speaks
               as
               follows
               m
               ;
               
                 
                   —
                   I
                   love
                   the
                   People
                   ;
                
                 
                   But
                   would
                   not
                   on
                   the
                   Stage
                   salute
                   the
                   Croud
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   never
                   relisht
                   their
                   Applause
                   ;
                   nor
                   think
                
                 
                   The
                   Prince
                   has
                   true
                   discretion
                   who
                   affects
                   it
                   .
                
              
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               I
               refer
               you
               to
               the
               abovemention'd
               Plays
               ,
               in
               the
               Account
               of
               Shakespear
               .
            
             
               
                 Love
                 and
                 Honour
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               which
               I
               have
               several
               times
               seen
               acted
               with
               good
               applause
               ;
               first
               at
               the
               Play-house
               in
               Lincolns-Inn-Fields
               ,
               and
               since
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               Dorset-Garden
               .
               This
               was
               first
               printed
               in
               quarto
               .
            
             
               
                 Man
                 's
                 the
                 Master
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               which
               I
               think
               I
               have
               seen
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               House
               ;
               however
               I
               am
               sure
               the
               Design
               ,
               and
               part
               of
               the
               Language
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
               Scarron's
               
                 Jodelet
                 ,
                 ou
                 Le
                 Maistre
                 valet
              
               ;
               and
               (
               as
               I
               remember
               )
               part
               from
               
                 L'Heritier
                 ridicule
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               of
               the
               same
               Authors
               .
            
             
               
                 Platonick
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               which
               was
               first
               printed
               in
               octavo
               with
               
                 The
                 Wits
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Play-house
                 to
                 be
                 Let.
              
               I
               know
               not
               under
               what
               Species
               to
               place
               this
               Play
               ,
               it
               consisting
               of
               several
               Pieces
               of
               different
               Kinds
               handsomely
               tackt
               together
               ,
               several
               of
               which
               the
               Author
               writ
               in
               the
               Times
               of
               Oliver
               ,
               and
               were
               acted
               separately
               by
               stealth
               ;
               as
               the
               History
               of
               Sr.
               
                 Francis
                 Drake
              
               exprest
               by
               Instrumental
               ,
               and
               Vocal
               Musick
               ,
               and
               by
               Art
               of
               Perpective
               in
               Scenes
               ,
               &c.
               
               The
               Cruelty
               of
               the
               Spaniards
               in
               Peru.
               These
               two
               Pieces
               were
               first
               printed
               in
               quarto
               .
               They
               make
               the
               third
               and
               fourth
               Acts
               of
               this
               Play.
               The
               second
               
               Act
               consists
               of
               a
               French
               Farce
               ,
               translated
               from
               
                 Molliere's
                 Sganarelle
                 ,
                 ou
                 Le
                 Cocu
                 Imaginaire
                 ,
              
               and
               purposely
               by
               our
               Author
               put
               into
               a
               sort
               of
               Jargon
               common
               to
               French-men
               newly
               come
               over
               .
               The
               fifth
               Act
               consists
               of
               
                 Tragedie
                 travestie
              
               ,
               or
               the
               Actions
               of
               
                 Caesar
                 Antony
              
               and
               Cleopatra
               in
               Verse
               Burlesque
               .
               This
               Farce
               I
               have
               seen
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               Dorset-garden
               some
               years
               ago
               ,
               at
               the
               end
               of
               that
               excellent
               Tragedy
               of
               Pompey
               ,
               translated
               by
               the
               incomparable
               Pen
               of
               the
               much
               admired
               Orinda
               .
            
             
               
                 Siege
                 of
                 Rhodes
              
               ,
               in
               two
               Parts
               .
               These
               Plays
               were
               likewise
               in
               the
               times
               of
               the
               Civil
               Wars
               ,
               acted
               with
               
                 Stilo
                 Recitativo
              
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               but
               afterwards
               enlarged
               by
               the
               Author
               ,
               and
               acted
               with
               applause
               at
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               in
               Lincolns-Inn-Fields
               .
               It
               is
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Earl
               of
               Clarendon
               Lord
               High
               Chancellor
               of
               England
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               it
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               ,
               there
               are
               several
               Historians
               have
               writ
               of
               it
               in
               the
               Life
               of
               Solyman
               the
               second
               ,
               who
               took
               this
               City
               in
               the
               year
               1522.
               
               See
               
                 Thomas
                 Artus
                 Continuation
                 de
                 l'Histoire
                 des
                 Turcs
                 .
                 Giov.
                 Bosio
                 .
                 L'Istoria
                 della
                 Sacra
                 Religione
                 &
                 Illma
                 Militia
                 di
                 San
                 Giovanni
                 Gierosolimitano
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               29.
               
               
                 Boissardi
                 Icones
                 &
                 Vitae
                 Sultanorum
                 Turcicorum
                 ,
                 &c.
                 in
                 Vit.
                 Solym.
              
               2.
               
               Knolles
               History
               of
               the
               Turks
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Siege
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 News
                 from
                 Plimouth
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               formerly
               acted
               at
               the
               Globe
               with
               good
               success
               ,
               and
               was
               printed
               (
               as
               I
               believe
               )
               in
               quarto
               .
            
             
               
                 Temple
                 of
                 Love
              
               ,
               presented
               by
               the
               Queens
               Majesty
               ,
               [
               Wife
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ]
               and
               
               her
               Ladies
               at
               
                 Whitehall
                 :
                 viz.
              
               The
               Lady
               Marquess
               Hamilton
               ;
               the
               Lady
               
                 Mary
                 Herbert
              
               ;
               Countess
               of
               
                 Oxford
                 ;
                 Berkshire
                 ;
                 Carnarvan
              
               ;
               &c.
               
               The
               Lords
               ,
               and
               others
               that
               represented
               the
               noble
               Persian
               Youths
               were
               ,
               The
               Duke
               of
               Lenox
               ;
               the
               Earls
               of
               
                 Newport
                 ;
                 Desmond
              
               ;
               &c.
               
               
                 This
                 Masque
                 (
                 says
                 the
                 Author
                 )
                 for
                 the
                 newness
                 of
                 the
                 Invention
                 ,
                 variety
                 of
                 Scenes
                 ,
                 Apparitions
                 ,
                 and
                 richness
                 of
                 Habits
                 ,
                 was
                 generally
                 approv'd
                 to
                 be
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 Magnificent
                 that
                 hath
                 been
                 done
                 in
                 England
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Triumphs
                 of
                 the
                 Prince
                 d'Amour
              
               ,
               a
               Masque
               presented
               by
               his
               Highness
               at
               his
               Pallace
               in
               the
               Middle-Temple
               .
               This
               Masque
               ,
               at
               the
               Request
               of
               that
               Honourable
               Society
               ,
               was
               devis'd
               and
               written
               by
               our
               Author
               in
               Three
               days
               ;
               and
               was
               presented
               by
               the
               Members
               thereof
               ,
               as
               an
               Entertainment
               to
               the
               Prince
               Elector
               .
               A
               Lift
               of
               the
               Masquers
               Names
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               rank'd
               by
               their
               Antiquity
               ,
               in
               that
               noble
               Society
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               found
               at
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Masque
               ,
               to
               which
               I
               refer
               the
               curious
               Reader
               .
               The
               Musick
               of
               the
               Songs
               and
               Symphonies
               were
               excellently
               compos'd
               by
               Mr.
               Henry
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Lawes
              
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               .
            
             
               Wits
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               heretofore
               acted
               at
               the
               Black-friars
               ,
               and
               since
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               both
               in
               octavo
               ,
               and
               quarto
               ,
               before
               this
               New
               Edition
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               chiefly
               belov'd
               of
               all
               ,
               that
               Ingenious
               and
               Noble
               ,
               
                 Endimion
                 Porter
              
               ,
               of
               his
               Majesties
               Bed-Chamber
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               commended
               by
               a
               Copy
               fo
               Verses
               written
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Carew
              
               ,
               and
               has
               often
               appear'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               with
               Applause
            
             
             
               Having
               done
               with
               his
               Plays
               ,
               I
               am
               now
               to
               speak
               of
               his
               other
               Works
               ,
               which
               consist
               of
               Poems
               ,
               of
               several
               sorts
               ,
               and
               on
               several
               Occasions
               ,
               amongst
               which
               Gondibert
               an
               Epick
               Poem
               has
               made
               the
               greatest
               noise
               .
               This
               Poem
               was
               design'd
               by
               the
               Author
               to
               be
               an
               Imitation
               of
               an
               English
               Dramma
               ;
               it
               being
               to
               be
               divided
               into
               Five
               Books
               ,
               as
               the
               other
               is
               into
               Five
               Acts
               ;
               The
               
               Canto's
               to
               be
               the
               Parallel
               of
               the
               Scenes
               ;
               with
               this
               difference
               ,
               that
               this
               is
               deliver'd
               Narratively
               ,
               the
               other
               Dialogue-wise
               .
               The
               Reader
               may
               find
               a
               long
               account
               of
               the
               Author's
               design
               ,
               and
               his
               Reasons
               in
               the
               Preface
               ,
               which
               is
               directed
               to
               his
               Friend
               ,
               the
               so
               well
               known
               Mr.
               Hobbs
               ;
               who
               not
               only
               approves
               his
               Design
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               Close
               of
               his
               Letter
               fixes
               an
               extraordinary
               Complement
               upon
               him
               :
               viz.
               
               
                 The
                 Virtues
                 you
                 distribute
                 
                   in
                   your
                   Poem
                
                 ,
                 amongst
                 so
                 many
                 Noble
                 Persons
                 ,
                 represent
                 (
                 in
                 the
                 Reading
                 )
                 the
                 image
                 but
                 of
                 One
                 Man's
                 Virtue
                 to
                 my
                 fancy
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 your
                 own
                 .
              
               Nor
               was
               Mr.
               Hobbs
               the
               only
               Person
               that
               commended
               this
               Poem
               :
               for
               the
               first
               and
               second
               Books
               were
               usher'd
               into
               the
               world
               ,
               by
               the
               Pens
               of
               two
               of
               our
               best
               Poets
               :
               viz.
               Mr.
               Waller
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Cowley
               ;
               which
               One
               would
               have
               thought
               might
               have
               prov'd
               a
               sufficient
               Defence
               and
               Protection
               against
               the
               snarling
               Criticks
               .
               Notwithstanding
               which
               ,
               Four
               Eminent
               Wits
               of
               that
               Age
               ,
               (
               two
               of
               which
               were
               Sr.
               
                 John
                 Denham
              
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Donne
               ,
               )
               publisht
               several
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               to
               Sr.
               
               William's
               discredit
               ,
               under
               this
               Title
               ,
               
                 Certain
                 Verses
                 written
                 by
                 several
                 of
                 the
                 Authors
                 Friends
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 reprinted
                 with
                 the
                 second
                 Edition
                 
                 of
                 Gondibert
                 ,
              
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1653.
               
               These
               Verses
               were
               answer'd
               (
               as
               Mr.
               Wood
               says
               n
               )
               by
               the
               Author
               himself
               ,
               with
               as
               much
               ,
               or
               rather
               more
               Wit
               ,
               and
               little
               or
               no
               concern
               for
               their
               Raillery
               ,
               rather
               seeming
               to
               sport
               at
               ,
               and
               pity
               their
               want
               of
               Sence
               .
               The
               Title
               of
               his
               Answer
               is
               ,
               
                 The
                 Incomparable
                 Poem
              
               Gondibert
               
                 vindicated
                 from
                 the
                 Wit-Combats
                 of
                 Four
                 Esquires
                 ;
                 Clinias
                 ,
                 Dametas
                 ,
                 Sancho
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Jack
                 Pudding
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1655.
               
               The
               Books
               being
               scarce
               ,
               I
               shall
               for
               the
               Readers
               diversion
               ,
               chuse
               one
               out
               of
               each
               of
               these
               ,
               as
               a
               Sample
               of
               the
               rest
               :
               and
               amongst
               the
               former
               I
               shall
               pitch
               upon
               that
               Copy
               which
               reflects
               on
               the
               Commendations
               given
               by
               those
               great
               Men
               above-mention'd
               o
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Author
                 upon
                 Himself
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 am
                 Old
                 Davenant
                 with
                 my
                 Fustian
                 Quill
                 ;
              
               
                 Tho'
                 skill
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 ,
              
               
                 I
                 must
                 be
                 writing
                 still
              
               
                 On
                 Gondibert
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 is
                 not
                 worth
                 a
                 Fart
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Waller
                   ,
                   &
                   Cowley
                
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 true
                 ,
                 have
                 prais'd
                 my
                 Book
                 ;
              
               
                 But
                 how
                 untruly
              
               
                 All
                 they
                 that
                 read
                 may
                 look
                 ;
              
               
                 Nor
                 can
                 Old
                 Hobbs
                 .
              
               
                 Defend
                 me
                 from
                 dry
                 Bobbs
                 .
              
               
                 Then
                 no
                 more
                 I
                 'll
                 dabble
                 ,
                 nor
                 pump
                 Fancy
                 dry
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 compose
                 a
                 Fable
                 ,
              
               
                 Shall
                 make
                 
                   Will.
                   Crofts
                
                 to
                 cry
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 gentle
                 Knight
                 ,
              
               
                 Thou
                 writ'st
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 shite
                 .
              
               
               
                 Sr.
                 William's
                 Answer
                 p
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Author
                 upon
                 Himself
                 .
              
               
                 False
                 as
                 Foolish
                 !
                 What
                 turn
                 
                   felo
                   de
                   me
                
                 ?
              
               
                 Davenant
                 kill
                 Davenant
                 !
              
               
                 No
                 ,
                 the
                 whole
                 World
                 does
                 see
              
               
                 My
                 Gondibert
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 be
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 Art.
              
               
                 Waller
                 and
                 Cowley
                 ,
                 true
                 ,
                 have
                 prais'd
                 my
                 Book
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 deservedly
                 ,
              
               
                 Nay
                 I
                 did
                 for
                 it
                 look
                 ;
              
               
                 He
                 both
                 us
                 robbs
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 blames
                 for
                 this
                 Old
                 Hobbs
                 .
              
               
                 Write
                 on
                 (
                 jeer'd
                 Will
                 )
                 and
                 write
                 in
                 Pantofle
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 's
                 over
                 Pump-ho
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 for
                 
                   Will
                   Crofts
                
                 his
                 baffle
                 ,
              
               
                 Thou
                 may'st
                 long
                 write
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 writ'st
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 shite
                 .
              
            
             
               Many
               other
               Railleries
               were
               broacht
               against
               him
               by
               his
               Enemies
               ,
               as
               those
               Lines
               in
               Sr.
               
                 John
                 Sucklin's
                 Session
                 of
                 the
                 Poets
              
               ;
               the
               Ballad
               entitled
               
                 How
                 Daphne
                 pays
                 his
                 Debts
              
               q
               ,
               and
               others
               which
               I
               might
               insert
               ;
               but
               I
               think
               't
               is
               time
               to
               leave
               these
               trifles
               ,
               and
               acquaint
               my
               Readers
               ,
               who
               are
               delighted
               with
               Criticismes
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               find
               more
               serious
               Animad
               versions
               on
               this
               Poem
               ,
               in
               the
               English
               Preface
               written
               by
               that
               admirable
               Critick
               Mr.
               Rymer
               ,
               to
               his
               Translation
               of
               Monsieur
               
               Rapin's
               Reflections
               on
               
               Aristotle's
               
                 Treatise
                 of
                 Poesy
              
               ,
               printed
               8
               o
               Lond.
               1674.
               
            
             
               This
               great
               Man
               Died
               on
               the
               Seventh
               day
               of
               April
               1668.
               
               Aged
               63
               ,
               and
               was
               Buried
               amongst
               
               the
               Poets
               in
               Westminster-Abby
               ,
               near
               to
               his
               old
               Antagonist
               ,
               and
               Rival
               for
               the
               Bays
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 May.
              
               'T
               was
               observ'd
               ,
               that
               at
               his
               Funeral
               his
               Coffin
               wanted
               the
               Ornament
               of
               his
               
                 Laureats
                 Crown
              
               ,
               which
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               Heraldry
               justly
               appertain'd
               to
               him
               :
               but
               this
               omission
               is
               sufficiently
               recompenc'd
               by
               an
               Eternal
               Fame
               ,
               which
               will
               always
               accompany
               his
               Memory
               ;
               he
               having
               been
               the
               first
               Introducer
               of
               all
               that
               is
               splendid
               in
               our
               English
               Opera's
               ,
               and
               't
               is
               by
               his
               means
               and
               industry
               ,
               that
               our
               Stage
               at
               present
               rivals
               the
               Italian
               Theatre
               .
               I
               shall
               conclude
               his
               Character
               ,
               with
               that
               Account
               which
               Mr.
               Dryden
               has
               formerly
               given
               of
               him
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               more
               valuable
               ,
               because
               the
               commendation
               of
               his
               Predecessors
               is
               seldome
               the
               Subject
               of
               his
               Pen.
               
               
                 In
                 the
                 time
                 r
                 (
                 says
                 he
                 )
                 that
                 I
                 writ
                 with
                 Sr.
                 
                   William
                   Davenant
                
                 ,
                 I
                 had
                 the
                 opportunity
                 to
                 observe
                 somewhat
                 more
                 nearly
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 than
                 I
                 had
                 formerly
                 done
                 ,
                 when
                 I
                 had
                 only
                 a
                 bare
                 acquaintance
                 with
                 him
                 .
                 I
                 found
                 him
                 then
                 of
                 so
                 quick
                 a
                 Fancy
                 ,
                 that
                 nothing
                 was
                 propos'd
                 to
                 him
                 on
                 which
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 suddenly
                 produce
                 a
                 Thought
                 extreamly
                 pleasant
                 and
                 surprising
                 :
                 and
                 those
                 first
                 Thoughts
                 of
                 his
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 old
                 Latine
                 Proverb
                 ,
                 
                   Were
                   not
                   always
                   the
                   least
                   happy
                   .
                
                 And
                 as
                 his
                 Fancy
                 was
                 quick
                 ,
                 so
                 likewise
                 were
                 the
                 Products
                 of
                 it
                 remote
                 and
                 new
                 .
                 He
                 borrow'd
                 not
                 of
                 any
                 other
                 ;
                 and
                 his
                 Imaginations
                 were
                 such
                 ,
                 as
                 could
                 not
                 enter
                 into
                 any
                 other
                 Man.
                 His
                 Corrections
                 were
                 sober
                 and
                 judicious
                 :
                 and
                 he
                 corrected
                 his
                 own
                 
                 Writings
                 much
                 more
                 severely
                 than
                 those
                 of
                 another
                 Man
                 ;
                 bestowing
                 twice
                 the
                 labour
                 and
                 time
                 in
                 Polishing
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 us'd
                 in
                 Invention
                 .
                 
                   Si
                   sic
                   omnia
                   dixisset
                
                 ,
                 —
              
            
          
           
             
               Dr.
               Charles
               DAVENANT
               .
            
             
               This
               Gentleman
               (
               as
               I
               suppose
               )
               is
               now
               living
               :
               being
               Son
               of
               the
               above-mention'd
               Sr.
               
                 William
                 Davenant
              
               ,
               and
               Dr.
               of
               Laws
               .
               He
               has
               (
               as
               I
               have
               been
               inform'd
               )
               a
               share
               in
               the
               present
               Theatre
               ,
               in
               right
               of
               his
               Father
               ;
               and
               is
               jointly
               impower'd
               with
               the
               Master
               of
               the
               Revels
               ,
               to
               inspect
               the
               Plays
               design'd
               for
               the
               Stage
               ,
               that
               no
               Immoralities
               may
               be
               presented
               .
               This
               Gentleman
               has
               writ
               a
               Play
               call'd
            
             
               Circe
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1677.
               
               The
               Prologue
               was
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               and
               the
               Epilogue
               by
               the
               late
               Earl
               of
               Rochester
               .
               This
               Play
               I
               have
               seen
               acted
               with
               good
               applause
               .
               The
               Plot
               is
               founded
               on
               Poetical
               History
               .
               See
               
                 Ovid's
                 Metamorph.
                 lib.
              
               14.
               
               See
               besides
               
                 Boccace
                 ,
                 Phil
                 Bergomensis
                 ,
                 Nat.
                 Comes
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               The
               Scenes
               and
               Machines
               may
               give
               it
               a
               Title
               to
               that
               Species
               of
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               ,
               call'd
               an
               Opera
               .
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               DAVENPORT
               .
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               Two
               Plays
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Martyr
               ;
               tho'
               not
               publisht
               till
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               :
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 City
                 Night-Cap
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Crede
                 quod
                 habes
                 ,
                 &
                 habes
                 .
              
               
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               acted
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               by
               her
               Majesties
               Servants
               at
               the
               Phoenix
               in
               
                 Drury
                 Lane
              
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1661.
               
               The
               Plot
               of
               
                 Lorenzo
                 ,
                 Philippo
              
               ,
               and
               Abstemia
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               Novel
               of
               the
               
                 Curious
                 Impertinent
              
               in
               the
               Romance
               of
               
                 Don
                 Quixot
              
               ,
               Part
               4.
               
               Ch.
               6
               ,
               7
               ,
               8.
               and
               that
               of
               
                 Lodovico
                 ,
                 Francisco
              
               ,
               and
               Dorothea
               ,
               from
               
               Boccace's
               Novels
               ,
               Day
               7.
               
               Novel
               7.
               on
               which
               likewise
               part
               of
               Mr.
               
                 Ravenscroft's
                 London
                 Cuckolds
              
               is
               built
               .
            
             
               
                 King
                 John
                 ,
                 and
                 Matilda
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               by
               her
               Majesties
               Servants
               at
               the
               Cock-pit
               in
               Drury-lane
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1655.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Mountague
               Bertie
               Earl
               of
               Lindsey
               ;
               by
               the
               Publisher
               
                 Andrew
                 Pennycuicke
              
               ,
               who
               acted
               the
               part
               of
               Matilda
               ,
               Women
               in
               those
               times
               not
               having
               appear'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               read
               the
               English
               Chronicles
               that
               have
               given
               an
               account
               of
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               John
               ;
               as
               
                 Mathew
                 Paris
                 ,
                 Polydore
                 Vergil
                 ,
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Grafton
                 ,
                 Danyel
                 ,
                 Martin
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 Baker
                 ,
                 Churchil
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               DABORN
               ,
               alias
               DAUBORNE
               .
            
             
               This
               Gentleman
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               was
               a
               Master
               of
               Arts
               ,
               tho'
               of
               which
               University
               I
               am
               uncertain
               .
               He
               writ
               Two
               Plays
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Christian
                 turn'd
                 Turk
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Tragical
                 Lives
                 and
                 Deaths
                 of
                 the
                 two
                 Famous
                 Pirates
              
               Ward
               and
               Dansiker
               :
               a
               Tragedy
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1612.
               
               For
               the
               Story
               I
               refer
               you
               to
               a
               
               Piece
               call'd
               
                 Barker's
                 Overthrow
                 of
                 Captain
              
               Ward
               and
               Dansiker
               ,
               
                 two
                 Pirates
              
               :
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1609.
               from
               which
               Narrative
               ,
               I
               suppose
               our
               Author
               borrow'd
               the
               Story
               .
            
             
               
                 Poor
                 Man's
                 Comfort
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               divers
               times
               acted
               at
               the
               Cock-pit
               in
               Drury-lane
               ,
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1665.
               
            
             
               Tho'
               this
               Author
               in
               his
               Epistle
               to
               his
               
                 Christian
                 turn'd
                 Turk
              
               ,
               speaks
               of
               
                 his
                 former
                 Labours
              
               ;
               It
               has
               not
               been
               my
               fortune
               to
               have
               seen
               any
               of
               them
               .
               There
               is
               a
               Sermon
               written
               by
               One
               
                 Robert
                 Daborn
              
               ,
               on
               Zach.
               11.
               7.
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1618.
               whether
               this
               were
               the
               same
               with
               our
               Author
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               but
               't
               is
               probable
               it
               might
               be
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               was
               a
               Divine
               ,
               by
               this
               Distick
               which
               I
               find
               in
               an
               old
               Copy
               on
               the
               
                 Time
                 Poets
              
               ;
               
                 
                   Dawbourn
                   I
                   had
                   forgot
                   ,
                   and
                   let
                   it
                   be
                   ,
                
                 
                   He
                   dy'd
                   Amphibion
                   by
                   the
                   Ministry
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               John
               DAY
               .
            
             
               This
               Author
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               was
               sometime
               Student
               of
               Cains-Colleage
               in
               Cambridge
               .
               He
               has
               written
               Six
               Plays
               ,
               if
               his
               
                 Parliament
                 of
                 Bees
              
               may
               pass
               under
               that
               Species
               ;
               as
               the
               Authors
               of
               all
               former
               Catalogues
               have
               plac'd
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Blind
                 Beggar
                 of
                 Bednal-Green
              
               ,
               with
               the
               merry
               Humour
               of
               
                 Tom
                 Stroud
              
               the
               Norfolk
               Yeoman
               ,
               divers
               times
               publickly
               acted
               by
               the
               Princes
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               London
               1659.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               as
               far
               as
               it
               concerns
               History
               ,
               consult
               the
               Writers
               on
               the
               Reign
               of
               
               King
               Henry
               the
               Sixth
               :
               as
               
                 Fabian
                 ,
                 Caxton
                 ,
                 Du
                 Chesne
                 ,
                 Pol.
                 Vergil
                 ,
                 Grafton
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Humour
                 out
                 of
                 Breath
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               said
               to
               be
               writ
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               but
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               ,
               and
               therefore
               can
               say
               nothing
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Isle
                 of
                 Gulls
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               often
               acted
               in
               the
               
                 Black
                 Fryars
              
               ,
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               the
               Revels
               ,
               printed
               in
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1633.
               
               This
               is
               a
               good
               Play
               ,
               and
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               incomparable
               Sr.
               Philip
               Sidney's
               Arcadia
               :
               A
               Romance
               of
               that
               esteem
               ,
               that
               besides
               the
               frequent
               Editions
               of
               it
               in
               English
               ,
               I
               have
               seen
               it
               translated
               for
               the
               use
               of
               Forreigners
               ,
               both
               in
               the
               French
               and
               Dutch
               Tongues
               .
            
             
               
                 Law
                 Tricks
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Who
                 would
                 have
                 thought
                 it
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               divers
               times
               acted
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               the
               Revels
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1608.
               
            
             
               
                 Parliament
                 of
                 Bees
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 proper
                 Characters
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 A
                 Bee-hive
                 furnisht
                 with
                 Twelve
                 Honey-combs
                 ,
                 as
                 pleasant
                 as
                 profitable
                 :
              
               being
               an
               allegorical
               description
               of
               the
               Actions
               of
               good
               and
               bad
               men
               in
               these
               our
               days
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1641.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Worthy
               Gentleman
               Mr.
               
                 George
                 Butler
              
               ,
               Professor
               of
               the
               Arts
               Liberal
               ,
               and
               true
               Patron
               of
               neglected
               Poesy
               .
            
             
               
                 Travels
                 of
                 the
                 Three
                 English
                 Brothers
                 ,
              
               Sr.
               Thomas
               ,
               Sr.
               Anthony
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
                 Robert
                 Shirley
              
               ;
               a
               History
               play'd
               by
               her
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1607.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Honors
               Favourites
               ,
               and
               the
               intire
               Friends
               of
               the
               Family
               of
               the
               Shirleys
               .
               In
               the
               Composure
               of
               this
               Play
               our
               Author
               was
               assisted
               by
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Rowley
              
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
                 George
                 Wilkins
              
               .
               The
               foundation
               of
               it
               may
               be
               read
               in
               several
               English
               Writers
               ,
               and
               Chronicles
               ;
               particularly
               I
               have
               
               seen
               it
               in
               Dr.
               
               Fuller's
               Worthies
               ,
               in
               his
               Description
               of
               Sussex
               s
               .
               Where
               the
               Author
               speaking
               of
               the
               subject
               of
               this
               Comedy
               says
               thus
               :
               
                 As
                 to
                 the
                 Performances
                 of
                 these
                 Three
                 Brethren
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 the
                 Affidavit
                 of
                 a
                 Poet
                 carries
                 but
                 a
                 small
                 credit
                 in
                 the
                 Court
                 of
                 History
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Comedy
                 made
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 but
                 a
                 Friendly
                 Foe
                 to
                 their
                 Memory
                 ,
                 as
                 suspected
                 more
                 accommodated
                 to
                 please
                 the
                 present
                 Spectators
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 inform
                 Posterity
                 .
                 However
                 as
                 the
                 belief
                 of
                 Mitio
                 (
                 when
                 an
                 Inventory
                 of
                 his
                 adopted
                 Sons
                 Misdemeanors
                 was
                 brought
                 to
                 him
                 )
                 embrac'd
                 a
                 middle
                 and
                 moderate
                 way
                 ,
                 
                   nec
                   omnia
                   credere
                   ,
                   nec
                   nihil
                
                 ;
                 neither
                 to
                 believe
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 nor
                 nothing
                 of
                 what
                 was
                 told
                 him
                 :
                 so
                 
                   in
                   the
                   List
                   of
                   their
                   Atchievements
                   ,
                
                 we
                 may
                 safely
                 pitch
                 on
                 the
                 same
                 Proportion
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 abatement
                 is
                 made
                 for
                 
                   Poetical
                   Embelishments
                
                 ,
                 the
                 remainder
                 will
                 speak
                 them
                 worthy
                 in
                 their
                 Generations
                 .
              
            
             
               When
               our
               Author
               Died
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               but
               I
               have
               read
               an
               Elegy
               written
               on
               him
               by
               his
               Friend
               Mr.
               Tateham
               t
               ,
               which
               begins
               thus
               ;
               
                 
                   
                     Don
                     Phoebus
                  
                   now
                   hath
                   lost
                   his
                   Light
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   left
                   his
                   Rule
                   unto
                   the
                   Night
                   ;
                
                 
                   And
                   Cynthia
                   she
                   hath
                   overcome
                
                 
                   The
                   day
                   ,
                   and
                   darkned
                   the
                   Sun
                   :
                
                 
                   Whereby
                   we
                   now
                   have
                   lost
                   our
                   hope
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   gaining
                   Day
                   in
                   's
                   Horoscope
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               At
               this
               jingling
               rate
               he
               runs
               on
               the
               end
               ,
               much
               after
               the
               rate
               of
               a
               Gentleman
               of
               
                 Lincolns
                 Inn
              
               ,
               who
               writ
               a
               more
               ingenious
               Poem
               ,
               upon
               
               the
               Transactions
               between
               a
               Landlord
               and
               his
               Tenant
               Day
               ,
               who
               privately
               departed
               from
               him
               by
               Night
               ;
               printed
               in
               a
               single
               Sheet
               ,
               Lond.
               1684.
               
               To
               shew
               the
               Parallel
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               transcribe
               the
               first
               six
               Lines
               ,
               by
               which
               the
               Reader
               may
               guess
               at
               the
               Rest.
               
            
             
               
                 Here
                 Night
                 ,
                 and
                 Day
                 conspire
                 a
                 secret
                 flight
                 ;
              
               
                 For
                 Day
                 they
                 say
                 is
                 gone
                 away
                 by
                 Night
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Day
                 is
                 past
                 ,
                 but
                 Landlord
                 where
                 's
                 your
                 Rent
                 ,
              
               
                 You
                 might
                 ha'seen
                 ,
                 that
                 Day
                 was
                 almost
                 spent
                 .
              
               
                 Day
                 sold
                 ,
                 and
                 did
                 put
                 off
                 what
                 e're
                 he
                 might
                 ,
              
               
                 Tho'
                 it
                 was
                 ne're
                 so
                 Dark
                 ,
                 Day
                 would
                 be
                 Light.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               DECKER
               .
            
             
               A
               Poet
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               was
               Contemporary
               with
               that
               admirable
               Laureat
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Benjamin
                 Johnson
              
               .
               He
               was
               more
               famous
               for
               the
               contention
               he
               had
               with
               him
               for
               the
               Bays
               ,
               than
               for
               any
               great
               Reputation
               he
               had
               gain'd
               by
               his
               own
               Writings
               .
               Yet
               even
               in
               that
               Age
               ,
               he
               wanted
               not
               his
               Admirers
               ,
               nor
               his
               Friends
               amongst
               the
               Poets
               :
               in
               which
               number
               I
               reckon
               the
               Ingenious
               Mr.
               
                 Richard
                 Brome
              
               ;
               who
               always
               stil'd
               him
               by
               the
               Title
               of
               Father
               .
               He
               clubb'd
               with
               Webster
               in
               writing
               Three
               Plays
               ;
               and
               with
               Rowley
               and
               Ford
               in
               another
               :
               and
               I
               think
               I
               may
               venture
               to
               say
               ,
               that
               these
               Plays
               as
               far
               exceed
               those
               of
               his
               own
               Brain
               ,
               as
               a
               platted
               Whip-cord
               exceeds
               a
               single
               Thread
               in
               strength
               .
               Of
               those
               which
               he
               writ
               alone
               ,
               I
               know
               none
               of
               much
               Esteem
               ,
               except
               
                 The
                 Untrussing
                 the
                 Humourous
                 Poet
              
               ,
               and
               that
               
               chiefly
               on
               account
               of
               the
               Subject
               of
               it
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               Witty
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               .
               He
               has
               had
               a
               Hand
               in
               Twelve
               Plays
               ,
               Eight
               whereof
               were
               of
               his
               own
               Writing
               .
               Of
               all
               which
               I
               shall
               give
               an
               account
               ,
               in
               their
               Alphabetical
               Order
               ,
               as
               follows
               ;
            
             
               Fortunatus
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ;
               of
               which
               I
               can
               give
               no
               other
               account
               than
               that
               I
               once
               barely
               saw
               it
               and
               is
               printed
               in
               quarto
               .
            
             
               
                 Honest
                 Whore
              
               ,
               the
               First
               Part
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               with
               the
               Humours
               of
               the
               
                 Patient
                 Man
              
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 longing
                 Wife
              
               ,
               acted
               by
               her
               Majesties
               Servants
               with
               great
               applause
               ;
               printed
               in
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1635.
               
            
             
               
                 Honest
                 Whore
              
               ,
               the
               Second
               Part
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               with
               the
               Humours
               of
               the
               
                 Patient
                 Man
              
               ,
               the
               
                 Impatient
                 Wife
              
               ;
               the
               
                 Honest
                 Whore
              
               ,
               perswaded
               by
               strong
               Arguments
               to
               turn
               Curtizan
               again
               :
               her
               brave
               refuting
               those
               Arguments
               ;
               and
               lastly
               the
               Comical
               passage
               of
               an
               
                 Italian
                 Bridewel
              
               ,
               where
               the
               Scene
               ends
               :
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1630.
               
               This
               Play
               I
               believe
               was
               never
               acted
               ,
               neither
               is
               it
               divided
               into
               Acts.
               The
               passage
               between
               the
               
                 Patient
                 Man
              
               ,
               and
               his
               
                 Impatient
                 Wife
                 's
              
               going
               to
               fight
               for
               the
               Breeches
               ,
               with
               the
               happy
               Event
               ,
               is
               exprest
               by
               Sr.
               
                 John
                 Harrington
              
               in
               Verse
               .
               See
               his
               Epigrams
               at
               the
               end
               of
               
                 Orlando
                 Furioso
              
               ,
               Book
               1.
               
               Epigr.
               16.
               
            
             
               
                 If
                 this
                 be
                 not
                 a
                 good
                 Play
                 ,
                 the
                 Devil
                 is
                 in
                 it
                 ,
              
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               by
               the
               Queen's
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               
                 Red
                 Bull
              
               ;
               printed
               Lond.
               16
               —
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               loving
               ,
               and
               loved
               Friends
               and
               Fellows
               ,
               the
               Queens
               Majesties
               Servants
               :
               by
               which
               he
               means
               the
               Actors
               .
               The
               beginning
               of
               his
               Play
               ,
               seems
               to
               be
               writ
               in
               imitation
               of
               Matchiavel's
               Novel
               of
               
               Belphegor
               :
               where
               Pluto
               summons
               the
               Devils
               to
               Councel
               .
            
             
               
                 Match
                 me
                 in
                 London
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               often
               presented
               ,
               first
               at
               the
               Bull
               in
               St.
               
               John's
               Street
               ,
               and
               lately
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Drury-lane
               ,
               call'd
               the
               Phoenix
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1631.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Noble
               Lover
               (
               and
               deservedly
               Beloved
               )
               of
               the
               Muses
               ,
               
                 Lodowick
                 Carlel
              
               Esquire
               .
               Some
               account
               this
               a
               tolerable
               old
               Play.
               
            
             
               Northward-Ho
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               sundry
               times
               acted
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               Pauls
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1607.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               writ
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               and
               
                 John
                 Webster
              
               .
               The
               Plot
               of
               Greenshield
               and
               
               Featherstone's
               pretending
               to
               Mayberry
               that
               they
               had
               both
               lain
               with
               his
               Wife
               ,
               and
               how
               they
               came
               to
               the
               knowledge
               of
               each
               other
               by
               her
               Ring
               ,
               
                 Act
                 1.
                 
                 Sc.
                 1.
              
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Novel
               which
               is
               in
               the
               
                 Ducento
                 Novelle
                 del
                 Signior
                 Celio
                 Malespini
                 ,
              
               Par.
               1.
               
               Nov.
               2.
               
            
             
               Satyromastix
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Untrussing
                 the
                 Humourous
                 Poet
              
               ,
               a
               Comical
               Satyr
               presented
               publickly
               by
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Lord
               
               Chamberlain's
               Servants
               ,
               and
               privately
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               Pauls
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1602.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               World.
               This
               Play
               was
               writ
               on
               the
               occasion
               of
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
                 's
                 Poetaster
              
               ,
               where
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Chrispinus
                 ,
                 Ben
              
               lash'd
               our
               Author
               ,
               which
               he
               endeavour'd
               to
               retaliate
               by
               Untrussing
               Ben
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Horace
                 Junior
              
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               far
               inferior
               to
               that
               of
               Mr.
               Johnson
               ,
               as
               indeed
               his
               abilities
               in
               Poetry
               were
               no
               ways
               comparable
               to
               his
               :
               but
               this
               may
               be
               said
               in
               our
               Author's
               behalf
               ,
               that
               
               't
               was
               not
               only
               lawful
               ,
               but
               excusable
               for
               him
               to
               defend
               himself
               :
               pray
               therefore
               hear
               part
               of
               his
               Defense
               in
               his
               own
               language
               ,
               and
               then
               censure
               as
               you
               please
               .
               
                 Horace
                 (
                 says
                 he
                 u
                 )
                 trail'd
                 his
                 Poetasters
                 to
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 the
                 Poetasters
                 Untruss'd
                 Horace
                 ;
                 how
                 worthily
                 either
                 ,
                 or
                 how
                 wrongfully
                 ,
                 (
                 World
                 )
                 leave
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Jury
                 :
                 Horace
                 (
                 questionless
                 )
                 made
                 himself
                 believe
                 that
                 his
                 Burgonian-wit
                 might
                 desperately
                 challenge
                 all
                 Comers
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 none
                 durst
                 take
                 up
                 the
                 Foyles
                 against
                 him
                 .
                 It
                 s
                 likely
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 so
                 believ'd
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 so
                 deceiv'd
                 ,
                 for
                 he
                 was
                 answer'd
                 at
                 his
                 own
                 Weapon
                 :
                 And
                 if
                 before
                 Apollo
                 himself
                 (
                 who
                 is
                 
                   Coronator
                   Poetarum
                
                 )
                 an
                 Inquisition
                 should
                 be
                 taken
                 touching
                 this
                 lamentable
                 merry
                 murdering
                 of
                 Innocent
                 Poetry
                 :
                 all
                 
                   Mount
                   Hellicon
                
                 to
                 Bun-hill
                 ,
                 would
                 find
                 it
                 on
                 the
                 Poetasters
                 side
                 
                   se
                   defendando
                
                 .
              
            
             
               Westward-Ho
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               divers
               times
               acted
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               Pauls
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1607.
               
               This
               was
               writ
               by
               our
               Author
               and
               Mr.
               Webster
               .
            
             
               
                 Whore
                 of
                 Babylon
              
               ,
               an
               History
               ,
               acted
               by
               the
               Prince's
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1607.
               
               The
               design
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               under
               feign'd
               Names
               to
               set
               forth
               the
               admirable
               Virtues
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               and
               the
               Dangers
               which
               she
               escap'd
               ,
               by
               the
               happy
               discovery
               of
               those
               Designs
               against
               her
               Sacred
               Person
               by
               the
               Jesuites
               ,
               and
               other
               Biggoted
               Papists
               .
               The
               Queen
               is
               shadow'd
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Titania
                 ;
                 Rome
              
               under
               that
               of
               
                 Babylon
                 ;
                 Campian
              
               the
               Jesuite
               is
               represented
               
               by
               the
               Name
               of
               Campeius
               ;
               Dr.
               Parry
               by
               Parridel
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Wyat's
                 History
              
               ,
               a
               Play
               said
               to
               be
               writ
               by
               Him
               and
               Webster
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               .
               Tho'
               I
               never
               saw
               this
               Play
               ,
               yet
               I
               suppose
               the
               subject
               of
               it
               is
               Sr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Wyat
              
               of
               Kent
               ,
               who
               made
               an
               Insurrection
               in
               the
               First
               year
               of
               Queen
               Mary
               to
               prevent
               her
               Match
               with
               Philip
               of
               Spain
               :
               but
               as
               this
               is
               only
               conjecture
               ,
               I
               must
               rest
               in
               suspence
               till
               I
               can
               see
               the
               Play.
               
            
             
               Besides
               these
               Plays
               he
               joyn'd
               with
               Rowley
               and
               Ford
               in
               a
               Play
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Witch
                 of
                 Edmonton
              
               ,
               of
               which
               you
               will
               find
               an
               account
               in
               
                 William
                 Rowley
              
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               Four
               other
               Plays
               ascrib'd
               to
               our
               Author
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               is
               said
               by
               Mr.
               Philips
               x
               and
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               y
               to
               be
               an
               Associate
               with
               
                 John
                 Webster
              
               ;
               viz.
               
                 Noble
                 Stranger
                 ;
                 New
                 Trick
                 to
                 Cheat
                 the
                 Devil
                 ;
                 Weakest
                 goes
                 to
                 the
                 Wall
                 ;
                 Woman
                 will
                 have
                 her
                 Will.
              
               In
               all
               which
               they
               are
               mistaken
               ;
               for
               the
               first
               was
               written
               by
               
                 Lewis
                 Sharp
              
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               by
               anonymous
               Authors
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 DENHAM
              
               ,
               Knight
               of
               the
               BATH
               .
            
             
               A
               Poet
               of
               the
               first
               Form
               ,
               whose
               Virtue
               and
               Memory
               will
               ever
               be
               as
               dear
               to
               all
               Lovers
               of
               Poetry
               ,
               as
               his
               Person
               was
               to
               Majesty
               it self
               ;
               I
               mean
               ,
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               Second
               .
            
             
             
               He
               was
               the
               only
               Son
               of
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Denham
              
               of
               little
               Horesly
               in
               Essex
               ,
               but
               Born
               at
               Dublin
               in
               Ireland
               .
               His
               Father
               being
               at
               the
               time
               of
               his
               Nativity
               a
               Judge
               of
               that
               Kingdome
               ,
               and
               Lord
               Chief
               Baron
               of
               the
               Exchequer
               .
               But
               before
               the
               Foggy
               Air
               of
               that
               Climate
               ,
               could
               influence
               ,
               or
               any
               way
               adulterate
               his
               Mind
               ,
               he
               was
               brought
               from
               thence
               his
               Father
               being
               prefer'd
               to
               be
               One
               of
               the
               Barons
               of
               the
               Exchequer
               in
               England
               .
               At
               Sixteen
               years
               of
               Age
               ,
               in
               the
               Year
               1631.
               he
               was
               taken
               from
               School
               ,
               and
               sent
               to
               the
               University
               of
               Oxford
               ,
               where
               he
               became
               a
               Member
               of
               Trinity
               Colledge
               .
               In
               this
               Society
               he
               spent
               some
               years
               ;
               after
               he
               was
               remov'd
               again
               to
               London
               ,
               and
               follow'd
               the
               Study
               of
               the
               Civil
               Law.
               
            
             
               The
               Civil
               War
               breaking
               out
               ,
               this
               Honourable
               Person
               exerted
               his
               Loyalty
               so
               far
               ,
               that
               upon
               the
               voluntary
               offer
               of
               his
               Service
               ,
               he
               was
               intrusted
               by
               the
               Queen
               ,
               to
               deliver
               a
               Message
               to
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               z
               
                 Who
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 (
                 viz.
                 in
                 1647.
                 )
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 .
                 By
                 Hugh
                 Peters's
                 Assistance
                 he
                 got
                 admittance
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 then
                 at
                 Causham
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 deliver'd
                 his
                 Instructions
                 ,
                 his
                 Majesty
                 was
                 pleased
                 to
                 discourse
                 very
                 freely
                 with
                 him
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 state
                 of
                 Affairs
                 ;
                 and
                 at
                 his
                 departure
                 from
                 Hampton-Court
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 pleas'd
                 to
                 command
                 him
                 to
                 stay
                 privately
                 in
                 London
                 ,
                 to
                 send
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 receive
                 from
                 him
                 all
                 his
                 Letters
                 from
                 and
                 to
                 all
                 his
                 Correspondents
                 at
                 Home
                 and
                 Abroad
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 was
                 further
                 furnisht
                 with
                 Nine
                 Cyphers
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 it
                 :
                 which
                 Trust
                 he
                 performed
                 with
                 great
                 
                 safety
                 to
                 the
                 Persons
                 with
                 whom
                 he
                 corresponded
                 ;
                 but
                 about
                 Nine
                 Months
                 after
                 ,
                 being
                 discover'd
                 by
                 their
                 knowledge
                 of
                 Mr.
                 
                 Cowley's
                 Hand
                 ,
                 he
                 happily
                 escap'd
                 beyond
                 Sea
                 both
                 for
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 that
                 held
                 Correspondence
                 with
                 him
                 .
                 He
                 got
                 safe
                 to
                 His
                 Majesty
                 King
                 Charles
                 the
                 Second
                 ,
                 and
                 during
                 his
                 Attendance
                 on
                 the
                 King
                 in
                 Holland
                 and
                 France
                 ,
                 His
                 Majesty
                 was
                 pleas'd
                 sometimes
                 to
                 give
                 him
                 Arguments
                 ,
                 to
                 divert
                 and
                 put
                 off
                 the
                 evil
                 Hours
                 of
                 their
                 Banishment
                 ,
                 which
                 (
                 as
                 he
                 modestly
                 expresses
                 himself
                 )
                 now
                 and
                 then
                 fell
                 not
                 short
                 of
                 His
                 Majesty's
                 Expectation
                 .
              
            
             
               At
               His
               Majesty's
               departure
               from
               St.
               Germains
               to
               Jersey
               ,
               he
               was
               pleas'd
               without
               any
               sollicitation
               ,
               to
               confer
               upon
               Sir
               John
               ,
               the
               office
               of
               Surveyor
               General
               of
               all
               His
               Majesties
               Royal
               Buildings
               ;
               and
               at
               his
               Coronation
               ,
               created
               him
               Knight
               of
               the
               Bath
               .
               This
               Honor
               he
               enjoy'd
               Eight
               years
               ,
               and
               then
               surrender'd
               up
               his
               Honor
               with
               his
               Soul
               ,
               on
               the
               Tenth
               day
               of
               March
               in
               the
               Year
               1668.
               at
               his
               House
               near
               White-hall
               ,
               and
               was
               Buried
               the
               Twenty-third
               Instant
               at
               Westminster
               ,
               amongst
               those
               Noble
               Poets
               ,
               
                 Chaucer
                 ,
                 Spencer
              
               ,
               and
               Cowley
               .
            
             
               After
               this
               Abridgment
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               I
               am
               next
               to
               give
               you
               a
               Summary
               of
               his
               Works
               .
               They
               consist
               of
               Poems
               ,
               part
               of
               which
               are
               Translations
               ;
               as
               
                 The
                 Destruction
                 of
                 Troy
              
               ,
               an
               
                 Essay
                 on
                 the
                 Second
                 Book
                 of
              
               Virgil's
               AEneis
               ,
               
                 The
                 Passion
                 of
              
               Dido
               for
               AEneas
               ,
               being
               the
               later
               part
               of
               the
               Fourth
               Book
               ;
               
                 Sarpedon's
                 Speech
                 to
                 Glaucus
              
               ,
               being
               part
               of
               the
               Twelfth
               Book
               of
               Homer
               ;
               Two
               Pieces
               from
               the
               Italian
               of
               Mancini
               ,
               upon
               
               the
               two
               first
               Cardinal
               Virtues
               ,
               Prudence
               ,
               and
               
                 Justice
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               Others
               ,
               are
               his
               own
               Productions
               ,
               amongst
               which
               his
               
                 Coopers
                 Hill
              
               is
               most
               commended
               ;
               
                 A
                 Poem
                 ,
                 which
              
               (
               in
               the
               Opinion
               of
               Mr.
               Dryden
               a
               ,
               who
               is
               without
               contradiction
               a
               very
               able
               Judge
               in
               Poetry
               )
               
                 for
                 the
                 Majesty
                 of
                 the
                 Stile
                 ,
                 is
                 ,
                 and
                 ever
                 will
                 be
                 ,
                 the
                 exact
                 Standard
                 of
                 good
                 Writing
                 .
              
               His
               Verses
               on
               Sir
               William
               Fanshaw's
               Translation
               of
               
                 Il
                 Pastor
                 Fido
              
               ,
               and
               his
               Preface
               to
               the
               
                 Destruction
                 of
                 Troy
              
               ,
               shew
               sufficiently
               his
               Judgment
               ,
               and
               his
               Translations
               themselves
               his
               Genius
               ,
               for
               Peformances
               of
               that
               nature
               :
               and
               admitting
               it
               true
               ,
               that
               few
               Versions
               deserve
               praise
               ;
               yet
               His
               are
               to
               be
               excepted
               from
               the
               general
               Rule
               .
               His
               Elegy
               on
               Mr.
               Cowley
               ,
               (
               part
               of
               which
               we
               have
               transcribed
               already
               in
               the
               Account
               of
               that
               great
               Man
               b
               ,
               will
               make
               his
               Name
               famous
               to
               Posterity
               :
               and
               there
               wants
               nothing
               to
               eternise
               his
               Name
               ,
               but
               a
               Pen
               equal
               to
               his
               ,
               (
               if
               any
               such
               were
               to
               be
               found
               )
               to
               perform
               the
               like
               Friendly
               office
               to
               his
               Manes
               .
            
             
               He
               has
               writ
               but
               one
               Play
               ,
               but
               by
               that
               Specimen
               we
               may
               judge
               of
               his
               ability
               in
               Dramatick
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Epick
               Poesy
               ;
               this
               Play
               being
               generally
               commended
               .
               'T
               is
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Sophy
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Black-friars
               with
               good
               applause
               :
               'T
               was
               first
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1642.
               but
               since
               publisht
               with
               his
               Poems
               and
               Translations
               ;
               all
               which
               are
               dedicated
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               .
               The
               last
               Edition
               being
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1671.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               same
               with
               
               that
               of
               
               Baron's
               Mirza
               ,
               (
               which
               Story
               you
               may
               find
               in
               
                 Herberts
                 Travels
              
               )
               tho'
               differently
               handled
               by
               each
               Poet
               :
               and
               tho'
               it
               has
               been
               objected
               by
               Mr.
               Baron
               ,
               that
               our
               Author
               kills
               Abbas
               in
               this
               Tragedy
               ,
               who
               really
               surviv'd
               some
               years
               after
               the
               Murther
               of
               his
               Son
               ;
               it
               may
               be
               answer'd
               ,
               That
               he
               did
               only
               Poetical
               Justice
               ,
               and
               took
               no
               other
               Liberty
               than
               what
               is
               allow'd
               by
               Horace
               c
               :
               
                 
                   —
                   Pictoribus
                   atque
                   Poetis
                
                 
                   Quidlihet
                   audendi
                   semper
                   suit
                   aequa
                   Potestas
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               John
               DOVER
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               of
               whom
               I
               can
               give
               no
               other
               account
               than
               what
               I
               learn
               from
               a
               Play
               he
               has
               written
               ;
               viz
               That
               he
               was
               of
               Grays-Inn
               ;
               and
               that
               to
               divert
               himself
               after
               the
               Fatigue
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               he
               employ'd
               himself
               in
               Reading
               History
               ,
               the
               Effects
               whereof
               produc'd
               
                 The
                 Roman
                 Generals
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Distressed
                 Ladies
              
               ,
               a
               Play
               written
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1677.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Robert
               Lord
               Brook.
               The
               Plot
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               it
               concerns
               History
               ,
               may
               be
               read
               in
               
               Plutarch's
               Lives
               of
               Caesar
               and
               Pompey
               ;
               see
               besides
               
                 Suetonius
                 ,
                 Lucan
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               
                 But
                 the
                 Author
                 has
                 not
                 (
                 as
                 he
                 himself
                 owns
                 d
                 altogether
                 follow'd
                 ,
                 nor
                 yet
                 declin'd
                 History
                 ,
                 least
                 by
                 the
                 one
                 ,
                 his
                 Play
                 might
                 be
                 took
                 for
                 a
                 Piece
                 translated
                 out
                 of
                 Livy
                 ,
                 or
                 Lucan
                 ,
                 or
                 by
                 the
                 other
                 for
                 an
                 idle
                 Romance
                 ;
                 but
                 like
                 the
                 Traveller
                 for
                 Delight
                 ,
                 he
                 has
                 sometimes
                 follow'd
                 and
                 sometimes
                 quitted
                 his
                 Rode.
                 
              
               This
               Play
               ,
               as
               I
               conjecture
               from
               the
               
               Prologue
               and
               Epilogue
               was
               never
               acted
               ,
               they
               being
               rather
               address'd
               to
               the
               Stationers
               Customers
               ,
               than
               the
               Audience
               .
            
          
           
             
               John
               DRYDEN
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Person
               whose
               Writings
               have
               made
               him
               remarkable
               to
               all
               sorts
               of
               Men
               ,
               as
               being
               for
               a
               long
               time
               much
               read
               ,
               and
               in
               great
               Vogue
               .
               It
               is
               no
               wonder
               that
               the
               Characters
               given
               of
               him
               ,
               by
               such
               as
               are
               ,
               or
               would
               be
               thought
               Wits
               ,
               are
               various
               ;
               since
               even
               those
               ,
               who
               are
               generally
               allow'd
               to
               be
               such
               ,
               are
               not
               yet
               agreed
               in
               their
               Verdicts
               .
               And
               as
               their
               Judgments
               are
               different
               ,
               as
               to
               his
               Writings
               ;
               so
               are
               their
               Censures
               no
               less
               repugnant
               to
               the
               Managery
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               some
               excusing
               what
               these
               condemn
               ,
               and
               some
               exploding
               what
               those
               commend
               .
               So
               that
               we
               can
               scarce
               find
               them
               agreed
               in
               any
               One
               thing
               ,
               save
               this
               ,
               That
               he
               was
               Poet
               Laureat
               and
               Historiographer
               to
               His
               late
               Majesty
               .
               For
               this
               ,
               and
               other
               Reasons
               ,
               I
               shall
               wave
               all
               Particularities
               of
               his
               Life
               ;
               and
               let
               pass
               the
               Historiographer
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               keep
               the
               closer
               to
               the
               Poet
               ,
               toward
               whom
               I
               shall
               use
               my
               accustom'd
               Freedome
               ;
               and
               having
               spoken
               my
               Sentiments
               of
               his
               Predecessors
               Writings
               ,
               shall
               venture
               without
               partiality
               ,
               to
               exercise
               my
               slender
               Judgment
               in
               giving
               a
               Censure
               of
               his
               Works
               .
            
             
               
               
                 DRYDEN
                 .
              
            
             
               His
               Genius
               seems
               to
               me
               to
               incline
               to
               Tragedy
               and
               Satyr
               ,
               rather
               than
               Comedy
               :
               and
               methinks
               he
               writes
               much
               better
               in
               Heroicks
               ,
               than
               in
               
                 blank
                 Verse
              
               .
               His
               very
               Enemies
               must
               grant
               that
               there
               his
               Numbers
               are
               sweet
               ,
               and
               flowing
               ;
               that
               he
               has
               with
               success
               practic'd
               the
               new
               way
               of
               Versifying
               introduc'd
               by
               his
               Predecessor
               Mr.
               Waller
               ,
               and
               follow'd
               since
               with
               success
               ,
               by
               Sr.
               
                 John
                 Denham
              
               ,
               and
               others
               .
               But
               for
               Comedy
               ,
               he
               is
               for
               the
               most
               part
               beholding
               to
               French
               Romances
               and
               Plays
               ,
               not
               only
               for
               his
               Plots
               ,
               but
               even
               a
               great
               part
               of
               his
               Language
               :
               tho'
               at
               the
               same
               time
               ,
               he
               has
               the
               confidence
               to
               prevaricate
               ,
               if
               not
               flatly
               deny
               the
               Accusation
               ,
               and
               equivocally
               to
               vindicate
               himself
               ;
               as
               in
               the
               Preface
               to
               the
               
                 Mock
                 Astrologer
              
               :
               where
               he
               mentions
               
                 Thomas
                 Corneille's
                 le
                 Feint
                 Astrologue
              
               becaus'd
               't
               was
               translated
               ,
               and
               the
               Theft
               prov'd
               upon
               him
               ;
               but
               never
               says
               One
               word
               of
               
               Molliere's
               
                 Depit
                 amoreux
              
               ,
               from
               whence
               the
               greatest
               part
               of
               Wild-blood
               and
               Jacinta
               ,
               (
               which
               he
               owns
               are
               the
               chiefest
               parts
               of
               the
               Play
               )
               are
               stollen
               .
               I
               cannot
               pass
               by
               his
               Vanity
               e
               in
               saying
               ,
               
                 That
                 those
                 who
                 have
                 called
                 
                   Virgil
                   ,
                   Terence
                
                 and
                 Tasso
                 ,
                 Plagiaries
                 (
                 tho'
                 they
                 much
                 injur'd
                 them
                 )
                 had
                 yet
                 a
                 better
                 Colour
                 for
                 their
                 Accusation
                 :
              
               nor
               his
               Confidence
               in
               sheltring
               himself
               under
               the
               protection
               of
               their
               great
               Names
               ,
               by
               affirming
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 is
                 able
                 to
                 say
                 the
                 same
                 for
                 his
                 Play
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 urges
                 for
                 their
                 Poems
                 ;
                 viz.
                 That
                 the
                 Body
                 of
                 his
                 Play
                 is
                 his
                 own
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 are
                 all
                 the
                 Ornaments
                 of
                 
                 Language
                 ,
                 and
                 Elocution
                 in
                 them
                 .
              
               I
               appeal
               only
               to
               those
               who
               are
               vers'd
               in
               the
               French
               Tongue
               ,
               and
               will
               take
               the
               pains
               to
               compare
               this
               Comedy
               with
               the
               French
               Plays
               above-mention'd
               ;
               if
               this
               be
               not
               somewhat
               more
               than
               Mental
               Reservation
               ,
               or
               to
               use
               one
               of
               his
               own
               Expressions
               ,
               f
               
                 A
                 Sophisticated
                 Truth
                 ,
                 with
                 an
                 allay
                 of
                 Lye
                 in
                 't
                 .
              
            
             
               Nor
               are
               his
               Characters
               less
               borrow'd
               in
               his
               Tragedies
               ,
               and
               the
               serious
               parts
               of
               his
               Tragi-Comedies
               ;
               as
               I
               shall
               observe
               in
               the
               sequel
               .
               It
               shall
               suffice
               me
               at
               present
               ,
               to
               shew
               how
               Magisterially
               he
               huffs
               at
               ,
               and
               domineers
               over
               ,
               the
               French
               in
               his
               Preface
               to
               the
               
                 Conquest
                 of
                 Granada
              
               .
               
                 I
                 shall
                 never
                 (
                 says
                 he
                 )
                 subject
                 my
                 Characters
                 to
                 the
                 French
                 Standard
                 ;
                 where
                 Love
                 and
                 Honour
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 weigh'd
                 by
                 Drams
                 and
                 and
                 Scruples
                 :
                 yet
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 have
                 design'd
                 the
                 patterns
                 of
                 exact
                 Virtue
                 ,
                 such
                 as
                 in
                 this
                 Play
                 are
                 the
                 Parts
                 of
                 Almahide
                 ,
                 of
                 Ozmyn
                 ,
                 and
                 Benzaida
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 safely
                 challenge
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 theirs
                 .
              
               Now
               the
               Reader
               is
               desir'd
               to
               observ
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               Characters
               of
               that
               Play
               are
               stolle
               ,
               from
               the
               French
               :
               so
               that
               Mr.
               Dryden
               took
               a
               secure
               way
               to
               Conquest
               ,
               for
               having
               robb'd
               them
               of
               their
               Weapons
               ,
               he
               might
               safely
               challenge
               them
               and
               beat
               them
               too
               ,
               especially
               having
               gotten
               
                 Ponce
                 de
                 Leon
              
               g
               on
               his
               side
               ,
               in
               disguise
               ,
               and
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               Almanzor
               :
               and
               should
               
                 Monsieur
                 de
                 Voiture
              
               presume
               to
               lay
               claim
               to
               his
               own
               Song
               
                 L'Amour
                 sous
                 sa
                 Loy
              
               &c.
               h
               which
               Mr.
               Dryden
               has
               robb'd
               him
               of
               ,
               and
               
               plac'd
               in
               the
               Play
               of
               Sr.
               
                 Martin
                 Marr-all
              
               ,
               (
               being
               that
               Song
               which
               begins
               
                 Blind
                 Love
                 to
                 this
                 Hour
              
               &c.
               )
               our
               Poet
               would
               go
               nigh
               to
               beat
               him
               with
               a
               Staff
               of
               his
               own
               Rimes
               ,
               with
               as
               much
               ease
               ,
               as
               Sr.
               Martin
               defeated
               the
               Bailiffs
               in
               rescue
               of
               his
               Rival
               .
            
             
               But
               had
               he
               only
               extended
               his
               Conquests
               over
               the
               French
               Poets
               ,
               I
               had
               not
               medled
               in
               this
               Affair
               ,
               and
               he
               might
               have
               taken
               part
               with
               Achilles
               ,
               and
               Rinaldo
               ,
               against
               Cyrus
               ,
               and
               Oroondates
               ,
               without
               my
               engaging
               in
               this
               Forreign
               War
               :
               but
               when
               I
               found
               him
               flusht
               with
               his
               Victory
               over
               the
               great
               Scudery
               ,
               and
               with
               Almanzor's
               assistance
               triumphing
               over
               the
               noble
               Kingdome
               of
               Granada
               ;
               and
               not
               content
               with
               Conquests
               abroad
               ,
               like
               another
               
                 Julius
                 Caesar
              
               ,
               turning
               his
               Arms
               upon
               his
               own
               Country
               ;
               and
               as
               if
               the
               proscription
               of
               his
               Contemporaries
               Reputation
               ,
               were
               not
               sufficient
               to
               satiate
               his
               implacable
               thirst
               after
               Fame
               ,
               endeavouring
               to
               demolish
               the
               Statues
               and
               Monuments
               of
               his
               Ancestors
               ,
               the
               Works
               of
               those
               his
               Illustrious
               Predecessors
               ,
               
                 Shakespear
                 ,
                 Fletcher
              
               ,
               and
               Johnson
               :
               I
               was
               resolv'd
               to
               endeavour
               the
               rescue
               and
               preservation
               of
               those
               excellent
               Trophies
               of
               Wit
               ,
               by
               raising
               the
               Posse-comitatus
               upon
               this
               Poetick
               Almanzor
               ,
               to
               put
               a
               stop
               to
               his
               Spoils
               upon
               his
               own
               Country-men
               .
               Therefore
               I
               present
               my self
               a
               Champion
               in
               the
               Dead
               Poets
               Cause
               ,
               to
               vindicate
               their
               Fame
               ,
               with
               the
               same
               Courage
               ,
               tho'
               I
               hope
               different
               Integrity
               than
               Almanzor
               engag'd
               in
               defence
               of
               Queen
               Almahide
               ,
               when
               he
               bravely
               Swore
               like
               a
               Hero
               ,
               that
               his
               Cause
               was
               right
               ,
               and
               She
               was
               innocent
               ;
               
               tho'
               just
               before
               the
               Combat
               ,
               when
               alone
               ,
               he
               own'd
               he
               knew
               her
               false
               :
               i
               
                 
                   I
                   have
                   out-fac'd
                   my self
                   ,
                   and
                   justify'd
                
                 
                   What
                   I
                   knew
                   false
                   to
                   all
                   the
                   World
                   beside
                   .
                
                 
                   She
                   was
                   as
                   Faithless
                   as
                   her
                   Sex
                   could
                   be
                   ;
                
                 
                   And
                   now
                   I
                   am
                   alone
                   ,
                   she
                   's
                   so
                   to
                   me
                   .
                
              
            
             
               But
               to
               wave
               this
               digression
               ,
               and
               proceed
               to
               the
               Vindication
               of
               the
               Ancients
               ;
               which
               that
               I
               may
               the
               better
               perform
               ,
               for
               the
               Readers
               Diversion
               ,
               and
               that
               Mr.
               Dryden
               may
               not
               tell
               me
               ,
               that
               what
               I
               have
               said
               ,
               is
               but
               
                 gratis
                 dictum
              
               ,
               I
               shall
               set
               down
               the
               Heads
               of
               his
               Depositions
               against
               our
               ancient
               English
               Poets
               ,
               and
               then
               endeavour
               the
               Defence
               of
               those
               great
               Men
               ,
               who
               certainly
               deserv'd
               much
               better
               of
               Posterity
               ,
               than
               to
               be
               so
               disrespectively
               treated
               as
               he
               has
               used
               them
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Shakespear
               as
               first
               in
               Seniority
               I
               think
               ought
               to
               lead
               the
               Van
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               shall
               give
               you
               his
               Account
               of
               him
               as
               follows
               k
               :
               
                 Shakespear
                 who
                 many
                 times
                 has
                 written
                 better
                 than
                 any
                 Poet
                 in
                 any
                 Language
                 ,
                 is
                 yet
                 so
                 far
                 from
                 writing
                 Wit
                 always
                 ,
                 or
                 expressing
                 that
                 Wit
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 dignity
                 of
                 the
                 Subject
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 writes
                 in
                 many
                 places
                 below
                 —
                 the
                 dullest
                 Writers
                 of
                 ours
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 precedent
                 Age.
                 He
                 is
                 the
                 very
                 Janus
                 of
                 Poets
                 ;
                 he
                 wears
                 almost
                 every
                 where
                 two
                 Faces
                 :
                 and
                 you
                 have
                 scarce
                 begun
                 to
                 admire
                 the
                 One
                 ,
                 e're
                 you
                 despise
                 the
                 other
                 .
                 Speaking
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Shakespear's
                 Plots
                 ,
                 he
                 says
                 they
                 were
                 lame
                 ,
                 l
                 and
                 that
                 
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 made
                 up
                 of
                 some
                 ridiculous
                 ,
                 incoherent
                 Story
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 one
                 Play
                 ,
                 many
                 times
                 took
                 up
                 the
                 business
                 of
                 an
                 Age.
                 I
                 suppose
                 (
                 says
                 he
                 )
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 name
                 Pericles
                 Prince
                 of
                 Tyre
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 Historical
                 Plays
                 of
                 Shakespear
                 ;
                 Besides
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 
                   Winters
                   Tale
                   ,
                   Love's
                   Labour
                   lost
                   ,
                   Measure
                   for
                   Measure
                   ,
                
                 which
                 were
                 either
                 grounded
                 on
                 Impossibilities
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 so
                 meanly
                 written
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Comedy
                 neither
                 caused
                 your
                 Mirth
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 serious
                 part
                 your
                 Concernment
                 .
              
               He
               says
               further
               ,
               m
               
                 Most
                 of
                 Shakespear's
                 Plays
                 ,
                 I
                 mean
                 the
                 Stories
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 found
                 in
                 the
                 Heccatomouthi
                 ,
                 or
                 
                   Hundred
                   Novels
                   of
                   Cinthio
                
                 .
                 I
                 have
                 my self
                 read
                 in
                 his
                 Italian
                 ,
                 that
                 of
                 Romeo
                 and
                 
                   Juliet
                   ;
                   The
                   Moor
                   of
                   Venice
                   ,
                
                 and
                 many
                 others
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               He
               Characterises
               Mr.
               Fletcher
               ,
               who
               writ
               after
               Mr.
               Shakespear
               n
               ,
               
                 As
                 a
                 Person
                 that
                 neither
                 understood
                 correct
                 Plotting
                 ,
                 nor
                 that
                 which
                 they
                 call
                 
                   The
                   Decorum
                   of
                   the
                   Stage
                
                 :
              
               of
               which
               he
               gives
               several
               Instances
               out
               of
               
                 Philaster
                 ,
                 Humourous
                 Lieutenant
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Faithful
                 Shepherdess
              
               ;
               which
               are
               too
               long
               to
               be
               here
               inserted
               .
               In
               another
               place
               he
               speaks
               of
               Fletcher
               thus
               o
               ;
               
                 Neither
                 is
                 the
                 Luxuriance
                 of
                 Fletcher
                 a
                 less
                 fault
                 than
                 the
                 Carelesness
                 of
                 Shakespear
                 .
                 He
                 does
                 not
                 well
                 always
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 he
                 does
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 a
                 true
                 English-man
                 ;
                 he
                 knows
                 not
                 when
                 to
                 give
                 over
                 .
                 If
                 he
                 wakes
                 in
                 one
                 Scene
                 ,
                 he
                 commonly
                 slumbers
                 in
                 another
                 :
                 and
                 if
                 he
                 pleases
                 you
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 three
                 Acts
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 frequently
                 
                 so
                 tired
                 with
                 his
                 Labour
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 goes
                 heavily
                 in
                 the
                 Fourth
                 ,
                 and
                 sinks
                 under
                 his
                 Burthen
                 in
                 the
                 Fifth
                 .
                 Speaking
                 of
                 his
                 Plots
                 ,
                 p
                 he
                 says
                 ,
                 Beaumont
                 and
                 Fletcher
                 had
                 most
                 of
                 theirs
                 from
                 Spanish
                 Novels
                 :
                 witness
                 
                   The
                   Chances
                   ,
                   The
                   Spanish
                   Curate
                   ,
                   Rule
                   a
                   Wife
                   and
                   have
                   a
                   Wife
                   ,
                   The
                   little
                   French
                   Lawyer
                   ,
                
                 and
                 so
                 many
                 others
                 of
                 them
                 as
                 compose
                 the
                 greatest
                 part
                 of
                 their
                 Volume
                 in
                 Folio
                 .
              
            
             
               As
               to
               the
               great
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               he
               deals
               not
               much
               better
               with
               him
               ,
               though
               he
               would
               be
               thought
               to
               admire
               him
               ;
               and
               if
               he
               praise
               him
               in
               one
               Page
               ,
               he
               wipes
               it
               out
               in
               another
               :
               thus
               tho
               he
               calls
               him
               
                 
                   The
                   most
                   Judicious
                   of
                   Poets
                
                 q
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Inimitable
                   Writer
                
                 ,
                 yet
                 ,
                 he
                 says
                 ,
                 his
                 Excellency
                 lay
                 in
                 the
                 low
                 Characters
                 of
                 Vice
                 ,
                 and
                 Folly.
                 When
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 (
                 says
                 he
                 )
                 Ben
                 aim'd
                 at
                 Wit
                 in
                 the
                 stricter
                 sence
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 sharpness
                 of
                 Conceit
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 forc'd
                 to
                 borrow
                 from
                 the
                 Ancients
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 to
                 my
                 Knowledge
                 he
                 did
                 very
                 much
                 from
                 Plautus
                 :
                 )
                 or
                 when
                 he
                 trusted
                 himself
                 alone
                 ,
                 often
                 fell
                 into
                 meanness
                 of
                 expression
                 .
                 Nay
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 free
                 from
                 the
                 lowest
                 and
                 most
                 groveling
                 Kind
                 of
                 Wit
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 call
                 Clenobes
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 
                   Every
                   Man
                   in
                   his
                   Humour
                
                 is
                 infinitely
                 full
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 is
                 worse
                 ,
                 the
                 wittiest
                 Persons
                 in
                 the
                 Dramma
                 speak
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               These
               are
               his
               own
               Words
               ,
               and
               his
               Judgment
               of
               these
               three
               Great
               Men
               in
               particular
               ,
               now
               take
               his
               Opinion
               of
               them
               all
               in
               general
               ,
               which
               is
               as
               follows
               ;
               r
               
                 But
                 Mance
                 and
                 Partiality
                 
                 set
                 apart
                 ,
                 let
                 any
                 Man
                 ,
                 who
                 understands
                 English
                 ,
                 read
                 diligently
                 the
                 Works
                 of
                 Shakespear
                 and
                 Fletcher
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 dare
                 undertake
                 that
                 he
                 will
                 find
                 in
                 every
                 Page
                 ,
                 either
                 some
                 Solecisme
                 in
                 Speech
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 notorious
                 flaw
                 in
                 Sence
                 .
              
               In
               the
               next
               Page
               ;
               speaking
               of
               their
               Sence
               and
               Language
               ,
               he
               says
               ,
               
                 I
                 dare
                 almost
                 challenge
                 any
                 Man
                 to
                 shew
                 me
                 a
                 Page
                 together
                 which
                 is
                 correct
                 in
                 both
                 .
                 As
                 for
                 
                   Ben
                   Johnson
                
                 I
                 am
                 loath
                 to
                 name
                 him
                 ,
                 because
                 he
                 is
                 a
                 most
                 judicious
                 Author
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 often
                 falls
                 into
                 these
                 Errors
                 .
              
               Speaking
               of
               their
               Wit
               ,
               he
               gives
               it
               this
               Character
               s
               ,
               
                 I
                 have
                 always
                 acknowledg'd
                 the
                 Wit
                 of
                 our
                 Predecessors
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 Veneration
                 that
                 becomes
                 me
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 am
                 sure
                 ,
                 their
                 Wit
                 was
                 not
                 that
                 of
                 Gentlemen
                 ;
                 there
                 was
                 ever
                 somewhat
                 that
                 was
                 Ill-bred
                 and
                 Clownish
                 in
                 it
                 :
                 and
                 which
                 confest
                 the
                 Conversation
                 of
                 the
                 Authors
                 .
              
               Speaking
               of
               the
               advantage
               which
               acrues
               to
               our
               Writing
               ,
               from
               Conversation
               ,
               he
               says
               t
               ,
               
                 In
                 the
                 Age
                 wherein
                 those
                 Poets
                 liv'd
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 less
                 of
                 Gallantry
                 ,
                 than
                 in
                 ours
                 ;
                 neither
                 did
                 they
                 keep
                 the
                 best
                 Company
                 of
                 theirs
                 .
                 Their
                 Fortune
                 has
                 been
                 much
                 like
                 that
                 of
                 Epicurus
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Retirement
                 of
                 his
                 Gardens
                 :
                 to
                 live
                 almost
                 unknown
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 Celebrated
                 after
                 their
                 Decease
                 .
                 I
                 cannot
                 find
                 that
                 any
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 Conversant
                 in
                 Courts
                 ,
                 except
                 
                   Ben
                   Johnson
                
                 :
                 and
                 his
                 Genius
                 lay
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 that
                 way
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 make
                 an
                 Improvement
                 by
                 it
                 .
              
               He
               gives
               this
               Character
               of
               their
               Audiences
               u
               ;
               
                 They
                 knew
                 no
                 better
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 were
                 satisfied
                 
                 with
                 what
                 they
                 brought
                 .
                 Those
                 who
                 call
                 theirs
                 
                   The
                   Golden
                   Age
                   of
                   Poetry
                
                 ,
                 have
                 only
                 this
                 Reason
                 for
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 then
                 content
                 with
                 Acorns
                 ,
                 before
                 they
                 knew
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 Bread
                 ;
                 or
                 that
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 was
                 become
                 a
                 Proverb
                 .
              
            
             
               These
               are
               Errors
               which
               Mr.
               Dryden
               has
               found
               out
               in
               the
               most
               Correct
               Dramatick
               Poets
               of
               the
               last
               Age
               ,
               and
               says
               x
               in
               defence
               of
               our
               present
               Writers
               ,
               That
               if
               they
               reach
               not
               some
               Excellencies
               of
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               ,
               yet
               at
               least
               they
               are
               above
               that
               Meanness
               of
               Thought
               which
               he
               has
               tax'd
               ,
               and
               which
               is
               so
               frequent
               in
               him
               .
            
             
               After
               this
               he
               falls
               upon
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               last
               Age
               in
               a
               Character
               ,
               which
               (
               as
               Bayes
               says
               )
               is
               sheer
               point
               and
               Satyr
               throughout
               y
               ;
               for
               after
               having
               Droll'd
               upon
               them
               ,
               calling
               them
               
                 Old
                 Fellows
                 ,
                 Grave
                 Gentlemen
              
               ,
               &c.
               he
               summes
               up
               his
               Evidence
               ,
               and
               sings
               an
               
                 Io
                 Triumphe
              
               ;
               ascribing
               his
               Victory
               to
               the
               Gallantry
               and
               Civility
               of
               this
               Age
               ,
               and
               to
               his
               own
               Knowledge
               of
               the
               Customs
               and
               Manners
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               I
               must
               do
               Mr.
               Dryden
               this
               justice
               ,
               to
               acquaint
               the
               World
               ,
               that
               here
               ,
               and
               there
               in
               this
               Postscript
               ,
               he
               intersperses
               some
               faint
               Praises
               of
               these
               Authors
               ;
               and
               beggs
               the
               Reader
               's
               Pardon
               for
               accusing
               them
               z
               ,
               
                 Desiring
                 him
                 to
                 consider
                 that
                 he
                 lives
                 in
                 Age
                 where
                 his
                 least
                 faults
                 are
                 severely
                 censur'd
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 has
                 no
                 way
                 left
                 to
                 extenuate
                 his
                 failings
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 shewing
                 as
                 great
                 in
                 those
                 whom
                 he
                 admires
                 .
              
            
             
               Whether
               this
               be
               a
               sufficient
               Excuse
               or
               no
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               the
               Criticks
               :
               but
               sure
               I
               am
               that
               this
               
               procedure
               seems
               exactly
               agreeable
               to
               the
               Character
               which
               an
               ingenious
               Person
               draws
               of
               a
               Malignant
               Wit
               ,
               a
               
                 Who
                 conscious
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Vices
                 ,
                 and
                 studious
                 to
                 conceal
                 them
                 ,
                 endeavours
                 by
                 Detraction
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 appear
                 that
                 others
                 also
                 of
                 greater
                 Estimation
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 are
                 tainted
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 or
                 greater
                 :
                 as
                 Infamous
                 Women
                 generally
                 excuse
                 their
                 personal
                 Debaucheries
                 ,
                 by
                 incriminating
                 upon
                 their
                 whole
                 Sex
                 ,
                 callumniating
                 the
                 most
                 Chast
                 and
                 Virtuous
                 ,
                 to
                 palliate
                 their
                 own
                 dishonour
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               't
               is
               not
               the
               Poets
               only
               that
               Mr.
               Dryden
               attacks
               ,
               for
               had
               I
               time
               ,
               I
               could
               easily
               prove
               he
               has
               
               Almanzor-like
               fell
               foul
               upon
               almost
               all
               Religions
               ,
               Parties
               ,
               and
               Orders
               of
               Mankind
               ;
               so
               that
               whilst
               he
               was
               
               Apollo's
               Substitute
               ,
               he
               has
               play'd
               as
               odd
               Tricks
               ,
               and
               been
               as
               Mad
               as
               his
               own
               Wild-Bull
               which
               he
               turn'd
               loose
               in
               
                 Sierra
                 Ronda
              
               b
               ;
               
                 
                   Whilst
                   Monarch-like
                   he
                   rang'd
                   the
                   listed
                   Field
                   ,
                
                 
                   Some
                   toss'd
                   ,
                   some
                   gor'd
                   ,
                   some
                   trampling
                   down
                   he
                   kill'd
                   .
                
              
            
             
               And
               as
               if
               by
               being
               Laureat
               ,
               he
               were
               as
               Infallible
               as
               St.
               
               Peter's
               Successor
               ;
               and
               had
               as
               large
               a
               Despotick
               Power
               as
               Pope
               Stephanus
               the
               Sixth
               to
               damn
               his
               Predecessors
               ;
               he
               has
               assaulted
               with
               all
               the
               Bitterness
               imaginable
               not
               only
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               but
               also
               ridicul'd
               the
               several
               Professions
               of
               the
               
                 Lutherans
                 ,
                 Calvinists
                 ,
                 Socinians
                 ,
                 Presbyterians
                 ,
                 Hugonots
                 ,
                 Anabaptists
                 ,
                 
                 Independents
                 ,
                 Quakers
                 ,
              
               &c.
               tho'
               I
               must
               observe
               by
               the
               way
               ,
               that
               some
               people
               among
               the
               Perswasions
               here
               mention'd
               might
               justly
               have
               expected
               better
               usage
               from
               him
               on
               Account
               of
               old
               Acquaintance
               in
               the
               Year
               1659.
               
               But
               this
               being
               at
               present
               Foreign
               to
               my
               Subject
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               after
               an
               Act
               of
               Oblivion
               revive
               forgotten
               Crimes
               ,
               but
               go
               on
               with
               the
               Thing
               I
               have
               undertook
               ,
               (
               
                 to
                 wit
              
               )
               The
               Defence
               of
               the
               Poets
               of
               the
               last
               Age.
               
            
             
               Were
               Mr.
               Dryden
               really
               as
               great
               a
               Scholar
               ,
               as
               he
               would
               have
               the
               World
               believe
               him
               to
               be
               ;
               he
               would
               have
               call'd
               to
               mind
               ,
               that
               Homer
               ,
               whom
               he
               professeth
               to
               imitate
               ,
               had
               set
               him
               a
               better
               pattern
               of
               Gratitude
               ,
               who
               mentions
               with
               Respect
               and
               Kindness
               his
               Master
               
                 Phemis
                 ,
                 Mentor
              
               of
               Ithaca
               ,
               and
               even
               Tychius
               ,
               the
               honest
               Leather-dresser
               .
               Had
               he
               follow'd
               Virgil
               ,
               whom
               he
               would
               be
               thought
               to
               esteem
               ;
               instead
               of
               Reproaches
               ,
               he
               had
               heap'd
               Panegyricks
               ,
               on
               the
               Ashes
               of
               his
               Illustrious
               Predecessors
               :
               and
               rather
               than
               have
               tax'd
               them
               with
               their
               Errors
               in
               such
               a
               rude
               manner
               ,
               would
               have
               endeavour'd
               to
               fix
               them
               in
               the
               Temple
               of
               Fame
               ,
               as
               he
               did
               Musaeus
               ,
               and
               the
               Ancient
               Poets
               ,
               in
               Elisium
               ,
               amongst
               the
               Magnanimous
               Heroes
               ,
               and
               
               Teucer's
               Off-spring
               ;
               stiling
               them
               ,
               c
            
             
               
                 —
                 
                   Pii
                   Vates
                   ,
                   &
                   Phoebo
                   digna
                   locuti
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Had
               he
               observ'd
               
               Ovid's
               
                 Elegy
                 ad
                 Invidos
              
               d
               he
               might
               have
               found
               that
               good
               humour'd
               Gentleman
               ,
               not
               only
               commending
               his
               Predecessors
               ,
               but
               even
               his
               Cotemporaries
               .
               But
               it
               seems
               he
               has
               follow'd
               Horace
               ,
               whom
               he
               boasts
               to
               have
               
               studied
               e
               ,
               and
               whom
               he
               has
               imitated
               in
               his
               greatest
               Weakness
               ,
               I
               mean
               his
               Ingratitude
               :
               if
               at
               least
               that
               excellent
               Wit
               could
               be
               guilty
               of
               a
               Crime
               ,
               so
               much
               below
               his
               Breeding
               ;
               for
               the
               very
               suspicion
               of
               which
               ,
               Scaliger
               (
               who
               like
               Mr.
               Dryden
               seldome
               spares
               any
               man
               ,
               )
               has
               term'd
               him
               Barbarous
               f
               .
               Ingratus
               Horatius
               ,
               
                 atque
                 animo
                 barbaro
                 atque
                 servili
                 ;
                 qui
                 ne
                 à
                 Mecenate
                 quidem
                 abstinere
                 potuit
                 :
                 siquidem
                 quod
                 aiunt
                 ,
                 verum
                 est
                 ,
              
               Malthinum
               
                 ab
                 eo
                 appellatum
                 ,
                 cujus
                 demissas
                 notaret
                 tunicas
              
               g
               Mr.
               Dryden
               having
               imitated
               the
               same
               Fact
               ,
               certainly
               he
               deserves
               the
               same
               punishment
               :
               and
               if
               we
               may
               not
               with
               Scaliger
               call
               him
               Barbarous
               ,
               yet
               all
               ingenious
               Men
               ,
               that
               know
               how
               he
               has
               dealt
               with
               Shakespear
               ,
               will
               count
               him
               ungrateful
               ;
               who
               by
               furbishing
               up
               an
               Old
               Play
               ,
               witness
               
                 The
                 Tempest
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Troilus
                 and
                 Cressida
              
               ,
               has
               got
               more
               on
               the
               third
               Day
               ,
               than
               its
               probable
               ,
               ever
               Horace
               receiv'd
               from
               his
               Patron
               for
               any
               One
               Poem
               in
               all
               his
               Life
               .
               The
               like
               Debt
               he
               stands
               engag'd
               for
               to
               the
               French
               for
               several
               of
               the
               Plays
               ,
               he
               has
               publisht
               ;
               which
               if
               they
               exceed
               Mr.
               Shakespear
               in
               Oeconomy
               ,
               and
               Contrivance
               ,
               't
               is
               that
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               Plays
               owe
               their
               Advantage
               to
               his
               skill
               in
               the
               French
               Tongue
               ,
               or
               to
               the
               Age
               ,
               rather
               than
               his
               own
               Conduct
               ,
               or
               Performances
               .
            
             
               Honest
               Shakespear
               was
               not
               in
               those
               days
               acquainted
               with
               those
               great
               Wits
               ,
               
                 Scudery
                 ,
                 Calpranede
                 ,
                 Scarron
                 ,
                 Corneille
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               He
               was
               as
               much
               a
               Stranger
               to
               French
               as
               Latine
               ,
               (
               in
               which
               ,
               if
               we
               believe
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               ,
               he
               was
               a
               very
               small
               
               Proficient
               ;
               )
               and
               yet
               an
               humble
               Story
               of
               Dorastus
               and
               Fawnia
               ,
               serv'd
               him
               for
               A
               Winter's
               Tale
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               
                 The
                 Grand
                 Cyrus
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Captive
                 Queen
              
               ,
               could
               furnish
               out
               a
               Laureat
               for
               a
               
                 Conquest
                 of
                 Granada
              
               .
               Shakespear's
               
                 Measure
                 for
                 Measure
              
               ,
               however
               despis'd
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               with
               his
               
                 Much
                 Ado
                 about
                 Nothing
              
               ,
               were
               believ'd
               by
               Sr.
               
                 William
                 Davenant
              
               ,
               (
               who
               I
               presume
               had
               as
               much
               judgment
               as
               
                 Sir
                 Positive
                 At-all
              
               h
               )
               to
               have
               Wit
               enough
               in
               them
               to
               make
               one
               good
               Play.
               
            
             
               To
               conclude
               ,
               if
               Mr.
               
               Shakespear's
               Plots
               are
               more
               irregular
               than
               those
               of
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               (
               which
               by
               some
               will
               not
               be
               allow'd
               )
               't
               is
               because
               he
               never
               read
               Aristotle
               ,
               or
               Rapin
               ;
               and
               I
               think
               Tasso's
               Arguments
               to
               Apollo
               in
               defence
               of
               his
               
                 Gierusalemme
                 Liberata
              
               may
               be
               pleaded
               in
               our
               Author's
               behalf
               .
               i
               
                 Che
                 solo
                 havea
                 ubbidito
                 al
                 talento
                 ,
                 che
                 gli
                 havea
                 dato
                 la
                 Natura
                 ,
                 &
                 al
                 inspiratione
                 della
                 sua
                 serenissima
              
               Calliope
               ;
               
                 che
                 per
                 ciò
                 li
                 pareva
                 di
                 compitamente
                 haver
                 sodisfatto
                 a
                 gli
                 obblighi
                 tutti
                 della
                 Poetica
                 ,
                 nella
                 quale
                 sua
                 Maestà
                 non
                 havendo
                 prescritto
                 legge
                 alcuna
                 ,
                 non
                 sapea
                 veder
                 con
                 qual
                 autorità
              
               Aristotile
               
                 havesse
                 publicato
                 le
                 Regole
                 di
                 essa
                 :
                 e
                 ch'
                 egli
                 non
                 mai
                 havendo
                 udito
                 dire
                 ,
                 che
                 in
              
               Parnasso
               
                 st●desse
                 altro
                 Signore
                 ,
                 che
                 sua
                 Maestà
                 ,
                 e
                 le
                 sue
                 Serenissime
                 Dive
                 ,
                 il
                 suo
                 Peccato
                 di
                 non
                 havere
                 ubbidito
                 a'
                 commandamenti
                 d'
              
               Aristotile
               
                 era
                 proceduto
                 da
                 mera
                 ignoranza
                 ,
                 non
                 da
                 malitia
                 alcuna
                 .
              
               The
               
               Sence
               of
               which
               is
               thus
               ;
               That
               he
               had
               only
               observ'd
               the
               Talent
               which
               Nature
               had
               given
               him
               ,
               and
               which
               his
               Calliope
               had
               inspired
               into
               him
               :
               Wherein
               he
               thought
               he
               had
               fulfill'd
               all
               the
               duties
               of
               Poetry
               ,
               and
               that
               his
               Majesty
               having
               prescrib'd
               no
               Laws
               thereunto
               ,
               he
               knew
               not
               with
               what
               Authority
               Aristotle
               had
               published
               any
               Rules
               to
               be
               observed
               in
               it
               :
               and
               that
               he
               never
               having
               heard
               that
               there
               was
               any
               other
               Lord
               in
               Parnassus
               but
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               his
               fault
               in
               not
               having
               observ'd
               
               Aristotle's
               Rules
               ,
               was
               ,
               an
               Error
               of
               Ignorance
               ,
               and
               not
               of
               any
               Malice
               .
            
             
               As
               to
               Mr.
               Fletcher
               ,
               should
               we
               grant
               that
               he
               understood
               not
               the
               Decorum
               of
               the
               Stage
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Flecknoe
               before
               him
               in
               his
               Discourse
               on
               the
               English
               Stage
               ,
               observe
               ;
               his
               Errors
               on
               that
               account
               ,
               are
               more
               pardonaable
               than
               those
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               who
               pretends
               so
               well
               to
               know
               it
               ,
               and
               yet
               has
               offended
               against
               some
               of
               its
               most
               obvious
               and
               established
               Rules
               .
               Witness
               Porphirius
               k
               his
               attempt
               to
               kill
               the
               Emperor
               whose
               Subject
               he
               was
               ,
               and
               who
               offer'd
               to
               adopt
               him
               his
               Son
               ,
               and
               give
               him
               his
               Daughter
               in
               Marriage
               .
               Philocles
               l
               joining
               with
               Prince
               Lisimantes
               in
               taking
               the
               Queen
               Prisoner
               ,
               who
               rais'd
               him
               to
               be
               her
               chief
               Favourite
               m
               .
               If
               to
               wound
               a
               Woman
               be
               an
               Indecency
               and
               contrary
               to
               the
               Character
               of
               Manhood
               ,
               of
               which
               he
               accuses
               Philaster
               ,
               *
               and
               Perigot
               :
               *
               than
               Mr.
               Dryden
               has
               equally
               offended
               with
               Mr.
               Fletcher
               ,
               since
               he
               makes
               Abdelmelech
               
               
               
               
               
               kill
               Lyndaraxa
               n
               .
               If
               it
               be
               contrary
               to
               the
               Decorum
               of
               the
               Stage
               for
               Demetrius
               and
               Leontius
               to
               stay
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               a
               routed
               Army
               ,
               to
               hear
               the
               cold
               Mirth
               of
               
                 The
                 Humourous
                 Lieutenant
              
               o
               't
               is
               certainly
               no
               less
               ,
               to
               stay
               the
               Queen
               and
               her
               Court
               ,
               to
               hear
               the
               cold
               Mirth
               of
               Celadon
               and
               Florimel
               about
               their
               Marriage
               Covenants
               ,
               whilst
               the
               main
               Action
               is
               depending
               p
               .
               If
               Mr.
               Fletcher
               be
               tax'd
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               q
               for
               introducing
               Demetrius
               with
               a
               Pistol
               in
               his
               Hand
               (
               in
               the
               Humourous
               Lieutenant
               )
               in
               the
               next
               Age
               to
               Alexander
               the
               Great
               :
               I
               think
               Mr.
               Dryden
               committed
               as
               great
               a
               Blunder
               in
               his
               
                 Zambra
                 Dance
              
               r
               ,
               where
               he
               brought
               in
               the
               Mahometans
               bowing
               to
               the
               Image
               of
               Jupiter
               .
               I
               could
               give
               you
               several
               other
               Instances
               ,
               but
               these
               are
               enough
               to
               shew
               ,
               that
               Mr.
               Dryden
               is
               no
               more
               Infallible
               than
               his
               Predecessors
               .
            
             
               As
               to
               his
               failing
               in
               the
               two
               last
               Acts
               ,
               (
               a
               fault
               Cicero
               sometimes
               alludes
               to
               ,
               and
               blames
               in
               an
               Idle
               Poet
               ;
               s
               )
               its
               more
               to
               be
               imputed
               to
               his
               Laziness
               ,
               than
               his
               want
               of
               Judgment
               .
               I
               have
               either
               read
               ,
               or
               been
               inform'd
               ,
               (
               I
               know
               not
               well
               whether
               )
               that
               't
               was
               generally
               Mr.
               
               Fletcher's
               practice
               ,
               after
               he
               had
               finish'd
               Three
               Acts
               ●f
               a
               Play
               to
               shew
               them
               to
               the
               Actors
               ,
               and
               when
               they
               had
               agreed
               on
               Terms
               ,
               he
               huddled
               up
               the
               two
               last
               without
               that
               care
               that
               behoov'd
               him
               ;
               which
               gave
               opportunity
               to
               such
               Friends
               as
               Mr.
               
               Dryden
               to
               traduce
               him
               .
               This
               ,
               tho'
               no
               just
               excuse
               ,
               yet
               I
               believe
               was
               known
               to
               Mr.
               Dryden
               before
               ,
               and
               therefore
               ought
               not
               as
               an
               act
               of
               Ignorance
               ,
               to
               have
               been
               urg'd
               so
               fiercely
               against
               him
               .
            
             
               As
               to
               his
               Plots
               being
               borrow'd
               ,
               't
               is
               what
               is
               allowed
               by
               Scaliger
               ,
               and
               others
               ;
               and
               what
               has
               been
               practic'd
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               more
               than
               by
               any
               Poet
               that
               I
               know
               :
               so
               that
               He
               of
               all
               Men
               living
               had
               no
               Reason
               to
               throw
               the
               first
               Stone
               at
               him
               .
               But
               Mr.
               Dryden
               is
               of
               the
               nature
               of
               those
               Satyrists
               describ'd
               by
               
                 Scaliger
                 t
                 ;
                 Commune
                 est
                 omnibus
                 profiteri
                 sese
                 omnium
                 pene
                 hostem
                 ;
                 paucissimorum
                 parcissimum
                 laudatorem
                 :
                 Se
                 quoque
                 vulnerare
                 ut
                 alios
                 interficere
                 liceat
                 ;
                 nam
                 ne
                 amicis
                 quidem
                 parcunt
                 .
              
            
             
               To
               come
               lastly
               to
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               ,
               who
               (
               as
               Mr.
               Dryden
               affirms
               u
               ,
               )
               has
               borrow'd
               more
               from
               the
               Ancients
               than
               any
               :
               I
               crave
               leave
               to
               say
               in
               his
               behalf
               ,
               that
               our
               late
               Laureat
               has
               far
               out-done
               him
               in
               Thefts
               ,
               proportionable
               to
               his
               Writings
               :
               and
               therefore
               he
               is
               guilty
               of
               the
               highest
               Arrogance
               ,
               to
               accuse
               another
               of
               a
               Crime
               ,
               for
               which
               he
               is
               most
               of
               all
               men
               liable
               to
               be
               arraign'd
               .
               x
            
             
               
                 Quis
                 tulerit
                 Gracchos
                 de
                 seditione
                 querenteis
                 ?
              
            
             
               I
               must
               further
               alledge
               that
               Mr.
               Johnson
               in
               borrowing
               from
               the
               Ancients
               ,
               has
               only
               follow'd
               the
               Pattern
               of
               the
               great
               Men
               of
               former
               Ages
               ,
               
                 Homer
                 ,
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 Ovid
                 ,
                 Horace
                 ,
                 Plautus
                 ,
                 Terence
                 ,
                 Seneca
                 ,
              
               &c.
               all
               which
               have
               imitated
               the
               Example
               of
               the
               industrious
               Bee
               ,
               which
               
               sucks
               Honey
               from
               all
               sorts
               of
               Flowers
               ,
               and
               lays
               it
               up
               in
               a
               general
               Repository
               .
               'T
               would
               be
               
                 actum
                 agere
              
               to
               repeat
               what
               is
               known
               to
               all
               Learned
               Men
               ;
               that
               there
               was
               an
               Illiad
               written
               before
               that
               of
               Homer
               ,
               which
               Aristotle
               mentions
               ;
               and
               from
               which
               ,
               (
               by
               
                 Suidas
                 ,
                 AElian
              
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               )
               Homer
               is
               supposed
               to
               have
               borrow'd
               his
               Design
               .
               Virgil
               copied
               from
               
                 Hesiod
                 ,
                 Homer
                 ,
                 Pisander
                 ,
                 Euripides
                 ,
                 Theocritus
                 ,
                 Aratus
                 ,
                 Ennius
                 ,
                 Pacuvius
                 ,
                 Lucretius
                 ,
              
               and
               others
               ;
               as
               may
               be
               seen
               in
               Macrobius
               ,
               and
               
                 Fulvio
                 Ursini
              
               ,
               which
               last
               Author
               has
               writ
               a
               particular
               Treatise
               of
               his
               Thefts
               .
               Notwithstanding
               he
               accounted
               it
               no
               Diminution
               to
               his
               Worth
               ,
               but
               rather
               gloried
               in
               his
               Imitation
               :
               for
               when
               some
               snarling
               Criticks
               had
               accus'd
               him
               for
               having
               borrow'd
               his
               Design
               from
               Homer
               ,
               he
               reply'd
               ;
               'T
               is
               the
               Act
               of
               an
               Hero
               ,
               to
               wrest
               
               Hercules's
               Club
               out
               of
               his
               Hand
               .
               Besides
               he
               not
               only
               acknowledges
               in
               particular
               his
               making
               use
               of
               Hesiod
               ,
               y
            
             
               
                 Ascraeumque
                 cano
                 Romana
                 per
                 oppida
                 carmen
                 :
              
               But
               extreamly
               glories
               in
               his
               being
               the
               first
               Latine
               Poet
               that
               had
               treated
               on
               Country
               Affairs
               :
            
             
               
                 —
                 Juvat
                 ire
                 jugis
                 ,
                 qua
                 nulla
                 priorum
              
               
                 Castaliam
                 molli
                 diducitur
                 orbita
                 clivo
                 .
              
            
             
               Ovid
               not
               only
               took
               the
               Design
               of
               his
               Metamorphosis
               ,
               from
               the
               foremention'd
               Parthenius
               :
               but
               even
               Horace
               himself
               notwithstanding
               his
               Hypercritical
               Sentence
               against
               such
               as
               undertook
               that
               Province
               ,
               and
               did
               not
               well
               acquit
               themselves
               ,
               stiling
               them
               z
               .
               
                 
                   —
                   Imitatorum
                   stultum
                   pecus
                   ,
                   —
                
              
               
               Yet
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               He
               himself
               not
               only
               imitated
               Lucilius
               in
               his
               Satyrs
               ,
               and
               followed
               Aristotle
               in
               his
               Epistle
               
                 De
                 Arte
                 Poetica
              
               :
               but
               also
               translated
               Verbatim
               those
               Fragments
               of
               the
               Greeks
               ,
               which
               in
               some
               Editions
               are
               to
               be
               found
               at
               the
               End
               of
               
               Pindar's
               Works
               ,
               and
               inserted
               them
               in
               his
               first
               Book
               of
               Odes
               ,
               as
               might
               be
               easily
               made
               appear
               ,
               were
               it
               not
               too
               long
               a
               Discursion
               .
            
             
               For
               this
               Reason
               I
               shall
               only
               speak
               succinctly
               of
               the
               Latine
               Dramatick
               Poets
               ,
               most
               of
               which
               were
               Imitators
               at
               least
               ,
               if
               not
               wholly
               beholding
               to
               the
               Greek
               Poets
               for
               their
               Productions
               .
               Thus
               Seneca
               in
               his
               Tragedies
               imitated
               Euripides
               ,
               and
               
                 AEschylus
                 ;
                 Terence
              
               borrow'd
               from
               Menander
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               Prologue
               to
               Andria
               ,
               quotes
               
                 Naevius
                 ,
                 Plautus
              
               ,
               and
               Ennius
               for
               his
               Authority
               .
               I
               could
               enumerate
               more
               Instances
               ,
               but
               these
               are
               sufficient
               Precedents
               to
               excuse
               Mr.
               Johnson
               .
            
             
               Permit
               me
               to
               say
               farther
               in
               his
               behalf
               ,
               That
               if
               in
               imitation
               of
               these
               illustrious
               Examples
               ,
               and
               Models
               of
               Antiquity
               ,
               he
               has
               borrow'd
               from
               them
               ,
               as
               they
               from
               each
               other
               ;
               yet
               that
               he
               attempted
               ,
               and
               as
               some
               think
               ,
               happily
               succeeded
               in
               his
               Endeavours
               of
               Surpassing
               them
               :
               insomuch
               that
               a
               certain
               Person
               of
               Quality
               a
               makes
               a
               Question
               ,
               
                 Whether
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 Wit
                 of
                 the
                 Latine
                 Poets
                 be
                 more
                 Terse
                 and
                 Eloquent
                 in
                 their
                 Tongue
                 ,
                 than
                 this
                 Great
                 and
                 Learned
                 Poet
                 appears
                 in
                 ours
                 .
              
            
             
               Whether
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               who
               has
               likewise
               succeeded
               to
               admiration
               in
               this
               way
               ,
               or
               Mr.
               Johnson
               have
               most
               improv'd
               ,
               and
               best
               advanc'd
               
               what
               they
               have
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               Ancients
               ,
               I
               shall
               leave
               to
               the
               decision
               of
               the
               abler
               Criticks
               :
               only
               this
               I
               must
               say
               ,
               in
               behalf
               of
               the
               later
               ,
               that
               he
               has
               no
               ways
               endeavour'd
               to
               conceal
               what
               he
               has
               borrow'd
               ,
               as
               the
               former
               has
               generally
               done
               .
               Nay
               ,
               in
               his
               Play
               call'd
               Sejanus
               he
               has
               printed
               in
               the
               Margent
               throughout
               ,
               the
               places
               from
               whence
               he
               borrow'd
               :
               the
               same
               he
               has
               practic'd
               in
               several
               of
               his
               Masques
               ,
               (
               as
               the
               Reader
               may
               find
               in
               his
               Works
               ;
               )
               a
               Pattern
               ,
               which
               Mr.
               Dryden
               would
               have
               done
               well
               to
               have
               copied
               ,
               and
               had
               thereby
               sav'd
               me
               the
               trouble
               of
               the
               following
               Annotations
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               this
               difference
               between
               the
               Proceedings
               of
               these
               Poets
               ,
               that
               Mr.
               Johnson
               has
               by
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               Confession
               b
               
                 Design'd
                 his
                 Plots
                 himself
              
               ;
               whereas
               I
               know
               not
               any
               One
               Play
               ,
               whose
               Plot
               may
               be
               said
               to
               be
               the
               Product
               of
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               own
               Brain
               .
               When
               Mr.
               Johnson
               borrow'd
               ,
               't
               was
               from
               the
               Treasury
               of
               the
               Ancients
               ,
               which
               is
               so
               far
               from
               any
               diminution
               of
               his
               Worth
               ,
               that
               I
               think
               it
               is
               to
               his
               Honor
               ;
               it
               least-wise
               I
               am
               sure
               he
               is
               justified
               by
               his
               Son
               Carthwright
               ,
               in
               the
               following
               Lines
               c
               :
               
                 
                   What
                   tho'
                   thy
                   searching
                   Muse
                   did
                   rake
                   the
                   dust
                
                 
                   Of
                   Time
                   ,
                   &
                   purge
                   old
                   Mettals
                   from
                   their
                   Rust
                   ?
                
                 
                   Is
                   it
                   no
                   Labour
                   ,
                   no
                   Art
                   ,
                   think
                   they
                   ,
                   to
                
                 
                   Snatch
                   Shipwracks
                   from
                   the
                   Deep
                   ,
                   as
                   Divers
                   do
                   ?
                
                 
                   And
                   rescue
                   Jewels
                   from
                   the
                   covetous
                   Sand
                   ,
                
                 
                   Making
                   the
                   Seas
                   hid
                   Wealth
                   adorn
                   the
                   Land
                   ?
                
                 
                   What
                   tho'
                   thy
                   culling
                   Muse
                   did
                   rob
                   the
                   store
                
                 
                   Of
                   Greek
                   and
                   Latine
                   Gardens
                   ,
                   to
                   bring
                   o're
                
                 
                 
                   Plants
                   to
                   thy
                   Native
                   Soil
                   ?
                   their
                   Virtue
                   were
                
                 
                   Improv'd
                   far
                   more
                   ,
                   by
                   being
                   planted
                   here
                   :
                
                 
                   If
                   thy
                   Still
                   to
                   their
                   Essence
                   doth
                   refine
                
                 
                   So
                   many
                   Drugs
                   ,
                   is
                   not
                   the
                   Water
                   thine
                   ?
                
                 
                   Thefts
                   thus
                   become
                   just
                   Works
                   ;
                   they
                   and
                   their
                
                 
                   Grace
                
                 
                   Are
                   wholly
                   thine
                   ;
                   thus
                   doth
                   the
                   Stamp
                   and
                   Face
                
                 
                   Make
                   that
                   the
                   King's
                   that's
                   ravish'd
                   from
                   the
                
                 
                   Mine
                   ;
                
                 
                   In
                   others
                   then
                   't
                   is
                   Oar
                   ,
                   in
                   thee
                   't
                   is
                   Coin.
                   
                
              
            
             
               On
               the
               contrary
               ,
               tho'
               Mr.
               Dryden
               has
               likewise
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               Greek
               and
               Latine
               Poets
               ,
               as
               
                 Sophocles
                 ,
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 Horace
                 ,
                 Seneca
                 ,
              
               &c.
               which
               I
               purposely
               omit
               to
               tax
               him
               with
               ,
               as
               thinking
               what
               he
               has
               taken
               to
               be
               lawful
               prize
               :
               yet
               I
               cannot
               but
               observe
               withal
               ;
               that
               he
               has
               plunder'd
               the
               chief
               
                 Italian
                 ,
                 Spanish
              
               ,
               and
               French
               Wits
               for
               Forage
               ,
               notwithstanding
               his
               pretended
               contempt
               of
               them
               :
               and
               not
               only
               so
               ,
               but
               even
               his
               own
               Countrymen
               have
               been
               forc'd
               to
               pay
               him
               tribute
               ,
               or
               to
               say
               better
               ,
               have
               not
               been
               exempt
               from
               being
               Pillag'd
               .
               This
               I
               shall
               sufficiently
               make
               out
               in
               the
               Examen
               of
               his
               Plays
               ;
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               say
               a
               word
               ,
               or
               two
               ,
               in
               Defence
               of
               Mr.
               
               Johnson's
               way
               of
               Wit
               ,
               which
               Mr.
               Dryden
               calls
               Clenches
               .
            
             
               There
               have
               been
               few
               great
               Poets
               which
               have
               not
               propos'd
               some
               Eminent
               Author
               for
               their
               Pattern
               ,
               (
               Examples
               of
               this
               would
               be
               needless
               and
               endless
               .
               )
               Mr.
               Johnson
               propos'd
               Plautus
               for
               his
               Model
               ,
               and
               not
               only
               borrow'd
               from
               him
               ,
               but
               imitated
               his
               way
               of
               Wit
               in
               English
               .
               There
               are
               none
               who
               have
               read
               him
               ,
               but
               
               are
               acquainted
               with
               his
               way
               of
               playing
               with
               Words
               :
               I
               will
               give
               one
               Example
               for
               all
               ,
               which
               the
               Reader
               may
               find
               in
               the
               very
               entrance
               of
               his
               Works
               ;
               I
               mean
               the
               Prologue
               to
               Amphitruo
               .
            
             
               
                 Justam
                 rem
                 &
                 facilem
                 oratum
                 à
                 vobis
                 volo
                 :
              
               
                 Nam
                 juste
                 ab
                 justis
                 justus
                 sum
                 Orator
                 datus
                 .
              
               
                 Nam
                 injusta
                 ab
                 justis
                 impetrare
                 non
                 decet
                 :
              
               
                 Justa
                 autem
                 ab
                 injustis
                 petere
                 insipientia'st
                 .
              
            
             
               Nor
               might
               this
               be
               the
               sole
               Reason
               for
               Mr.
               
               Johnson's
               Imitation
               ,
               for
               possibly
               't
               was
               his
               Compliance
               with
               the
               Age
               that
               induc'd
               him
               to
               this
               way
               of
               writing
               ,
               it
               being
               then
               as
               Mr.
               Dryden
               observes
               d
               the
               Mode
               of
               Wit
               ,
               the
               Vice
               of
               the
               Age
               ,
               and
               not
               Ben
               Johnson's
               :
               and
               besides
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               taxing
               Sir
               
                 Philip
                 Sidney
              
               for
               playing
               with
               his
               Words
               ,
               I
               may
               add
               that
               I
               find
               it
               practis'd
               by
               several
               Dramatick
               Poets
               ,
               who
               were
               Mr.
               
               Johnson's
               Cotemporaries
               :
               and
               notwithstanding
               the
               advantage
               which
               this
               Age
               claims
               over
               the
               last
               ,
               we
               find
               Mr.
               Dryden
               himself
               as
               well
               as
               Mr.
               Johnson
               ,
               not
               only
               given
               to
               Clinches
               ;
               but
               sometimes
               a
               Carwichet
               ,
               a
               Quarter-quibble
               ,
               or
               a
               bare
               Pun
               serves
               his
               turn
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               his
               Friend
               Bur
               in
               his
               
                 Wild
                 Gallant
              
               ;
               and
               therefore
               he
               might
               have
               spar'd
               this
               Reflection
               ,
               if
               he
               had
               given
               himself
               the
               liberty
               of
               Thinking
               .
            
             
               As
               to
               his
               Reflections
               on
               this
               Triumvirate
               in
               general
               :
               I
               might
               easily
               prove
               ,
               that
               his
               Improprieties
               in
               Grammar
               ,
               are
               equal
               to
               theirs
               :
               and
               that
               He
               himself
               has
               been
               guilty
               of
               Solecisms
               in
               Speech
               ,
               and
               Flaws
               in
               Sence
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               
                 Shakespear
                 ,
                 Fletcher
              
               ,
               and
               Johnson
               :
               but
               this
               
               would
               be
               to
               wast
               Paper
               and
               Time
               :
               and
               besides
               '
               I
               consider
               that
               Apollos
               Laws
               like
               those
               of
               our
               own
               Nation
               ,
               allow
               no
               Man
               to
               be
               try'd
               twice
               for
               the
               same
               Crime
               :
               and
               Mr.
               Dryden
               having
               already
               been
               arraign'd
               before
               the
               Wits
               upon
               the
               Evidence
               of
               the
               Rota
               ,
               and
               found
               Guilty
               by
               Mr.
               Clifford
               the
               Foreman
               of
               the
               Jury
               :
               I
               shall
               suppress
               my
               further
               Evidence
               ,
               till
               I
               am
               serv'd
               with
               a
               Subpaena
               ,
               by
               him
               ,
               to
               appear
               before
               that
               Court
               ,
               or
               have
               an
               Action
               clapp'd
               upon
               me
               by
               his
               Proctor
               ,
               as
               guilty
               of
               a
               
                 Scandalum
                 Archi-Poetae
              
               ;
               and
               then
               I
               shall
               readily
               give
               in
               my
               Depositions
               .
            
             
               For
               these
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               Reasons
               ,
               I
               shall
               at
               present
               pass
               by
               his
               dis-obliging
               Reflections
               on
               several
               of
               his
               Patrons
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Poets
               his
               Cotemporaries
               :
               his
               little
               Arts
               to
               set
               up
               himself
               ,
               and
               decry
               others
               ;
               his
               dexterity
               in
               altering
               other
               Mens
               Thoughts
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               make
               them
               pass
               for
               his
               own
               ;
               his
               Tautologies
               ;
               his
               Petty-Larcenies
               ,
               which
               notwithstanding
               his
               stiling
               of
               himself
               Saturnine
               ,
               shew
               him
               sufficiently
               Mercurial
               ,
               at
               least
               ,
               if
               Plagiaries
               may
               be
               accounted
               under
               the
               Government
               of
               that
               Planet
               .
               In
               fine
               ,
               (
               if
               Old
               Moody
               will
               allow
               me
               to
               borrow
               that
               word
               )
               he
               resembles
               Vulgar
               Painters
               ,
               who
               can
               tolerably
               copy
               after
               a
               good
               Original
               ,
               but
               either
               have
               not
               judgment
               ,
               or
               will
               not
               take
               the
               pains
               themselves
               to
               design
               any
               thing
               of
               value
               .
               This
               will
               easily
               appear
               in
               the
               following
               Account
               of
               his
               Plays
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               come
               now
               to
               speak
               .
               Viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Albion
                 and
                 Albanius
              
               ,
               an
               Opera
               perform'd
               at
               the
               Queen's
               Theatre
               in
               Dorset-Garden
               ,
               and
               
               printed
               in
               Folio
               ,
               Lond.
               1685.
               
               
                 The
                 Subject
                 of
                 it
                 (
                 as
                 the
                 Author
                 says
                 )
                 is
                 wholly
                 Allegorical
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Allegory
                 it self
                 so
                 very
                 obvious
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 will
                 no
                 sooner
                 be
                 read
                 ,
                 than
                 understood
                 .
              
               I
               need
               not
               therefore
               take
               the
               pains
               to
               acquaint
               my
               Reader
               ,
               that
               by
               the
               Man
               on
               the
               Pedestal
               ,
               who
               is
               drawn
               with
               a
               long
               ,
               lean
               ,
               pale
               Face
               ,
               with
               Fiends
               Wings
               ,
               and
               Snakes
               twisted
               round
               his
               Body
               :
               and
               incompast
               by
               several
               Phanatical
               Rebellious
               Heads
               ,
               who
               suck
               Poyson
               from
               him
               ,
               which
               runs
               out
               of
               a
               Tap
               in
               his
               Side
               ,
               is
               meant
               the
               late
               Lord
               Shaftsbury
               ,
               and
               his
               Adherents
               .
               I
               shall
               not
               pretend
               to
               pass
               my
               censure
               whether
               he
               deserv'd
               this
               usage
               from
               our
               Author
               ,
               or
               no
               ;
               but
               leave
               it
               to
               the
               judgments
               of
               Statesmen
               and
               Polititians
               .
               How
               well
               our
               Author
               has
               drawn
               his
               other
               Characters
               ,
               I
               shall
               leave
               to
               the
               decision
               of
               the
               Criticks
               :
               as
               also
               whether
               Monsieur
               Grabut
               ,
               or
               our
               Poet
               deserves
               the
               preference
               ;
               or
               either
               of
               them
               merit
               those
               Applauses
               which
               Mr.
               Dryden
               in
               both
               their
               Names
               challenges
               as
               their
               due
               ;
               since
               I
               find
               an
               Author
               of
               a
               different
               Opinion
               ,
               who
               thus
               describes
               them
               .
            
             
               
                 Grabut
                 his
                 Yoke-mate
                 ne're
                 shall
                 be
                 forgot
                 ,
              
               
                 Whom
                 th'
                 God
                 of
                 Tunes
                 upon
                 a
                 Muse
                 begot
                 .
              
               
                 Bays
                 on
                 a
                 double
                 score
                 to
                 him
                 belongs
                 :
              
               
                 As
                 well
                 for
                 writing
                 as
                 for
                 setting
                 Songs
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 some
                 have
                 sworn
                 ,
                 (
                 th'
                 Intrigue
                 so
                 od
                 is
                 laid
                 )
              
               
                 That
                 Bayes
                 and
                 He
                 mistook
                 each
                 others
                 Trade
              
               
                 Grabut
                 the
                 Lines
                 ,
                 and
                 He
                 the
                 Musick
                 made
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 All
                 for
                 Love
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 World
                 well
                 Lost
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ;
               and
               written
               
               in
               imitation
               of
               
               Shakespear's
               stile
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1678.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Thomas
               Earl
               of
               Danby
               .
               That
               our
               Author
               has
               nearly
               imitated
               Shakespear
               is
               evident
               by
               the
               following
               Instance
               .
               In
               the
               Comedy
               call'd
               
                 Much
                 Ado
                 about
                 Nothing
              
               e
               the
               Bastard
               accuses
               Hero
               of
               Disloyalty
               before
               the
               Prince
               ,
               and
               Claudio
               her
               Lover
               :
               who
               (
               as
               surpris'd
               at
               the
               News
               ,
               )
               asks
               ,
               Who
               !
               
                 Hero
                 ?
                 Bast.
              
               Even
               she
               ,
               
               Leonato's
               Hero
               ,
               your
               Hero
               ,
               every
               Mans
               Hero.
               In
               this
               Play
               ,
               f
               on
               the
               like
               occasion
               ,
               where
               Ventidius
               accuses
               
                 Cleopatra
                 ,
                 Antony
              
               says
               ,
               Not
               Cleopatra
               !
               Ven.
               Even
               she
               my
               Lord
               !
               Ant.
               My
               Cleopatra
               ?
               Ven.
               Your
               Cleopatra
               ;
               Dollabella's
               Cleopatra
               :
               Every
               Mans
               
                 Cleopatra
                 .
                 Ex
                 homine
                 hunc
                 natum
                 dicas
                 .
              
               Our
               Author
               with
               justice
               prefers
               the
               Scene
               betwixt
               Antonius
               and
               Ventidius
               in
               the
               first
               Act
               ,
               to
               any
               thing
               he
               has
               written
               in
               that
               kind
               :
               but
               as
               to
               his
               defence
               of
               the
               Scene
               between
               Octavia
               and
               Cleopatra
               ,
               in
               the
               end
               of
               the
               third
               Act
               ,
               there
               are
               some
               Criticks
               who
               are
               not
               yet
               satisfied
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               agreeable
               to
               the
               Rules
               of
               Decency
               and
               Decorum
               ,
               to
               make
               Persons
               of
               their
               Character
               demean
               themselves
               contrary
               to
               the
               Modesty
               of
               their
               Sex.
               For
               the
               Plot
               see
               Plutarch
               in
               
                 Vit.
                 M.
                 Ant.
                 Suetonius
              
               in
               
                 Aug.
                 Dion
                 Cassius
              
               ,
               Lib.
               48.
               51.
               
               Orosius
               ,
               Lib.
               6.
               
               Cap.
               7.
               
               Florus
               ,
               L.
               4.
               
               C.
               11.
               
               
                 Appian
                 de
                 Bellis
                 Civilibus
              
               ,
               L.5
               .
            
             
               Amboyna
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1673.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Lord
               Clifford
               of
               Chudleigh
               .
               The
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               
               founded
               chiefly
               on
               History
               ,
               being
               an
               Account
               of
               the
               Cruelty
               of
               the
               Dutch
               to
               our
               Country-Men
               in
               
                 Amboyna
                 ,
                 An.
                 Dom.
              
               1618.
               
               There
               was
               a
               Book
               publisht
               by
               the
               East-India
               Company
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               ,
               but
               I
               have
               read
               a
               Relation
               extracted
               from
               thence
               by
               Mr.
               Purchas
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               his
               Pilgrimage
               ,
               Vol.
               II.
               L.
               10.
               
               Ch.
               16.
               
               There
               are
               several
               other
               Authors
               that
               have
               mention'd
               this
               Story
               ,
               as
               
               Sanderson's
               History
               of
               King
               James
               ,
               pag.
               577.
               
               
               Stubb's
               Relation
               of
               the
               Dutch
               Cruelties
               to
               the
               English
               at
               Amboyna
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1632.
               
               
               Wanley's
               History
               of
               Man
               ,
               Lib.
               4.
               
               Ch.
               10.
               
               Ex.
               1.
               
               The
               Plot
               of
               the
               Rape
               of
               Isabinda
               ,
               by
               Harman
               Junior
               ,
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Novel
               in
               
                 Cynthio
                 Gyraldi
                 ,
                 Deca
                 5a
              
               .
               Nov.
               10.
               
            
             
               Assignation
               ,
               or
               
                 Love
                 in
                 a
                 Nunnery
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1678.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               most
               Honour'd
               Friend
               Sir
               
                 Charles
                 Sidley
              
               Baronet
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               Damn'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               or
               as
               the
               Author
               phrases
               it
               g
               ,
               
                 it
                 succeeded-ill
                 in
                 the
                 Representation
              
               .
               I
               shall
               not
               pretend
               to
               determine
               ,
               any
               more
               than
               the
               Author
               ,
               
                 Whether
                 the
                 fault
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 Play
                 it self
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 the
                 lameness
                 of
                 the
                 Action
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 its
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 who
                 came
                 resolv'd
                 to
                 damn
                 it
                 for
                 the
                 Title
                 :
              
               but
               this
               I
               know
               ,
               that
               his
               Reflections
               on
               Mr.
               Ravencrofts
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               Mamamouchi
               ,
               provok'd
               him
               to
               a
               retort
               in
               another
               Prologue
               h
               to
               a
               new
               Play
               of
               his
               acted
               the
               Vacation
               following
               ,
               part
               of
               which
               as
               relating
               to
               this
               Play
               ,
               I
               shall
               transcribe
               .
            
             
               
               
                 An
                 Author
                 did
                 to
                 please
                 you
                 ,
                 let
                 his
                 Wit
                 run
              
               
                 Of
                 late
                 ,
                 much
                 on
                 a
                 Serving-man
                 ,
                 and
                 Cittern
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 yet
                 you
                 would
                 not
                 like
                 the
                 Serenade
                 ,
              
               
                 Nay
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 damn'd
                 his
                 Nuns
                 in
                 Masquerade
                 .
              
               
                 You
                 did
                 his
                 Spanish
                 Sing-song
                 too
                 abhor
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Ah!
                   que
                   locura
                   con
                   tanto
                   rigor
                   .
                
              
               
                 In
                 fine
                 ,
                 the
                 whole
                 by
                 you
                 so
                 much
                 was
                 blam'd
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 act
                 their
                 parts
                 the
                 Players
                 were
                 asham'd
                 ;
              
               
                 Ah!
                 how
                 severe
                 your
                 Malice
                 was
                 that
                 Day
                 ;
              
               
                 To
                 damn
                 at
                 once
                 the
                 Poet
                 and
                 his
                 Play.
              
               
                 But
                 why
                 ,
                 was
                 your
                 Rage
                 just
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 shown
                 ,
              
               
                 When
                 what
                 the
                 Poet
                 writ
                 ,
                 was
                 all
                 his
                 own
                 ?
              
               
                 Till
                 then
                 he
                 borrow●d
                 from
                 Romance
                 ,
                 and
                 did
                 translate
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 those
                 Plays
                 found
                 a
                 more
                 indulgent
                 Fate
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               in
               this
               Mr.
               Ravencroft
               is
               very
               much
               deceiv'd
               ,
               for
               most
               of
               the
               Characters
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Incidents
               are
               borrow'd
               from
               French
               Romances
               ;
               as
               for
               instance
               ,
               The
               Characters
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
               Mantua
               ,
               Prince
               Frederick
               and
               Lucretia
               ,
               are
               borrow'd
               from
               
                 The
                 Annals
                 of
                 Love
              
               ,
               8
               o
               in
               the
               Story
               of
               Constance
               the
               fair
               Nun
               ,
               pag.
               81.
               but
               as
               to
               the
               Scene
               of
               the
               Petticoat
               and
               
                 Belly
                 Ake
              
               i
               so
               much
               commended
               by
               Mr.
               Bayes
               k
               ,
               I
               believe
               't
               was
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               own
               Contrivance
               .
               The
               Characters
               of
               
                 Aurelian
                 ,
                 Camillo
                 ,
                 Laura
              
               ,
               and
               Violetta
               ,
               are
               taken
               from
               
               Scarron's
               
                 Comical
                 Romance
              
               ,
               in
               the
               History
               of
               Destiny
               and
               Madam
               Star.
               See
               Ch.
               13.
               pag.
               43.
               
               The
               Humour
               of
               
               Benito's
               affecting
               Musick
               ,
               to
               the
               prejudice
               of
               his
               Carcass
               l
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
               Quinault's
               Character
               of
               Jodolet
               ,
               in
               the
               begining
               of
               his
               
                 La
                 Comedie
                 ,
                 sans
                 Comedie
              
               .
               The
               passage
               of
               
               Frontona's
               
               throwing
               water
               upon
               Laura
               and
               Violetta
               m
               is
               taken
               from
               
                 Les
                 Contes
                 de
                 M.
                 de
                 la
                 Fontaine
                 .
                 premiere
                 partie
                 ,
                 Nov.
              
               11.
               p.
               74.
               
               There
               are
               other
               French
               Authors
               that
               have
               handled
               the
               same
               Story
               ,
               as
               
                 Les
                 Cent
                 Nouvelles
                 Nouvelles
                 .
                 La
                 Damoiselle
                 à
                 Coeur
                 ouvert
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               Aureng-zebe
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1676.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               John
               Earl
               of
               Mulgrave
               .
               The
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               related
               at
               large
               in
               
               Tavernier's
               
                 Voyages
                 into
                 the
                 Indies
              
               .
               Vol.
               I.
               Part
               2.
               
               Ch.
               2
               .
               Our
               Author
               is
               not
               wholy
               free
               from
               Thefts
               in
               this
               Play
               ,
               and
               those
               who
               have
               ever
               read
               
               Seneca's
               Hippolitus
               ,
               will
               allow
               that
               Aureng-zebe
               has
               some
               resemblance
               with
               his
               Character
               ,
               and
               that
               Nourmahal
               ,
               is
               in
               part
               copied
               from
               Phaedra
               ,
               which
               will
               the
               better
               appear
               ,
               if
               the
               Reader
               will
               compare
               the
               following
               Lines
               .
               n
            
             
               
                 Hip.
                 
              
               
                 —
                 Thesei
                 vultus
                 amo
              
               
                 Illos
                 priores
                 ,
                 quos
                 tulit
                 quondam
                 puer
                 ;
              
               
                 Cum
                 prima
                 puras
                 barba
                 signaret
                 genas
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 Aur.
                 
              
               
                 o
                 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
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Hip.
                 
              
               
                 —
                 Magne
                 regnator
                 Deûm
                 ,
              
               
                 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
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Aur.
                 
              
               
                 Heavens
                 can
                 you
                 this
                 without
                 just
                 vengeance
                 hear
                 ,
              
               
                 When
                 will
                 you
                 Thunder
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 now
                 be
                 clear
                 !
              
               
                 Yet
                 Her
                 alone
                 let
                 not
                 your
                 Thunder
                 seize
                 :
              
               
                 I
                 too
                 deserve
                 to
                 dye
                 ,
                 because
                 I
                 please
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               could
               cite
               other
               passages
               in
               this
               Play
               borrow'd
               from
               Seneca
               ,
               but
               this
               is
               enough
               to
               convict
               our
               Author
               of
               borrowing
               from
               the
               Latine
               Poets
               ,
               now
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               give
               you
               one
               Instance
               likewise
               of
               his
               borrowing
               from
               Mr.
               
               Milton's
               
                 Sampson
                 Agonistes
              
               .
               p
            
             
               
                 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
                 shore
                 :
              
               
                 Thy
                 anger
                 unappeasable
                 still
                 rages
                 ,
              
               
                 Eternal
                 Tempest
                 never
                 to
                 be
                 calm'd
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Emp.
                 
              
               
                 *
                 Unmov'd
                 she
                 stood
                 &
                 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
                 .
              
            
             
               There
               are
               many
               other
               Hints
               from
               this
               Poem
               ,
               that
               are
               inserted
               in
               this
               Play
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               and
               which
               I
               should
               not
               have
               laid
               to
               his
               Charge
               had
               he
               not
               accus'd
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               of
               the
               same
               Crime
               .
            
             
               
                 Conquest
                 of
                 Granada
              
               ,
               by
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               in
               two
               Parts
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1678.
               q
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               .
               These
               Plays
               I
               have
               seen
               acted
               with
               great
               Applause
               ,
               which
               so
               pufft
               up
               our
               Author
               with
               vanity
               ,
               that
               he
               could
               not
               
               refrain
               from
               abusing
               his
               Predecessors
               ,
               not
               only
               in
               the
               Postscript
               already
               mention'd
               ;
               but
               even
               in
               a
               detracting
               Epilogue
               to
               the
               second
               Part
               ,
               which
               I
               shall
               leave
               to
               the
               Readers
               perusal
               .
               I
               have
               already
               hinted
               ,
               that
               not
               only
               the
               Episodes
               ,
               and
               main
               Plot
               ,
               but
               even
               the
               Characters
               are
               all
               borrow'd
               from
               French
               and
               Spanish
               Romances
               ,
               as
               
                 Almahide
                 ,
                 Grand
                 Cyrus
                 ,
                 Ibrahim
                 ,
              
               and
               Gusinan
               :
               so
               that
               Mr.
               Dryden
               may
               be
               said
               to
               have
               made
               a
               Rod
               for
               himself
               ,
               in
               the
               following
               Lines
               ;
               r
            
             
               
                 And
                 may
                 those
                 drudges
                 of
                 the
                 Stage
                 ,
                 whose
                 Fate
              
               
                 Is
                 damn'd
                 dull
                 Farce
                 more
                 dully
                 to
                 Translate
                 ,
              
               
                 Fall
                 under
                 that
                 Excise
                 the
                 State
                 thinks
                 fit
              
               
                 To
                 set
                 on
                 all
                 French
                 Wares
                 ,
                 whose
                 worst
                 is
                 Wit.
              
               
                 French
                 Farce
                 worn
                 out
                 at
                 home
                 ,
                 is
                 sent
                 abroad
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 patcht
                 up
                 here
                 is
                 made
                 our
                 English
                 Mode
                 .
              
            
             
               How
               much
               Mr.
               Dryden
               has
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               French
               in
               this
               Play
               ,
               cannot
               be
               comprehended
               in
               the
               compass
               to
               which
               I
               confine
               my self
               ;
               and
               therefore
               I
               shall
               only
               mention
               some
               of
               the
               most
               remarkable
               Passages
               which
               are
               stollen
               .
               I
               am
               therefore
               in
               the
               first
               place
               to
               begin
               with
               the
               Persons
               represented
               :
               The
               Character
               of
               Almanzor
               is
               chiefly
               taken
               from
               
                 Ponce
                 de
                 Leon
              
               in
               Almahide
               ;
               from
               Ozmin
               in
               Gusman
               ,
               and
               Artaban
               in
               Cleopatra
               .
               His
               other
               Characters
               of
               
                 Boabdelin
                 ,
                 Almahide
                 ,
                 Ferdinand
              
               and
               Isabella
               ,
               Duke
               of
               
                 Arcos
                 ,
                 Ozmin
                 ,
                 Hamet
                 ,
                 Gomel
                 ,
              
               &c.
               are
               taken
               from
               Almahide
               .
               The
               Characters
               of
               Ozmin
               and
               Benzaida
               ,
               are
               borrow'd
               from
               Ibrahim
               ,
               in
               the
               Story
               of
               Ozmin
               and
               Alibech
               ,
               and
               Lyndaraxa
               ,
               
               are
               copied
               from
               Prince
               
                 Ariantes
                 ,
                 Agathirsis
              
               ,
               and
               Elibesis
               ;
               See
               
                 Grand
                 Cyrus
              
               ,
               Part
               IX
               .
               Book
               I.
               
            
             
               I
               am
               now
               to
               give
               some
               Instances
               that
               may
               make
               good
               my
               Assertion
               ,
               That
               Mr.
               Dryden
               has
               borrow'd
               most
               of
               his
               Thoughts
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               his
               Characters
               from
               those
               Authors
               abovemention'd
               ,
               tho'he
               has
               new
               cloath'd
               them
               in
               Rime
               .
               In
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               First
               Act
               ,
               he
               has
               borrow'd
               the
               Description
               of
               his
               Bull-feast
               ,
               from
               
               Guzman's
               
                 Juego
                 de
                 Toros
                 &
                 Cannas
              
               :
               See
               the
               Story
               of
               Ozmin
               and
               Daraxa
               ,
               part
               1.
               pag.
               82.
               and
               85.
               
               The
               Description
               of
               the
               Factions
               pag.
               4
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               Almahide
               p.
               1.
               
               The
               next
               four
               Lines
               spoken
               by
               the
               King
               is
               taken
               from
               Prince
               
               Mussa's
               advice
               in
               Almahide
               ,
               p.
               6.
               
               The
               King's
               Speech
               in
               going
               between
               the
               Factions
               ,
               pag.
               5.
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               Almhide
               ,
               Part
               3.
               
               Book
               3.
               p.
               63.
               
               The
               Description
               of
               the
               Quarrell
               between
               Tarifa
               and
               Ozmin
               ,
               is
               founded
               on
               Abindarrays
               his
               Speech
               in
               Alm.
               p.
               2.
               
               The
               Rise
               of
               the
               Families
               ,
               p.
               6.
               from
               the
               same
               .
               
               Almanzor's
               killing
               Gomel
               ,
               from
               Alm.
               p.
               64.
               
               His
               quelling
               the
               Factions
               ,
               from
               Alm.
               p.
               64
               ,
               65.
               
               In
               the
               second
               Act
               ,
               
               Almanzor's
               Victory
               ,
               and
               his
               taking
               the
               Duke
               of
               Arcos
               Prisoner
               ,
               p
               ,
               12.
               is
               copied
               from
               Almahide
               ,
               p.
               65.
               
               The
               Scene
               between
               Abdalla
               and
               Lyndaraxa
               ,
               p.
               13.
               is
               stollen
               from
               Alm.
               p.
               62.
               and
               from
               the
               Story
               of
               Elibesis
               in
               Cyrus
               ,
               Part
               9.
               
               Book
               1.
               p.
               20.
               
               
               Zulema's
               Plea
               for
               
               Abdalla's
               right
               to
               the
               Crown
               ,
               p.
               17.
               is
               copied
               from
               Alm.
               p.
               62.
               
               His
               tempting
               him
               to
               Rebellion
               ,
               from
               Cyrus
               in
               the
               place
               above-mention'd
               .
               In
               the
               Third
               Act
               ,
               
               Almanzor's
               going
               over
               to
               Abdalla
               ,
               on
               the
               Kings
               refusal
               to
               grant
               the
               Duke
               of
               Arcos
               his
               Liberty
               ,
               
               pag.
               18.
               is
               taken
               from
               Alm.
               p.
               55
               .
               &c.
               The
               Alarm
               after
               the
               Zambra
               Dance
               from
               the
               same
               page
               .
               The
               first
               meeting
               of
               Almanzor
               and
               Almahide
               ,
               p.
               27.
               from
               Alm.
               p.
               69.
               
               Of
               Abdalla
               and
               Almanzor
               ,
               p.
               30.
               from
               Alm.
               p.
               71.
               
               The
               Controversy
               between
               Almanzor
               and
               Zulema
               ,
               p.
               31.
               from
               the
               same
               Column
               .
               In
               the
               Fourth
               Act
               ,
               
               Almanzor's
               going
               over
               to
               
               Boabdelin's
               Party
               ,
               p.
               34.
               is
               taken
               from
               Alm.
               p.
               72.
               
               Abdelmelech
               his
               coming
               to
               visit
               Lyndaraxa
               in
               Disguise
               ,
               p.
               35.
               is
               stollen
               from
               the
               former
               Story
               of
               Elibesis
               in
               Cyrus
               ,
               p.
               25.
               
                 &c.
                 
                 Abdalla
              
               visiting
               her
               ,
               being
               Royally
               attended
               with
               Guards
               ,
               p.
               39
               .
               from
               the
               same
               ,
               p.
               67
               .
               
               Almanzor's
               freeing
               Almahide
               from
               
               Abdalla's
               Captivity
               ,
               p.
               45.
               is
               copied
               from
               Alm.
               p.
               73.
               
               The
               beginning
               of
               the
               Fifth
               Act
               ,
               viz.
               The
               Scene
               between
               Abdalla
               ,
               and
               Lyndaraxa
               ,
               under
               the
               Walls
               of
               the
               Albayzin
               ,
               immediately
               after
               his
               Defeat
               ,
               p.
               48.
               is
               stollen
               from
               Cyrus
               in
               the
               Story
               aforesaid
               ,
               p.
               61.
               
               His
               flying
               to
               the
               Christians
               ,
               p.
               50.
               from
               Alm.
               p.
               72.
               
               Ozmin
               and
               
               Benzaida's
               flight
               ,
               p.
               62.
               from
               Ibrahim
               ,
               p.
               8.
               
            
             
               I
               might
               proceed
               through
               the
               Second
               Part
               ,
               did
               I
               not
               fear
               the
               Reader
               to
               be
               already
               as
               tir'd
               as
               my self
               .
               I
               shall
               therefore
               only
               acquaint
               him
               ,
               that
               most
               of
               that
               Play
               is
               borrow'd
               as
               well
               as
               the
               former
               :
               So
               that
               had
               our
               Author
               stollen
               from
               others
               ,
               in
               none
               of
               his
               Labours
               ,
               yet
               these
               Plays
               alone
               argue
               him
               guilty
               of
               the
               highest
               Confidence
               ,
               that
               durst
               presume
               to
               arraign
               the
               Ancient
               English
               Poets
               as
               Plagiaries
               ,
               in
               a
               Postscript
               to
               two
               Plays
               ,
               whose
               Foundation
               and
               Language
               are
               in
               a
               great
               measure
               stollen
               from
               the
               Beginning
               to
               the
               End.
               I
               would
               therefore
               desire
               
               Mr.
               Dryden
               henceforth
               to
               ponder
               upon
               the
               following
               Epigram
               ,
               which
               seems
               to
               give
               him
               better
               Advice
               .
               s
            
             
               
                 Cum
                 fueris
                 Censor
                 ,
                 primum
                 te
                 crimine
                 purga
                 ,
              
               
                 Nec
                 tua
                 te
                 damnent
                 facta
                 ne
                 sanda
                 reum
                 .
              
               
                 Ne
                 tua
                 contemnas
                 aliena
                 negotia
                 curans
                 ;
              
               
                 An
                 tibi
                 te
                 quisquam
                 junctior
                 esse
                 potest
                 .
              
            
             
               There
               are
               several
               Authors
               that
               have
               given
               an
               Account
               of
               this
               famous
               Action
               ,
               as
               Mariana
               ,
               L.
               25.
               
               C.
               18.
               
               
                 Mayerne
                 Turquet
              
               ,
               L.
               23.
               
               Thuanus
               ,
               L.
               48.
               
               Guicciardine
               ,
               L.
               12.
               
               
                 Luc.
                 Marinaeus
                 Sic.
              
               L.
               20.
               
               
                 Car.
                 Verardus
                 .
                 Domingo
                 Baltanas
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Don
                 Sebastian
              
               ,
               King
               of
               Portugal
               :
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Lond.
               1690.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Philip
               Earl
               of
               Leicester
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               accounted
               by
               several
               One
               of
               the
               best
               of
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               ,
               and
               was
               as
               I
               have
               heard
               acted
               with
               great
               Applause
               .
               The
               Foundation
               of
               it
               is
               built
               upon
               a
               French
               Novel
               call'd
               
                 Don
                 Sebastian
              
               ,
               How
               far
               our
               Author
               has
               followed
               the
               French-man
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               the
               Readers
               of
               both
               to
               judge
               .
               Only
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               take
               notice
               of
               that
               passage
               in
               his
               Epistle
               to
               this
               Play
               ,
               where
               he
               endeavours
               to
               clear
               himself
               from
               the
               charge
               of
               Plagiarie
               .
               He
               says
               ,
               
                 The
                 Ancients
                 were
                 never
                 accus'd
                 of
                 being
                 Plagiaries
                 ,
                 for
                 building
                 their
                 Tragedies
                 on
                 known
                 Fables
                 .
              
               To
               prove
               this
               assertion
               he
               brings
               several
               Instances
               ;
               
                 Thus
                 (
                 says
                 he
                 )
                 
                   Augustus
                   Caesar
                
                 wrote
                 an
                 Ajax
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 not
                 less
                 his
                 own
                 because
                 Euripides
                 had
                 written
                 a
                 Play
                 before
                 him
                 on
                 that
                 Subject
                 .
                 
                 Thus
                 of
                 late
                 years
                 Corneille
                 writ
                 an
                 Oedipus
                 after
                 Sophocles
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 have
                 design'd
                 one
                 after
                 him
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 wrote
                 with
                 Mr.
                 Lee
                 ,
                 yet
                 neither
                 the
                 French
                 Poet
                 stole
                 from
                 the
                 Greek
                 ,
                 nor
                 we
                 from
                 the
                 French-man
                 .
                 'T
                 is
                 the
                 Contrivance
                 ,
                 the
                 new
                 turn
                 ,
                 and
                 new
                 Characters
                 which
                 alter
                 the
                 Property
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 it
                 ours
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               have
               not
               that
               I
               know
               of
               ,
               any
               where
               accus'd
               the
               Poets
               in
               general
               ,
               or
               Mr.
               Dryden
               in
               particular
               ,
               for
               borrowing
               their
               Plots
               ;
               knowing
               that
               it
               is
               allow'd
               by
               
                 Scaliger
                 ,
                 M.
                 Hedelin
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Writers
               .
               'T
               is
               true
               I
               have
               shew'd
               whether
               they
               were
               founded
               on
               History
               ,
               or
               Romance
               ,
               and
               cited
               the
               Authors
               that
               treat
               on
               the
               Subject
               of
               each
               Dramma
               ,
               that
               the
               Reader
               ,
               by
               comparing
               them
               ,
               might
               be
               able
               to
               judge
               the
               better
               of
               the
               Poets
               abilities
               ,
               and
               his
               skill
               in
               Scenical
               Performances
               .
               But
               tho'
               the
               Poet
               be
               allow'd
               to
               borrow
               his
               Foundation
               from
               other
               Writers
               ,
               I
               presume
               the
               Language
               ought
               to
               be
               his
               own
               ;
               and
               when
               at
               any
               time
               we
               find
               a
               Poet
               translating
               whole
               Scenes
               from
               others
               Writings
               ,
               I
               hope
               we
               may
               without
               offence
               call
               him
               a
               Plagiary
               :
               which
               if
               granted
               ,
               I
               may
               accuse
               Mr.
               Dryden
               of
               Theft
               ,
               notwithstanding
               this
               Defence
               ,
               and
               inform
               the
               Reader
               ,
               that
               he
               equivocates
               in
               this
               Instance
               of
               Oedipus
               :
               for
               tho'
               he
               stole
               not
               from
               Corneille
               in
               that
               Play
               ,
               yet
               he
               has
               borrow'd
               very
               much
               from
               the
               
                 Oedipus
                 Tyrannus
              
               of
               Sophocles
               ,
               as
               likewise
               from
               that
               of
               Seneca
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               Plot
               read
               the
               French
               Novel
               call'd
               
                 Don
                 Sebastian
                 Roy
                 de
                 Portugal
              
               translated
               into
               English.
               Vasconcellos
               his
               
                 Anacephalaeosis
                 ,
                 sive
                 
                 Summa
                 Capita
                 Actorum
                 Regum
                 Lusitaniae
                 ,
                 Anacaeph
                 .
              
               20.
               
               See
               besides
               other
               Writers
               of
               the
               Affairs
               of
               Portugal
               about
               1578
               ,
               in
               which
               year
               Sebastian
               was
               kill'd
               .
            
             
               
                 Duke
                 of
                 Guise
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               by
               Their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               written
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Lee
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1683.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Laurence
               Earl
               of
               Rochester
               .
               This
               Play
               found
               several
               Enemies
               at
               its
               first
               appearance
               on
               the
               Stage
               :
               the
               Nation
               at
               that
               time
               being
               in
               a
               ferment
               about
               the
               Succession
               ,
               which
               occasion'd
               several
               Pamphlets
               ,
               pro
               and
               con
               ,
               to
               be
               publisht
               .
               The
               main
               Plot
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
                 Davila
                 ,
                 Mezeray
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Writers
               of
               the
               Affairs
               of
               Charles
               the
               Ninth
               ,
               as
               
                 P.
                 Mathieu
                 ,
                 Memoires
                 de
                 Castelnau
                 .
              
               See
               besides
               Thuanus
               ,
               L.
               93.
               
               The
               Story
               of
               Malicorn
               the
               Conjurer
               may
               be
               read
               in
               
               Rosset's
               
                 Histoires
                 Tragiques
                 en
                 la
                 Vie
                 de
              
               Canope,80
               p.
               449.
               
            
             
               
                 Evening's
                 Love
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Mock
                 Astrologer
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1671.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Grace
               William
               Duke
               of
               Newcastle
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               in
               a
               manner
               wholly
               stollen
               from
               the
               French
               ,
               being
               patcht
               up
               from
               
               Corneille's
               
                 Le
                 Feint
                 Astrologue
              
               ;
               Molliere's
               
                 Depit
                 amoreux
              
               ,
               and
               his
               
                 Les
                 Precieuses
                 Ridicules
              
               ;
               and
               
               Quinault's
               
                 L'Amant
                 Indiscreet
              
               :
               not
               to
               mention
               little
               Hints
               borrow'd
               from
               
                 Shakespear
                 ,
                 Petronius
                 Arbiter
              
               &c.
               
               The
               main
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               built
               on
               that
               of
               
               Corneille's
               ,
               or
               rather
               
               Calderon's
               Play
               call'd
               
                 El
                 Astrologo
                 fingido
              
               ,
               which
               Story
               is
               likewise
               copied
               by
               
                 M.
                 Scudery
              
               in
               his
               Romance
               call'd
               Ibrahim
               ,
               or
               the
               Illustrious
               Bassa
               
               in
               the
               Story
               of
               the
               French
               Marquess
               .
               
               Aurelia's
               affectation
               in
               her
               Speech
               p.
               31.
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
               Molliere's
               
                 Les
                 Precieuses
                 Ridicules
              
               .
               The
               Scene
               between
               Alonzo
               and
               Lopez
               p.
               39.
               is
               translated
               from
               
               Molliere's
               
                 Depit
                 amoreux
              
               ,
               Act
               2.
               
               Sc.
               6
               .
               
               Camilla's
               begging
               a
               new
               Gown
               of
               
                 Don
                 Melchor
                 p.
              
               61.
               from
               the
               same
               .
               Act
               1.
               
               Sc.
               2.
               
               The
               Love
               Quarrel
               between
               Wild-blood
               and
               
                 Jacinta
                 ;
                 Mascal
              
               and
               Beatrix
               ;
               Act
               4.
               
               Sc.
               the
               last
               :
               is
               copied
               from
               the
               same
               Play
               ,
               Act
               4.
               
               Sc.
               3
               ,
               and
               4.
               
               The
               Scene
               of
               
                 Wild-blood
                 ,
                 Jacinta
              
               ,
               &c.
               being
               discover'd
               by
               
               Aurelia's
               falling
               into
               
               Alonzo's
               Arms
               ,
               p.
               73.
               &c.
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
               Quinault's
               
                 L'Amant
                 Indiscreet
              
               ,
               Act
               5.
               
               Sc.
               4.
               
            
             
               
                 Kind
                 Keeper
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Mr.
                 Limberham
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               by
               his
               Royal
               Highness's
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1680.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               John
               Lord
               Vaughan
               .
               In
               this
               Play
               ,
               (
               which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               the
               best
               Comedy
               of
               his
               )
               he
               so
               much
               expos'd
               the
               keeping
               part
               of
               the
               Town
               ,
               that
               the
               Play
               was
               stopt
               ,
               when
               it
               had
               but
               thrice
               appear'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               ;
               but
               the
               Author
               took
               a
               becoming
               Care
               ,
               that
               the
               things
               that
               offended
               on
               the
               Stage
               were
               either
               alter'd
               or
               omitted
               in
               the
               Press
               .
               One
               of
               our
               modern
               Writers
               in
               a
               short
               
                 Satyr
                 against
                 Keeping
              
               ,
               concludes
               thus
               ;
               t
               ;
               
                 
                   Dryden
                   good
                   Man
                   thought
                   Keepers
                   to
                   reclaim
                   ,
                
                 
                   Writ
                   a
                   Kind
                   Satyr
                   ,
                   call'd
                   it
                   Limberham
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   all
                   the
                   Herd
                   of
                   Letchers
                   straight
                   alarms
                   ,
                
                 
                   From
                   Charing-Cross
                   to
                   Bow
                   was
                   up
                   in
                   Arms
                   ;
                
                 
                   They
                   damn'd
                   the
                   Play
                   all
                   at
                   one
                   fatal
                   Blow
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   broke
                   the
                   Glass
                   that
                   did
                   their
                   Picture
                   show
                   .
                
              
            
             
             
               In
               this
               Play
               he
               is
               not
               exempt
               from
               borrowing
               some
               Incidents
               from
               French
               and
               Italian
               Novels
               :
               Mrs
               :
               Saintlys
               discovery
               of
               Love-all
               in
               the
               Chest
               ,
               Act
               1.
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               Novels
               of
               
                 Cynthio
                 Gyraldi
              
               ;
               see
               
                 prima
                 parte
                 Deca
              
               3
               
               a.
               Nov.
               3.
               
               The
               same
               Story
               is
               in
               
                 The
                 Fortunate
                 Deceiv'd
                 ,
                 and
                 Unfortunate
                 Lovers
                 ,
              
               see
               Nov.
               7.
               
               
                 Deceiv'd
                 Lovers
              
               .
               Mrs.
               Brainsicks
               pricking
               and
               pinching
               him
               ,
               Act
               3.
               
               Sc.
               2.
               is
               copied
               from
               the
               
                 Triumph
                 of
                 Love
                 over
                 Fortune
              
               ,
               a
               Novel
               writ
               by
               
                 M.
                 S.
                 Bremond
              
               ,
               or
               else
               from
               Zelotide
               of
               
                 M.
                 de
                 Païs
              
               :
               but
               these
               are
               things
               not
               worthy
               to
               be
               urg'd
               against
               any
               One
               ,
               but
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               whose
               Critical
               Pen
               spares
               no
               Man.
               
            
             
               
                 Indian
                 Emperor
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Conquest
                 of
              
               Mexico
               
                 by
                 the
                 Spaniards
              
               ,
               being
               the
               Sequel
               of
               the
               
                 Indian
                 Queen
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1670.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Most
               Excellent
               and
               most
               Illustrious
               Princess
               Anne
               Dutchess
               of
               Monmouth
               and
               Bucclugh
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               writ
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               and
               has
               appear'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               with
               great
               Approbation
               ,
               yet
               it
               is
               not
               wholly
               free
               from
               Plagiarie
               ;
               but
               since
               they
               are
               only
               Hints
               ,
               and
               much
               improv'd
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               mention
               the
               Particulars
               .
               'T
               is
               sufficient
               for
               me
               to
               observe
               in
               general
               that
               he
               has
               borrow'd
               from
               
                 Plutarch
                 ,
                 Seneca
                 ,
                 Montagne
                 ,
                 Fletcher
                 ,
              
               &c.
               Mr.
               Dryden
               in
               the
               Second
               Edition
               to
               this
               Play
               ,
               prefixt
               a
               Piece
               intituled
               ,
               
                 A
                 Defence
                 of
                 an
                 Essay
                 of
                 Dramatick
                 Poesy
                 ,
              
               being
               an
               Answer
               to
               the
               Preface
               of
               
                 The
                 Great
                 Favourite
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Duke
                 of
                 Lerma
              
               :
               but
               upon
               some
               considerations
               our
               Author
               was
               obliged
               to
               retract
               it
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               't
               is
               founded
               chiefly
               on
               History
               .
               See
               
                 Lopez
                 de
                 Gomara
                 Hist.
                 
                 General
                 de
                 las
                 Incas
                 ,
                 &
                 de
                 Conquista
                 de
                 Mexico
                 .
                 De
                 Bry
                 Americae
              
               Pars
               9.
               
               L.
               7.
               
               
               Ogleby's
               America
               ,
               Chap.
               3.
               
               Sect.
               10.
               
               
                 Mariana
                 de
                 Reb.
                 Hisp.
              
               L.
               26.
               
               Cap.
               3.
               
               Four
               Letters
               printed
               in
               several
               Languages
               .
            
             
               
                 Marriage
                 A-la-mode
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               by
               Their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1673.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Earl
               of
               Rochester
               .
               This
               Play
               tho'
               stil'd
               in
               the
               Title-page
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               is
               rather
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               and
               consists
               of
               two
               different
               Actions
               ;
               the
               one
               Serious
               ,
               the
               other
               Comick
               ,
               both
               borrow'd
               from
               two
               Stories
               which
               the
               Author
               has
               tackt
               together
               .
               The
               Serious
               Part
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               Story
               of
               Sesostris
               and
               Timareta
               in
               the
               
                 Grand
                 Cyrus
              
               ,
               Part
               9.
               
               Book
               3.
               and
               the
               Characters
               of
               Palamede
               and
               Rhodophil
               ,
               from
               the
               same
               Romance
               ,
               Par.
               6
               .
               B
               k
               1.
               
               See
               the
               History
               of
               Timantes
               and
               Parthenia
               .
               I
               might
               mention
               also
               the
               Story
               of
               Nogaret
               in
               
                 The
                 Annals
                 of
                 Love
              
               ,
               from
               whence
               part
               of
               the
               Character
               of
               Doralice
               was
               possibly
               borrow'd
               :
               and
               
                 Les
                 Contes
                 D
                 Ouville
                 partie
                 premiere
              
               p.
               13.
               from
               whence
               the
               Fancy
               of
               Melantha's
               making
               Court
               to
               her self
               in
               
               Rhodophil's
               Name
               is
               taken
               ;
               but
               this
               is
               usual
               with
               our
               Poet.
               
            
             
               
                 Mistaken
                 Husband
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Servants
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1675.
               
               This
               Play
               Mr.
               Dryden
               was
               not
               the
               Author
               of
               ,
               tho
               't
               was
               adopted
               by
               him
               ,
               as
               an
               Orphan
               ,
               which
               might
               well
               deserve
               the
               Charity
               of
               a
               Scene
               which
               he
               bestowed
               on
               it
               .
               It
               is
               of
               the
               nature
               of
               Farce
               ,
               or
               as
               the
               French
               term
               it
               
                 Basse
                 Comedie
              
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               
               Bentley
               the
               Bookseller
               has
               observ'd
               u
               .
               'T
               is
               writ
               on
               the
               Model
               of
               
               Plautus's
               Maenechmi
               :
               and
               I
               have
               read
               a
               Story
               somewhat
               like
               it
               in
               
                 L'Amant
                 Oysif
              
               .
               Tome
               2.
               p.
               297.
               
               
                 Nouvelle
                 intitulée
                 D.
                 Martin
              
               .
            
             
               Oedipus
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               written
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               and
               Mr.
               Lee
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1679.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               certainly
               one
               of
               the
               best
               Tragedies
               we
               have
               extant
               ;
               the
               Authors
               having
               borrow'd
               many
               Ornaments
               not
               only
               from
               Sophocles
               ,
               but
               also
               from
               Seneca
               ;
               though
               in
               requital
               Mr.
               Dryden
               has
               been
               pleas'd
               to
               arraign
               the
               Memory
               ,
               of
               the
               later
               by
               taxing
               him
               x
               of
               
                 Running
                 after
                 Philosophical
                 Notions
                 more
                 proper
                 for
                 the
                 Study
                 than
                 the
                 Stage
                 .
              
               As
               for
               Corneille
               he
               has
               scouted
               him
               for
               failing
               in
               the
               Character
               of
               his
               Hero
               ,
               which
               he
               calls
               an
               Error
               in
               the
               first
               Concoction
               :
               tho'
               possibly
               't
               was
               so
               in
               him
               to
               fall
               upon
               two
               such
               Great
               Men
               ,
               without
               any
               provocation
               ,
               and
               to
               whom
               he
               has
               been
               more
               than
               once
               oblig'd
               for
               beautiful
               Thoughts
               .
               As
               to
               the
               Plot
               't
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               Tragedies
               of
               Sophocles
               and
               Seneca
               .
            
             
               
                 Rival
                 Ladies
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1679.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Roger
               Earl
               of
               Orrery
               .
               This
               Dedication
               is
               in
               the
               Nature
               of
               a
               Preface
               written
               in
               Defence
               of
               English
               Verse
               .
               The
               Authors
               Sentiments
               were
               afterwards
               controverted
               by
               Sr.
               
                 Robert
                 Howard
              
               ,
               in
               the
               Preface
               to
               his
               Plays
               :
               to
               which
               Arguments
               Mr.
               Dryden
               reply'd
               ,
               towards
               the
               end
               of
               his
               
               Dramatick
               Essay
               .
               Sr.
               Robert
               made
               a
               Rejoynder
               ,
               when
               he
               publisht
               his
               Duke
               of
               Lerma
               :
               and
               Mr.
               Dryden
               answer'd
               him
               again
               in
               the
               Preface
               to
               his
               
                 Indian
                 Emperour
              
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               already
               observ'd
               .
            
             
               I
               beg
               leave
               of
               my
               Reader
               ,
               to
               make
               one
               Remark
               on
               this
               Preface
               ,
               to
               Rectify
               the
               following
               mistake
               committed
               by
               our
               Author
               .
               He
               says
               ,
               
                 That
                 
                   The
                   Tragedy
                   of
                   Queen
                   Gorbuduc
                
                 was
                 written
                 in
                 English
                 Verse
                 ;
                 and
                 consequently
                 that
                 Verse
                 was
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 a
                 new
                 way
                 amongst
                 us
                 ,
                 as
                 an
                 old
                 way
                 new
                 reviv'd
                 :
                 and
                 that
                 this
                 Play
                 was
                 written
                 by
                 the
                 late
                 Lord
                 Buckhurst
                 ,
                 afterwards
                 Earl
                 of
                 Dorset
                 .
              
            
             
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Sr.
               Fopling
               ,
               notwithstanding
               his
               smattering
               in
               the
               Mathematicks
               ,
               is
               out
               in
               his
               Judgment
               at
               Tennis
               :
               for
               first
               (
               tho'
               His
               Majesties
               late
               Historiographer
               )
               he
               is
               mistaken
               in
               the
               Title-page
               :
               and
               I
               must
               crave
               leave
               to
               tell
               him
               by
               the
               by
               ,
               that
               I
               never
               heard
               of
               any
               such
               Queen
               of
               Brittain
               ,
               any
               more
               than
               he
               ,
               of
               any
               King
               that
               was
               in
               Rhodes
               .
               Nay
               further
               had
               he
               co●●●●
               
               Milton's
               History
               of
               England
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               Writers
               of
               
               Brute's
               History
               ,
               nay
               ,
               even
               the
               Argument
               of
               that
               very
               Play
               ,
               he
               would
               have
               found
               Gorbuduc
               to
               have
               been
               the
               last
               King
               of
               that
               Race
               ,
               at
               least
               the
               Father
               of
               Ferex
               and
               Porrex
               ,
               in
               whom
               terminated
               the
               Line
               of
               Brute
               :
               and
               consequently
               would
               not
               have
               permitted
               so
               gross
               an
               Error
               to
               have
               escapt
               his
               Pen
               for
               Three
               Editions
               :
               tho'
               it
               may
               be
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               Printer
               was
               as
               much
               to
               blame
               to
               print
               Queen
               for
               King
               ,
               as
               he
               ironically
               accuses
               Sr.
               
               Robert's
               for
               setting
               shut
               for
               open
               .
               There
               are
               other
               Errata's
               in
               History
               ,
               which
               I
               might
               impute
               
               at
               least
               to
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               Negligence
               ;
               but
               I
               shall
               at
               present
               wave
               them
               .
               In
               the
               mean
               time
               I
               must
               acquaint
               the
               Reader
               ,
               that
               however
               Mr.
               Dryden
               alledges
               that
               this
               Play
               was
               writ
               by
               the
               Lord
               Buckhurst
               ,
               I
               can
               assure
               him
               that
               the
               three
               first
               Acts
               were
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Norton
              
               :
               and
               that
               the
               Play
               it self
               was
               not
               written
               in
               Rime
               ,
               but
               blank
               Verse
               ,
               or
               if
               he
               will
               have
               it
               ,
               in
               
                 prose
                 mesurée
              
               ,
               so
               that
               Mr.
               Shakespear
               notwithstanding
               our
               Author's
               Allegation
               ,
               was
               not
               the
               first
               beginner
               of
               that
               way
               of
               Writing
               .
            
             
               As
               to
               his
               Oeconomy
               ,
               and
               working
               up
               of
               his
               Play
               ,
               our
               Author
               is
               not
               wholly
               free
               from
               Pillage
               ,
               witness
               the
               last
               Act
               ;
               where
               the
               Dispute
               between
               Amideo
               ,
               and
               Hippolito
               ;
               with
               
               Gonsalvo's
               fighting
               with
               the
               Pirates
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
                 Petronius
                 Arbyter
              
               ,
               as
               the
               Reader
               may
               see
               by
               reading
               the
               Story
               of
               
                 Encolpius
                 ,
                 Giton
                 ,
                 Eumolpus
              
               ,
               and
               Tryphaena
               ,
               aboard
               
               Licas's
               Vessel
               y
               To
               say
               nothing
               of
               the
               Resemblance
               of
               the
               Catastrophe
               with
               that
               of
               
               Scarron's
               
                 Rival
                 Brothers
                 ,
                 Novel
              
               the
               Fifth
               .
            
             
               
                 Secret
                 Love
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Maiden
                 Queen
              
               ;
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               acted
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Servants
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1679.
               
               I
               have
               already
               made
               some
               observation
               on
               this
               Preface
               ,
               p.
               143.
               and
               cannot
               pass
               by
               his
               making
               use
               of
               
               Bayes's
               Art
               of
               Transversing
               ,
               as
               any
               One
               may
               observe
               by
               comparing
               the
               Fourth
               Stanza
               of
               his
               First
               Prologue
               ,
               with
               the
               last
               Paragraph
               of
               the
               Preface
               to
               Ibrahim
               .
               As
               to
               the
               Contrivance
               of
               the
               Plot
               ,
               the
               serious
               part
               of
               it
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               History
               of
               Cleobuline
               Queen
               of
               Corinth
               ,
               
               Part
               7.
               
               Book
               2.
               
               The
               Characters
               of
               
                 Celadon
                 ,
                 Florimel
                 ,
                 Olinda
              
               ,
               and
               Sabina
               ,
               are
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               Story
               of
               Pisistates
               and
               Cerintha
               in
               the
               
                 Grand
                 Cyrus
              
               ,
               Part
               9.
               
               Book
               3.
               and
               from
               the
               Story
               of
               the
               
                 French
                 Marquess
              
               in
               Ibrahim
               ,
               Part
               2.
               
               Book
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 Martin
                 Mar-all
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Feign'd
                 Innocence
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               His
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1678.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               generally
               ascrib'd
               to
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               tho'
               his
               Name
               be
               not
               affix'd
               to
               it
               .
               But
               in
               reality
               the
               Foundation
               of
               it
               is
               originally
               French
               :
               and
               whoever
               will
               compare
               it
               with
               M.
               Quinault's
               
                 L'Amant
                 Indiscret
              
               ,
               and
               
               Molliere's
               
                 L'Etourdy
                 ,
                 ou
                 le
                 contre
                 temps
                 ,
              
               will
               find
               not
               only
               the
               Plot
               ,
               but
               a
               great
               part
               of
               the
               Language
               of
               
                 Sr.
                 Martin
              
               and
               his
               Man
               Warner
               borrow'd
               .
               There
               are
               several
               other
               Turns
               of
               the
               Plot
               copied
               from
               other
               Authors
               ;
               as
               
               Warner's
               playing
               on
               the
               Lute
               instead
               of
               his
               Master
               ,
               and
               his
               being
               surpriz'd
               by
               his
               Folly
               ;
               See
               Francion
               written
               by
               
                 M.
                 Du
                 Pare
              
               Lib.
               7.
               
               
                 Old
                 Moody
              
               and
               
                 Sr.
                 John
              
               being
               hoisted
               up
               in
               their
               Altitudes
               ,
               is
               taken
               (
               at
               least
               the
               hint
               of
               it
               )
               from
               Shakerly
               Marmion's
               
                 Fine
                 Companion
              
               ,
               Act
               4.
               
               Sc.
               1.
               
               The
               Song
               of
               
                 Blind
                 Love
                 to
                 this
                 Hour
              
               ,
               (
               as
               I
               have
               already
               observ'd
               z
               )
               is
               translated
               from
               a
               Song
               made
               by
               
                 M.
                 de
                 Voiture
              
               :
               tho'
               I
               must
               do
               Mr.
               Drydeu
               the
               Justice
               to
               acquaint
               the
               World
               ,
               that
               he
               has
               kept
               to
               the
               Sense
               ,
               and
               the
               same
               Measure
               of
               Verse
               .
            
             
               
                 Spanish
                 Fryar
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Double
                 Discovery
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1681.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               John
               Lord
               Haughton
               .
               
               Whether
               Mr.
               Dryden
               intended
               his
               Character
               of
               Dominick
               as
               a
               Satyr
               on
               the
               Romish
               Priests
               only
               ,
               or
               on
               the
               Clergy
               of
               all
               Opinions
               in
               general
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               :
               but
               sure
               I
               am
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               have
               spar'd
               his
               Reflecting
               Quotation
               in
               the
               Front
               of
               his
               Play
               :
               
                 
                   Ut
                   melius
                   possis
                   fallere
                   sume
                   togam
                   .
                
              
               But
               the
               truth
               is
               ,
               ever
               since
               a
               certain
               Worthy
               Bishop
               refus'd
               Orders
               to
               a
               certain
               Poet
               ,
               Mr.
               Dryden
               has
               declar'd
               open
               defiance
               against
               the
               whole
               Clergy
               ;
               and
               since
               the
               Church
               began
               the
               War
               ,
               he
               has
               thought
               it
               but
               Justice
               to
               make
               Reprisals
               on
               the
               Church
               .
               Mr.
               Dryden
               who
               is
               famous
               for
               collecting
               Observations
               ,
               and
               Rules
               for
               Writing
               ,
               has
               learnt
               this
               great
               Arcanum
               from
               his
               Brother
               Poet
               ,
               the
               Tutor
               to
               Pacheco
               in
               the
               Comedy
               of
               the
               Reformation
               a
               ;
               
                 That
                 this
                 one
                 piece
                 of
                 Art
                 of
                 Reflecting
                 in
                 all
                 he
                 writes
                 ,
                 on
                 Religion
                 and
                 the
                 Clergy
                 ,
                 has
                 set
                 off
                 many
                 an
                 indifferent
                 Play
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 titilation
                 it
                 affords
                 the
                 Gallants
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 sure
                 to
                 get
                 those
                 Verses
                 all
                 by
                 heart
                 ,
                 and
                 fill
                 their
                 Letters
                 with
                 them
                 to
                 their
                 Country
                 Friends
                 .
              
               But
               whatever
               success
               this
               way
               of
               Writing
               may
               find
               from
               the
               Sparks
               ,
               it
               can
               never
               be
               approv'd
               on
               by
               sober
               Men
               :
               and
               there
               are
               none
               who
               have
               any
               sense
               of
               Religion
               themselves
               ,
               that
               can
               without
               concern
               suffer
               it
               to
               be
               abus'd
               ;
               and
               none
               but
               Apostates
               or
               Atheists
               will
               be
               so
               impudent
               to
               attempt
               it
               :
               and
               the
               real
               cause
               of
               their
               Envy
               and
               Malice
               is
               the
               same
               with
               that
               of
               the
               Emperor
               to
               his
               Son
               Aureng-zebe
               b
               ,
               which
               with
               Reference
               to
               the
               Clergy
               may
               be
               thus
               apply'd
               .
               
                 
                 
                   Our
                   Clergy's
                   sacred
                   Virtues
                   shine
                   too
                   bright
                   ,
                
                 
                   They
                   flash
                   too
                   fierce
                   :
                   their
                   foes
                   like
                   birds
                   of
                   night
                   ,
                
                 
                   Shut
                   their
                   dull
                   Eyes
                   ,
                   and
                   sicken
                   at
                   the
                   sight
                   .
                
              
               The
               Comieal
               Parts
               of
               the
               
                 Spanish
                 Fryar
                 ,
                 Lorenzo
              
               ,
               and
               Elvira
               ,
               are
               founded
               on
               Monsieur
               S.
               Bremond's
               Novel
               call'd
               the
               Pilgrim
               .
            
             
               
                 State
                 of
                 Innocence
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Fall
                 of
                 Man
              
               ,
               an
               Opera
               written
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1678.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Her
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Dutchess
               .
               Whether
               the
               Author
               has
               not
               been
               guilty
               of
               the
               highest
               Flattery
               in
               this
               Dedication
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               the
               Reader
               's
               Judgment
               ;
               but
               I
               may
               presume
               to
               say
               ,
               that
               there
               are
               some
               Expressions
               in
               it
               that
               seem
               strain'd
               ,
               and
               a
               Note
               beyond
               Ela
               ;
               as
               for
               Instance
               ,
               
                 Your
                 Person
                 is
                 so
                 admirable
                 that
                 it
                 can
                 scarce
                 receive
                 addition
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 glorified
                 :
                 and
                 your
                 Soul
                 ,
                 which
                 shines
                 through
                 it
                 ,
                 finds
                 it
                 of
                 a
                 Substance
                 so
                 near
                 her
                 own
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 will
                 be
                 pleas'd
                 to
                 pass
                 an
                 Age
                 within
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 confin'd
                 to
                 such
                 a
                 Pallace
                 .
              
               This
               Dramma
               is
               commended
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               written
               by
               Mr.
               Lee
               ;
               and
               the
               Author
               has
               prefixt
               an
               Apology
               for
               Heroick
               Poetry
               ,
               and
               Poetick
               Licence
               .
               The
               foundation
               of
               this
               Opera
               is
               fetcht
               from
               Mr.
               
               Milton's
               
                 Paradise
                 Lost.
              
               How
               far
               our
               Author
               has
               transcrib'd
               him
               ,
               I
               shall
               leave
               to
               the
               inquiry
               of
               the
               Curious
               ,
               that
               will
               take
               the
               pains
               to
               compare
               the
               Copy
               with
               the
               Original
               .
            
             
               Tempest
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Inchanted
                 Island
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               His
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1676.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               originally
               
               Shakespear's
               (
               being
               the
               
               first
               Play
               printed
               in
               the
               Folio
               Edition
               )
               and
               was
               revis'd
               by
               Sr.
               D'Avenant
               and
               Mr.
               Dryden
               .
               The
               Character
               of
               the
               Saylors
               were
               not
               only
               the
               Invention
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               most
               part
               of
               his
               Writing
               :
               as
               our
               Author
               ingeniously
               confesseth
               in
               his
               Preface
               .
               'T
               is
               likewise
               to
               his
               Praise
               ,
               that
               he
               so
               much
               commends
               his
               deceas'd
               Predecessor
               .
               But
               as
               to
               his
               Reflections
               on
               Mr.
               Fletcher
               ,
               and
               Sr.
               
                 John
                 Suckling
              
               for
               having
               copied
               ,
               the
               One
               ,
               his
               
                 Sea
                 Voyage
              
               ,
               the
               other
               ,
               his
               Goblins
               ,
               from
               this
               Play
               ;
               I
               believe
               were
               Mr.
               Dryden
               to
               be
               try'd
               by
               the
               same
               Standard
               ,
               most
               of
               his
               Plays
               would
               appear
               Copies
               .
            
             
               
                 Troilus
                 and
                 Cressida
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Truth
                 found
                 out
                 too
                 late
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               to
               which
               is
               prefixt
               a
               Preface
               containing
               the
               Grounds
               of
               Criticisme
               in
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1679.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Thomas
               Earl
               of
               Sunderland
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               likewise
               first
               written
               by
               Shakespear
               ,
               and
               revis'd
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               to
               which
               he
               added
               several
               new
               Scenes
               ,
               and
               even
               cultivated
               and
               improv'd
               what
               he
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               Original
               .
               The
               last
               Scene
               in
               the
               third
               Act
               is
               a
               Master-piece
               ,
               and
               whether
               it
               be
               copied
               from
               
                 Shakespear
                 ,
                 Fletcher
              
               ,
               or
               Euripides
               ,
               or
               all
               of
               them
               ,
               I
               think
               it
               jnstly
               deserves
               Commendation
               .
               The
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               was
               taken
               by
               Mr.
               Shakespear
               from
               
               Chaucer's
               
                 Troilus
                 and
                 Cressida
              
               ;
               which
               was
               translated
               (
               according
               to
               Mr.
               Dryden
               )
               from
               the
               Original
               Story
               ,
               written
               in
               Latine
               Verse
               ,
               by
               One
               Lollius
               ,
               a
               Lombard
               .
            
             
               
                 Tyranick
                 Love
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Royal
                 Martyr
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Servants
               at
               the
               
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1677.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Most
               Illustrious
               Prince
               James
               Duke
               of
               Monmouth
               and
               Bucclugh
               .
               This
               Tragedy
               is
               writ
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               :
               and
               several
               Hints
               are
               borrow'd
               from
               other
               Authors
               ,
               but
               much
               improv'd
               .
               Only
               I
               cannot
               but
               observe
               that
               whenever
               the
               Criticks
               pursue
               him
               ,
               he
               withdraws
               for
               shelter
               under
               the
               Artillery
               of
               the
               Ancients
               ;
               and
               thinks
               by
               the
               discharge
               of
               a
               Quotation
               from
               a
               Latine
               Author
               ,
               to
               destroy
               their
               Criticisms
               .
               Thus
               in
               the
               Preface
               to
               his
               Play
               ,
               he
               vindicates
               the
               following
               Line
               in
               his
               Prologue
               ;
               
                 
                   And
                   he
                   who
                   servilely
                   creeps
                   after
                   Sence
                
                 
                   Is
                   safe
                   ;
                   —
                
              
               By
               that
               Quotation
               of
               Horace
               ,
               
                 
                   Serpit
                   humi
                   tutus
                   .
                
              
               So
               he
               justifies
               the
               following
               Line
               in
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Fourth
               Act
               :
               
                 
                   With
                   Empty
                   Arms
                   embrace
                   you
                   whilst
                   you
                   sleep
                   ,
                
              
               From
               this
               Expression
               in
               Virgil
               ,
               
                 
                   —
                   Vacuis
                   amplectitur
                   Ulnis
                   .
                
              
               I
               could
               cite
               you
               other
               passages
               out
               of
               his
               
                 Conquest
                 of
                 Granada
                 ,
                 Indian
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 State
                 of
                 Innocence
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               but
               these
               are
               sufficient
               to
               shew
               ,
               how
               much
               Self-justification
               is
               an
               Article
               of
               our
               Author's
               Creed
               .
               As
               to
               the
               Plot
               of
               this
               Tragedy
               't
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               :
               see
               Zosimus
               ,
               L.4
               .
               Socrates
               ,
               L.5
               .
               C.
               14
               .
               
                 Herodiani
                 Hist.
              
               L.7
               .
               and
               8.
               
               
                 Jul.
                 Capitolinus
                 ,
                 in
                 Vit.
                 Max.
                 Jun.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Wild
                 Gallant
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               by
               Their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1669.
               
               This
               Play
               tho'
               the
               last
               mention'd
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               Alphabetical
               
               Order
               throughout
               observ'd
               ,
               was
               yet
               the
               first
               attempt
               which
               our
               Author
               made
               in
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               ;
               and
               met
               with
               but
               indifferent
               Success
               in
               the
               Action
               .
               The
               Plot
               he
               confesses
               was
               not
               originally
               his
               own
               ,
               but
               however
               having
               so
               much
               alter'd
               and
               beautified
               it
               ,
               we
               will
               do
               him
               the
               Honour
               to
               call
               him
               the
               Author
               of
               the
               
                 Wild
                 Gallant
              
               ,
               as
               he
               has
               done
               Sr.
               
                 Robert
                 Howard
              
               ,
               the
               Author
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
               
                 Lerma
                 c
              
               :
               and
               by
               way
               of
               Excuse
               I
               shall
               transcribe
               his
               own
               Lines
               in
               behalf
               of
               a
               New
               Brother
               of
               Parnassus
               .
               d
            
             
               
                 'T
                 is
                 Miracle
                 to
                 see
                 a
                 first
                 good
                 Play
                 ,
              
               
                 All
                 Hawthorns
                 do
                 not
                 bloom
                 on
                 Christmass-day
                 ;
              
               
                 A
                 slender
                 Poet
                 must
                 have
                 time
                 to
                 grow
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 spread
                 and
                 burnish
                 as
                 his
                 Brothers
                 do
                 .
              
               
                 Who
                 still
                 looks
                 lean
                 ,
                 sure
                 with
                 some
                 Pox
                 is
                 curst
                 ;
              
               
                 But
                 no
                 Man
                 can
                 be
                 Falstaff
                 Fat
                 at
                 first
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               am
               next
               to
               give
               the
               Reader
               an
               Account
               of
               his
               other
               Writings
               and
               Transactions
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               they
               are
               come
               to
               my
               Knowledge
               ,
               and
               I
               shall
               begin
               with
               those
               in
               Verse
               ,
               because
               nearer
               ally'd
               to
               my
               present
               Subject
               .
               There
               are
               several
               pieces
               of
               this
               Nature
               said
               to
               be
               writ
               by
               him
               ;
               as
               Heroick
               Stanzas
               on
               the
               late
               Usurper
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwel
              
               ,
               written
               after
               his
               Funeral
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1659.
               
               
                 Annus
                 Mirahilis
                 ,
                 The
                 Year
                 of
                 Wonders
              
               1666.
               
               An
               Historical
               Poem
               describing
               the
               
                 Dutch
                 War
              
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Fire
                 of
                 London
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1667.
               
               
                 Absalom
                 and
                 Achitophel
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1682.
               
               This
               last
               ,
               with
               several
               other
               of
               his
               
               Poems
               ,
               as
               the
               
                 Medal
                 ,
                 Mack
                 Flecknoe
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               are
               printed
               in
               
                 A
                 Collection
                 of
                 Poems
              
               ,
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1684.
               
               Sylva
               ,
               or
               a
               Second
               Volume
               of
               
                 Poetical
                 Miscellanies
              
               ,
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1685.
               
               
                 Religio
                 Laici
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1682.
               
               
                 Threnodia
                 Augustalis
              
               ,
               or
               a
               Funeral-Pindarique
               Poem
               on
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1685.
               
               Hind
               and
               Panther
               ,
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1687.
               
               
                 Britannia
                 Rediviva
              
               :
               a
               Poem
               on
               the
               Birth
               of
               the
               Prince
               ,
               in
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1688.
               
            
             
               In
               Prose
               he
               has
               writ
               
                 An
                 Essay
                 of
                 Dramatick
                 Poetry
              
               ,
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1668.
               
               
                 Vindication
                 of
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Guise
                 ,
              
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1683.
               
               
                 The
                 Life
                 of
                 Plutarch
              
               ,
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1683.
               
               And
               some
               
                 Theological
                 Pieces
              
               which
               I
               have
               not
               by
               me
               at
               present
               .
               He
               has
               translated
               
                 The
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 League
                 .
                 The
                 Life
                 of
                 St.
                 Xavier
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               Now
               that
               Mr.
               Dryden
               may
               not
               think
               himself
               slighted
               in
               not
               having
               some
               Verses
               inserted
               in
               his
               Commendation
               ;
               I
               will
               present
               the
               Reader
               with
               a
               Copy
               written
               by
               Mr.
               Flecknoe
               ,
               and
               leave
               him
               to
               Judge
               of
               his
               Wit
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               Gratitude
               ,
               by
               comparing
               the
               Epistle
               Dedicatory
               to
               his
               
                 Kind
                 Keeper
              
               ,
               and
               his
               Satyr
               call'd
               
                 Mack
                 Flecknoe
              
               ,
               with
               the
               following
               Epigram
               .
            
             
               
                 To
                 Mr.
                 
                   John
                   Dryden
                
                 .
              
               
                 Dryden
                 ,
                 the
                 Muses
                 Darling
                 and
                 delight
                 ,
              
               
                 Than
                 whom
                 none
                 ever
                 flew
                 so
                 high
                 a
                 flight
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 have
                 their
                 Vains
                 so
                 drossy
                 ,
                 as
                 from
                 Earth
                 ,
              
               
                 Their
                 Muses
                 only
                 seem
                 to
                 have
                 ta'ne
                 their
                 Birth
                 .
              
               
                 Other
                 but
                 Water-Poets
                 are
                 ,
                 have
                 gone
              
               
                 No
                 farther
                 than
                 to
                 th'
                 
                   Fount
                   of
                   Helicon
                
                 :
              
               
               
                 And
                 they
                 'r
                 but
                 
                   airy
                   Ones
                
                 whose
                 Muse
                 soars
                 up
                 higher
              
               
                 No
                 higher
                 than
                 to
                 Mount
                 Pernassus
                 top
                 ;
              
               
                 Whilst
                 thou
                 with
                 thine
                 ,
                 dost
                 seem
                 to
                 have
                 mounted
              
               
                 Than
                 he
                 who
                 fetcht
                 from
                 Heaven
                 Celestial
                 Fire
                 :
              
               
                 And
                 dost
                 as
                 far
                 surpass
                 all
                 others
                 ,
                 as
              
               
                 Fire
                 does
                 all
                 other
                 Elements
                 surpass
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               DUFFET
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               altogether
               unknown
               to
               me
               ,
               but
               by
               his
               Writings
               ;
               and
               by
               them
               I
               take
               him
               to
               be
               a
               Wit
               of
               the
               third
               Rate
               :
               and
               One
               whose
               Fancy
               leads
               him
               rather
               to
               Low-Comedy
               ,
               and
               Farce
               ,
               than
               Heroick
               Poetry
               .
               He
               has
               written
               three
               Plays
               ;
               Two
               of
               which
               were
               purposely
               design'd
               in
               a
               Burlesque
               Stile
               :
               but
               are
               intermixt
               with
               so
               much
               Scurrility
               ,
               that
               instead
               of
               Diverting
               ,
               they
               offend
               the
               modest
               Mind
               .
               And
               I
               have
               heard
               that
               when
               one
               of
               his
               Plays
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 The
                 Mock
                 Tempest
              
               was
               acted
               in
               Dublin
               ,
               several
               Ladies
               ,
               and
               Persons
               of
               the
               best
               Quality
               left
               the
               House
               :
               such
               Ribaldry
               pleasing
               none
               but
               the
               Rabble
               ,
               as
               Horace
               says
               ;
               e
               
                 
                   Offenduntur
                   enim
                   ,
                   quibus
                   est
                   equus
                   ,
                   &
                   pater
                   ,
                   &
                   res
                   :
                
                 
                   Nec
                   si
                   quid
                   fricti
                   ciceris
                   probat
                   ,
                   &
                   nucis
                   emptor
                   ,
                
                 
                   AEquis
                   accipiunt
                   animis
                   ,
                   donant-ve
                   coronâ
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Mock
                 Tempest
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Enchanted
                 Castle
              
               ,
               a
               Farce
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1675.
               
               The
               Design
               of
               this
               Play
               was
               to
               draw
               the
               Town
               from
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               who
               for
               a
               considerable
               time
               had
               frequented
               that
               admirable
               reviv'd
               Comedy
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Tempest
              
               .
               
               What
               success
               it
               had
               may
               be
               learnt
               from
               the
               following
               Lines
               ;
               f
               
                 
                   The
                   dull
                   Burlesque
                   appear'd
                   with
                   Impudence
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   pleas'd
                   by
                   Novelty
                   for
                   want
                   of
                   Sence
                   .
                
                 
                   Ali
                   except
                   trivial
                   points
                   ,
                   grew
                   out
                   of
                   Date
                   ;
                
                 
                   Parnassus
                   spoke
                   the
                   Cant
                   of
                   Billingsgate
                   :
                
                 
                   Boundless
                   and
                   Mad
                   ,
                   disorder'd
                   Rime
                   was
                   seen
                   ;
                
                 
                   Disguis'd
                   Apollo
                   chang'd
                   to
                   Harlequin
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   Plague
                   which
                   first
                   in
                   Country
                   Towns
                   began
                   ,
                
                 
                   Cities
                   and
                   Kingdoms
                   quickly
                   over-ran
                   ;
                
                 
                   The
                   dullest
                   Scriblers
                   some
                   Admirers
                   found
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   the
                   Mock-Tempest
                   was
                   a
                   while
                   renown'd
                   ;
                
                 
                   But
                   this
                   low
                   stuff
                   the
                   Town
                   at
                   last
                   despis'd
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   scorn'd
                   the
                   Folly
                   that
                   they
                   once
                   had
                   priz'd
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Psyche
                 Debauch'd
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               and
               printed
               8
               o
               Lond.
               1678.
               
               This
               
                 Mock
                 Opera
              
               was
               writ
               on
               purpose
               to
               Ridicule
               Mr.
               
               Shadwell's
               Psyche
               ,
               and
               to
               spoil
               the
               Duke's
               House
               ,
               which
               ,
               as
               has
               been
               before
               observ'd
               ,
               was
               then
               more
               frequented
               than
               the
               King
               's
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               as
               Scurrilous
               as
               the
               former
               .
            
             
               
                 Spanish
                 Rogue
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1674.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Madam
               
                 Ellen
                 Guin
              
               .
               Tho'
               this
               Play
               far
               exceed
               either
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               yet
               I
               cannot
               commend
               it
               ,
               neither
               do
               I
               think
               Comedy
               a
               fit
               subject
               for
               Heroick
               Verse
               ;
               few
               of
               them
               being
               writ
               in
               Rime
               ,
               in
               our
               Language
               ;
               and
               those
               few
               ,
               scarce
               any
               of
               them
               have
               succeeded
               on
               the
               English
               Stage
               .
            
             
               Our
               Author
               has
               writ
               nothing
               else
               that
               I
               know
               of
               ,
               but
               a
               Book
               of
               Poems
               ,
               Songs
               ,
               Prologues
               ,
               and
               Epilogues
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1676.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Thomas
               DURFEY
               .
            
             
               A
               Person
               now
               living
               ,
               who
               was
               first
               bred
               to
               the
               Law
               ,
               but
               left
               that
               rugged
               way
               ,
               for
               the
               flowry
               Fields
               of
               Poetry
               .
               He
               is
               accounted
               by
               some
               for
               an
               Admirable
               Poet
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               by
               those
               who
               are
               not
               acquainted
               much
               with
               Authors
               ,
               and
               therefore
               are
               deceiv'd
               by
               Appearances
               ,
               taking
               that
               for
               his
               own
               Wit
               ,
               which
               he
               only
               borrows
               from
               Others
               :
               for
               Mr.
               Durfey
               like
               the
               Cuckow
               ,
               makes
               it
               his
               business
               to
               suck
               other
               Birds
               Eggs.
               In
               my
               Opinion
               he
               is
               a
               much
               better
               Ballad-maker
               ,
               than
               Play-wright
               :
               and
               those
               Comedies
               of
               his
               which
               are
               not
               borrow'd
               ,
               are
               more
               ally'd
               to
               Farce
               ,
               than
               the
               true
               Comedy
               of
               the
               Ancients
               .
               The
               Plays
               to
               which
               he
               lays
               claim
               ,
               are
               Thirteen
               in
               Number
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               Banditti
               ,
               or
               
                 A
                 Ladies
                 Distress
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1686.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               affronted
               in
               the
               Acting
               by
               some
               who
               thought
               themselves
               Criticks
               ,
               and
               others
               with
               Cat-calls
               ,
               endeavour'd
               at
               once
               to
               stisle
               the
               Author's
               Profit
               ,
               and
               Fame
               :
               which
               was
               the
               occasion
               ,
               that
               through
               Revenge
               he
               dedicated
               it
               to
               a
               certain
               Knight
               under
               this
               Ironical
               Title
               .
               To
               the
               extream
               Witty
               and
               Judicious
               Gentleman
               ,
               Sir
               Critick-Cat-call
               .
               The
               chief
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Romance
               ,
               written
               by
               
                 Don
                 Francisco
                 de
                 las
                 Coveras
              
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Don
                 Fenise
              
               translated
               into
               English
               ,
               in
               8
               
               o.
               See
               the
               History
               of
               
                 Don
                 Antonio
              
               ,
               Book
               4.
               p.
               250.
               
               The
               design
               of
               Don
               Diego's
               turning
               Banditti
               ,
               and
               joining
               with
               them
               to
               rob
               his
               supposed
               Father
               ;
               resembles
               that
               of
               Pipperollo
               in
               
               Shirley's
               Play
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Sisters
              
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Common-wealth
                 of
                 Women
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               by
               Their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1686.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               truly
               Noble
               and
               illustrious
               Prince
               Christopher
               Duke
               of
               Albermarle
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               
               Fletcher's
               Sea-Voyage
               reviv'd
               ,
               with
               the
               Alteration
               of
               some
               few
               Scenes
               ;
               tho'
               what
               is
               either
               alter'd
               or
               added
               may
               be
               as
               easily
               descern'd
               from
               the
               Original
               ,
               as
               Patches
               on
               a
               Coat
               from
               the
               main
               Piece
               .
            
             
               
                 Fond
                 Husband
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Plotting
                 Sisters
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1678.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Grace
               the
               Duke
               of
               Ormond
               .
               This
               is
               One
               of
               his
               best
               Comedies
               ,
               and
               has
               been
               frequently
               acted
               with
               good
               Applause
               :
               tho'
               methinks
               the
               business
               of
               
                 Sneak
                 ,
                 Cordelia
              
               ,
               and
               Sir
               
                 Roger
                 Petulant
              
               ,
               end
               but
               abruptly
               .
            
             
               
                 Fool
                 turn'd
                 Critick
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1678.
               
               The
               Prologue
               to
               this
               Play
               is
               the
               same
               with
               that
               of
               Mr.
               Anthony
               ,
               and
               was
               I
               suppose
               borrow'd
               from
               thence
               .
               The
               Characters
               of
               
                 Old
                 Wine-love
                 ,
                 Tim
              
               ,
               and
               Small-wit
               ,
               resemble
               those
               of
               
                 Simo
                 ,
                 Asotus
              
               ,
               and
               Balio
               in
               the
               
                 Jealous
                 Lovers
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Fools
                 Preferment
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Three
                 Dukes
                 of
                 Dunstable
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Queens
               Theatre
               in
               Dorset-Garden
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               with
               the
               Songs
               and
               Notes
               to
               them
               ,
               Composed
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Henry
                 Purcel
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1688.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Honourable
               Charles
               Lord
               Morpeth
               ,
               with
               this
               familiar
               Title
               ,
               
                 My
                 Dear
                 Lord
              
               ,
               and
               subscrib'd
               like
               a
               Person
               
               of
               Quality
               ,
               only
               with
               his
               Sir-name
               D'Urfey
               .
               Nor
               is
               his
               Epistle
               less
               presumptuous
               ,
               where
               he
               arrogates
               to
               himself
               a
               Play
               ,
               which
               was
               writ
               by
               another
               ,
               and
               owns
               only
               a
               hint
               from
               an
               old
               Comedy
               of
               
               Fletcher's
               ,
               when
               the
               whole
               Play
               is
               in
               a
               manner
               trascrib'd
               from
               the
               
                 Noble
                 Gentleman
              
               ,
               abating
               the
               Scene
               that
               relates
               to
               Basset
               ,
               which
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               a
               late
               traslated
               Novel
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Humours
                 of
                 Basset
              
               .
               As
               to
               part
               of
               the
               first
               Paragraph
               of
               his
               Dedication
               't
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               translation
               of
               
               Horace's
               Tenth
               Satyr
               ,
               by
               the
               Earl
               of
               Rochester
               :
               and
               any
               Man
               that
               understands
               French
               ,
               and
               should
               read
               a
               Place
               he
               there
               quotes
               out
               of
               Montaigne
               ,
               would
               be
               so
               far
               from
               taking
               him
               to
               be
               (
               as
               he
               stiles
               himself
               g
               Nephew
               to
               the
               famous
               D'Urffee
               ,
               the
               Author
               of
               the
               Excellent
               Astraea
               ;
               that
               they
               would
               rather
               think
               he
               understood
               not
               the
               Language
               ,
               or
               was
               extreamly
               negligent
               ,
               in
               suffering
               such
               Errata
               to
               go
               uncorrected
               .
               For
               my
               part
               ,
               I
               should
               rather
               take
               him
               to
               be
               lineally
               descended
               from
               the
               Roman
               Celsus
               ,
               whom
               Horace
               makes
               mention
               of
               in
               his
               Epistle
               to
               his
               Friend
               
                 Julius
                 Florus
              
               h
               :
               at
               least
               I
               am
               sure
               the
               Character
               will
               fit
               our
               Author
               .
            
             
               
                 Quid
                 mihi
                 Celsus
                 agit
                 ?
                 monitus
                 ,
                 multumque
                 ,
                 monendus
                 ,
              
               
                 Privatas
                 ut
                 quaerat
                 opes
                 ,
                 &
                 tangere
                 vitet
              
               
                 Scripta
                 ,
                 Palatinus
                 quaecunque
                 recepit
                 Apollo
                 :
              
               
                 Ne
                 ,
                 si
                 fortè
                 suas
                 repetitum
                 venerit
                 olim
              
               
                 Grex
                 avium
                 plumas
                 ,
                 moveat
                 cornicula
                 risum
                 ,
              
               
                 Furtivis
                 nudata
                 coloribus
                 .
                 —
              
            
             
             
               
                 Injur'd
                 Princess
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 fatal
                 Wager
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1682.
               
               The
               Design
               and
               the
               Language
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               a
               Play
               call'd
               the
               
                 Tragedy
                 of
                 Cymbeline
              
               .
               In
               this
               Play
               he
               is
               not
               content
               with
               robbing
               Shakespear
               ,
               but
               tops
               upon
               the
               Audience
               an
               old
               Epilogue
               to
               the
               
                 Fool
                 turn'd
                 Critick
              
               ,
               for
               a
               new
               Prologue
               to
               this
               Play.
               So
               that
               what
               Mr.
               Clifford
               said
               of
               Mr.
               Dryden
               i
               ,
               is
               more
               justly
               applicable
               to
               our
               Author
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 is
                 a
                 strange
                 unconscionable
                 Thief
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 not
                 content
                 to
                 steal
                 from
                 others
                 ,
                 but
                 robbs
                 his
                 poor
                 wretched
                 Self
                 too
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Madam
                 Fickle
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Witty
                 false
                 One
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1677.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Grace
               the
               Duke
               of
               Ormond
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               patch
               up
               from
               several
               other
               Comedies
               ,
               as
               the
               Character
               of
               Sir
               
                 Arthur
                 Old
                 Love
              
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               Veterano
               in
               the
               Antiquary
               ;
               Zechiel's
               creeping
               into
               the
               Tavern
               Bush
               ,
               and
               Tilbury
               Drunk
               in
               the
               Street
               under
               it
               ,
               with
               a
               Torch
               ,
               Act
               5.
               
               Sc.
               2.
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               Sir
               
                 Reverence
                 Lamard
              
               ,
               and
               Pimp-well
               in
               the
               Walks
               of
               Islington
               and
               Hogsden
               .
               There
               are
               other
               Hints
               likewise
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               Fawn
               :
               so
               that
               the
               Author
               did
               well
               to
               prefix
               that
               Verse
               of
               Horace
               before
               his
               Play
               ,
               
                 
                   Non
                   cuivis
                   Homini
                   contingit
                   adire
                   Corinthum
                   ,
                
              
               plainly
               implying
               ,
               that
               he
               could
               not
               write
               a
               Play
               without
               stealing
               .
            
             
             
               Royalist
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1682.
               
               This
               Comedy
               was
               well
               receiv'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               but
               patcht
               up
               from
               Novels
               ,
               as
               the
               former
               from
               Plays
               .
               Witness
               the
               Tryals
               which
               Camilla
               put
               upon
               her
               Husband
               Sir
               
                 Oliver
                 Old-cut
              
               ,
               for
               the
               Love
               of
               Sir
               
                 Charles
                 King-love
              
               ;
               which
               the
               Author
               borrow'd
               from
               Boccace
               ,
               Day
               7.
               
               Nov.
               9
               .
               
                 Les
                 Contes
                 de
                 M.
                 de
                 la
                 Fontaine
              
               pag.
               47.
               and
               other
               Hints
               .
               Nay
               our
               Author
               who
               sets
               up
               himself
               for
               Madrigals
               ,
               has
               stoln
               the
               Song
               of
               
                 Hey
                 Boys
                 up
                 go
                 We
              
               ,
               &c.
               in
               the
               fourth
               Act
               ,
               from
               
                 The
                 Shepherds
                 Oracle
              
               ,
               an
               Eclogue
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1644.
               
            
             
               
                 Siege
                 of
                 Memphis
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Ambitious
                 Queen
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1676.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               writ
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Truly
               Generous
               
                 Henry
                 Chivers
              
               
                 Esq
              
               who
               shew'd
               himself
               truly
               such
               ,
               in
               defending
               a
               Play
               so
               full
               of
               Bombast
               ,
               and
               Fustian
               .
               There
               goes
               more
               to
               the
               making
               of
               a
               Poet
               ,
               than
               capping
               Verses
               ,
               or
               taging
               Rimes
               ,
               't
               is
               not
               enough
               
                 concludere
                 versum
              
               ,
               as
               Horace
               k
               calls
               it
               ,
               but
               a
               Poet
               must
               be
               such
               a
               One
               ,
               
                 
                   Ingenium
                   cui
                   sit
                   ,
                   cui
                   mens
                   divinior
                   ,
                   atque
                   os
                
                 
                   Magna
                   sonaturum
                   ,
                   des
                   nominis
                   hujus
                   honorem
                   .
                
              
               I
               would
               therefore
               advise
               all
               these
               Poetasters
               in
               the
               words
               of
               a
               Modern
               Prologue
               l
               ;
               
                 
                   Rimesters
                   ,
                   get
                   Wit
                   e're
                   ye
                   pretend
                   to
                   shew
                   it
                   ,
                
                 
                   Nor
                   think
                   a
                   game
                   at
                   Crambo
                   makes
                   a
                   Poet.
                   
                
              
            
             
               
                 Squire
                 Old-sap
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Night
                 Adventurers
              
               ,
               a
               
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1679.
               
               This
               Comedy
               is
               very
               much
               beholding
               to
               Romances
               for
               several
               Incidents
               ;
               as
               the
               Character
               of
               
                 Squire
                 Old-sap
              
               ,
               and
               
               Pimpo's
               tying
               him
               to
               a
               Tree
               ,
               Act
               1.
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               begining
               of
               the
               Romance
               call'd
               the
               
                 Comical
                 History
                 of
                 Francion
              
               .
               Trick-love's
               cheating
               Old-sap
               with
               the
               Bell
               ,
               and
               
               Pimpo's
               standing
               in
               
               Henry's
               place
               ,
               Act
               4.
               
               Sc.
               3.
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
               Boccace's
               Novels
               ,
               Day
               7.
               
               Nov.
               8.
               
               The
               same
               is
               related
               in
               
                 Les
                 Contes
                 de
                 M.
                 de
                 la
                 Fontaine
              
               in
               the
               Story
               intituled
               
                 La
                 Gageure
                 des
                 trois
                 Commeres
              
               Tom.
               1.
               pag.
               47.
               
               
               Trick-love's
               contrivance
               with
               Welford
               ,
               to
               have
               Old-sap
               beaten
               in
               her
               Habit
               ,
               Act
               4.
               
               Sc.
               the
               last
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               Boccace
               Day
               7.
               
               Nov.
               7.
               tho'
               the
               same
               is
               an
               incident
               in
               other
               Plays
               ,
               as
               in
               
               Fletcher's
               
                 Women
                 Pleas'd
                 ,
                 London
                 Cuckolds
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               There
               are
               other
               passages
               borrow'd
               likewise
               ,
               which
               I
               purposely
               omit
               to
               repeat
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Barnaby
                 Whig
              
               ,
               or
               
                 No
                 Wit
                 like
                 a
                 Womans
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1681.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               George
               Earl
               of
               Berkley
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Novel
               of
               Monsieur
               
                 S.
                 Bremond
              
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Double
                 Cuckold
              
               ;
               and
               the
               part
               of
               the
               Humor
               of
               Captain
               Porpuss
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               a
               Play
               called
               
                 The
                 Fine
                 Companion
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Trick
                 for
                 Trick
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Debauch'd
                 Hypocrite
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1678.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               only
               
               Fletcher's
               
                 Monsieur
                 Thomas
              
               reviv'd
               :
               tho'
               scarce
               at
               all
               acknowledg'd
               by
               our
               Author
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Virtuous
                 Wife
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Good
                 luck
                 at
                 last
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Dukes
               Theatre
               by
               His
               Royal
               Highness
               his
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1680.
               
               This
               Comedy
               is
               one
               of
               the
               most
               entertaining
               of
               his
               ;
               tho'
               there
               are
               many
               little
               hints
               borrow'd
               from
               other
               Comedies
               ,
               as
               particularly
               the
               Fawn
               ;
               and
               the
               Humor
               of
               Beaufort
               ,
               is
               copy'd
               from
               Palamede
               ,
               in
               
                 Marriage
                 A-la-mode
              
               .
            
             
               Besides
               these
               Plays
               ,
               he
               has
               written
               several
               Songs
               ,
               which
               (
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               )
               were
               collected
               into
               one
               entire
               Vol.
               and
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1682.
               
               But
               I
               wou'd
               not
               have
               him
               ascribe
               all
               his
               Songs
               ,
               any
               more
               than
               his
               Plays
               ,
               to
               his
               own
               Genius
               ,
               or
               Imagination
               ;
               since
               he
               is
               equally
               beholding
               for
               some
               of
               them
               to
               other
               Mens
               pains
               ;
               Witness
               the
               above-mention'd
               Song
               in
               the
               
                 Royalist
                 ,
                 And
                 didst
                 thou
                 not
                 promise
                 me
                 when
                 thou
                 ligst
                 by
                 me
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               He
               has
               writ
               besides
               other
               pieces
               ,
               as
               
                 Butler's
                 Ghost
              
               ,
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1682.
               
               Poems
               ,
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1690.
               
               
               Collin's
               Walk
               ,
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1690.
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             E.
             
          
           
             
               Edward
               ECCLESTON
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               now
               living
               ,
               the
               Author
               of
               an
               Opera
               ,
               of
               the
               same
               Nature
               with
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               
                 State
                 of
                 Innocence
              
               ;
               but
               being
               publisht
               after
               it
               ,
               it
               serv'd
               rather
               as
               a
               Foil
               to
               the
               excellent
               piece
               ,
               than
               any
               ways
               rival'd
               its
               Reputation
               .
               This
               piece
               first
               bore
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Noahs
                 Flood
                 ,
                 or
                 The
                 Destruction
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
              
               
               an
               Opera
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1679.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               her
               Grace
               the
               Dutchess
               of
               Monmouth
               :
               This
               Play
               not
               going
               off
               ,
               a
               new
               Title
               and
               Cuts
               were
               affix'd
               to
               it
               in
               Hillary-Term
               1684.
               it
               then
               going
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 The
                 Cataclism
              
               ,
               or
               General
               Deluge
               of
               the
               World.
               Whether
               Mr.
               Holford
               was
               more
               successful
               than
               Mr.
               Took
               ,
               in
               putting
               off
               the
               remainder
               of
               the
               Impression
               ,
               or
               whether
               the
               various
               Sculptures
               took
               more
               with
               the
               Ladies
               of
               the
               Pal-mall
               ,
               than
               the
               Sence
               did
               with
               those
               who
               frequent
               
               Paul's
               Church-Yard
               ,
               I
               am
               not
               able
               to
               determine
               :
               but
               I
               doubt
               the
               Bookseller
               still
               wants
               Customers
               ,
               since
               I
               again
               find
               it
               in
               the
               last
               Term
               Catalogue
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 The
                 Deluge
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Destruction
                 of
                 the
                 World.
              
               The
               Title
               shews
               the
               Foundation
               of
               it
               to
               be
               Scripture
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               George
               ETHERIDGE
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               sufficiently
               eminent
               in
               the
               Town
               for
               his
               Wit
               and
               Parts
               ,
               and
               One
               whose
               tallent
               in
               sound
               Sence
               ,
               and
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               true
               Wit
               and
               Humour
               ,
               are
               sufficiently
               conspicuous
               :
               and
               therefore
               I
               presume
               I
               may
               with
               justice
               ,
               and
               without
               envy
               ,
               apply
               
               Horace's
               Character
               of
               Fundanus
               ,
               to
               this
               admirable
               Author
               ;
               a
               
                 
                   Argutâ
                   meretrice
                   potes
                   ,
                   Davoque
                   Chremeta
                
                 
                   Eludente
                   senem
                   ,
                   comis
                   garrire
                   libellos
                   ,
                
                 
                   Unus
                   vivorum
                   ,
                   Fundani
                   .
                   —
                
              
            
             
               This
               Ingenious
               Author
               has
               oblig'd
               the
               World
               by
               publishing
               three
               Comedies
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
             
               
                 Comical
                 Revenge
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Love
                 in
                 a
                 Tub
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               his
               Royal-Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               in
               Lincolns-Inn-fields
               :
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1669.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Honourable
               Charles
               Lord
               Buckhurst
               .
               This
               Comedy
               tho'
               of
               a
               mixt
               nature
               ,
               part
               of
               it
               being
               serious
               ,
               and
               writ
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ;
               yet
               has
               succeeded
               admirably
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               it
               having
               always
               been
               acted
               with
               general
               approbation
               .
            
             
               
                 Man
                 of
                 Mode
              
               ,
               or
               Sir
               
                 Fopling
                 Flutter
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1676.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               her
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Dutchess
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               written
               with
               great
               Art
               and
               Judgment
               ,
               and
               is
               acknowledg'd
               by
               all
               ,
               to
               be
               as
               true
               Comedy
               ,
               and
               the
               Characters
               as
               well
               drawn
               to
               the
               Life
               ,
               as
               any
               Play
               that
               has
               been
               Acted
               since
               the
               Restauration
               of
               the
               English
               Stage
               .
               Only
               I
               must
               observe
               ,
               that
               the
               Song
               in
               the
               last
               Act
               written
               by
               C.S.
               is
               translated
               from
               part
               of
               an
               Elegy
               written
               in
               French
               by
               
                 Madame
                 la
                 Comtesse
                 de
                 la
                 Suze
                 ,
              
               in
               
                 Le
                 Recüeil
                 des
                 Pieces
                 Gallantes
                 ,
                 tom
                 .
              
               1.
               p.
               42.
               
            
             
               
                 She
                 wou'd
                 if
                 she
                 cou'd
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               Acted
               at
               his
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1671.
               
               This
               Comedy
               is
               likewise
               accounted
               one
               of
               the
               first
               Rank
               ,
               by
               several
               who
               are
               known
               to
               be
               good
               Judges
               of
               Dramatick
               Poesy
               .
               Nay
               our
               present
               Laureat
               says
               ,
               b
               'T
               is
               the
               best
               Comedy
               written
               since
               the
               Restauration
               of
               the
               Stage
               .
               I
               heartily
               wish
               for
               the
               publick
               satisfaction
               ,
               that
               this
               great
               Master
               would
               oblidge
               the
               World
               with
               more
               of
               his
               Performances
               ,
               which
               would
               put
               a
               stop
               to
               the
               
               crude
               and
               indigested
               Plays
               ,
               which
               for
               want
               of
               better
               ,
               cumber
               the
               Stage
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             
               Sir
               Francis
               FANE
               ,
               
                 Junior
                 ,
                 Knight
                 of
                 the
              
               Bath
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               now
               living
               at
               Fulbeck
               in
               Lincoln-shire
               ,
               and
               Granson
               (
               as
               I
               suppose
               )
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Earl
               of
               Westmorland
               .
               This
               Noble
               Person
               's
               Wit
               and
               Parts
               ,
               are
               above
               my
               Capacity
               to
               describe
               ;
               and
               therefore
               I
               must
               refer
               my
               Reader
               to
               his
               Works
               ,
               which
               will
               afford
               him
               better
               satisfaction
               .
               He
               has
               obliged
               the
               World
               with
               two
               Plays
               ,
               which
               are
               equall'd
               by
               very
               few
               of
               our
               modern
               Poets
               ,
               and
               has
               shew'd
               that
               he
               can
               command
               his
               Genius
               ,
               being
               able
               to
               write
               Comedy
               ,
               or
               Tragedy
               ,
               as
               he
               pleases
               .
            
             
               
                 Love
                 in
                 the
                 dark
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Man
                 of
                 business
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ;
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               :
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1675.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               John
               Earl
               of
               Rochester
               .
               The
               Plot
               of
               Count
               Sforza
               ,
               and
               Parthelia
               Daughter
               to
               the
               Doge
               of
               Venice
               ,
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               novel
               of
               
               Scarron's
               ,
               call'd
               the
               
                 Invisible
                 Mistress
                 .
                 Bellinganna
              
               ,
               Cornanto's
               Wife
               ,
               sending
               Scrutinio
               to
               Trivultio
               ,
               to
               check
               him
               for
               making
               Love
               to
               her
               ,
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Novel
               in
               Boccace
               ,
               Day
               3.
               
               Nov.
               3.
               
               
               Hircanio's
               Wife
               catching
               him
               with
               Bellinganna
               ,
               is
               built
               on
               the
               Story
               of
               Socrates
               and
               his
               Wife
               Mirto
               ,
               in
               the
               Loves
               
               of
               Great
               Men
               p.
               59
               .
               
               Trivultio's
               seeming
               to
               beat
               Bellinganna
               ,
               is
               grounded
               on
               a
               Story
               in
               Boccace
               ,
               See
               Day
               7.
               
               Nov.
               7.
               
            
             
               Sacrifice
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1686.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Charles
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               and
               Middlesex
               .
               There
               are
               two
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               that
               I
               have
               seen
               writ
               in
               Commendation
               of
               this
               Play
               ;
               one
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Tate
               ,
               to
               the
               Author
               ,
               and
               printed
               with
               the
               Play
               ;
               the
               other
               writ
               by
               the
               late
               Mrs.
               
                 A.
                 Behn
              
               ;
               see
               the
               Miscellany
               Poems
               printed
               with
               Lycidas
               ,
               or
               the
               Lover
               in
               Fashion
               8
               
               o.
               p.
               102.
               
               The
               Plot
               of
               this
               admirable
               Tragedy
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               Story
               of
               Tamerlane
               and
               Bajazet
               .
               Many
               are
               the
               Historians
               that
               have
               given
               an
               Account
               of
               the
               Affairs
               of
               these
               Great
               Men.
               Read
               Chalcocondylas
               lib.
               3
               .
               Leunclavius
               lib.
               6
               .
               The
               Life
               of
               Tamerlane
               by
               Mr.
               D'Assigny
               ;
               the
               same
               by
               
                 P.
                 Perondini
                 ;
                 Knolls
              
               his
               Turkish
               History
               ,
               in
               the
               Life
               of
               Bajazet
               the
               First
               .
               This
               Play
               ,
               the
               Author
               a
               (
               wanting
               patience
               to
               attend
               the
               leisure
               of
               the
               Stage
               )
               published
               without
               Action
               .
               How
               much
               all
               Lovers
               of
               Poetry
               are
               indebted
               to
               him
               for
               it
               ,
               I
               must
               leave
               to
               those
               that
               are
               Poets
               to
               describe
               :
               I
               that
               am
               none
               ,
               am
               glad
               to
               set
               my
               hand
               to
               an
               Address
               drawn
               up
               by
               Mr.
               Tate
               ,
               in
               the
               following
               Lines
               .
            
             
               
                 Accept
                 our
                 Thanks
                 ,
                 tho'
                 you
                 decline
                 the
                 Stage
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 yet
                 you
                 condescend
                 the
                 Press
                 t'
                 engage
                 :
              
               
                 For
                 while
                 we
                 ,
                 thus
                 possess
                 the
                 precious
                 store
                 ,
              
               
                 Our
                 Benefits
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 your
                 Glory
                 more
                 ;
              
               
                 Thus
                 for
                 a
                 Theatre
                 the
                 World
                 you
                 find
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 your
                 Applauding
                 Audience
                 ,
                 All
                 Mankind
                 .
              
            
             
             
               'T
               is
               not
               in
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               alone
               that
               our
               Author
               is
               a
               Master
               ,
               but
               his
               Talent
               is
               equal
               also
               in
               Lyricks
               :
               Witness
               three
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               printed
               in
               Mr.
               
               Tate's
               Collection
               of
               Poems
               8
               
               o.
               One
               to
               the
               Earl
               of
               Rochester
               ,
               upon
               the
               Report
               of
               his
               Sickness
               in
               Town
               ,
               b
               in
               allusion
               to
               an
               Ode
               in
               Horace
               .
               A
               second
               to
               a
               great
               Lord
               inviting
               him
               to
               Court
               ,
               or
               else
               to
               write
               a
               History
               in
               the
               Country
               :
               c
               being
               a
               Paraphrase
               upon
               Horace
               Lib.
               2.
               
               Ode
               12.
               
               A
               third
               to
               a
               perjur'd
               Mistress
               ,
               d
               in
               imitation
               of
               another
               Ode
               of
               Horace
               Lib.
               1.
               
               Ode
               8.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 The
                 Hon
                 
                 ble
                 Sir
              
               Richard
               FANSHAW
               .
            
             
               This
               Excellent
               Man
               was
               Brother
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Thomas
               Lord
               Fanshaw
               ,
               of
               Ware-Park
               in
               Hertfordshire
               .
               He
               had
               his
               Breeding
               in
               his
               younger
               Years
               in
               Cambridge
               :
               and
               was
               so
               good
               a
               Proficient
               in
               
                 Latin
                 ,
                 French
                 ,
                 Italian
                 ,
                 Spanish
                 ,
              
               and
               Portugese
               ;
               that
               he
               understood
               them
               as
               well
               as
               his
               Mother-tongue
               .
               He
               removed
               from
               Cambridge
               to
               Court
               ,
               where
               he
               serv'd
               his
               Majesty
               with
               all
               imaginable
               Fidelity
               ,
               and
               Dutiful
               Affection
               .
               He
               was
               his
               Secretary
               in
               
                 Holland
                 ,
                 France
              
               ,
               and
               Scotland
               ;
               and
               at
               Worcester
               Fight
               was
               wounded
               ,
               and
               taken
               prisoner
               in
               Defence
               of
               the
               Royal
               Cause
               .
               His
               Loyalty
               and
               Abilities
               ,
               were
               so
               conspicuous
               to
               His
               Majesty
               King
               Charles
               the
               II.
               that
               at
               His
               happy
               Restauration
               ,
               He
               preferr'd
               him
               to
               be
               one
               of
               the
               Masters
               of
               the
               Requests
               ;
               and
               afterwards
               sent
               him
               into
               Portugal
               ,
               with
               the
               worthy
               Title
               of
               Lord
               
               Embassador
               of
               Honour
               ,
               to
               court
               the
               present
               Queen
               Dowager
               ,
               for
               this
               Master
               ;
               where
               he
               remain'd
               three
               Years
               ,
               and
               discharg'd
               his
               Employment
               with
               Honour
               .
               In
               the
               Year
               1644.
               he
               was
               sent
               Embassador
               into
               Spain
               ,
               to
               compleat
               a
               Treaty
               of
               Commerce
               ,
               and
               to
               strengthen
               the
               League
               between
               the
               two
               Crowns
               :
               which
               Affair
               he
               managed
               with
               great
               Prudence
               ,
               and
               Integrity
               .
               He
               died
               at
               Madrid
               in
               July
               1666.
               leaving
               behind
               him
               the
               Character
               of
               an
               able
               Statesman
               ;
               a
               great
               Scholar
               ;
               and
               a
               sincere
               ,
               sweet
               natur'd
               ,
               and
               pious
               Gentleman
               .
               At
               present
               we
               are
               only
               to
               consider
               his
               Scholarship
               ,
               which
               will
               sufficiently
               appear
               by
               the
               several
               Translations
               which
               he
               has
               publisht
               ,
               particularly
               those
               which
               are
               Dramatick
               :
               the
               first
               of
               which
               in
               Order
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               Eminent
               ,
               is
               stil'd
            
             
               
                 Il
                 Pastor
                 Fido
                 ,
                 The
                 Faithful
                 Shepherd
                 ,
              
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1646.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Hope
               and
               Lustre
               of
               three
               Kingdoms
               ,
               Charles
               Prince
               of
               Wales
               .
               This
               Piece
               is
               translated
               from
               the
               Italian
               of
               the
               Famous
               Guarini
               ;
               of
               whose
               Life
               ,
               by
               way
               of
               Digression
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               speak
               succinctly
               .
               He
               was
               a
               Native
               of
               Ferrara
               ,
               and
               Secretary
               to
               Alphonsus
               the
               II.
               Duke
               of
               that
               Principality
               ;
               who
               sent
               him
               into
               
                 Germany
                 ,
                 Poland
              
               and
               Rome
               ,
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Pope
               Gregory
               the
               XIII
               .
               After
               the
               death
               of
               Alphonsus
               ,
               he
               was
               Secretary
               to
               
                 Vincent
                 de
                 Gonzaga
              
               Duke
               of
               Mantua
               ,
               to
               
                 Ferdinand
                 de
                 Medicis
              
               Great
               Duke
               of
               Tuscany
               ,
               who
               created
               him
               Knight
               of
               the
               Order
               of
               Saint
               Stephen
               ,
               and
               to
               
                 Francis
                 Maria
                 de
                 la
                 Rovera
              
               Duke
               of
               Urbin
               :
               in
               all
               these
               Stations
               ,
               he
               was
               as
               much
               admir'd
               for
               his
               Politicks
               ,
               as
               Poetry
               .
               How
               much
               
               he
               was
               esteem'd
               for
               this
               last
               ,
               the
               several
               Academies
               of
               Italy
               are
               a
               sufficient
               proof
               ;
               most
               of
               which
               elected
               him
               a
               Member
               into
               their
               several
               Societies
               ;
               as
               
                 Gli
                 Humoristi
              
               of
               
                 Rome
                 ,
                 De
                 la
                 Crusca
              
               of
               
                 Florence
                 ,
                 Gli
                 Olympici
              
               of
               Vicenza
               ,
               and
               
                 Gli
                 Innominati
              
               of
               Parma
               ,
               and
               
                 Gli
                 Elevati
                 of
                 Ferrara
              
               .
               He
               withdrew
               from
               pulick
               Affairs
               towards
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               and
               dwelt
               privately
               at
               Padua
               ,
               afterwards
               at
               Venice
               ,
               where
               being
               about
               seventy
               five
               Years
               of
               Age
               ,
               he
               died
               in
               the
               Year
               1613.
               
            
             
               Having
               given
               you
               this
               Abridgment
               of
               Guarini's
               Life
               ,
               I
               shall
               return
               to
               our
               English
               Author's
               Translation
               .
               Tho'
               in
               his
               Epistle
               to
               the
               Prince
               ,
               
                 He
                 speaks
                 modestly
                 of
                 his
                 Performance
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 this
                 Dramatick
                 Poem
                 had
                 lost
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 Life
                 and
                 Quickness
                 ,
                 by
                 being
                 poured
                 out
                 of
                 one
                 Vessel
                 ,
                 (
                 that
                 is
                 one
                 Language
                 )
                 into
                 another
                 ;
                 besides
                 the
                 unsteadiness
                 of
                 the
                 Hand
                 that
                 pours
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 a
                 Translation
                 at
                 the
                 best
                 ,
                 is
                 but
                 a
                 Mock-Rainbow
                 in
                 the
                 Clouds
                 ,
                 faintly
                 imitating
                 the
                 true
                 one
                 ;
                 into
                 which
                 Apollo
                 himself
                 had
                 a
                 full
                 and
                 immediate
                 Influence
                 :
              
               I
               say
               ,
               notwithstanding
               this
               modest
               Apology
               ;
               yet
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Denham
              
               in
               his
               Verses
               on
               this
               Translation
               ,
               infinitely
               commends
               it
               :
               and
               tho'
               he
               seems
               to
               assent
               to
               our
               Author's
               Notions
               ,
               touching
               Translations
               in
               general
               :
               yet
               he
               shews
               that
               Sir
               Richard
               has
               admirably
               succeeded
               in
               this
               particular
               Attempt
               ;
               as
               the
               Reader
               may
               see
               by
               the
               following
               Lines
               ;
               where
               after
               having
               blam'd
               servile
               Translators
               ,
               he
               goes
               on
               thus
               ;
               
                 
                   A
                   new
                   and
                   nobler
                   Way
                   thou
                   dost
                   pursue
                
                 
                   To
                   make
                   Translations
                   ,
                   and
                   Translators
                   too
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   They
                   but
                   preserve
                   the
                   Ashes
                   ,
                   thou
                   the
                   Flame
                   ,
                
                 
                   True
                   to
                   his
                   Sense
                   ,
                   but
                   truer
                   to
                   his
                   Fame
                   .
                
                 
                   Foording
                   his
                   Current
                   ,
                   where
                   thou
                   find'st
                   it
                   low
                   ,
                
                 
                   Let'st
                   in
                   thine
                   own
                   ,
                   to
                   make
                   it
                   rise
                   and
                   flow
                   .
                
                 
                   Wisely
                   restoring
                   whatsoever
                   grace
                
                 
                   Is
                   lost
                   by
                   change
                   of
                   Times
                   ,
                   or
                   Tongues
                   ,
                   or
                   Place
                   ,
                
                 
                   Nor
                   fetter'd
                   to
                   his
                   Numbers
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Times
                   ,
                
                 
                   Betray'st
                   his
                   Musick
                   to
                   unhappy
                   Rimes
                   ;
                
                 
                   Nor
                   are
                   the
                   Nerves
                   of
                   his
                   compacted
                   strength
                
                 
                   Stretch'd
                   and
                   dissolv'd
                   into
                   unsinew'd
                   length
                   :
                
                 
                   Yet
                   after
                   all
                   (
                   lest
                   we
                   should
                   think
                   it
                   thine
                   ,
                   )
                
                 
                   Thy
                   Spirit
                   to
                   his
                   Circle
                   dost
                   confine
                   .
                
              
            
             
               I
               have
               already
               said
               ,
               that
               Guarini
               imitated
               
               Tasso's
               Aminta
               ,
               in
               this
               Pastoral
               ;
               e
               and
               I
               may
               add
               ,
               that
               by
               the
               unquestionable
               Verdict
               of
               all
               Italy
               ,
               he
               outstript
               him
               :
               which
               rais'd
               
               Tasso's
               Anger
               so
               high
               ,
               that
               he
               cry'd
               out
               in
               a
               great
               Passion
               ,
               
                 Se
                 non
                 havuto
                 visto
                 il
                 mio
                 Aminta
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 If
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 seen
                 my
              
               Aminta
               ,
               
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 excell'd
                 it
              
               .
               Give
               me
               leave
               to
               enlarge
               further
               ,
               that
               this
               Pastoral
               was
               writ
               on
               the
               occasion
               of
               
                 Charles
                 Emmanuel
              
               ,
               the
               Young
               Duke
               of
               
               Savoy's
               Marriage
               with
               the
               Infanta
               of
               Spain
               .
               The
               Author's
               Design
               is
               Allegorical
               and
               Instructive
               ,
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               Carino
               ,
               he
               personates
               himself
               ,
               and
               his
               chief
               End
               was
               to
               instill
               into
               his
               Princely
               Pupil
               ,
               under
               the
               disguise
               of
               a
               Dramatick
               Diversion
               ,
               the
               Principles
               of
               Divine
               ,
               Moral
               ,
               and
               Political
               Virtues
               .
            
             
               
                 Querer
                 por
                 solo
                 querer
                 ,
                 To
                 love
                 only
                 for
                 Love's
                 sake
              
               ;
               a
               Dramatick
               Romance
               represented
               at
               Aranjuez
               before
               the
               King
               and
               Queen
               of
               Spain
               ,
               to
               
               celebrate
               the
               Birth-day
               of
               that
               King
               ,
               [
               Phil.
               IV.
               ]
               by
               the
               Meninas
               ;
               which
               are
               a
               Set
               of
               Ladies
               ,
               in
               the
               Nature
               of
               Ladies
               of
               Honour
               in
               that
               Court
               ,
               Children
               in
               Years
               ,
               but
               Higher
               in
               Degree
               (
               being
               Daughters
               and
               Heirs
               to
               Grandees
               in
               Spain
               )
               than
               the
               Ladies
               of
               Honour
               ,
               Attending
               likewise
               that
               Queen
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               written
               in
               Spanish
               ,
               by
               Don
               
                 Antonio
                 de
                 Mendoza
              
               1623.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Queen
               of
               Spain
               :
               [
               which
               was
               Elizabeth
               Daughter
               to
               Henry
               the
               Great
               of
               France
               .
               ]
               It
               was
               paraphras'd
               by
               our
               Author
               in
               English
               in
               1654.
               during
               his
               Confinement
               to
               Tankersly
               Park
               in
               Yorkshire
               ,
               by
               Oliver
               ,
               after
               the
               Battle
               of
               Worcester
               ;
               in
               which
               (
               as
               I
               have
               already
               observ'd
               )
               he
               was
               taken
               prisoner
               ,
               serving
               his
               Majesty
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               as
               Secretary
               of
               State.
               At
               that
               time
               he
               writ
               on
               this
               Dramatick
               Romance
               3
               Stanzas
               ,
               both
               in
               Latin
               and
               English
               ,
               which
               may
               give
               the
               Reader
               a
               Taste
               of
               his
               Vein
               in
               both
               these
               Languages
               ;
               and
               therefore
               may
               not
               be
               improper
               for
               me
               to
               transcribe
               ,
               or
               unpleasant
               to
               the
               Reader
               to
               perufe
               .
               I
               shall
               give
               the
               preference
               to
               the
               Latin
               Verses
               ,
               Learning
               and
               Learned
               Men
               being
               to
               be
               preferr'd
               before
               Vulgar
               Readers
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Ille
                   ego
                   ,
                   qui
                   (
                   dubiis
                   quondam
                   jactatus
                   in
                   Undis
                   ,
                
                 
                   Qui
                   ,
                   dum
                   nunc
                   Aulae
                   ,
                   nunc
                   mibi
                   Castra
                   Strepunt
                   )
                
                 
                   Leni
                   importunas
                   mulceban
                   Carmine
                   Curas
                   ,
                
                 
                   In
                   quo
                   PASTORIS
                   Flamma
                   FIDELIS
                   erat
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   At
                   nunc
                   &
                   
                     Castris
                     ,
                     Aulisque
                  
                   ejectus
                   &
                   Undis
                   ,
                
                 
                   (
                   Nam
                   mihi
                   Naufragium
                   Portus
                   ,
                   &
                   Ira
                   Quies
                   )
                   ;
                
                 
                   Altius
                   insurgens
                   ,
                   Regum
                   haud
                   intactus
                   Amores
                   ,
                
                 
                   Et
                   Reginarum
                   fervidus
                   Arma
                   Cano
                   :
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Quae
                   (
                   vinclis
                   Hymenaee
                   tuis
                   ,
                   spretisque
                   Coronis
                   )
                
                 
                   Nec
                   juga
                   ferre
                   virûm
                   ,
                   nec
                   dare
                   Jur
                   a
                   velint
                   .
                
                 
                   Dulce
                   prosellosos
                   audire
                   ex
                   Litore
                   fluctus
                   !
                
                 
                   Eque
                   truci
                   Terram
                   dulce
                   videre
                   Mari.
                   
                
              
            
             
               In
               English
               thus
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Time
                   was
                   when
                   I
                   ,
                   a
                   Pilgrim
                   of
                   the
                   Seas
                   ,
                
                 
                   When
                   I
                   midst
                   noise
                   of
                   
                     Camps
                     ,
                     &
                     Courts
                  
                   disease
                   ;
                
                 
                   Purloin'd
                   some
                   Hours
                   ,
                   to
                   charm
                   rude
                   Cares
                   with
                   Verse
                   ,
                
                 
                   Which
                   Flame
                   of
                   
                     FAITHFUL
                     SHEPHERD
                  
                   did
                   rehearse
                   :
                
              
               
                 
                   But
                   now
                   restrain'd
                   from
                   Sea
                   ,
                   from
                   Camp
                   ,
                   from
                   Court
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   by
                   a
                   Tempest
                   blown
                   into
                   a
                   Port
                   ;
                
                 
                   I
                   raise
                   my
                   Thoughts
                   to
                   muse
                   on
                   higher
                   things
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   Eccho
                   
                     Arms
                     &
                     Loves
                  
                   of
                   
                     Queens
                     &
                     Kings
                  
                   :
                
              
               
                 
                   Which
                   Queens
                   (
                   despising
                   Crowns
                   and
                   Hymen's
                   Band
                   )
                
                 
                   Would
                   neither
                   Men
                   Obey
                   ,
                   nor
                   Men
                   Command
                   .
                
                 
                   *
                   Great
                   Pleasure
                   ,
                   from
                   rough
                   Seas
                   ,
                   to
                   see
                   the
                   Shore
                   !
                
                 
                   Or
                   from
                   firm
                   Land
                   to
                   hear
                   the
                   Billows
                   rore
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Tho'
               this
               Play
               was
               during
               the
               Author's
               Imprisonment
               translated
               ,
               't
               was
               not
               printed
               till
               long
               after
               his
               Death
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 4
                 
                 o.
                 Lond.
              
               1671.
               to
               which
               is
               added
               ,
               
                 Fiestas
                 de
                 Aranjuez
                 ,
                 Festivals
              
               represented
               at
               Aranjuez
               ,
               written
               by
               the
               same
               Author
               ,
               and
               on
               the
               same
               Occasion
               ;
               and
               translated
               by
               the
               same
               Hand
               .
               The
               Play
               it self
               consists
               but
               of
               three
               Acts
               (
               which
               the
               Spaniards
               call
               Jornadas
               )
               according
               to
               the
               Spanish
               Custom
               :
               their
               Poets
               seldom
               or
               never
               exceeding
               that
               number
               .
            
             
             
               As
               to
               his
               other
               Works
               ,
               he
               writ
               several
               Poems
               in
               Latin
               ,
               as
               a
               Copy
               on
               the
               Escurial
               ;
               another
               on
               the
               
                 Royal
                 Sovereign
              
               ;
               and
               a
               third
               on
               Mr.
               
               May's
               Translation
               of
               ,
               and
               Supplement
               to
               Lucan
               .
               He
               translated
               other
               Pieces
               into
               that
               Learned
               Tongue
               ,
               as
               two
               Poems
               written
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Carew
              
               :
               Several
               Pieces
               he
               translated
               out
               of
               Latin
               into
               English
               ,
               as
               the
               fourth
               Book
               of
               
                 Virgil's
                 AEneids
              
               ,
               an
               Epigram
               out
               of
               Martial
               Lib.
               10.
               
               Epig.
               47.
               
               Two
               Odes
               out
               of
               Horace
               ,
               relating
               to
               the
               Civil
               Wars
               of
               Rome
               ,
               (
               the
               First
               ,
               Carm.
               Lib.
               3.
               
               Ode
               24.
               
               The
               Second
               ,
               Epod.
               16.
               )
               with
               some
               Sonnets
               translated
               from
               the
               Spanish
               ,
               and
               other
               Poems
               writ
               in
               his
               Native
               Language
               ,
               with
               several
               Pieces
               ,
               which
               you
               will
               find
               bound
               up
               with
               
                 Pastor
                 Fido
              
               ,
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1671.
               
            
             
               Nor
               was
               it
               out
               of
               these
               Languages
               only
               that
               he
               translated
               what
               pleas'd
               him
               ;
               but
               even
               so
               uncourted
               a
               Language
               as
               he
               terms
               that
               of
               Portugal
               ,
               employ'd
               his
               Pen
               during
               his
               Confinement
               ;
               For
               he
               translated
               
                 Luis
                 de
                 Camoens
              
               (
               whom
               the
               Portugals
               call
               their
               Virgil
               )
               his
               Lusiad
               ,
               or
               
               Portugal's
               Historical
               Poem
               .
               This
               Poem
               was
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1665.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               William
               Earl
               of
               Strafford
               ,
               Son
               and
               Heir
               to
               that
               Glorious
               Protomartyr
               of
               Monarchy
               ,
               the
               Noble
               Thomas
               Earl
               of
               Strafford
               ,
               Lord
               Deputy
               of
               Ireland
               ;
               on
               whose
               Tryal
               our
               Author
               writ
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               ,
               printed
               amongst
               his
               Poems
               ,
               p.
               302.
               
            
             
               Besides
               these
               Pieces
               ,
               Mr.
               Philips
               f
               and
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               g
               attribute
               to
               him
               the
               Latin
               Version
               of
               Mr.
               Edmund
               Spencer's
               Shepherds
               Calendar
               ,
               
               which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               a
               mistake
               of
               Mr.
               
                 Philips
                 '
              
               whose
               Errors
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               generally
               copies
               ;
               not
               having
               heard
               of
               any
               other
               Translation
               than
               that
               done
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Theodore
                 Bathurst
              
               ,
               sometime
               Fellow
               of
               Pembroke-Hall
               in
               Cambridge
               ,
               and
               printed
               at
               the
               end
               of
               Mr.
               
               Spencer's
               Works
               in
               fol.
               Lond.
               1679.
               
            
          
           
             
               Henry
               L
               d
               Viscount
               FAULKLAND
               .
            
             
               This
               Worthy
               Person
               was
               (
               as
               I
               suppose
               )
               Father
               of
               the
               present
               Right
               Honourable
               Cary
               Viscount
               Faulkland
               .
               A
               Person
               Eminent
               for
               his
               Extraordinary
               Parts
               ,
               and
               Heroick
               Spirit
               .
               He
               was
               well
               known
               and
               respected
               at
               Court
               ,
               in
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               in
               Oxfordshire
               ,
               his
               Country
               ,
               of
               which
               he
               was
               Lord
               Lieutenant
               .
               When
               he
               was
               first
               elected
               to
               serve
               in
               Parliament
               ,
               some
               of
               the
               House
               oppos'd
               his
               Admission
               ,
               urging
               
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 sow'd
                 his
                 Wild-oats
                 :
              
               he
               reply'd
               
                 If
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 sow
                 them
                 in
                 the
              
               House
               ,
               
                 where
                 there
                 are
                 Geese
                 enough
                 to
                 pick
                 them
                 up
                 .
              
               And
               when
               Sir
               
                 J.
                 N.
              
               told
               him
               ,
               That
               
                 He
                 was
                 a
                 little
                 too
                 wild
                 for
                 so
                 grave
                 a
                 Service
              
               ;
               he
               reply'd
               
                 Alas
                 !
                 I
                 am
                 wild
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 Father
                 was
                 so
                 before
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 am
                 no
                 Bastard
                 ,
                 as
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               But
               what
               need
               I
               search
               for
               Wit
               ,
               when
               it
               may
               be
               sufficiently
               seen
               in
               a
               Play
               which
               he
               writ
               ,
               (
               the
               occasion
               of
               our
               making
               mention
               of
               him
               )
               call'd
            
             
               The
               
                 Marriage
                 Night
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1664.
               
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               this
               Play
               ever
               appear'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               or
               no.
               
            
             
               He
               was
               cut
               off
               in
               the
               prime
               of
               his
               Years
               ,
               as
               much
               miss'd
               when
               dead
               ,
               as
               belov'd
               when
               living
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Nathaniel
               FIELD
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               King
               James
               ,
               and
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ;
               who
               was
               not
               only
               a
               Lover
               of
               the
               Muses
               ,
               but
               belov'd
               by
               them
               ,
               and
               the
               Poets
               his
               Contemporaries
               .
               He
               was
               adopted
               by
               Mr.
               Chapman
               for
               his
               Son
               ,
               and
               call'd
               in
               by
               Old
               Massinger
               ,
               to
               his
               Assistance
               ,
               in
               the
               Play
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Fatal
                 Dowry
              
               ,
               of
               which
               Play
               more
               hereafter
               .
               He
               writ
               himself
               two
               Plays
               ,
               which
               will
               still
               bear
               Reading
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Amends
                 for
                 Ladies
              
               ;
               with
               the
               merry
               Pranks
               of
               
                 Moll
                 Cut-purse
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Humour
                 of
                 Roaring
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               full
               of
               honest
               Mirth
               and
               Wit.
               Acted
               at
               the
               Black-Friars
               ,
               both
               by
               the
               Prince's
               Servants
               ,
               and
               the
               Lady
               
               Elizabeth's
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1639.
               
               The
               Plot
               of
               Subtles
               tempting
               the
               married
               Wife
               ,
               at
               her
               Husbands
               intreaty
               ,
               seems
               to
               be
               founded
               on
               Don
               Quixote's
               Novel
               of
               the
               
                 Curious
                 Impertinent
              
               ,
               and
               has
               been
               the
               Subject
               of
               many
               Plays
               ,
               as
               
                 The
                 City
                 Night-cap
                 ,
                 Amourous
                 Prince
                 ,
                 of
                 The
                 Curious
                 Husband
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               This
               Play
               was
               writ
               by
               our
               Author
               as
               Amends
               to
               the
               Fair
               Sex
               ,
               for
               a
               Play
               which
               he
               had
               writ
               some
               Years
               before
               ,
               and
               whose
               very
               Title
               semm'd
               a
               Satyr
               on
               Womankind
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Woman's
                 Weather-cock
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               before
               the
               King
               in
               White-hall
               ,
               and
               several
               times
               privately
               at
               the
               White-Friars
               ,
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               her
               Majesty's
               Revels
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1612.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               any
               Woman
               that
               hath
               been
               no
               Weather-cock
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               commended
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Chapman
               .
               There
               is
               one
               thing
               remarkable
               in
               this
               Play
               ;
               and
               which
               for
               
               the
               Author's
               Credit
               ,
               I
               must
               take
               notice
               of
               ,
               that
               the
               Time
               of
               the
               Action
               is
               circumscrib'd
               within
               the
               compass
               of
               twelve
               Hours
               ;
               as
               the
               Author
               himself
               observes
               in
               the
               Conclusion
               of
               his
               Play.
               
            
             
               
                 Nere
                 was
                 so
                 much
                 (
                 what
                 cannot
                 Heavenly
                 Powers
                 )
              
               
                 Done
                 and
                 undone
                 ,
                 and
                 done
                 in
                 twelve
                 short
                 hours
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Richard
               FLECKNOE
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               This
               Gentleman
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               and
               Second
               ;
               and
               was
               as
               Famous
               as
               any
               in
               his
               Age
               ,
               for
               indifferent
               Metre
               .
               His
               Acquaintance
               with
               the
               Nobility
               ,
               was
               more
               than
               with
               the
               Muses
               ;
               and
               he
               had
               a
               greater
               propensity
               to
               Riming
               ,
               then
               a
               Genius
               to
               Poetry
               .
               He
               never
               could
               arrive
               with
               all
               his
               Industry
               ,
               to
               get
               but
               one
               Play
               to
               be
               acted
               ,
               and
               yet
               he
               has
               printed
               several
               .
               He
               has
               publisht
               sundry
               Works
               ,
               (
               as
               he
               stiles
               them
               )
               to
               continue
               his
               Name
               to
               Posterity
               ;
               tho'
               possibly
               an
               Enemy
               has
               done
               that
               for
               him
               ,
               which
               his
               own
               Endeavours
               would
               never
               have
               perfected
               :
               For
               whatever
               become
               of
               his
               own
               Pieces
               ,
               his
               Name
               will
               continue
               whilst
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               Satyr
               call'd
               
                 Mack
                 Flecknoe
              
               ,
               shall
               remain
               in
               Vogue
               .
               He
               has
               publisht
               several
               Pieces
               both
               in
               Prose
               and
               Verse
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               seen
               ;
               and
               he
               hath
               others
               in
               print
               ,
               which
               I
               could
               never
               obtain
               a
               view
               of
               :
               as
               in
               particular
               ,
               that
               Epistle
               Dedicatory
               ,
               to
               a
               Nobleman
               ,
               which
               Mr.
               Dryden
               raillys
               so
               severely
               in
               his
               Dedication
               of
               Limberham
               .
               As
               to
               what
               Works
               I
               have
               seen
               of
               his
               ,
               I
               shall
               give
               the
               Reader
               a
               particular
               Account
               ,
               beginning
               first
               with
               his
               Plays
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Damoiselles
                 à
                 la
                 mode
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1667.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               their
               Graces
               the
               Duke
               and
               Dutchess
               of
               Newcastle
               ,
               more
               humbly
               than
               by
               way
               of
               Epistle
               .
               This
               Comedy
               was
               design'd
               by
               the
               Author
               to
               have
               been
               acted
               by
               the
               Kings
               Servants
               ,
               as
               the
               Reader
               may
               see
               by
               the
               Scheme
               drawn
               by
               the
               Poet
               ,
               shewing
               how
               he
               cast
               the
               several
               Parts
               :
               but
               I
               know
               not
               for
               what
               reason
               they
               refus'd
               it
               .
               The
               Poet
               indeed
               seems
               to
               give
               one
               ,
               which
               whether
               true
               or
               false
               ,
               is
               not
               much
               material
               ;
               but
               methinks
               it
               will
               serve
               to
               shew
               the
               Reader
               his
               Humour
               .
               
                 For
                 the
                 acting
                 this
                 Comedy
                 (
                 says
                 he
                 )
                 h
                 those
                 who
                 have
                 the
                 Governing
                 of
                 the
                 Stage
                 ,
                 have
                 their
                 Humours
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 be
                 intreated
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 have
                 mine
                 ,
                 and
                 won't
                 intreat
                 them
                 :
                 and
                 were
                 all
                 Dramatick
                 Writers
                 of
                 my
                 mind
                 ,
                 they
                 should
                 wear
                 their
                 
                   Old
                   Plays
                
                 Thread-bare
                 ,
                 ere
                 they
                 should
                 have
                 any
                 New
                 ,
                 till
                 they
                 better
                 understood
                 their
                 own
                 Interest
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 to
                 distinguish
                 betwixt
                 good
                 and
                 bad
                 .
              
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               the
               late
               Duke
               of
               Buckingham
               thought
               of
               Mr.
               Flecknoe
               when
               he
               drew
               the
               Character
               of
               Mr.
               Bayes
               ;
               but
               methinks
               there
               is
               some
               resemblance
               between
               his
               Anger
               at
               the
               Players
               being
               gone
               to
               Dinner
               without
               his
               leave
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
               Flecknoe's
               Indignation
               at
               their
               Refusing
               his
               Play
               :
               Mr.
               Bays
               seeming
               to
               me
               to
               talk
               much
               at
               the
               same
               rate
               .
               
                 How
                 !
                 are
                 the
                 Players
                 gone
                 to
                 Dinner
                 ?
                 If
                 they
                 are
                 ,
                 I
                 'll
                 make
                 them
                 know
                 what
                 't
                 is
                 to
                 injure
                 a
                 Person
                 that
                 does
                 them
                 the
                 Honour
                 to
                 write
                 for
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 ,
                 A
                 Company
                 of
                 Proud
                 ,
                 Conceited
                 ,
                 Humorous
                 ,
                 
                 Cross-grain'd
                 Persons
                 ;
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 I
                 'll
                 make
                 them
                 the
                 most
                 Contemptible
                 ,
                 Despicable
                 ,
                 Inconsiderable
                 Persons
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 whole
                 World
                 for
                 this
                 Trick
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               Play
               (
               as
               the
               Author
               in
               his
               Preface
               acknowledges
               )
               
                 is
                 taken
                 out
                 of
                 several
                 Excellent
                 Pieces
                 of
                 Molliere
                 .
                 The
                 main
                 Plot
                 of
                 the
                 Damoiselles
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 
                   Les
                   Precieuses
                   Ridicules
                
                 ;
                 the
                 Counterplot
                 of
                 Sganarelle
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 
                   L'Escole
                   des
                   Femmes
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Two
                   Naturals
                
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 
                   L'Escole
                   des
                   Maris
                
                 .
              
            
             
               Erminia
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Chast
                 Lady
              
               ,
               printed
               8
               o
               Lond.
               1665.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Fair
               and
               Virtuous
               Lady
               ,
               the
               Lady
               Southcot
               .
               This
               Play
               (
               tho'
               the
               Actors
               Names
               design'd
               by
               the
               Authors
               ,
               be
               printed
               over
               against
               the
               
                 Dramatis
                 Personae
              
               )
               was
               never
               acted
               .
            
             
               
                 Love's
                 Dominion
              
               ,
               a
               Dramatick
               Piece
               ,
               full
               of
               Excellent
               Morality
               ;
               written
               as
               a
               Pattern
               for
               the
               
                 Reformed
                 Stage
              
               ,
               printed
               8
               o
               Lond.
               1654.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Lady
               
                 Elizabeth
                 Claypole
              
               .
               In
               this
               Epistle
               ,
               the
               Author
               insinuates
               the
               use
               of
               Plays
               ,
               and
               begs
               her
               Mediation
               to
               gain
               License
               to
               act
               them
               .
               Whether
               the
               Play
               answer
               the
               Title-page
               ,
               or
               whether
               Mr.
               Flecknoe
               have
               so
               regularly
               observ'd
               the
               three
               Unities
               ,
               I
               shall
               leave
               to
               the
               Criticks
               .
            
             
               
                 Love's
                 Kingdom
              
               ,
               a
               Pastoral-Tragi-comedy
               ;
               not
               as
               it
               was
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               near
               Lincolns-Inn
               ,
               but
               as
               it
               was
               written
               ,
               and
               since
               corrected
               ;
               printed
               8
               o
               Lond.
               1664.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Excellency
               William
               ,
               Lord
               Marquess
               of
               Newcastle
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               but
               the
               former
               Play
               a
               little
               alter'd
               ,
               with
               a
               new
               Title
               ;
               and
               after
               the
               King
               's
               Return
               
               it
               seems
               ,
               the
               Poet
               got
               leave
               to
               have
               it
               acted
               ;
               but
               it
               had
               the
               misfortune
               to
               be
               damn'd
               by
               the
               Audience
               ,
               (
               which
               Mr.
               Flecknoe
               stiles
               The
               people
               ,
               and
               calls
               them
               Judges
               without
               Judgment
               )
               for
               want
               of
               its
               being
               rightly
               represented
               to
               them
               .
               He
               owns
               that
               it
               wants
               much
               of
               the
               Ornament
               of
               the
               Stage
               ;
               but
               that
               (
               he
               says
               )
               by
               a
               lively
               Imagination
               may
               easily
               be
               supply'd
               .
               To
               the
               same
               purpose
               he
               says
               of
               his
               
                 Damoiselles
                 à
                 la
                 mode
              
               ,
               i
               
                 That
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 Persons
                 represented
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 set
                 down
                 the
                 Comedians
                 that
                 he
                 design'd
                 should
                 represent
                 them
                 ;
                 that
                 the
                 Reader
                 might
                 have
                 half
                 the
                 pleasure
                 of
                 seeing
                 it
                 acted
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 lively
                 Imagination
                 might
                 have
                 the
                 pleasure
                 of
                 it
                 all
                 entire
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 M
                 r
                 John
                 Fletcher
              
            
             
               
                 Marriage
                 of
                 Oceanus
                 and
                 Britannia
              
               ,
               a
               Masque
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               ,
               and
               therefore
               am
               not
               able
               to
               give
               any
               Account
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               Whether
               our
               Author
               have
               any
               more
               Plays
               in
               print
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ;
               but
               I
               remember
               a
               Prologue
               amongst
               his
               Epigrams
               ,
               intended
               for
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Physician
                 against
                 his
                 will
              
               ,
               which
               I
               believe
               might
               be
               a
               Translation
               of
               
               Molliere's
               
                 Le
                 Medecin
                 malgré
                 luy
              
               ;
               but
               it
               was
               never
               publisht
               that
               I
               know
               of
               .
               As
               to
               his
               other
               Works
               ,
               they
               consist
               of
               Epigrams
               and
               Enigmatical
               Characters
               ,
               which
               are
               usually
               bound
               up
               with
               his
               
                 Love's
                 Dominion
              
               ;
               at
               the
               end
               of
               which
               is
               a
               short
               Discourse
               of
               the
               English
               Stage
               ,
               which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               the
               best
               thing
               he
               has
               extant
               .
               There
               is
               another
               Book
               of
               his
               Writing
               ,
               call'd
               Diarium
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Journal
              
               ,
               divided
               into
               twelve
               Jornadas
               ,
               in
               Burlesque
               Verse
               ;
               with
               some
               other
               Pieces
               ,
               printed
               120
               Lond.
               1656
            
          
           
             
               John
               FLETCHER
               ,
               and
               Francis
               BEAUMONT
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               I
               am
               now
               arriv'd
               at
               a
               brace
               of
               Authors
               ,
               who
               like
               the
               
                 Dioscuri
                 ,
                 Castor
              
               and
               Pollux
               ,
               succeeded
               in
               Conjunction
               more
               happily
               than
               any
               Poets
               of
               their
               own
               ,
               or
               this
               Age
               ,
               to
               the
               reserve
               of
               the
               Venerable
               Shakespear
               ,
               and
               the
               Learned
               and
               Judicious
               Johnson
               .
               'T
               is
               impossible
               for
               me
               to
               reach
               their
               Characters
               ;
               and
               therefore
               ,
               as
               the
               Witty
               Dr.
               Fuller
               l
               cites
               
               Bale's
               saying
               of
               
               
                 Randal
                 Higden
              
               ,
               m
               That
               't
               is
               no
               shame
               to
               crave
               aid
               in
               a
               Work
               too
               weighty
               for
               any
               ones
               back
               to
               bear
               ;
               I
               must
               have
               recourse
               to
               others
               Assistance
               ,
               for
               the
               Characters
               of
               this
               worthy
               pair
               of
               Authors
               .
               To
               speak
               first
               of
               Mr.
               Beaumont
               ,
               he
               was
               Master
               of
               a
               good
               Wit
               ,
               and
               a
               better
               Judgment
               ;
               he
               so
               admirably
               well
               understood
               the
               Art
               of
               the
               Stage
               ,
               that
               even
               Johnson
               himself
               thought
               it
               no
               disparagement
               to
               submit
               his
               Writings
               to
               his
               Correction
               .
               What
               a
               great
               Veneration
               Ben.
               had
               for
               him
               ,
               is
               evident
               by
               those
               Verses
               he
               writ
               to
               him
               when
               living
               n
               .
               Mr.
               
               Fletcher's
               Wit
               was
               equal
               to
               Mr.
               
               Beaumont's
               Judgment
               ,
               and
               was
               so
               luxuriant
               ,
               that
               like
               superfluous
               Branches
               ,
               it
               was
               frequently
               prun'd
               by
               his
               Judicious
               Partner
               .
               These
               Poets
               perfectly
               understood
               Breeding
               ,
               and
               therefore
               successfully
               copy'd
               the
               Conversation
               of
               Gentlemen
               .
               They
               knew
               how
               to
               describe
               the
               Manners
               of
               the
               Age
               ;
               and
               Fletcher
               had
               a
               peculiar
               tallent
               in
               expressing
               all
               his
               thoughts
               ,
               with
               Life
               and
               Briskness
               .
               No
               Man
               ever
               understood
               ,
               or
               drew
               the
               Passions
               more
               lively
               than
               he
               ;
               and
               his
               witty
               Raillery
               was
               so
               drest
               ,
               that
               it
               rather
               pleas'd
               than
               disgusted
               the
               modest
               part
               of
               his
               Audience
               .
               In
               a
               word
               ,
               
               Fletcher's
               Fancy
               ,
               and
               
               Beaumont's
               Judgment
               combin'd
               ,
               produc'd
               such
               Plays
               ,
               as
               will
               remain
               Monuments
               of
               their
               Wit
               to
               all
               Posterity
               .
               Nay
               ,
               Mr.
               Fletcher
               himself
               after
               Mr.
               
               Beaumont's
               Decease
               ,
               compos'd
               several
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               ,
               which
               were
               well
               worthy
               the
               Pen
               of
               so
               great
               a
               Master
               .
               Of
               this
               ,
               the
               following
               Lines
               ,
               writ
               by
               that
               Excellent
               Poet
               Mr.
               Carthwright
               ,
               are
               a
               proof
               .
            
             
               
               
                 Tho'
                 when
                 All
                 -
                 Fletcher
                 writ
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 entire
              
               
                 Man
                 was
                 indulg'd
                 unto
                 that
                 sacred
                 fire
                 ,
              
               
                 His
                 thoughts
                 &
                 his
                 thoughts
                 dress
                 ,
                 appear'd
                 both
                 such
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 't
                 was
                 his
                 happy
                 fault
                 to
                 do
                 too
                 much
                 ;
              
               
                 Who
                 therefore
                 wisely
                 did
                 submit
                 each
                 Birth
              
               
                 To
                 knowing
                 Beaumont
                 ,
                 e're
                 it
                 did
                 come
                 forth
                 ;
              
               
                 Working
                 again
                 ,
                 until
                 he
                 said
                 't
                 was
                 fit
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 made
                 him
                 the
                 sobriety
                 of
                 his
                 Wit
                 ;
              
               
                 Tho'
                 thus
                 he
                 call'd
                 his
                 Judge
                 into
                 his
                 Fame
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 for
                 that
                 aid
                 allow'd
                 him
                 half
                 the
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 'T
                 is
                 known
                 ,
                 that
                 sometimes
                 he
                 did
                 stand
                 alone
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 both
                 the
                 spunge
                 and
                 pencil
                 were
                 his
                 own
                 ;
              
               
                 That
                 himself
                 judg'd
                 himself
                 ,
                 could
                 singly
                 do
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 was
                 at
                 last
                 Beaumont
                 and
                 Fletcher
                 too
                 .
              
               
                 Else
                 we
                 had
                 lost
                 his
                 Shepherdess
                 ,
                 a
                 piece
                 ,
              
               
                 Even
                 ,
                 and
                 smooth
                 ,
                 sprung
                 from
                 a
                 finer
                 fleece
                 ,
              
               
                 Where
                 Softness
                 reigns
                 ,
                 where
                 passions
                 passions
                 greet
                 ,
              
               
                 Gentle
                 &
                 high
                 ,
                 as
                 floods
                 of
                 Balsam
                 meet
                 :
              
               
                 Where
                 ,
                 drest
                 in
                 white
                 Expressions
                 ,
                 sit
                 bright
                 Loves
                 ,
              
               
                 Drawn
                 ,
                 like
                 their
                 fairest
                 Queen
                 ,
                 by
                 milky
                 Doves
                 ;
              
               
                 A
                 Piece
                 ,
                 which
                 Johnson
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 Rapture
                 bid
                 ,
              
               
                 Come
                 up
                 a
                 glorify'd
                 Work
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 it
                 did
                 .
              
            
             
               They
               who
               would
               read
               more
               of
               these
               admirable
               Poets
               worth
               ,
               may
               peruse
               at
               their
               leisure
               those
               excellent
               Copys
               of
               Verses
               printed
               with
               their
               Works
               ,
               written
               by
               the
               prime
               Wits
               of
               the
               Age
               ,
               as
               
                 Waller
                 ,
                 Denham
              
               ,
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Berkenhead
              
               ,
               Dr.
               
                 Main
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               I
               am
               extreamly
               sorry
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               not
               able
               to
               give
               any
               Account
               of
               the
               Affairs
               of
               these
               Great
               Men
               ;
               Mr.
               
               Beaumont's
               Parentage
               ,
               Birth
               ,
               County
               ,
               Education
               ,
               and
               Death
               ,
               being
               wholly
               unknown
               to
               me
               :
               And
               as
               to
               Mr.
               Fletcher
               ,
               all
               I
               know
               of
               him
               is
               ,
               That
               he
               was
               Son
               to
               the
               
               Eminent
               
                 Richard
                 Fletcher
              
               ,
               created
               Bishop
               of
               Bristol
               ,
               by
               Queen
               
                 Elizabeth
                 An.
              
               1559.
               and
               by
               her
               preferr'd
               to
               London
               ,
               1593.
               
               He
               died
               in
               London
               of
               the
               Plague
               in
               the
               First
               Year
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Martyr
               ,
               1625.
               being
               Nine
               and
               fourty
               Years
               of
               Age
               ,
               and
               was
               bury'd
               in
               St.
               
                 Mary
                 Overies
              
               Church
               in
               Southwarke
               .
            
             
               I
               beg
               my
               Reader
               's
               Leave
               to
               insert
               the
               Inscription
               ,
               which
               I
               find
               writ
               under
               his
               Picture
               ,
               by
               that
               well
               known
               Wit
               ,
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Berkenhead
              
               ;
               which
               will
               give
               the
               Reader
               a
               fuller
               Knowledge
               of
               his
               Abilities
               and
               Merit
               ,
               than
               I
               am
               able
               to
               express
               .
               
                 
                   Felicis
                   aevi
                   ,
                   ac
                   Praesulis
                   Natus
                   ;
                   comes
                
                 
                   Beaumontio
                   ;
                   sic
                   ,
                   quippe
                   Parnassus
                   ,
                   Biceps
                   ;
                
                 
                   FLETCHERVS
                   unam
                   in
                   Pyramida
                   furcas
                   agens
                   .
                
                 
                   Struxit
                   chorum
                   plùs
                   simplicem
                   Vates
                   Duplex
                   ;
                
                 
                   Plus
                   Duplicem
                   solus
                   :
                   nec
                   ullum
                   transtulit
                   ;
                
                 
                   Nec
                   transferrendus
                   :
                   Dramatum
                   aeterni
                   sales
                   ,
                
                 
                   Anglo
                   Theatro
                   ,
                   Orbi
                   ,
                   Sibi
                   ,
                   superstitites
                   .
                
                 
                   FLETCHERE
                   ,
                   facies
                   absque
                   vultu
                   pingitur
                   ;
                
                 
                   Quantus
                   !
                   vel
                   umbram
                   circuit
                   nemo
                   tuam
                   .
                
              
               Where
               ,
               or
               when
               Mr.
               Beaumont
               died
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ;
               but
               I
               have
               met
               with
               an
               Epitaph
               ,
               writ
               by
               Dr.
               Corbet
               ,
               immediately
               after
               his
               Death
               ,
               that
               well
               deserves
               the
               Reader
               's
               perusal
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   On
                   Mr.
                
                 Francis
                 Beaumont
                 .
                 (
                 Then
                 newly
                 dead
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 He
                 that
                 hath
                 such
                 Acuteness
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 Wit
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 would
                 ask
                 Ten
                 good
                 Heads
                 to
                 husband
                 it
                 ;
              
               
               
                 He
                 that
                 can
                 write
                 so
                 well
                 ,
                 that
                 no
                 man
                 dare
              
               
                 Refuse
                 it
                 for
                 the
                 best
                 ,
                 let
                 him
                 beware
                 :
              
               
                 BEAUMONT
                 is
                 dead
                 ,
                 by
                 whose
                 sole
                 Death
                 appears
                 ,
              
               
                 Wit
                 's
                 a
                 Disease
                 consumes
                 men
                 in
                 few
                 years
                 .
              
            
             
               There
               are
               two
               and
               fifty
               Plays
               written
               by
               these
               worthy
               Authors
               ;
               all
               which
               are
               now
               extant
               in
               one
               Volume
               ,
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1679.
               each
               of
               which
               I
               shall
               mention
               Alphabetically
               .
            
             
               
                 Beggers
                 Bush
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               :
               This
               Play
               I
               have
               seen
               several
               times
               acted
               with
               applause
               .
            
             
               Bonduca
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               .
               The
               plot
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
               Tacitus's
               Annals
               Lib.
               14.
               
               See
               
               Milton's
               History
               of
               England
               ,
               Book
               2.
               
               
                 Ubaldino
                 de
                 Vita
                 delle
                 Donne
                 Illustri
                 del
                 Regno
                 d'
                 Inghelterra
                 ,
                 &
                 Scotia
                 ,
                 pag.
              
               7
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Bloody
                 Brother
              
               ,
               or
               Rollo
               Duke
               
                 of
                 Normandy
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               much
               in
               request
               ;
               and
               notwithstanding
               Mr.
               
               Rymer's
               Criticisms
               on
               it
               ,
               o
               has
               still
               the
               good
               fortune
               to
               Please
               :
               it
               being
               frequently
               acted
               by
               the
               present
               Company
               of
               Actors
               ,
               at
               the
               Queen's
               Play-House
               in
               Dorset-Garden
               .
               The
               Design
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               History
               :
               See
               
                 Herodian
                 .
                 lib.
              
               4.
               
               
                 Xiphilini
                 Epit.
                 Dion
                 .
                 in
                 Vit.
                 Ant.
                 Caracallae
                 .
              
               Part
               of
               the
               Language
               is
               copy'd
               from
               
               Seneca's
               Thebais
               .
            
             
               Captain
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               Chances
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               reviv'd
               by
               the
               late
               Duke
               of
               Buckingham
               ,
               and
               very
               much
               improv'd
               ;
               being
               acted
               with
               extraordinary
               applause
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               Dorset-Garden
               ,
               and
               printed
               with
               the
               Alterations
               Lond.
               4
               o
               1682.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               built
               on
               a
               Novel
               written
               by
               the
               Famous
               
                 Spaniard
                 
                 Miguel
                 de
                 Cervantes
              
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Lady
                 Cornelia
              
               ;
               which
               the
               Reader
               may
               read
               at
               large
               in
               a
               Fol.
               Vol.
               call'd
               
                 Six
                 Exemplary
                 Novels
              
               .
            
             
               Coronation
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               .
            
             
               Coxcomb
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               which
               was
               reviv'd
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               the
               Prologue
               being
               spoken
               by
               
                 Jo.
                 Hains
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Cupid's
                 Revenge
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Custome
                 of
                 the
                 Country
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               .
               This
               is
               accounted
               an
               excellent
               Play
               ;
               the
               Plot
               of
               
                 Rutilio
                 ,
                 Duarte
              
               ,
               and
               Guyomar
               ,
               is
               founded
               on
               one
               of
               
               Malespini's
               Novels
               ,
               Deca
               .
               6.
               
               Nov.
               6.
               
            
             
               
                 Double
                 Marriage
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               which
               has
               been
               reviv'd
               some
               years
               ago
               ;
               as
               I
               learn
               from
               a
               new
               Prologue
               printed
               in
               
                 Covent-Garden
                 Drollexy
              
               ,
               p.
               14.
               
            
             
               
                 Elder
                 Brother
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               which
               has
               been
               acted
               with
               good
               applause
               .
            
             
               
                 Faithful
                 Shepherdess
              
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Fletcher
               ,
               and
               commended
               by
               two
               Copies
               written
               by
               the
               Judicious
               Beaumont
               ,
               and
               the
               Learned
               Johnson
               ,
               which
               the
               Reader
               may
               read
               at
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Play
               :
               See
               the
               last
               Edit
               .
               Fol.
               p.
               233.
               
               When
               this
               Pastoral
               was
               first
               acted
               before
               their
               Majesties
               at
               
                 Sommerset
                 House
              
               on
               Twelfth-Night
               ,
               1633.
               instead
               of
               a
               Prologue
               ,
               there
               was
               a
               Song
               in
               Dialogue
               ,
               sung
               between
               a
               Priest
               and
               a
               Nymph
               ,
               which
               was
               writ
               by
               Sir
               
                 William
                 D'Avenant
              
               ;
               and
               an
               Epilogue
               was
               spoken
               by
               the
               Lady
               
                 Mary
                 Mordant
              
               ,
               which
               the
               Reader
               may
               read
               in
               
                 Covent-Garden
                 Drollery
              
               ,
               pag.
               86.
               
            
             
               
                 Fair
                 Maid
                 of
                 the
                 Inn
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               .
               
               Mariana's
               disowning
               Caesario
               for
               her
               Son
               ,
               and
               the
               Duke's
               Injunction
               to
               marry
               him
               ,
               is
               related
               
               by
               Causin
               in
               his
               
                 Holy
                 Court
              
               ,
               and
               is
               transcrib'd
               by
               Wanley
               in
               his
               
                 History
                 of
                 Man
              
               ,
               Fol.
               Book
               3.
               
               Chap.
               26.
               
            
             
               
                 False
                 One
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               Adventures
               of
               
                 Julius
                 Caesar
              
               in
               AEgypt
               ,
               and
               his
               Amours
               with
               Cleopatra
               .
               See
               
                 Suetonius
                 ,
                 Plutarch
                 ,
                 Dion
                 ,
                 Appian
                 ,
                 Florus
                 ,
                 Eutropius
                 ,
                 Orosius
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Four
                 Plays
                 ,
                 or
                 Moral
                 Representations
                 in
                 One
              
               ;
               viz.
               
                 The
                 Triumph
                 of
                 Honour
                 ;
                 The
                 Triumph
                 of
                 Love
                 ;
                 The
                 Triumph
                 of
                 Death
                 ;
                 The
                 Triumph
                 of
                 Time.
              
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               ever
               these
               Representations
               appear'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               or
               no.
               
                 The
                 Triumph
                 of
                 Honour
              
               is
               founded
               on
               Boccace
               his
               Novels
               ,
               Day
               10.
               
               Nov.
               5.
               
               
                 The
                 Triumph
                 of
                 Love
              
               ,
               on
               the
               same
               Author
               ,
               Day
               5.
               
               Nov.
               8.
               
               
                 The
                 Triumph
                 of
                 Death
              
               on
               a
               Novel
               in
               
                 The
                 Fortunate
                 ,
                 Deceiv'd
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Unfortunate
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               part
               3.
               
               Nov.
               3.
               
               See
               besides
               
                 Palace
                 of
                 Pleasure
              
               ,
               Nov.
               4
               
               o.
               Belle-forest
               ,
               &c.
               
               
                 The
                 Triumph
                 of
                 Time
              
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               falls
               within
               my
               discovery
               ,
               is
               wholly
               the
               Authors
               Invention
               .
            
             
               
                 Honest
                 Man's
                 Fortune
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               .
               As
               to
               the
               plot
               of
               
               Montaign's
               being
               prefer'd
               by
               Lamira
               to
               be
               her
               Husband
               ,
               when
               he
               was
               in
               Adversity
               ,
               and
               least
               expected
               :
               the
               like
               Story
               is
               related
               by
               Heywood
               in
               his
               
                 History
                 of
                 Women
              
               ,
               Book
               9.
               pag.
               641.
               
            
             
               
                 Humourous
                 Lieutenant
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               which
               I
               have
               often
               seen
               acted
               with
               Applause
               .
               The
               Character
               of
               the
               
                 Humourous
                 Lieutenant
              
               refusing
               to
               fight
               after
               he
               was
               cured
               of
               his
               Wounds
               ,
               resembles
               the
               Story
               of
               the
               Souldier
               belonging
               to
               Lucullus
               describ'd
               in
               the
               Epistles
               of
               
                 Horace
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               2.
               
               Ep.
               2.
               but
               the
               very
               Story
               is
               
               related
               in
               
                 Ford's
                 Apothegms
              
               ,
               p.
               30.
               
               How
               near
               the
               Poet
               keeps
               to
               the
               Historian
               I
               must
               leave
               to
               those
               that
               will
               compare
               the
               Play
               with
               the
               Writers
               of
               the
               Lives
               of
               Antigonus
               and
               Demetrius
               ,
               the
               Father
               and
               the
               Son.
               See
               
               Plutarch's
               Life
               of
               
                 Demetrius
                 ,
                 Diodorus
                 ,
                 Justin
                 ,
                 Appian
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Island
                 Princess
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               .
               This
               Play
               about
               three
               Years
               ago
               was
               reviv'd
               with
               Alterations
               by
               Mr.
               Tate
               ,
               being
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1687.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Henry
               Lord
               Walgrave
               .
            
             
               
                 King
                 and
                 No
                 King
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               which
               notwithstanding
               its
               Errors
               discover'd
               by
               Mr.
               Rymer
               in
               his
               ;
               Criticisms
               ,
               has
               always
               been
               acted
               with
               Applause
               ,
               and
               has
               lately
               been
               reviv'd
               on
               our
               present
               Theatre
               with
               so
               great
               success
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               justly
               say
               with
               Horace
               ,
               
                 
                   
                     Haec
                     placuit
                     semel
                     ,
                     haec
                     decies
                     repetita
                     placebit
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 Knight
                 of
                 the
                 burning
                 Pestle
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               in
               vogue
               some
               years
               since
               ,
               it
               being
               reviv'd
               by
               the
               King's
               House
               ,
               and
               a
               new
               Prologue
               (
               instead
               of
               the
               old
               One
               in
               prose
               )
               being
               spoken
               by
               Mrs.
               
                 Ellen
                 Guin
              
               .
               The
               bringing
               the
               Citizen
               and
               his
               Wife
               upon
               the
               Stage
               ,
               was
               possibly
               in
               imitation
               of
               Ben
               Johnson's
               
                 Staple
                 of
                 News
              
               ,
               who
               has
               introduc'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               Four
               Gossips
               ,
               Lady-like
               attir'd
               ,
               who
               remain
               during
               the
               whole
               Action
               ,
               and
               criticise
               upon
               each
               Scene
               .
            
             
               
                 Knight
                 of
                 Malta
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Laws
                 of
                 Candy
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Little
                 French
                 Lawyer
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
               The
               Plot
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               Gusman
               or
               
                 The
                 Spanish
                 Roque
              
               ,
               
               part
               2.
               ch
               .
               4.
               
               The
               Story
               of
               
                 Dinant
                 ,
                 Clerimont
              
               ,
               and
               Lamira
               ,
               being
               borrow'd
               from
               
                 Don
                 Lewis
                 de
                 Castro
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Don
                 Roderigo
                 de
                 Montalva
              
               .
               The
               like
               Story
               is
               in
               other
               Novels
               ;
               as
               in
               
               Scarron's
               Novel
               called
               
                 The
                 Fruitless
                 Precaution
              
               ;
               and
               in
               
                 The
                 Complaisant
                 Companion
              
               ,
               8
               o
               p.
               263.
               which
               is
               copied
               from
               the
               above-mentioned
               Original
               .
            
             
               
                 Love's
                 Cure
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Martial
                 Maid
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Love's
                 Pilgrimage
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
               This
               I
               take
               to
               be
               an
               admirable
               Comedy
               .
               The
               Foundation
               of
               it
               is
               built
               on
               a
               Novel
               of
               
                 Miguel
                 de
                 Cervantes
              
               called
               
                 The
                 Two
                 Damsels
              
               .
               The
               Scene
               in
               the
               first
               Act
               ,
               between
               Diego
               the
               Host
               of
               Ossuna
               ,
               and
               Lazaro
               his
               Ostler
               ,
               is
               stoln
               from
               Ben
               Johnson's
               
                 New
                 Inn
              
               :
               which
               I
               may
               rather
               term
               borrow'd
               ,
               for
               that
               Play
               miscarrying
               in
               the
               Action
               ,
               I
               suppose
               they
               made
               use
               of
               it
               with
               
               Ben's
               Consent
               .
            
             
               
                 Lovers
                 Progress
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               built
               on
               a
               French
               Romance
               written
               by
               
                 M.
                 Daudiguier
              
               ,
               call'd
               Lisander
               and
               Calista
               .
            
             
               
                 Loyal
                 Subject
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Mad
                 Lover
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               .
               The
               Design
               of
               
               Cleanthe's
               Suborning
               the
               Priestess
               to
               give
               a
               false
               Oracle
               in
               favour
               of
               her
               Brother
               Syphax
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               Story
               of
               Mundus
               and
               Paulina
               ,
               describe'd
               at
               large
               by
               Josephus
               Lib.
               18.
               
               Cap.
               4.
               
               This
               Play
               Sr.
               
                 Aston
                 Cockain
              
               has
               chiefly
               commended
               in
               his
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               on
               Mr.
               
               Fletcher's
               Plays
               .
               See
               the
               Verses
               before
               the
               old
               Edition
               ,
               printed
               1647.
               and
               
               Cockain's
               Poems
               ,
               pag.
               101.
               
            
             
               
                 Maid
                 in
                 the
                 Mill
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
               This
               Play
               amongst
               othershas
               likewise
               been
               reviv'd
               by
               the
               Duke's
               House
               .
               The
               Plot
               of
               
                 Antonio
                 ,
                 Ismenia
              
               ,
               and
               Aminta
               ,
               is
               borrowed
               from
               Gerardo
               ,
               a
               
               Romance
               translated
               from
               the
               Spanish
               of
               
                 Don
                 Gonzalo
                 de
                 Cespides
              
               ,
               and
               Moneces
               ;
               see
               the
               Story
               of
               
                 Don
                 Jayme
              
               pag.
               350.
               
               As
               to
               the
               Plot
               of
               
               Otrante's
               seizing
               Florimel
               the
               Millers
               supposed
               Daughter
               ,
               and
               attempting
               her
               Chastity
               ;
               t
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               an
               Italian
               Novel
               writ
               by
               Bandello
               ;
               a
               Translation
               of
               which
               into
               French
               ,
               the
               Reader
               may
               find
               in
               
                 Les
                 Histoires
                 Tragiques
                 par
                 M.
                 Belleforest
                 ,
                 Tom.
              
               1.
               
               Hist.
               12.
               
               The
               same
               Story
               is
               related
               by
               
                 M.
                 Goulart
              
               ;
               see
               
                 Les
                 Histoires
                 admirables
                 de
                 nôtre
                 temps
                 ,
              
               8
               
               o.
               Tom.
               1.
               p.
               212.
               
            
             
               
                 Maids
                 Tragedy
              
               ,
               a
               Play
               which
               has
               always
               been
               acted
               with
               great
               Applause
               at
               the
               King's
               Theatre
               ;
               and
               which
               had
               still
               continu'd
               on
               the
               English
               Stage
               ,
               had
               not
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               for
               some
               particular
               Reasons
               forbid
               its
               further
               Appearance
               during
               his
               Reign
               .
               It
               has
               since
               been
               reviv'd
               by
               Mr.
               Waller
               ,
               the
               last
               Act
               having
               been
               wholly
               alter'd
               to
               please
               the
               Court
               :
               as
               the
               Author
               of
               the
               Preface
               to
               the
               second
               part
               of
               his
               Poems
               informs
               us
               ,
               and
               give
               us
               further
               the
               following
               Account
               :
               
                 T
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 doubted
                 ,
                 who
                 sat
                 for
                 the
                 Two
                 Brothers
                 Characters
                 .
                 'T
                 was
                 agreeable
                 to
                 the
                 Sweetness
                 of
                 Mr.
                 
                 Waller's
                 Temper
                 ,
                 to
                 soften
                 the
                 Rigor
                 of
                 the
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 expresses
                 it
                 ;
                 but
                 whether
                 it
                 be
                 agreeable
                 to
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 Tragedy
                 it self
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 every
                 thing
                 come
                 off
                 easily
                 ,
                 I
                 leave
                 to
                 the
                 Criticks
                 .
              
               This
               last
               Act
               is
               publisht
               in
               the
               Second
               Part
               of
               Mr.
               
               Waller's
               Poems
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1690.
               
            
             
               
                 Masque
                 of
                 Grays-Inn
                 Gentlemen
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Inner-Temple
               .
               This
               Masque
               was
               written
               by
               Mr.
               Beaumont
               alone
               ,
               and
               presented
               before
               the
               
               King
               and
               Queen
               in
               the
               Banqueting-house
               of
               Whitehall
               ,
               at
               the
               Marriage
               of
               the
               Illustrious
               Frederick
               and
               Elizabeth
               ,
               Prince
               and
               Princess
               Palatine
               of
               the
               Rhine
               .
            
             
               
                 Monsieur
                 Thomas
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               which
               not
               long
               since
               appear'd
               on
               the
               present
               Stage
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               
                 Trick
                 for
                 Trick
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Nice
                 Valour
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Passionate
                 Mad-man
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Night
                 Walker
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Little
                 Thief
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               seen
               acted
               by
               the
               King's
               Servants
               ,
               with
               great
               Applause
               ,
               both
               in
               the
               City
               and
               Country
               .
            
             
               
                 Noble
                 Gentleman
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               which
               was
               lately
               reviv'd
               by
               Mr.
               Durfey
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 The
                 Fools
                 Preferment
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Three
                 Dukes
                 of
                 Dunstable
              
               .
            
             
               Philaster
               ,
               or
               
                 Love
                 lies
                 a
                 Bleeding
              
               :
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               which
               has
               always
               been
               acted
               with
               Success
               ;
               and
               has
               been
               the
               diversion
               of
               the
               Stage
               ,
               even
               in
               these
               days
               .
               This
               was
               the
               first
               Play
               that
               brought
               these
               Excellent
               Authors
               in
               Esteem
               ;
               and
               this
               Play
               was
               One
               of
               those
               that
               were
               represented
               at
               the
               old
               Theatre
               in
               Lincolns-Inn-Fields
               ,
               when
               the
               Women
               acted
               alone
               .
               The
               Prologue
               and
               Epilogue
               were
               spoken
               by
               Mrs.
               Marshal
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               
                 Covent-garden
                 Drollery
              
               ,
               pag.
               18.
               
               About
               this
               Time
               there
               was
               a
               Prologue
               written
               on
               purpose
               for
               the
               Women
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               and
               is
               printed
               in
               his
               
                 Miscellany
                 Poems
              
               in
               octavo
               ,
               p.
               285.
               
            
             
               Pilgrim
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               which
               was
               reviv'd
               some
               years
               since
               ,
               and
               a
               Prologue
               spoke
               ,
               which
               the
               Reader
               may
               find
               in
               
                 Covent-garden
                 Dollery
              
               ,
               p.
               12.
               
            
             
             
               Prophetess
               ,
               a
               Tragical
               History
               ,
               which
               has
               lately
               been
               reviv'd
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 The
                 Prophetess
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 History
                 of
                 Dioclesian
              
               ,
               with
               Alterations
               and
               Additions
               after
               the
               manner
               of
               an
               Opera
               ,
               represented
               at
               the
               Queens
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1690.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               consult
               Eusebius
               Lib
               8.
               
               Nicephorus
               Lib.
               6.
               and
               7.
               
               
                 Vopisc
                 .
                 Car.
                 &
                 Carin
                 .
                 Aur.
                 Victoris
                 Epitome
                 .
                 Eutropius
                 L.
                 9.
                 
                 Baronius
              
               An.
               204.
               
                 &c.
                 Orosius
              
               L.
               7.
               
               C.
               16.
               
               Coeffeteau
               L.
               20.
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Queen
                 of
                 Corinth
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Rule
                 a
                 Wife
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 a
                 Wife
                 ,
              
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               which
               within
               these
               few
               years
               has
               been
               acted
               ,
               with
               applause
               at
               the
               Queens
               Theatre
               in
               Dorset-Garden
               .
            
             
               
                 Scornful
                 Lady
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               with
               good
               Applause
               even
               in
               these
               times
               ,
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               Dorset-Garden
               .
               Mr.
               Dryden
               has
               condemn'd
               the
               Conclusion
               of
               this
               Play
               in
               reference
               to
               the
               Conversion
               of
               Moor-craft
               the
               Usurer
               p
               ;
               but
               whether
               this
               Catastrophe
               be
               excusable
               ,
               I
               must
               leave
               to
               the
               Criticks
               .
            
             
               
                 Sea
                 Voyage
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               lately
               reviv'd
               by
               Mr.
               Durfey
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 The
                 Common-wealth
                 of
                 Women
              
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               supposed
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               (
               as
               I
               have
               observ'd
               )
               to
               be
               copied
               from
               
               Shakespears's
               Tempest
               .
               q
            
             
               
                 The
                 Storm
                 which
                 vanisht
                 on
                 the
                 neighbring
                 shore
                 ,
              
               
                 Was
                 taught
                 by
                 
                   Shakespears
                   Tempest
                
                 first
                 to
                 roar
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 Innocence
                 and
                 Beauty
                 which
                 did
                 smile
              
               
                 In
                 Fletcher
                 ,
                 grew
                 on
                 this
                 Enchanted
                 Isle
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Spanish
                 Curate
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               frequently
               reviv'd
               
               with
               general
               Applause
               .
               The
               Plot
               of
               
                 Don
                 Henrique
                 ,
                 Ascanio
                 ,
                 Violante
                 ,
              
               and
               Jacintha
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
               Gerardo's
               
                 History
                 of
                 Don
                 John
              
               ,
               pag.
               202.
               and
               that
               of
               
                 Leandro
                 ,
                 Bartolus
                 ,
                 Amarantha
              
               and
               Lopez
               ,
               from
               the
               
                 Spanish
                 Curate
              
               of
               the
               same
               Author
               ,
               pag.
               214.
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Thirry
                 and
                 Theodoret
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               accounted
               by
               some
               an
               excellent
               old
               Play
               ;
               and
               therefore
               't
               is
               pitty
               the
               Compositor
               was
               so
               careless
               in
               this
               new
               Edition
               as
               to
               omit
               a
               great
               part
               of
               the
               last
               Act
               ,
               which
               contains
               the
               King's
               behaviour
               during
               the
               Operation
               of
               the
               Poison
               given
               him
               by
               his
               Mother
               ;
               and
               which
               is
               as
               moving
               as
               any
               part
               of
               the
               Play.
               This
               Imperfection
               may
               be
               supply'd
               from
               the
               Copy
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               and
               I
               hope
               the
               Proprietors
               of
               the
               Copy
               ,
               will
               take
               care
               in
               the
               next
               Impression
               to
               do
               justice
               to
               these
               admirable
               Authors
               .
            
             
               
                 *
                 `
                 For
                 Beaumont's
                 Works
                 and
                 
                 Fletcher's
                 should
                 come
                 forth
                 ,
              
               
                 '
                 With
                 all
                 the
                 Right
                 belonging
                 to
                 their
                 Worth.
                 
              
            
             
               The
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               .
               See
               the
               French
               Chronicles
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Clotaire
               the
               Second
               .
               See
               
                 Fredegarius
                 Scholasticus
                 ,
                 Aimoinus
                 Monachus
                 Floriacensis
                 ,
                 De
                 Serres
                 ,
                 Mezeray
                 ,
                 Crispin
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Two
                 Noble
                 Kinsmen
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               written
               by
               Mr.
               Fletcher
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Shakespear
               .
            
             
               Valentinian
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               reviv'd
               not
               long
               ago
               by
               that
               Great
               Wit
               ,
               the
               Earl
               of
               Rochester
               ;
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               
               1685.
               with
               a
               Preface
               concerning
               the
               Author
               and
               his
               Writings
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               see
               the
               Writers
               of
               those
               Times
               ;
               as
               
                 Cassidori
                 Chron.
                 ;
                 Amm.
                 Marcell
                 .
                 Hist.
                 Evagrius
              
               Lib.
               2.
               
               Procopius
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Wife
                 for
                 a
                 Month
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               in
               my
               poor
               Judgment
               well
               worth
               reviving
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               alternation
               of
               a
               judicious
               Pen
               ,
               would
               be
               an
               excellent
               Dramma
               .
               The
               Character
               and
               Story
               of
               Alphonso
               ,
               and
               his
               Brother
               
               Frederick's
               Carriage
               to
               him
               ,
               much
               resembles
               the
               History
               of
               Sancho
               the
               Eighth
               ,
               King
               of
               Leon.
               I
               leave
               the
               Reader
               to
               the
               perusal
               of
               his
               Story
               in
               Mariana
               ,
               and
               
                 Loüis
                 de
                 Mayerne
                 Turquet
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Wild-Goose
                 Chase
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               valued
               by
               the
               best
               Judges
               of
               Poetry
               .
            
             
               
                 Wit
                 at
                 several
                 Weapons
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               which
               by
               some
               is
               thought
               very
               diverting
               ;
               and
               possibly
               was
               the
               Model
               on
               which
               the
               Characters
               of
               the
               Elder
               Pallatine
               and
               Sr.
               
                 Morglay
                 Thwack
              
               were
               built
               by
               Sr.
               
                 William
                 D'Avenant
              
               ,
               in
               his
               Comedy
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Wits
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Wit
                 without
                 Money
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               which
               I
               have
               seen
               acted
               at
               the
               Old
               House
               in
               little
               Lincolns-Inn-Fields
               with
               very
               great
               Applause
               ;
               the
               part
               of
               Valentine
               being
               play'd
               by
               that
               compleat
               Actor
               Major
               Mohun
               deceas'd
               .
               This
               was
               the
               first
               Play
               that
               was
               acted
               after
               the
               Burning
               the
               King's
               House
               in
               Drury-lane
               :
               a
               New
               Prologue
               being
               writ
               for
               them
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               printed
               in
               his
               
                 Miscellany
                 Poems
              
               in
               octavo
               ,
               p.
               285.
               
            
             
               
                 Woman
                 Hater
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               reviv'd
               by
               Sr.
               
                 William
                 D'Avenant
              
               ,
               and
               a
               new
               Prologue
               (
               instead
               of
               the
               old
               One
               writ
               in
               prose
               )
               
               was
               spoken
               ,
               which
               the
               Reader
               may
               peruse
               in
               Sir
               
               William's
               Works
               in
               Fol.
               p.
               249.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               one
               of
               those
               writ
               by
               Fletcher
               alone
               .
            
             
               
                 Women
                 pleas'd
              
               ,
               a
               Trigo-comedy
               .
               The
               Comical
               parts
               of
               this
               Play
               throughout
               between
               
                 Bartello
                 ,
                 Lopez
                 ,
                 Isabella
              
               ,
               and
               Claudio
               ,
               are
               founded
               on
               several
               of
               
               Boccace's
               Novels
               :
               See
               Day
               7.
               
               Nov.
               6.
               and
               8.
               
               Day
               8.
               
               Nov.
               8.
               
            
             
               
                 Woman's
                 Prize
              
               ,
               or
               
                 the
                 Tamer
                 tam'd
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               written
               on
               the
               same
               foundation
               with
               
               Shakespear's
               Taming
               of
               the
               Shrew
               ;
               or
               which
               we
               may
               better
               call
               a
               Second
               part
               or
               counter-part
               to
               that
               admirable
               Comedy
               .
               This
               was
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               
               Fletcher's
               Pen
               likewise
               .
            
             
               I
               wish
               I
               were
               able
               to
               give
               the
               Reader
               a
               perfect
               Account
               what
               Plays
               He
               writ
               alone
               ;
               in
               what
               Plays
               he
               was
               assisted
               by
               the
               Judicious
               Beaumont
               ,
               and
               which
               were
               the
               Plays
               in
               which
               Old
               
                 Phil.
                 Massinger
              
               had
               a
               hand
               :
               but
               Mr.
               
                 Charles
                 Cotton
              
               being
               dead
               ,
               I
               know
               none
               but
               Sir
               
                 Aston
                 Cockain
              
               (
               if
               he
               be
               yet
               alive
               )
               that
               can
               satisfy
               the
               World
               in
               this
               particular
               :
               all
               that
               I
               can
               say
               ,
               is
               that
               most
               of
               these
               Plays
               were
               acted
               at
               the
               Globe
               and
               Black-Friars
               ,
               in
               the
               Time
               of
               those
               Actors
               
                 Taylor
                 ,
                 Lowin
                 ,
                 Burbage
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               This
               Account
               I
               receiv'd
               from
               Sir
               Aston
               Cockain's
               Poems
               ,
               who
               writ
               an
               Epistle
               to
               his
               Cosen
               
                 Charles
                 Cotton
              
               ,
               r
               concerning
               these
               excellent
               Authors
               ,
               part
               of
               which
               I
               shall
               transcribe
               for
               the
               Reader
               's
               better
               Satisfaction
               ,
               and
               because
               his
               Poems
               are
               not
               very
               common
               .
            
             
               
               
                 'T
                 is
                 true
                 ,
                 Beaumont
                 and
                 Fletcher
                 both
                 were
                 such
              
               
                 Sublime
                 Wits
                 ,
                 none
                 could
                 them
                 admire
                 too
                 much
                 ;
              
               
                 They
                 were
                 our
                 English
                 Pole-Stars
                 ,
                 and
                 did
                 bear
              
               
                 Between
                 them
                 all
                 the
                 World
                 of
                 Fancy
                 clear
                 :
              
               
                 But
                 as
                 two
                 Suns
                 when
                 they
                 do
                 shine
                 to
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 Air
                 is
                 lighter
                 ,
                 they
                 prodigious
                 ;
              
               
                 So
                 while
                 they
                 liv'd
                 and
                 writ
                 together
                 ,
                 we
              
               
                 Had
                 Plays
                 exceeded
                 what
                 we
                 hop'd
                 to
                 see
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 they
                 writ
                 few
                 ;
                 for
                 youthful
                 Beaumont
                 soon
              
               
                 By
                 Death
                 eclipsed
                 was
                 at
                 his
                 high
                 Noon
                 .
              
               
                 Surviving
                 Fletcher
                 then
                 did
                 Penn
                 alone
              
               
                 Equal
                 to
                 both
                 ,
                 (
                 pardon
                 Comparison
                 )
              
               
                 And
                 suffer'd
                 not
                 the
                 Globe
                 &
                 
                 Black-Friar's
                 Stage
              
               
                 T'
                 envy
                 the
                 Glories
                 of
                 a
                 former
                 Age.
              
               
                 As
                 we
                 in
                 Humane
                 Bodies
                 see
                 that
                 lose
              
               
                 An
                 Eye
                 ,
                 or
                 Limb
                 ,
                 the
                 Vertue
                 and
                 the
                 Use
              
               
                 Retreat
                 into
                 the
                 other
                 Eye
                 or
                 Limb
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 makes
                 it
                 double
                 .
                 So
                 I
                 say
                 of
                 him
                 :
              
               
                 Fletcher
                 was
                 
                 Beaumont's
                 Heir
                 ,
                 and
                 did
                 inherit
              
               
                 His
                 searching
                 Judgment
                 ,
                 and
                 unbounded
                 Spirit
                 .
              
               
                 His
                 Plays
                 were
                 printed
                 therefore
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 were
              
               
                 Of
                 Beaumont
                 too
                 ,
                 because
                 his
                 Spirit
                 's
                 there
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               know
               no
               Poems
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Fletcher
               ;
               but
               Mr.
               Beaumont
               has
               a
               Poem
               extant
               call'd
               
                 Salmacis
                 &
                 Hermaphroditus
              
               ,
               printed
               Lond.
               4
               o
               1602.
               and
               which
               was
               again
               re-printed
               with
               his
               Elegy
               of
               Love
               ;
               Elegies
               ,
               Sonnets
               ,
               and
               other
               Poems
               ,
               8
               o
               Lond.
               1653.
               
               Our
               Author
               joyn'd
               with
               the
               Famous
               Johnson
               ,
               and
               Middleton
               ,
               in
               a
               Comedy
               called
               
                 The
                 Widow
              
               .
               Of
               this
               Play
               ,
               see
               more
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               
                 Ben.
                 Johnson
              
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               John
               FORD
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               of
               the
               Middle-Temple
               ,
               who
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               :
               Who
               was
               a
               Well-wisher
               to
               the
               Muses
               ,
               and
               a
               Friend
               and
               Acquaintance
               of
               most
               of
               the
               Poets
               of
               his
               Time.
               He
               was
               not
               only
               a
               Partner
               with
               Rowly
               ,
               and
               Decker
               in
               the
               
                 Witch
                 of
                 Edmonton
              
               ,
               (
               of
               which
               see
               an
               Account
               in
               Rowly
               )
               and
               with
               Decker
               ,
               in
               
                 The
                 Sun's
                 Darling
              
               ,
               but
               writ
               likewise
               himself
               seven
               Plays
               ;
               most
               of
               which
               were
               acted
               at
               the
               Phoenix
               ,
               and
               the
               Black-Friars
               :
               and
               may
               be
               known
               by
               an
               Anagram
               instead
               of
               his
               Name
               ,
               generally
               printed
               in
               the
               Title-page
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 FIDE
                 HONOR
              
               .
            
             
               He
               was
               more
               addicted
               to
               Tragedy
               ,
               than
               Comedy
               ;
               which
               occasion'd
               an
               Old
               Poet
               to
               write
               thus
               of
               him
               .
            
             
               
                 Deep
                 in
                 a
                 Dump
                 
                   John
                   Ford
                
                 was
                 alone
                 got
              
               
                 With
                 folded
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 melancholy
                 Hat.
                 
              
            
             
               I
               shall
               give
               an
               Account
               of
               his
               Plays
               Alphabetically
               ,
               and
               place
               
                 The
                 Sun's
                 Darling
              
               in
               its
               order
               ,
               because
               the
               greatest
               part
               of
               it
               was
               writ
               by
               our
               Author
               .
            
             
               
                 Broken
                 Heart
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               by
               the
               Kings
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               private
               House
               in
               Black-Fryars
               ,
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1633.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               most
               Worthy
               Deserver
               of
               the
               Noblest
               Titles
               in
               Honour
               ,
               William
               Lord
               Craven
               ,
               Baron
               of
               
                 Hamstead
                 Marshal
              
               .
               The
               Speakers
               Names
               are
               fitted
               to
               their
               Qualities
               ;
               and
               most
               of
               them
               are
               deriv'd
               from
               Greek
               Etimologies
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Fancies
                 Chast
                 and
                 Noble
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               presented
               by
               the
               Queen
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Phoenix
               in
               
                 Drury
                 Lane
              
               ;
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1638.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Noble
               Lord
               ,
               the
               Lord
               
                 Randell
                 Macdonell
              
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Antrim
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Ireland
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               usher'd
               into
               the
               World
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               ,
               written
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Edward
                 Greenfield
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Ladies
                 Tryal
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               by
               both
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               private
               House
               in
               
                 Drury
                 Lane
              
               ;
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1639.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Deservingly
               Honoured
               
                 John
                 Wyrley
              
               
                 Esq
              
               and
               to
               the
               Virtuous
               and
               Right
               worthy
               Gentlewoman
               Mrs.
               
                 Mary
                 Wyrley
              
               his
               Wife
               .
            
             
               
                 Lovers
                 Melancholy
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               private
               House
               in
               the
               Black-Fryars
               ,
               and
               publickly
               at
               the
               Globe
               by
               the
               Kings
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1629.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               most
               worthily
               Respected
               Friends
               ,
               
                 Nathaniel
                 Finch
                 ,
                 John
                 Ford
              
               ,
               Esquires
               ;
               Mr.
               
                 Henry
                 Blunt
              
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Robert
                 Ellice
              
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Noble
               Society
               of
               Grays-Inn
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               commended
               by
               four
               of
               the
               Author's
               Friends
               ;
               one
               of
               which
               who
               stiles
               himself
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               writ
               the
               following
               Tetrastick
               .
            
             
               
                 'T
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 Language
                 nor
                 the
                 fore-plac'd
                 Rimes
              
               
                 Of
                 Friends
                 ,
                 that
                 shall
                 commend
                 to
                 after-times
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Lovers
                   Malancholy
                
                 :
                 It
                 s
                 own
                 Worth
                 ,
              
               
                 Without
                 a
                 borrow'd
                 Praise
                 ,
                 shall
                 set
                 it
                 forth
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Author
               has
               Embellisht
               this
               Play
               with
               several
               Fancies
               from
               other
               Writers
               ,
               which
               he
               has
               appositely
               brought
               in
               ;
               as
               the
               Story
               of
               the
               
               Contention
               between
               the
               Musician
               and
               the
               Nightingale
               ;
               describ'd
               in
               
               Strada's
               Academical
               Prolusions
               ,
               Lib.
               2.
               
               Prol.
               6
               .
               which
               begins
               ,
               
                 
                   Jam
                   Sol
                   è
                   medio
                   pronus
                   defluxerat
                   Orbe
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               A
               Definition
               and
               Description
               of
               Melancholy
               ,
               copied
               from
               the
               Ingenious
               Mr.
               Rob.
               Burton's
               Anatomy
               of
               Melancholy
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Love's
                 Sacrifice
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               receiv'd
               generally
               well
               ;
               acted
               by
               the
               Queens
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Phoenix
               in
               
                 Drury
                 Lane
              
               ;
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1633.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               truest
               Friend
               ,
               his
               worthiest
               Kinsman
               ,
               
                 John
                 Ford
              
               of
               
               Gray's
               -
               Inn
               Esquire
               .
               There
               is
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               printed
               before
               this
               Play
               ,
               written
               by
               that
               Dramatick
               Writer
               Mr.
               
                 James
                 Shirley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Perkin
                 Warbeck
              
               ,
               a
               Chronicle
               History
               ,
               and
               a
               Strange
               Truth
               ,
               acted
               (
               sometimes
               )
               by
               the
               Queens
               Majesties
               Servants
               in
               
                 Drury
                 Lane
              
               ;
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1634.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Rightly
               Honourable
               
                 William
                 Cavendish
              
               Earl
               of
               Newcastle
               .
               This
               Play
               as
               several
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               is
               attended
               with
               Verses
               written
               by
               Four
               of
               the
               Author's
               Friends
               ;
               one
               of
               which
               is
               his
               Kinsman
               above-mentioned
               .
               The
               Plot
               is
               founded
               on
               Truth
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               read
               in
               most
               of
               the
               Chronicles
               that
               have
               writ
               of
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Henry
               the
               VII
               .
               See
               
                 Caxton
                 ,
                 Polidore
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Salmonet
                 ,
                 Du
                 Chesne
                 ,
                 Martyn
                 ,
                 Baker
                 ,
              
               Gaynsford's
               History
               of
               
                 Perkin
                 Warbeck
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Sun's
                 Darling
              
               ,
               a
               Moral
               Mask
               ,
               often
               presented
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Cock-pit
               in
               
                 Drury
                 Lane
              
               ,
               with
               great
               applause
               ;
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1657.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               
                 Thomas
                 Wriathesley
              
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Southampton
               .
               
               This
               Play
               was
               written
               (
               as
               I
               have
               said
               )
               by
               our
               Author
               and
               Decker
               ,
               but
               not
               publisht
               till
               after
               their
               Decease
               .
               A
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               written
               by
               Mr.
               
                 John
                 Tateham
              
               ,
               is
               the
               Introduction
               to
               the
               Masque
               ;
               at
               the
               Entry
               whereof
               ,
               the
               Reader
               will
               find
               an
               Explanation
               of
               the
               Design
               ,
               alluding
               to
               the
               Four
               Seasons
               of
               the
               Year
               .
            
             
               
                 'T
                 is
                 pity
                 she
                 's
                 a
                 whore
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               printed
               4
               o
               I
               can
               give
               no
               further
               Account
               of
               the
               Title-page
               ,
               or
               Dedication
               ,
               mine
               being
               lost
               .
               All
               that
               I
               can
               say
               is
               ,
               that
               it
               equalls
               any
               of
               our
               Author's
               Plays
               ;
               and
               were
               to
               be
               commended
               ,
               did
               not
               the
               Author
               paint
               the
               incestuous
               Love
               between
               Giovanni
               ,
               and
               his
               Sister
               Annabella
               ,
               in
               too
               beautiful
               Colours
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Winstanly
               says
               ,
               s
               that
               this
               Author
               was
               very
               beneficial
               to
               the
               Red-Bull
               ,
               and
               Fortune
               Play-Houses
               ;
               as
               may
               appear
               by
               the
               Plays
               which
               he
               wrote
               ;
               tho'
               the
               Reader
               may
               see
               by
               the
               fore-going
               Account
               that
               he
               takes
               his
               Information
               upon
               trust
               ,
               or
               else
               the
               Plays
               he
               has
               seen
               are
               of
               different
               Editions
               from
               those
               I
               have
               by
               me
               :
               but
               I
               rather
               believe
               the
               former
               ,
               since
               I
               have
               found
               him
               subject
               to
               several
               Mistakes
               of
               this
               Nature
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               FORD
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               who
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               who
               publisht
               a
               Dramatick
               Poem
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Love's
                 Labyrinth
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Royal
                 Shepherdess
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               printed
               8
               o
               Lond.
               1660.
               
               This
               
               Play
               is
               commended
               by
               two
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               :
               but
               whether
               ever
               it
               appear'd
               on
               any
               Stage
               ,
               I
               cannot
               determine
               ;
               only
               this
               I
               know
               ,
               that
               part
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               stollen
               from
               
               Gomersal's
               Tragedy
               of
               Sforza
               Duke
               of
               Millain
               .
               Mr.
               Philips
               thro'
               mistake
               ascribes
               this
               Play
               to
               the
               above-mention'd
               Mr.
               
                 John
                 Ford.
              
               
            
             
               This
               Author
               has
               writ
               several
               other
               Pieces
               ,
               
                 Virtus
                 Rediviva
              
               ,
               a
               Panegyrick
               on
               King
               Charles
               the
               Martyr
               :
               A
               Theatre
               of
               Wits
               ,
               being
               a
               Collection
               of
               
                 Apothegms
                 :
                 Fenestra
                 in
                 Pectore
              
               ;
               or
               a
               Century
               of
               Familiar
               Letters
               :
               
                 Fragmenta
                 Poetica
              
               ;
               or
               Poetical
               Diversions
               :
               A
               Panegyrick
               on
               the
               Return
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               .
               All
               these
               Pieces
               ,
               with
               the
               fore-going
               Play
               ,
               are
               printed
               together
               in
               8
               o
               Lond.
               1661.
               
            
          
           
             
               John
               FOUNTAIN
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               who
               flourish'd
               in
               Devonshire
               ,
               at
               the
               time
               of
               his
               Majesty
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               his
               Return
               ;
               and
               was
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               single
               Play
               nam'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Reward
                 of
                 Virtue
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               printed
               in
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1661.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               not
               design'd
               for
               the
               Stage
               by
               the
               Author
               ;
               but
               about
               eight
               Years
               after
               the
               first
               printing
               ,
               Mr.
               Fountain
               being
               dead
               ,
               it
               was
               reviv'd
               with
               Alterations
               ,
               by
               Mr.
               Shadwell
               ,
               and
               acted
               with
               good
               Applause
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 The
                 Royal
                 Shepherdess
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Abraham
               FRAUNCE
               .
            
             
               An
               Ancient
               Writer
               who
               liv'd
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               and
               was
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               
               Book
               called
               ,
               
                 The
                 Countess
                 of
              
               Pembroke's
               
                 Ivy
                 Church
              
               ;
               which
               Title
               in
               former
               Catalogues
               was
               set
               down
               as
               the
               Name
               of
               a
               Play
               in
               2
               Parts
               ,
               tho'
               in
               reality
               ,
               there
               is
               but
               one
               Dramatick
               Piece
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
               Amintas's
               Pastoral
               ,
               being
               the
               first
               part
               of
               the
               Book
               ,
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1591.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Excellent
               and
               most
               Honourable
               Lady
               ,
               the
               Lady
               Mary
               ,
               Countess
               of
               Pembroke
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               writ
               in
               
                 English
                 Hexameters
              
               ,
               and
               is
               a
               Translation
               from
               
               Tasso's
               Aminta
               ;
               which
               was
               done
               into
               Latin
               by
               one
               Mr.
               Watson
               ,
               before
               this
               Version
               was
               undertaken
               by
               our
               Author
               .
               He
               owns
               that
               he
               has
               somewhat
               alter'd
               t
               Sig
               
               r.
               
               Tasso's
               Italian
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
               Watson's
               
                 Latine
                 Amintas
              
               ,
               to
               make
               them
               both
               one
               English.
               
            
             
               Notwithstanding
               Mr.
               Chapman
               in
               his
               Translation
               of
               Homer
               ,
               and
               Sir
               
                 Philip
                 Sidney
              
               in
               his
               Eclogues
               ,
               have
               practic'd
               this
               way
               of
               Writing
               ;
               yet
               this
               way
               of
               Imitating
               the
               Latin
               Measures
               of
               Verse
               ,
               particularly
               the
               Hexameter
               ,
               is
               now
               laid
               aside
               ,
               and
               the
               Verse
               of
               Ten
               Syllables
               ,
               which
               we
               stile
               
                 Heroick
                 Verse
              
               ,
               is
               most
               in
               use
               .
               If
               this
               Translation
               be
               allow'd
               grains
               for
               the
               time
               when
               't
               was
               writ
               ,
               't
               will
               be
               excus'd
               by
               the
               more
               moderate
               Criticks
               ;
               tho'
               if
               compar'd
               with
               the
               Translation
               which
               was
               afterwards
               printed
               in
               1628.
               or
               that
               more
               Modern
               Version
               done
               by
               Dancer
               ,
               at
               the
               King's
               Return
               ,
               't
               will
               appear
               inferior
               to
               either
               in
               Value
               .
            
             
               The
               Second
               Part
               goes
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Phillis
                 Funeral
              
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               writ
               in
               the
               form
               of
               Eclogues
               ,
               being
               divided
               by
               the
               Author
               into
               
               twelve
               Parts
               ,
               which
               he
               stiles
               Days
               .
               This
               Poem
               is
               likewise
               writ
               in
               Hexameters
               ;
               to
               which
               is
               annext
               in
               the
               same
               Measure
               ,
               
                 The
                 Lamentation
                 of
                 Corydon
                 for
                 the
                 Love
                 of
                 Alexis
                 .
              
               This
               is
               a
               Translation
               of
               the
               second
               Eclogue
               of
               Virgil
               Verse
               for
               Verse
               .
               The
               Author
               added
               likewise
               the
               begining
               of
               
                 The
                 AEthiopick
                 History
                 of
                 Heliodorus
              
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               Species
               of
               Metre
               .
            
             
               With
               these
               Pieces
               are
               commonly
               join'd
               another
               of
               our
               Authors
               Writing
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Countess
                 of
                 Pembrokes
                 Emanuel
              
               ;
               Containing
               the
               Nativity
               ,
               Passion
               ,
               Burial
               ,
               and
               Resurrection
               of
               Christ
               ;
               together
               with
               certain
               Psalms
               of
               David
               ,
               all
               in
               
                 English
                 Hexameters
              
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1591.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Excellent
               and
               most
               Honourable
               Lady
               ,
               the
               Lady
               Mary
               ,
               Countess
               of
               Pembroke
               ;
               by
               the
               following
               Distick
               .
            
             
               
                 Mary
                 the
                 best
                 Mother
                 sends
                 her
                 best
                 Babe
                 to
                 a
              
               
                 Mary
                 ,
              
               
                 Lord
                 to
                 a
                 Ladies
                 Sight
                 ,
                 and
                 Christ
                 to
                 a
                 Christian
              
               
                 Hearing
                 .
              
            
             
               Mr.
               Phillips
               says
               u
               ,
               That
               he
               writ
               some
               other
               things
               in
               Hexameter
               ,
               and
               Pentameter
               ,
               and
               the
               same
               writes
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               x
               :
               tho'
               I
               doubt
               the
               former
               takes
               his
               Opinion
               upon
               Trust
               ,
               and
               the
               later
               does
               not
               I
               believe
               know
               a
               Pentameter
               from
               an
               Asclepiade
               Verse
               .
               The
               truth
               is
               ,
               there
               are
               no
               Pentameters
               throughout
               the
               Volume
               :
               but
               in
               the
               last
               Act
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               Scene
               between
               Phillis
               and
               Amintas
               (
               which
               whether
               it
               be
               in
               the
               Original
               ,
               I
               question
               )
               where
               this
               pair
               of
               Lovers
               sing
               
               some
               Asclepiades
               ,
               which
               I
               suppose
               is
               the
               Occasion
               of
               the
               mistake
               :
               tho'
               I
               cannot
               but
               wonder
               at
               Mr.
               
               Winstanley's
               negligence
               ,
               that
               when
               he
               copied
               out
               the
               begining
               of
               Heliodorus
               ,
               he
               should
               not
               inform
               himself
               better
               ;
               but
               I
               hope
               my
               small
               pains
               may
               be
               serviceable
               to
               his
               next
               Impression
               .
               Neither
               is
               his
               Conjecture
               less
               probable
               concerning
               the
               time
               of
               our
               Author's
               Death
               ,
               which
               he
               supposes
               was
               about
               the
               former
               part
               of
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ;
               this
               can
               not
               be
               ,
               since
               our
               Author
               was
               alive
               at
               the
               publication
               of
               his
               Book
               ,
               which
               was
               in
               the
               Year
               1591.
               and
               in
               the
               Thirty-third
               Year
               of
               her
               Reign
               :
               tho'
               how
               long
               after
               he
               surviv'd
               I
               know
               not
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               Ralph
               FREEMAN
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               who
               during
               the
               late
               Troubles
               busied
               himself
               in
               Poetry
               ,
               and
               writ
               an
               excellent
               Tragedy
               call'd
               Imperiale
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1655.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Ancient
               and
               Learned
               Friend
               ,
               
                 John
                 Morris
              
               Esquire
               .
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               ever
               this
               Play
               was
               acted
               ;
               but
               certainly
               it
               far
               better
               deserv'd
               to
               have
               appear'd
               on
               the
               Theatre
               than
               many
               of
               our
               modern
               Farces
               that
               have
               usurp'd
               the
               Stage
               ,
               and
               depos'd
               its
               lawful
               Monarch
               ,
               Tragedy
               .
               The
               Compositor
               maim'd
               the
               last
               Act
               by
               setting
               the
               Sheet
               [
               I
               ]
               false
               ,
               so
               that
               't
               is
               pretty
               difficult
               to
               make
               out
               the
               five
               first
               Scenes
               :
               The
               Catastrophe
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               as
               moving
               as
               most
               Tragedies
               of
               this
               Age
               ,
               and
               therefore
               our
               Author
               chose
               a
               proper
               Lemma
               for
               the
               Frontispiece
               of
               his
               Play
               ,
               in
               that
               Verse
               of
               Ovid.
               
            
             
               Omne
               Genus
               Scripti
               gravitate
               Tragoedia
               vincit
               .
            
             
             
               The
               Story
               on
               which
               this
               Play
               is
               built
               is
               related
               by
               many
               Authors
               ,
               as
               Pontanus
               ,
               Budaeus's
               
                 Treasury
                 of
                 Ancient
                 and
                 Modern
                 Times
              
               ;
               Beard
               's
               
                 Theatre
                 of
                 Gods
                 Judgments
              
               ,
               part
               1.
               p.
               427.
               and
               part
               2.
               p.
               45.
               
               
               Wanley's
               
                 History
                 of
                 Man
              
               ,
               Book
               4.
               
               Chap.
               11.
               
               
                 Goulart
                 Histoires
                 admirables
                 de
                 nôtre
                 temps
                 ,
              
               tom
               .
               1.
               p.
               362.
               
               The
               Story
               is
               related
               at
               large
               in
               
               Bandello's
               
                 Italian
                 Novels
              
               ,
               see
               the
               French
               Translation
               by
               Belleforest
               ,
               Tom.
               2.
               p.
               242.
               
            
          
           
             
               Ulpian
               FULWEL
               .
            
             
               An
               Ancient
               Writer
               ,
               of
               whom
               I
               can
               give
               no
               other
               Account
               ,
               than
               that
               he
               lived
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Q.
               Elizab.
               and
               publisht
               a
               Dramatical
               Piece
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Like
                 will
                 to
                 Like
                 ,
                 qouth
                 the
                 Devil
                 to
                 the
                 Collier
                 ,
              
               an
               Interlude
               ,
               wherein
               is
               declared
               what
               punishments
               follow
               those
               that
               will
               rather
               live
               Licentiously
               ,
               than
               esteem
               and
               follow
               good
               Counsel
               :
               And
               what
               Benefits
               they
               receive
               that
               apply
               themselves
               to
               virtuous
               Living
               ,
               and
               good
               Exercises
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1587.
               
               This
               Interlude
               is
               so
               contriv'd
               that
               Five
               may
               easily
               play
               it
               .
               'T
               is
               printed
               in
               an
               old
               Black
               Letter
               ;
               the
               Prologue
               is
               writ
               in
               Alternate
               Verse
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               Play
               is
               writ
               in
               Rime
               such
               as
               it
               is
               :
               however
               it
               might
               have
               suited
               with
               Mr.
               
               Dyrden's
               Design
               y
               to
               prove
               the
               Antiquity
               of
               Crambo
               ,
               far
               better
               than
               the
               Tragedy
               of
               Gorbuduc
               ,
               which
               was
               writ
               in
               Blank
               Verse
               ;
               whereas
               this
               Play
               is
               tag'd
               with
               Rimes
               throughout
               ,
               and
               is
               Three
               Years
               Older
               than
               the
               other
               ,
               that
               not
               being
               printed
               till
               the
               Year
               1590.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             G.
             
          
           
             
               George
               GASCOIGNE
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               THis
               Gentleman
               I
               can
               give
               no
               further
               Account
               of
               ,
               than
               that
               he
               flourisht
               in
               the
               begining
               of
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ;
               that
               he
               was
               a
               Member
               of
               the
               Honourable
               Society
               of
               
               Gray's
               -
               Inn
               ,
               and
               was
               the
               Parent
               of
               feveral
               Poetical
               Works
               ,
               amongst
               which
               ,
               are
               Four
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               shall
               first
               discourse
               .
            
             
               
                 Glass
                 of
                 Government
              
               ,
               a
               Tragical
               Comedy
               ,
               so
               intituled
               ,
               because
               therein
               are
               handled
               as
               well
               the
               Rewards
               for
               Virtues
               ,
               as
               also
               the
               Punishments
               for
               Vices
               .
               Seen
               and
               allowed
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Order
               appointed
               in
               the
               Queens
               Majesties
               Injunctions
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1575.
               
               At
               the
               begining
               of
               this
               Play
               I
               find
               the
               following
               Hexastick
               .
            
             
               
                 In
                 Comoediam
                 Gascoigni
                 ,
                 Carmen
                 B.C.
                 
              
               
                 Haec
                 nova
                 ,
                 non
                 vetus
                 est
                 ,
                 Angli
                 Comoedia
                 Vatis
                 ,
              
               
                 Christus
                 adest
                 ,
                 Sanctos
                 nil
                 nisi
                 sancta
                 decent
                 .
              
               
                 Graecia
                 vaniloquos
                 genuit
                 ,
                 turpesque
                 Poetas
                 ,
              
               
                 Vix
                 qui
                 syncerè
                 scriber
                 at
                 unus
                 erat
                 .
              
               
                 Idvereor
                 nostro
                 ne
                 possit
                 dicier
                 aevo
                 ,
              
               
                 Vana
                 precor
                 valeant
                 ,
                 ver
                 a
                 precor
                 placeant
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               Play
               is
               printed
               in
               a
               Black
               Letter
               as
               are
               all
               his
               Works
               :
               't
               is
               writ
               in
               prose
               with
               a
               Chorus
               between
               each
               Act
               ,
               which
               with
               the
               Prologue
               ,
               are
               all
               in
               Verse
               .
            
             
               Jocasta
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               written
               in
               Greek
               by
               Euripides
               ,
               translated
               and
               digested
               into
               Acts
               by
               our
               
               Author
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
                 Francis
                 Kinwelmershe
              
               of
               
               Gray's
               Inn
               ,
               and
               there
               presented
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1556.
               
               Each
               Act
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               introduc'd
               by
               a
               Dumb
               shew
               ,
               (
               which
               in
               those
               times
               was
               the
               mode
               in
               Tragedies
               )
               and
               concluded
               by
               a
               Chorus
               .
               The
               First
               ,
               Fourth
               ,
               and
               last
               Acts
               were
               translated
               by
               Mr.
               Kinwelmershe
               ,
               the
               Second
               and
               Third
               by
               our
               Author
               :
               and
               the
               Epilogue
               was
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Christopher
                 Yelverton
              
               ,
               in
               Alternate
               Rime
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               the
               only
               Play
               of
               that
               ancient
               Tragedian
               ,
               that
               to
               my
               Knowledge
               is
               translated
               into
               English
               :
               tho'
               our
               Language
               ,
               and
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               this
               Age
               ,
               be
               far
               more
               proper
               for
               Translations
               ,
               now
               ,
               than
               in
               that
               time
               our
               Author
               flourisht
               .
               That
               I
               may
               not
               be
               wanting
               in
               my
               Respect
               to
               those
               Worthy
               Ancients
               ,
               which
               by
               any
               of
               my
               Country-men
               are
               Naturaliz'd
               ,
               I
               shall
               give
               some
               Account
               of
               them
               and
               their
               Writings
               as
               opportunity
               shall
               offer
               it self
               ;
               and
               therefore
               I
               crave
               leave
               to
               lay
               hold
               of
               this
               ,
               to
               speak
               a
               word
               or
               Two
               of
               Euripides
               .
            
             
               This
               Poet
               was
               stil'd
               the
               Tragick
               Philosopher
               ,
               and
               was
               born
               at
               Phyla
               a
               Town
               in
               Attica
               ,
               in
               the
               75
               Olympiade
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               274
               Year
               after
               the
               Building
               of
               
                 Rome
                 .
                 Prodius
              
               taught
               him
               Rhetorick
               ,
               after
               which
               he
               made
               a
               Voyage
               to
               AEgypt
               ,
               with
               Plato
               ,
               to
               visit
               the
               Learned
               Men
               there
               ,
               and
               to
               improve
               himself
               by
               their
               Conversation
               .
               He
               was
               also
               a
               Friend
               of
               Socrates
               ,
               and
               some
               have
               believed
               that
               this
               Philosopher
               assisted
               him
               in
               the
               Composition
               of
               his
               Tragedies
               .
               He
               went
               from
               Athens
               dissatisfied
               with
               the
               People
               ,
               for
               preferring
               the
               Comick
               Writers
               
               before
               him
               ;
               and
               retir'd
               to
               the
               Court
               of
               Archelaus
               King
               of
               Macedonia
               about
               the
               year
               of
               Rome
               338.
               
               This
               Prince
               confer'd
               many
               Favours
               on
               him
               ,
               and
               had
               a
               great
               value
               for
               him
               .
               It
               happen'd
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               that
               a
               certain
               person
               nam'd
               Decamnion
               ,
               having
               raillied
               him
               about
               his
               Breath
               (
               which
               was
               not
               over
               agreeable
               )
               Archelaus
               sent
               him
               to
               Euripides
               ,
               to
               be
               punisht
               at
               his
               pleasure
               .
               This
               so
               exasperated
               Decamnion
               both
               against
               the
               King
               and
               the
               Poet
               ,
               that
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               Revenge
               he
               join'd
               with
               other
               Conspirators
               in
               the
               Assassination
               of
               the
               Former
               ,
               and
               set
               Dogs
               upon
               the
               later
               ,
               which
               soon
               devour'd
               the
               Object
               of
               his
               Hatred
               .
               Some
               say
               ,
               that
               this
               Misfortune
               proceeded
               from
               the
               Brutality
               of
               those
               irrational
               Creatures
               ,
               by
               accident
               ,
               and
               not
               design
               .
               Others
               again
               relate
               ,
               that
               he
               receiv'd
               his
               Death
               ,
               from
               some
               inhumane
               Women
               ,
               against
               whom
               he
               had
               somewhat
               too
               bitterly
               inveigh'd
               .
               I
               remember
               a
               pleasant
               Story
               in
               
               Ford's
               Apothegms
               ;
               that
               Sophocles
               being
               once
               ask'd
               the
               Reason
               why
               in
               his
               Tragedies
               he
               always
               represented
               Women
               Good
               ,
               and
               
                 Euripides
                 Wicked
              
               ;
               answer'd
               ,
               That
               Euripides
               describ'd
               them
               
                 as
                 they
                 were
              
               ,
               he
               ,
               
                 as
                 they
                 ought
                 to
                 be
              
               .
               But
               Digression
               apart
               ;
               the
               time
               of
               his
               Death
               no
               more
               than
               the
               manner
               of
               it
               is
               agreed
               upon
               .
               Some
               say
               ,
               he
               Dy'd
               about
               the
               65
               year
               of
               his
               Age
               ,
               in
               the
               93
               Olympiade
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Year
               of
               Rome
               348.
               being
               406
               years
               before
               the
               Incarnation
               of
               our
               Saviour
               .
               Others
               say
               ,
               that
               he
               Dy'd
               not
               ,
               till
               the
               Year
               of
               Rome
               351.
               
               The
               Ancients
               mention
               Ninety
               odd
               Tragedies
               writ
               by
               him
               ,
               of
               which
               at
               present
               we
               enjoy
               but
               Nineteen
               .
            
             
             
               Supposes
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               Englisht
               from
               the
               Italian
               of
               Ariosto
               a
               famous
               Poet
               ;
               a
               Ferarese
               ,
               and
               Favuorite
               of
               Alphonsus
               the
               First
               Duke
               of
               Ferrara
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Cardinal
               
                 Hippolito
                 d'
                 Este
              
               ,
               his
               Brother
               .
               He
               Dy'd
               the
               13
               of
               July
               ,
               in
               the
               Year
               1533.
               
               I
               purposely
               decline
               to
               give
               a
               larger
               Account
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               because
               it
               would
               swell
               my
               Book
               too
               much
               ,
               and
               the
               English
               Reader
               may
               satisfy
               his
               Curiosity
               by
               perusing
               his
               Life
               at
               the
               End
               of
               Sr.
               John
               Harrington's
               Translation
               of
               
                 Orlando
                 Furioso
              
               .
               Those
               Vers'd
               in
               Italian
               ,
               may
               read
               his
               Life
               writ
               by
               
                 Gierolamo
                 Poro
              
               of
               
                 Padoua
                 ,
                 Gierolamo
                 Guarafola
              
               of
               
                 Ferrara
                 ,
                 Simon
                 Fornari
              
               of
               Rheggio
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               This
               Play
               was
               presented
               at
               
               Gray's
               -
               Inn
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1566.
               
               The
               Prologue
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Play
               is
               writ
               in
               prose
               .
               This
               Prologue
               I
               suppose
               gave
               the
               Grounds
               for
               that
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Duffet
               to
               the
               Play
               call'd
               
                 Trappolin
                 suppos'd
                 a
                 Prince
              
               ,
               as
               that
               did
               to
               the
               Epilogue
               of
               
                 The
                 Duke
                 and
                 No
                 Duke
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Pleasure
                 at
                 Kenelworth
                 Castle
              
               ,
               a
               Masque
               ,
               (
               as
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               informs
               us
               in
               his
               Catalogue
               )
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
             
               Our
               Author
               has
               written
               several
               Poems
               of
               a
               Different
               Species
               which
               he
               calls
               Herbs
               ,
               and
               which
               with
               his
               Plays
               make
               a
               considerable
               Vollume
               ,
               and
               are
               printed
               together
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1587.
               
            
          
           
             
               Henry
               GLAPTHORN
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               who
               publisht
               several
               Plays
               which
               I
               presume
               in
               those
               days
               past
               with
               good
               
               Approbation
               at
               the
               Globe
               and
               Cock-pit
               Play-houses
               ;
               tho'
               I
               cannot
               agree
               with
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               z
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 was
                 One
                 of
                 the
                 chiefest
                 Dramatick
                 Poets
                 of
                 this
                 Age.
              
               He
               writ
               Five
               Plays
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Albertus
                 Wallenstein
              
               ,
               Duke
               of
               Fridland
               ,
               and
               General
               to
               the
               Emperor
               Ferdinand
               the
               Second
               ,
               his
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               with
               good
               Allowance
               at
               the
               Globe
               on
               the
               Bank-side
               ,
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Great
               Example
               of
               Virtue
               ,
               and
               true
               
               Mecaenas's
               of
               Liberal
               Arts
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Murrey
              
               of
               His
               Majesties
               Bed-chamber
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               see
               the
               Historians
               who
               have
               writ
               on
               the
               last
               
                 German
                 Wars
              
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Ferdinand
               the
               Second
               .
               See
               besides
               
                 M.
                 Sarasins
                 Walstein's
                 Conspiracy
              
               translated
               into
               English
               ,
               8
               o
               Lond.
               1678.
               
               
               Spondanus's
               
                 Continuation
                 of
                 Baronius
                 .
                 Fierzen
                 L'Hist
                 .
                 de
                 Liege
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Argalus
                 and
                 Parthenia
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Court
               before
               their
               Majesties
               :
               and
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Drury-lane
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1639.
               
               The
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               Sr.
               Philip
               Sidney's
               Arcadia
               ,
               a
               Romance
               ,
               in
               the
               Story
               of
               
                 Argalus
                 and
                 Parthenia
              
               ,
               see
               pag.
               16.
               &c.
               Mr.
               Quarles
               has
               writ
               a
               pretty
               Poem
               on
               the
               same
               Foundation
               .
            
             
               Hollander
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               written
               in
               the
               Year
               1635.
               and
               then
               acted
               at
               the
               Cock-pit
               in
               Drury-lane
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               with
               good
               Allowance
               :
               and
               at
               the
               Court
               before
               Both
               their
               Majesties
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               great
               Hope
               of
               growing
               Nobleness
               ,
               
               his
               Honourable
               Friend
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Fisher.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Lady's
                 Priviledge
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               with
               good
               Allowance
               ,
               at
               the
               Cock-pit
               in
               
                 Drury
                 Lane
              
               ,
               and
               before
               Their
               Majesties
               at
               White-hall
               twice
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               true
               Example
               of
               Heroick
               Virtue
               ,
               and
               Favourer
               of
               Arts
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Frederick
                 Cornwallis
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Wit
                 in
                 a
                 Constable
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               writ
               in
               the
               Year
               1639.
               and
               then
               acted
               at
               the
               Cock-pit
               in
               
                 Drury
                 Lane
              
               ,
               by
               Their
               Majesties
               Servants
               with
               good
               Allowance
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               his
               singular
               good
               Lord
               ,
               Thomas
               Lord
               Wentworth
               .
            
             
               Besides
               these
               Plays
               ,
               he
               has
               a
               Book
               of
               Poems
               extant
               ,
               in
               which
               are
               several
               Copies
               ,
               directed
               to
               his
               Mistress
               ,
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               Lucinda
               ;
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1639.
               
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               GOFF.
               
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               flourisht
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               :
               He
               was
               born
               in
               Essex
               towards
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               Queen
               
               Elizabeth's
               Reign
               ,
               about
               the
               Year
               1592.
               
               In
               his
               Youth
               he
               was
               sent
               to
               
               Westminster-School
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               Age
               of
               Eighteen
               he
               was
               brought
               in
               Student
               of
               Christ-Church
               Colledge
               in
               Oxford
               .
               Being
               an
               Industrious
               Scholar
               ,
               he
               arrived
               to
               be
               a
               good
               Poet
               ,
               a
               skilful
               Oratour
               ,
               and
               an
               Excellent
               Preacher
               .
               In
               the
               Year
               1623.
               he
               proceeded
               Batchelour
               of
               Divinity
               ,
               and
               was
               preferr'd
               to
               a
               Living
               in
               Surrey
               ,
               call'd
               East-Clandon
               :
               there
               he
               got
               him
               a
               Wife
               ,
               which
               prov'd
               as
               great
               a
               plague
               to
               him
               ,
               as
               a
               Shrew
               could
               be
               ;
               and
               became
               a
               true
               Xantippe
               
               to
               our
               Ecclesiastical
               Socrates
               :
               insomuch
               that
               she
               gave
               him
               daily
               opportunities
               of
               exercising
               his
               Patience
               ;
               and
               t
               is
               believ'd
               by
               some
               ,
               that
               this
               Domestick-scourge
               shortned
               his
               days
               .
               He
               was
               buried
               at
               his
               own
               Parish-Church
               at
               Clandon
               ,
               the
               27.
               of
               July
               1627.
               
            
             
               He
               writ
               several
               Pieces
               on
               several
               Subjects
               ,
               amongst
               which
               are
               reckon'd
               five
               Plays
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Careless
                 Shepherdess
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               acted
               before
               the
               King
               and
               Queen
               ,
               at
               Salisbury-Court
               with
               great
               applause
               ;
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1656.
               with
               an
               Alphabetical
               Catalogue
               of
               all
               such
               Plays
               that
               ever
               were
               till
               that
               time
               published
               .
               This
               Catalogue
               is
               very
               full
               of
               Errors
               throughout
               .
            
             
               
                 Couragious
                 Turk
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Amurath
                 the
                 First
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               by
               the
               Students
               of
               Christ-Church
               in
               Oxford
               ;
               printed
               8
               o
               Lond.
               1656.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               No
               less
               Honoured
               than
               Deserving
               Sir
               
                 Walter
                 Tichborn
              
               ,
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Rich.
                 Meighen
              
               ,
               who
               publish'd
               it
               after
               the
               Authors
               Decease
               .
               There
               is
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               prefix'd
               to
               the
               Play
               ,
               writ
               I
               suppose
               by
               the
               same
               Person
               ,
               and
               directed
               to
               the
               Author
               ;
               
                 In
                 that
                 ,
                 Transcribing
                 his
                 Book
                 without
                 his
                 Knowledge
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 bound
                 by
                 promise
                 to
                 stand
                 to
                 his
                 pleasure
                 to
                 keep
                 it
                 ,
                 or
                 burn
                 it
                 .
              
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               consult
               the
               Writers
               of
               the
               Turkish
               History
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Amurath
               ,
               as
               
                 Leunclacius
                 ,
                 Chalcocondylas
                 ,
                 Knolles
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               Orestes
               his
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               by
               the
               Students
               of
               
                 Christs
                 Church
              
               in
               Oxford
               ;
               printed
               8
               o
               Lond.
               1656.
               
               How
               far
               our
               Author
               has
               follow'd
               Sophocles
               in
               his
               Electra
               ,
               or
               Euripides
               in
               Orestes
               ,
               I
               shall
               leave
               to
               the
               search
               of
               the
               Learned
               Reader
               ;
               only
               I
               cannot
               but
               observe
               ,
               that
               when
               I
               first
               read
               it
               ,
               I
               
               thought
               by
               the
               length
               it
               might
               vye
               with
               that
               Epick
               Poem
               of
               Orestes
               ,
               which
               Juvenal
               complains
               of
               ,
               a
               as
               being
               ,
               
                 
                   —
                   Summi
                   plenâjam
                   margine
                   libri
                
                 
                   Scriptus
                   ,
                   &
                   in
                   tergo
                   nec
                   dum
                   finitus
                   ,
                   Orestes
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Raging
                 Turk
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Bajazet
                 the
                 Second
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               by
               the
               Students
               of
               Christ-Church
               in
               Oxford
               ;
               printed
               8
               o
               Lond.
               1656.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               writ
               (
               with
               the
               two
               foregoing
               Tragedies
               )
               when
               the
               Author
               was
               Master
               of
               Arts
               ,
               and
               Student
               of
               Christ-Church
               ;
               but
               not
               printed
               till
               after
               his
               decease
               ;
               and
               then
               dedicated
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Richard
                 Meighen
              
               the
               Publisher
               ,
               To
               the
               No
               less
               Ingenious
               than
               Zealous
               Favourer
               of
               Ingenuity
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Richard
                 Tichborn
              
               ,
               Brother
               to
               the
               above-nam'd
               Sir
               Walter
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               consult
               
                 Chalcocondylas
                 ,
                 Artus
                 ,
                 Knolles
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               These
               three
               last
               Plays
               are
               all
               printed
               together
               in
               8
               o
               Lond.
               1656.
               
            
             
               
                 Selimus
                 Emperour
                 of
                 the
                 Turks
              
               his
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1638.
               
               I
               question
               whether
               ever
               this
               Play
               were
               acted
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts.
               The
               Author
               calls
               this
               the
               First
               Part
               ;
               and
               in
               his
               Conclusion
               ,
               as
               he
               stiles
               it
               ,
               or
               Epilogue
               ,
               he
               promises
               a
               Second
               Part
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
                 
                   If
                   this
                   First
                   Part
                   ,
                   Gentles
                   ,
                   do
                   like
                   you
                   well
                   ;
                
                 
                   The
                   Second
                   Part
                   shall
                   greater
                   Murthers
                   tell
                   .
                
              
            
             
               But
               whether
               it
               was
               ever
               publisht
               ,
               I
               am
               ignorant
               :
               tho'
               I
               am
               apt
               to
               believe
               not
               ,
               since
               't
               is
               not
               mention'd
               in
               any
               Catalogue
               .
               The
               Plot
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               Turkish
               History
               ;
               see
               the
               Writers
               of
               the
               Reign
               of
               Selimus
               the
               First
               ,
               as
               
                 Paulus
                 Jovius
                 ,
                 Mezeray
                 ,
                 Knolles
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
             
               Mr.
               Philips
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               ,
               have
               father'd
               a
               Comedy
               on
               this
               Author
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Cupids
                 Whirligig
              
               ;
               tho'
               Democritus
               and
               Heraclius
               were
               not
               more
               different
               in
               their
               Temper
               ,
               than
               his
               Genius
               was
               opposite
               to
               Comedy
               .
               Besides
               ,
               the
               true
               Father
               was
               one
               Mr.
               E.S.
               who
               (
               as
               he
               says
               )
               
                 b
                 being
                 long
                 Pregnant
                 with
                 Desire
                 to
                 bring
                 forth
                 something
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 afterwards
                 brought
                 a
                 Bed
                 ,
                 had
                 chose
                 his
                 Friend
                 Mr.
                 
                   Robert
                   Hayman
                
                 to
                 be
                 God-father
                 ,
                 not
                 doubting
                 but
                 his
                 Child
                 would
                 be
                 well
                 maintain'd
                 ,
                 seeing
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 live
                 above
                 an
                 hour
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 ,
                 he
                 entreated
                 him
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 dead
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 be
                 buried
                 deep
                 enough
                 in
                 his
                 good
                 Opinion
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 deserve
                 this
                 Epitaph
              
               ;
               
                 
                   Here
                   lyes
                   the
                   Child
                   that
                   was
                   born
                   in
                   Mirth
                   ,
                
                 
                   Against
                   the
                   strict
                   Rules
                   of
                   Child-birth
                   :
                
                 
                   And
                   to
                   be
                   quit
                   I
                   gave
                   him
                   to
                   my
                   Friend
                   ,
                
                 
                   Who
                   laught
                   him
                   to
                   death
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   was
                   his
                   End.
                   
                
              
            
             
               Yours
               ,
               while
               he
               is
               his
               own
               .
            
             
               I
               hope
               the
               Reader
               will
               forgive
               me
               this
               Digression
               ,
               which
               I
               was
               forc'd
               to
               in
               Vindication
               of
               my
               Author
               ,
               who
               was
               so
               far
               from
               this
               Ridiculous
               Stile
               ,
               and
               affected
               Mirth
               ,
               that
               nothing
               but
               Manly
               and
               Serious
               escap'd
               his
               Pen
               :
               and
               in
               his
               latter
               Time
               ,
               he
               forsook
               the
               Stage
               ,
               for
               the
               Pulpit
               ,
               and
               instead
               of
               Plays
               ,
               employ'd
               himself
               in
               writing
               Sermons
               ;
               some
               of
               which
               have
               appear'd
               in
               Print
               in
               the
               Year
               1627.
               
               To
               these
               I
               may
               add
               his
               Latin
               Funeral
               Oration
               ,
               in
               the
               Divinity-School
               ,
               
               at
               the
               Obsequies
               of
               Sr.
               
                 Henry
                 Savil
              
               ,
               printed
               4
               o
               Oxon.
               1622.
               
               Another
               in
               Christ-Church
               Cathedral
               ,
               at
               the
               Funeral
               of
               Dr.
               Goodwin
               ,
               Cannon
               of
               that
               Church
               ,
               printed
               Lond.
               1627.
               
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               GOMERSAL
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               lived
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               was
               the
               Eldest
               Son
               of
               an
               Esquire
               .
               He
               was
               born
               at
               London
               ,
               and
               was
               sent
               by
               his
               Father
               to
               the
               University
               of
               Oxon.
               1616.
               being
               then
               14
               Years
               of
               Age.
               He
               was
               enter'd
               at
               Christ-Church
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               little
               time
               was
               chose
               Student
               of
               that
               Royal-Foundation
               .
               Here
               he
               took
               his
               Batchelors
               and
               Masters
               Degrees
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Year
               1627.
               he
               went
               out
               Batchelor
               of
               Divinity
               .
               I
               know
               not
               what
               Preferment
               he
               got
               ,
               tho'
               I
               believe
               he
               was
               Minister
               of
               a
               place
               call'd
               Flower
               ,
               in
               Northamptonshire
               ;
               but
               this
               is
               only
               Conjecture
               ,
               from
               some
               of
               his
               Poems
               ,
               dated
               from
               thence
               .
               However
               I
               am
               assur'd
               he
               died
               in
               the
               Year
               1646.
               
            
             
               He
               is
               accounted
               by
               some
               no
               mean
               Preacher
               ,
               or
               Poet
               :
               but
               this
               I
               leave
               to
               the
               Judgment
               of
               those
               who
               will
               peruse
               the
               Works
               which
               he
               has
               publisht
               ,
               and
               tho'
               Divinity
               ought
               to
               claim
               the
               preference
               ,
               yet
               Poetry
               being
               my
               immediate
               Subject
               ,
               I
               crave
               the
               Readers
               pardon
               that
               I
               give
               Account
               of
               his
               Poetry
               in
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               and
               begin
               with
               his
               Play
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Lodovick
                 Sforza
              
               ,
               Duke
               of
               Millain
               ,
               his
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               8
               o
               Lond.
               1632.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               most
               Worthy
               Friend
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Francis
                 Hide
              
               ,
               Student
               of
               Christ-Church
               ,
               and
               Junior
               Proctor
               of
               the
               University
               
               in
               the
               Year
               1627.
               
               I
               cannot
               satisfy
               the
               Readers
               whether
               ever
               this
               Play
               appear'd
               on
               any
               Stage
               :
               but
               I
               can
               inform
               him
               ,
               that
               the
               Foundation
               of
               it
               may
               be
               read
               in
               
                 Guicciardine
                 lib.
              
               1
               ,
               2
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 
                 Philip
                 de
                 Commines
                 ,
                 Mezeray
              
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Charles
               the
               VIII
               .
               of
               France
               .
            
             
               Besides
               this
               Play
               he
               has
               writ
               several
               other
               Poems
               ,
               which
               are
               printed
               with
               it
               ,
               as
               particularly
               
                 The
                 Levites
                 Revenge
              
               containing
               Poetical
               Meditations
               upon
               the
               19
               ,
               and
               20.
               
               Chapters
               of
               Judges
               ;
               and
               is
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Worthily
               Respected
               Friend
               ,
               
                 Barten
                 Holiday
              
               ,
               Arch-Deacon
               of
               Oxford
               .
               This
               Poem
               is
               highly
               Commended
               ,
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               ,
               written
               by
               a
               Gentleman
               of
               the
               Middle-Temple
               :
               but
               I
               shall
               leave
               this
               and
               his
               other
               Poems
               ,
               to
               the
               Readers
               perusal
               and
               Judgment
               .
            
             
               He
               has
               several
               Sermons
               in
               print
               ,
               on
               the
               I.
               Pet.
               Chap.
               2.
               
               Verse
               13
               ,
               14
               ,
               15
               ,
               16.
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1663.
               
            
          
           
             
               Francis
               GOULDSMITH
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               I
               am
               able
               to
               recover
               no
               other
               Memoires
               of
               this
               Gentleman
               ,
               than
               that
               he
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Martyr
               ;
               and
               oblig'd
               the
               World
               with
               the
               Translation
               of
               a
               Play
               out
               of
               Latin
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               Sophompaneas
               ,
               or
               The
               History
               of
               Joseph
               ,
               with
               Annotations
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Henry
               Lord
               Marquess
               of
               Dochester
               .
               This
               Dramma
               was
               writ
               by
               the
               Admirable
               
                 Hugo
                 Grotius
              
               ,
               publisht
               by
               him
               at
               Amsterdam
               1635.
               and
               dedicated
               
               to
               
                 Gerardus
                 Vossius
              
               ,
               Professor
               of
               History
               and
               Civil
               Arts
               ,
               in
               the
               most
               flourishing
               City
               of
               Amsterdam
               .
               He
               stiles
               it
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               notwithstanding
               it
               ends
               successfully
               ;
               and
               quotes
               for
               his
               Authority
               ,
               
               AEschylus's
               
                 Danaides
                 ,
                 Euripides
              
               his
               
                 Alcestes
                 ,
                 Jon
                 ,
                 Helena
                 ,
                 Iphigenia
              
               among
               the
               Tauri
               ,
               and
               even
               Vossius
               his
               own
               Art
               of
               Poetry
               :
               whether
               this
               Opinion
               be
               to
               be
               controverted
               or
               no
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               the
               Criticks
               .
               Some
               people
               make
               it
               a
               Question
               ,
               whether
               it
               be
               lawful
               to
               make
               a
               Dramatick
               Poem
               of
               a
               Sacred
               Argument
               :
               and
               I
               have
               !
               heard
               some
               People
               of
               tender
               Consciences
               ,
               speak
               against
               this
               Play
               ,
               and
               
                 Christ's
                 Passion
              
               ,
               writ
               by
               the
               same
               Author
               .
               But
               I
               think
               the
               following
               Opinion
               of
               the
               Great
               Vossius
               ,
               c
               printed
               before
               this
               Play
               ,
               may
               satisfy
               them
               in
               this
               point
               .
               
                 I
                 am
                 of
                 Opinion
                 (
                 says
                 he
                 )
                 't
                 is
                 better
                 to
                 chuse
                 another
                 Argument
                 ,
                 than
                 Sacred
                 .
                 For
                 it
                 agrees
                 not
                 with
                 the
                 Majesty
                 of
                 Sacred
                 things
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 a
                 Play
                 and
                 a
                 Fable
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 also
                 a
                 Work
                 of
                 very
                 dangerous
                 Consequence
                 ,
                 to
                 mingle
                 Humane
                 Inventions
                 with
                 things
                 sacred
                 ;
                 because
                 the
                 Poet
                 adds
                 uncertainties
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 ,
                 sometimes
                 falsities
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 not
                 only
                 to
                 play
                 with
                 holy
                 things
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 to
                 ingraft
                 in
                 Mens
                 Minds
                 uncertain
                 Opinions
                 ,
                 and
                 now
                 and
                 then
                 false
                 .
                 These
                 things
                 have
                 place
                 especially
                 ,
                 when
                 we
                 bring
                 in
                 God
                 ,
                 or
                 Christ
                 speaking
                 ,
                 or
                 treating
                 of
                 the
                 Mysteries
                 of
                 Religion
                 .
                 I
                 will
                 allow
                 more
                 where
                 the
                 History
                 is
                 taken
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Sacred
                 Scriptures
                 ,
                 but
                 yet
                 in
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 the
                 Argument
                 is
                 Civil
                 .
                 As
                 if
                 the
                 Action
                 be
                 of
                 
                 David
                 flying
                 from
                 his
                 Son
                 Absalon
                 ;
                 or
                 of
                 Joseph
                 sold
                 by
                 his
                 Brethren
                 ,
                 advanced
                 by
                 Pharoah
                 to
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 Egypt
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 that
                 Dignity
                 adored
                 by
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 known
                 unto
                 his
                 Brethren
                 .
                 Of
                 which
                 Argument
                 is
                 Sophompaneas
                 ,
                 made
                 by
                 the
                 most
                 Illustrious
                 and
                 Incomparable
                 Man
                 
                   Hugo
                   Grotius
                
                 ,
                 Embassador
                 when
                 he
                 liv'd
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 Gracious
                 Queen
                 and
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Sweden
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 most
                 Christian
                 King
                 of
                 France
                 .
                 Which
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 I
                 suppose
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 set
                 for
                 a
                 Pattern
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 would
                 handle
                 an
                 Argument
                 from
                 the
                 Holy
                 Scriptures
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               shall
               say
               nothing
               of
               the
               Life
               of
               
                 Hugo
                 Grotius
              
               ;
               only
               that
               he
               was
               an
               Honour
               to
               Delph
               ,
               where
               he
               was
               born
               in
               the
               Year
               1583.
               and
               will
               be
               famous
               to
               Posterity
               ,
               in
               regard
               of
               those
               many
               Excellent
               Pieces
               that
               he
               has
               published
               .
               In
               some
               of
               his
               Writings
               he
               had
               defended
               Arminianism
               ,
               for
               which
               he
               suffer'd
               Imprisonment
               in
               the
               Castle
               of
               Louverstein
               ,
               in
               the
               Year
               1618.
               (
               at
               which
               time
               his
               Associate
               Barnevelt
               lost
               his
               Head
               on
               the
               same
               Account
               )
               :
               afterwards
               he
               escaped
               out
               of
               Prison
               ,
               by
               means
               of
               
                 Maria
                 Reigersberg
              
               his
               Wife
               ,
               and
               fled
               into
               Flanders
               ;
               and
               thence
               into
               France
               ,
               where
               he
               was
               kindly
               receiv'd
               by
               Lewis
               the
               XIII
               .
               He
               died
               at
               Rostoch
               in
               
                 Meclebourg
                 ,
                 Sept.
              
               the
               first
               1645.
               
               His
               Life
               is
               writ
               at
               large
               by
               
                 Melchior
                 Adamus
              
               ,
               in
               Latin
               ;
               and
               in
               English
               by
               
                 C.
                 B.
              
               and
               printed
               8
               o
               Lond.
               1652.
               
            
             
               ●●●
               to
               our
               Author
               ,
               and
               his
               Translation
               ,
               (
               which
               is
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               )
               I
               find
               it
               extreamly
               commended
               by
               the
               Verses
               of
               four
               of
               his
               Friends
               :
               and
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               the
               candid
               Reader
               will
               assent
               to
               their
               Judgments
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               the
               Author
               
               has
               acquainted
               the
               Reader
               (
               before
               the
               Play
               )
               
                 That
                 the
                 History
                 is
                 recorded
                 by
                 Moses
                 in
                 Genesis
                 ,
                 44
                 and
                 45
                 Chapters
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Contexts
                 there
                 adjoyning
                 ;
                 Psal.
                 105.
                 
                 Acts
                 7.
                 
                 By
                 Philo
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Life
                 of
                 Josephus
                 :
                 By
                 Josephus
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 2
                 
                 d.
                 Book
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Jewish
                   Antiquities
                
                 ;
                 and
                 partly
                 by
                 Justin
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 
                   Trogus
                   Pompeius
                
                 ,
                 the
                 36.
                 
                 Book
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 extant
                 also
                 in
                 Astapanus
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 
                   Alexander
                   Polyhistor
                
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 Demetrius
                 :
                 the
                 places
                 you
                 may
                 see
                 in
                 Eusebius
                 his
                 
                   Preparation
                   to
                   the
                   Gospel
                
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Alexander
               GREEN
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ;
               who
               presently
               after
               the
               Restauration
               published
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Politician
                 cheated
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1663.
               
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               ever
               this
               Play
               appear'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               or
               no
               ;
               nor
               can
               I
               recover
               any
               thing
               else
               of
               this
               Author
               's
               Writing
               .
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               GREEN
               .
            
             
               This
               Author
               lived
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               and
               was
               a
               Master
               of
               Arts
               of
               Cambridge
               :
               As
               to
               any
               further
               Account
               of
               him
               ,
               I
               I
               can
               meet
               with
               none
               ,
               except
               what
               I
               am
               forc'd
               to
               borrow
               from
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               .
               But
               the
               truth
               is
               I
               dare
               not
               trust
               too
               much
               to
               him
               ,
               knowing
               how
               subject
               he
               is
               to
               take
               things
               upon
               Re●●●●●
               as
               I
               find
               ,
               particularly
               in
               the
               Innumeration
               he
               makes
               of
               this
               Author's
               Plays
               :
               However
               ,
               for
               once
               I
               will
               venture
               to
               transcribe
               the
               following
               passage
               upon
               his
               Authority
               ;
               who
               tells
               us
               ,
               
               That
               the
               Person
               we
               here
               treat
               of
               was
               married
               to
               a
               Deserving
               Gentlewoman
               ,
               whom
               he
               ungratefully
               forsook
               ,
               living
               above
               himself
               ;
               and
               therefore
               was
               forc'd
               to
               make
               his
               Pen
               a
               slave
               to
               his
               Purse
               ,
               to
               supply
               his
               Extravagancies
               :
               notwithstanding
               which
               he
               was
               reduc'd
               to
               extreme
               poverty
               towards
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               his
               Life
               ;
               which
               through
               God's
               Mercy
               ,
               led
               him
               to
               a
               sight
               of
               his
               former
               Follies
               ,
               and
               to
               a
               Repentance
               of
               his
               evil
               Course
               of
               Life
               :
               especially
               his
               Unkindness
               and
               Disloyalty
               to
               his
               Virtuous
               Partner
               :
               which
               occasion'd
               a
               Letter
               ,
               (
               published
               by
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               )
               which
               was
               directed
               to
               her
               by
               our
               Penitent
               ,
               and
               found
               after
               his
               Death
               :
               which
               Epistle
               in
               my
               Opinion
               very
               much
               resembles
               the
               Stile
               of
               Dr.
               Reynolds
               in
               his
               
                 God's
                 Revenge
                 against
                 Murther
              
               .
               As
               to
               that
               Distich
               said
               by
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               to
               be
               writ
               on
               our
               Author
               ,
               I
               have
               shew'd
               his
               mistake
               in
               the
               Account
               .
            
             
               This
               Author
               has
               writ
               several
               Pieces
               ,
               but
               especially
               one
               Play
               ,
               (
               the
               occasion
               of
               his
               mention
               in
               this
               place
               )
               whose
               Title
               is
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Honourable
                 History
                 of
                 Fryar
              
               Bacon
               ,
               
                 and
                 Fryar
              
               Bungy
               ;
               play'd
               by
               the
               Prince
               
               Palatine's
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               Lond.
               —
               I
               know
               not
               whence
               the
               Author
               borrow'd
               his
               Plot
               ;
               but
               this
               Famous
               
                 Fryar
                 Minor
              
               ,
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Henry
               the
               Third
               ,
               and
               died
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Edward
               the
               First
               ,
               in
               the
               Year
               1284.
               
               Con●●●●●
               
                 Bale
                 ,
                 Script
                 .
                 Illustr
                 .
                 Majoris
                 Britannae
                 Ca●●●●
                 Pitseus
                 Relationes
                 Historicae
                 .
                 Wood.
                 Antiq.
                 Oxon.
              
               Dr.
               
                 ●lot
                 Hist.
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Philips
               ,
               d
               and
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               e
               say
               ,
               
               That
               he
               was
               an
               Associate
               with
               Dr.
               Lodge
               in
               writing
               several
               Comedies
               ;
               namely
               ,
               
                 The
                 Laws
                 of
                 Nature
                 ;
                 Lady
                 Alimony
                 ;
                 Liberality
                 and
                 Prodigality
              
               ;
               and
               a
               Masque
               called
               Lumenalia
               .
               Besides
               which
               he
               wrote
               alone
               ,
               the
               Comedies
               of
               
                 Fryar
                 Bacon
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Fair
                 Emme
              
               .
               But
               in
               this
               Assertion
               they
               are
               extreamly
               out
               ;
               for
               he
               joyn'd
               with
               Dr.
               Lodge
               but
               in
               one
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               
                 A
                 Looking-glass
                 for
                 London
              
               ;
               of
               which
               hereafter
               :
               and
               as
               to
               the
               others
               (
               most
               of
               which
               I
               have
               by
               me
               )
               they
               are
               all
               Anonymous
               Plays
               .
            
             
               As
               to
               his
               other
               Pieces
               ,
               I
               have
               never
               seen
               but
               two
               ;
               
                 viz.
                 Quip
                 for
                 an
                 Upstart
                 Courtier
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Dorastus
                 and
                 Fawnia
              
               ;
               tho'
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               reckons
               up
               several
               others
               ,
               as
               
                 Euphues
                 his
                 Censure
                 to
                 Philautus
                 ;
                 Tullies
                 Love
                 ;
                 Philomela
                 ,
                 The
                 Lady
                 Fitzwaters
                 Nightingale
                 ,
                 Green's
                 never
                 too
                 late
                 ,
              
               first
               and
               second
               part
               ;
               
                 Green's
                 Arcadia
                 ;
                 Green's
                 Farewell
                 to
                 Folly
                 ;
                 Green's
                 Groats-worth
                 of
                 Wit
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             H.
             
          
           
             
               William
               HABINGTON
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Time
               of
               the
               late
               Civil
               Wars
               ;
               and
               slighting
               Bellona
               ,
               gave
               himself
               up
               entirely
               to
               the
               Muses
               .
               He
               was
               equally
               famous
               for
               History
               ,
               and
               Poetry
               ,
               of
               which
               his
               
                 Edward
                 the
                 Fourth
              
               ,
               and
               Castara
               ,
               are
               sufficient
               Testimonies
               .
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               (
               who
               was
               very
               knowing
               in
               Plays
               ,
               )
               has
               ascribed
               a
               Dramatick
               Piece
               to
               him
               ,
               which
               gives
               us
               occasion
               to
               speak
               of
               him
               ;
               't
               is
               call'd
               ,
            
             
             
               
                 Queen
                 of
              
               Arragon
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               Court
               ,
               and
               the
               Black-Fryars
               ;
               and
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
               Tho'
               the
               Author's
               Name
               be
               not
               prefix'd
               to
               the
               Title-page
               ,
               yet
               I
               have
               that
               confidence
               in
               Mr.
               
               Kirkman's
               Judgment
               as
               to
               believe
               this
               Play
               to
               be
               writ
               by
               him
               .
            
             
               His
               other
               Poems
               are
               all
               printed
               together
               8
               
               o.
               and
               go
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               Castara
               :
               they
               are
               divided
               into
               three
               parts
               ,
               under
               a
               different
               Title
               suitable
               to
               their
               Subject
               .
               The
               first
               ,
               which
               was
               writ
               when
               he
               was
               a
               Suitor
               to
               his
               Wife
               ,
               is
               usher'd
               in
               ,
               by
               a
               Character
               writ
               in
               Prose
               ,
               of
               a
               Mistress
               :
               The
               second
               ,
               being
               Copies
               writ
               to
               her
               after
               Marriage
               ,
               by
               a
               Character
               of
               a
               Wife
               :
               After
               which
               is
               a
               Character
               of
               a
               Friend
               ,
               before
               several
               Funeral
               Elegies
               .
               The
               third
               part
               consists
               of
               Divine
               Poems
               ,
               some
               of
               which
               are
               Paraphrases
               on
               several
               Texts
               out
               of
               Job
               and
               the
               Book
               of
               Psalms
               :
               before
               which
               is
               the
               Portraict
               of
               a
               Holy
               Man.
               I
               know
               not
               when
               those
               Poems
               were
               first
               printed
               ,
               but
               the
               last
               Edition
               which
               I
               have
               by
               me
               augmented
               and
               corrected
               ,
               was
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               his
               Poetry
               is
               commended
               by
               his
               Friend
               and
               Kinsman
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 John
                 Talbot
              
               .
            
             
               I
               know
               nothing
               that
               he
               has
               writ
               in
               Prose
               ,
               except
               his
               Chronicle
               of
               K.
               Edward
               the
               Fourth
               ,
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
               Of
               what
               esteem
               it
               is
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               is
               well
               known
               to
               Historians
               .
            
          
           
             
               Peter
               HAUSTEAD
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               was
               born
               at
               Oundle
               ,
               a
               Market
               Town
               in
               Northamptonshire
               ,
               and
               flourisht
               
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               of
               Blessed
               Memory
               .
               He
               was
               after
               some
               Years
               sent
               to
               the
               University
               of
               Cambridge
               :
               where
               in
               
                 Queens
                 Colledge
              
               he
               took
               the
               Degree
               of
               Master
               of
               Arts.
               He
               challenges
               a
               Place
               in
               our
               Catalogue
               ,
               on
               Account
               of
               his
               Play
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Rival
                 Friends
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               before
               the
               King
               and
               Queens
               Majesties
               ,
               when
               out
               of
               their
               Princely
               Favour
               they
               were
               pleas'd
               to
               visit
               the
               University
               of
               Cambridge
               ,
               upon
               the
               nineteenth
               day
               of
               March
               1631.
               
               Cry'd
               down
               by
               Boys
               ,
               Faction
               ,
               Envy
               ,
               and
               confident
               Ignorance
               ,
               approv'd
               by
               the
               Judicious
               ,
               and
               Expos'd
               to
               the
               publick
               Censure
               by
               the
               Author
               ;
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1632.
               and
               dedicated
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               to
               the
               Right
               Hon
               
               ble
               ,
               Right
               Reverend
               ,
               Right
               Worshipful
               ,
               or
               whatsoever
               he
               be
               ,
               shall
               be
               ,
               or
               whom
               he
               hereafter
               may
               call
               Patron
               .
               The
               Play
               is
               commended
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Latin
               Verses
               ,
               and
               Two
               writ
               in
               English.
               The
               Prologue
               is
               a
               Dialogue
               betwixt
               
                 Venus
                 ,
                 Thetis
              
               ,
               and
               Phoebus
               ,
               sung
               by
               two
               Trebles
               ,
               and
               a
               Base
               .
               Venus
               (
               being
               Phosphorus
               as
               well
               as
               Vesper
               )
               appearing
               at
               a
               window
               above
               ,
               as
               risen
               ,
               calling
               to
               Sol
               ,
               who
               lay
               in
               Thetis
               Lap
               ,
               at
               the
               East-side
               of
               the
               Stage
               ,
               canopy'd
               with
               an
               Azure
               Curtain
               .
               Our
               Author
               seems
               to
               me
               to
               be
               much
               of
               the
               Humor
               of
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               ,
               (
               whose
               greatest
               weakness
               was
               that
               he
               could
               not
               bear
               Censure
               ;
               )
               and
               has
               so
               great
               a
               Value
               for
               
               Ben's
               Writings
               ,
               that
               his
               Scene
               betwen
               
                 Love-all
                 ,
                 Mungrel
                 ,
                 Hammershin
              
               ,
               Act
               3.
               
               Sc.
               7.
               is
               copy'd
               from
               that
               (
               in
               
               Johnson's
               Play
               called
               
                 The
                 Silent
                 Woman
              
               ,
               )
               between
               
                 True-wit
                 ,
                 Daw
              
               ,
               and
               La-fool
               ,
               Act.
               4.
               
               Sc.
               5.
               
            
             
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               our
               Author
               were
               in
               Orders
               
               when
               he
               writ
               this
               Play
               ;
               but
               I
               know
               there
               are
               Eleven
               Sermons
               in
               print
               ,
               under
               his
               Name
               ,
               published
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1646.
               
            
          
           
             
               Richard
               HEAD
               .
            
             
               This
               Author
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               and
               Second
               .
               He
               was
               born
               in
               Ireland
               ,
               of
               English
               Parents
               ,
               being
               the
               Son
               of
               a
               Clergy-man
               ,
               who
               was
               murther'd
               in
               the
               deplorable
               Massacre
               of
               Ireland
               ;
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Rebellion
               ,
               which
               broke
               out
               there
               on
               the
               2
               d
               day
               of
               October
               1641.
               
               He
               was
               educated
               for
               some
               small
               time
               in
               the
               University
               of
               Oxford
               ;
               and
               afterwards
               exchang'd
               his
               Study
               for
               a
               
                 Booksellers
                 Shop
              
               .
               I
               remember
               him
               a
               Bookseller
               ,
               and
               Partner
               with
               Kirkman
               ,
               (
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               )
               in
               the
               Alley
               that
               fronts
               the
               North-gate
               of
               Pauls
               ,
               call'd
               Cannon-Alley
               .
               He
               was
               a
               Man
               extreamly
               given
               to
               pleasure
               ,
               and
               yet
               of
               excellent
               Natural
               Parts
               ,
               had
               they
               been
               improv'd
               by
               Virtue
               ,
               or
               fix'd
               by
               Solidity
               .
               He
               writ
               a
               Play
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Hic
                 &
                 ubique
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Humour
                 's
                 of
              
               Dublin
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               privately
               with
               good
               Applause
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1663.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Illustrious
               Charles
               ,
               Duke
               
                 of
                 Monmouth
              
               and
               Orkney
               .
            
             
               He
               has
               writ
               several
               other
               Pieces
               ,
               of
               different
               Subjects
               tho'
               all
               of
               them
               trivial
               ,
               and
               which
               betray'd
               his
               Conversation
               ;
               as
               
                 The
                 first
                 part
                 of
                 the
              
               English
               Rogue
               ;
               
                 Venus
                 Cabinet
                 unlock'd
                 ;
                 The
                 Art
                 of
                 Wheedling
                 ;
                 The
                 Floating
                 Island
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 A
                 Voyage
                 from
              
               Lambethania
               to
               Ram-allia
               ;
               
                 A
                 Discovery
                 of
                 O
                 Brasil
                 ;
                 Jackson's
                 Recantation
                 ;
                 The
                 Red-sea
              
               ;
               
               and
               some
               Pieces
               against
               Dr.
               Wild
               ;
               all
               which
               I
               have
               borrow'd
               from
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               ,
               and
               shall
               be
               ready
               to
               return
               him
               Interest
               for
               it
               ,
               in
               the
               Next
               Edition
               of
               his
               Book
               ,
               if
               he
               pleases
               to
               command
               me
               .
            
             
               Our
               Author
               (
               according
               to
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               )
               was
               cast
               away
               at
               Sea
               ,
               in
               his
               passage
               to
               the
               Isle
               of
               Wight
               .
            
          
           
             
               William
               HEMMINGS
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               was
               Master
               of
               Arts
               of
               the
               University
               of
               Oxford
               :
               tho'
               I
               cannot
               inform
               my self
               of
               what
               Colledge
               .
               He
               writ
               two
               Tragedies
               ,
               which
               in
               his
               time
               were
               in
               some
               esteem
               ;
               and
               one
               of
               them
               has
               appear'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               since
               the
               Restitution
               of
               his
               late
               Majesty
               and
               the
               Muses
               ,
               with
               Approbation
               .
               It
               is
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Fatal
                 Contract
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               with
               good
               Applause
               ,
               by
               Her
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1653.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               published
               after
               the
               Author's
               Death
               ,
               having
               pass'd
               thro'
               many
               Hands
               ,
               as
               a
               Curiosity
               of
               Wit
               and
               Language
               ;
               c
               and
               was
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               
                 James
                 Compton
              
               Earl
               of
               
                 Northampton
                 ,
              
               ,
               and
               to
               Isabella
               his
               Virtuous
               Countess
               .
               It
               was
               reviv'd
               not
               many
               Years
               since
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Love
                 and
                 Revenge
              
               ,
               with
               some
               Alterations
               :
               the
               Old
               Play
               being
               out
               of
               print
               ,
               it
               was
               about
               three
               Years
               ago
               reprinted
               as
               a
               New
               Play
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 The
                 Eunuch
              
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               
               't
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               French
               Chronicle
               ,
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               Chilperic
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               Clotaire
               the
               Second
               :
               Consult
               
                 Gregoire
                 de
                 Tours
              
               ,
               Lib.
               4
               ,
               5.
               
                 &c.
                 
                 Aimoin
                 ,
                 Fredegaire
                 ,
                 Sigebert
                 ,
                 Fortunat
                 ,
                 Valois
                 ,
                 De
                 Serres
                 ,
                 Mezeray
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Jews
                 Tragedy
              
               ,
               or
               their
               fatal
               and
               final
               Overthrow
               by
               Vespasian
               ,
               and
               Titus
               his
               Son
               ,
               agreeable
               to
               the
               Authentick
               and
               Famous
               History
               of
               Josephus
               ;
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1662.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               not
               published
               till
               some
               Years
               after
               the
               Author's
               Death
               .
               For
               the
               History
               consult
               Josephus
               Lib.
               6
               ,
               7.
               
            
          
           
             
               Jasper
               HEYWOOD
               .
            
             
               This
               Author
               was
               Son
               to
               
                 John
                 Heywood
              
               ,
               the
               Famous
               Epigramatist
               ,
               (
               of
               which
               by
               and
               by
               )
               and
               was
               bred
               in
               his
               younger
               Years
               at
               Merton
               Colledge
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               was
               a
               Member
               of
               All-Souls
               Colledge
               in
               Oxford
               .
               In
               some
               few
               Years
               ,
               he
               changed
               the
               University
               for
               
                 S.
                 Omers
              
               ;
               where
               he
               became
               a
               fierce
               Bigotted
               Jesuite
               ,
               and
               was
               the
               first
               Jesuite
               that
               set
               foot
               in
               England
               .
               Dr.
               Fuller
               says
               ,
               f
               He
               was
               executed
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               :
               but
               Sir
               
                 Richard
                 Baker
              
               tells
               us
               ,
               g
               
                 That
                 he
                 was
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Chief
                 of
                 those
                 seventy
                 Priests
                 that
                 were
                 taken
                 in
                 the
                 Year
                 1585.
                 and
                 when
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 condemn'd
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 in
                 danger
                 of
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 that
                 Gracious
                 Queen
                 caus'd
                 them
                 all
                 to
                 be
                 Ship'd
                 away
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 out
                 of
                 England
                 .
              
            
             
               During
               his
               Residence
               in
               the
               University
               ,
               he
               imploy'd
               part
               of
               his
               time
               ,
               in
               translating
               three
               
               of
               
               Seneca's
               Tragedies
               ,
               of
               which
               we
               shall
               give
               an
               Account
               :
               But
               first
               with
               the
               Readers
               permission
               ,
               since
               an
               hansome
               Opportunity
               offers
               it self
               ,
               we
               will
               present
               you
               with
               an
               Abridgment
               of
               the
               Life
               of
               this
               our
               Poetical-Stoick
               .
            
             
               
                 Lucius
                 Annaeus
                 Seneca
              
               was
               born
               at
               Cordoüa
               ,
               in
               Spain
               ,
               a
               little
               before
               the
               Death
               of
               
                 Augustus
                 Caesar.
              
               He
               bore
               his
               Father's
               Name
               ,
               which
               Conformity
               has
               mis-led
               some
               Authors
               ,
               causing
               them
               to
               ascribe
               to
               the
               Son
               ,
               the
               Declamations
               collected
               by
               the
               Father
               .
               He
               gave
               himself
               to
               the
               Study
               of
               Philosophy
               and
               Rhetorick
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               
               Caligula's
               Reign
               ,
               he
               signaliz'd
               himself
               by
               a
               Cause
               which
               he
               pleaded
               in
               the
               Senate
               ,
               under
               the
               protection
               of
               
                 Cneus
                 Domitius
              
               .
               But
               finding
               that
               Emperor
               ,
               aiming
               at
               the
               Universal
               Monarchy
               of
               Eloquence
               ,
               he
               pleaded
               no
               more
               in
               publick
               ,
               for
               fear
               of
               giving
               Ombrage
               to
               this
               Ambitious
               Prince
               .
               He
               was
               banisht
               for
               two
               Years
               into
               the
               Isle
               of
               Corsa
               ,
               upon
               suspition
               of
               too
               much
               Familiarity
               with
               the
               Relict
               of
               his
               Patron
               
                 Domitius
                 .
                 Agripina
              
               being
               married
               to
               Claudius
               ,
               she
               repeal'd
               his
               Banishment
               ,
               and
               gave
               him
               the
               Honourable
               Station
               of
               Tutor
               to
               her
               Son
               Nero
               ,
               who
               she
               design'd
               for
               the
               Empire
               .
               He
               acquitted
               himself
               of
               this
               Employ
               with
               universal
               Applause
               ;
               and
               the
               first
               five
               Years
               of
               
               Nero's
               Reign
               ,
               sufficiently
               testify'd
               the
               Diligence
               and
               Prudence
               of
               the
               Tutor
               ,
               and
               the
               pregnant
               Temper
               of
               the
               Royal
               Pupil
               :
               who
               so
               well
               put
               in
               practice
               the
               Instructions
               that
               were
               given
               him
               ,
               that
               the
               beginning
               of
               his
               Reign
               might
               serve
               as
               a
               Model
               to
               the
               best
               of
               Princes
               :
               But
               when
               once
               Poppaea
               and
               Tigillinus
               became
               Masters
               
               of
               his
               Temper
               ,
               they
               soon
               destroy'd
               that
               Noble
               Foundation
               of
               Virtue
               ,
               that
               Seneca
               had
               taken
               so
               much
               pains
               to
               erect
               ;
               and
               he
               gave
               himself
               up
               to
               those
               abominable
               Crimes
               ,
               that
               render'd
               him
               the
               shame
               of
               Mankind
               .
               
               Seneca's
               Virtue
               was
               a
               continual
               Check
               to
               his
               Vices
               ;
               this
               render'd
               his
               Company
               at
               first
               disagreeable
               to
               him
               ,
               afterwards
               intolerable
               .
               This
               occasion'd
               him
               to
               hire
               Cleonice
               ,
               Seneca's
               Freed-man
               ,
               to
               poyson
               him
               ;
               which
               either
               through
               the
               Repentance
               of
               the
               Domestick
               or
               the
               Distrust
               of
               Seneca
               ,
               was
               prevented
               .
               Nero
               some
               time
               after
               ,
               hearing
               that
               Seneca
               was
               privy
               to
               
               Piso's
               Conspiracy
               ,
               and
               being
               impatient
               of
               his
               Death
               ,
               laid
               hold
               of
               that
               Opportunity
               to
               destroy
               him
               .
               All
               the
               Return
               this
               ungrateful
               Pupil
               made
               him
               for
               the
               Care
               of
               his
               Education
               ,
               was
               to
               allow
               him
               the
               choice
               of
               his
               Death
               ;
               which
               he
               accepted
               from
               the
               Tyrant
               ,
               and
               causing
               his
               Veins
               to
               be
               open'd
               ,
               he
               died
               in
               the
               twelfth
               Year
               of
               
               Nero's
               Reign
               ,
               A.D.
               
               65.
               
            
             
               I
               could
               willingly
               enlarge
               upon
               his
               Life
               ,
               but
               since
               my
               Subject
               confines
               me
               to
               speak
               obiter
               only
               of
               forreign
               Poets
               ,
               I
               hope
               the
               Reader
               will
               excuse
               me
               ,
               and
               seek
               in
               
                 Tacitus
                 ,
                 Suetonius
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Roman
               Historians
               for
               the
               further
               Satisfaction
               :
               or
               in
               
                 Justus
                 Lipsius
              
               ,
               who
               has
               Pen'd
               his
               Life
               more
               at
               large
               ;
               whilst
               I
               return
               to
               my
               Translator
               ,
               and
               those
               three
               Plays
               made
               English
               by
               him
               ,
               which
               are
               
                 Hercules
                 Furens
                 ,
                 Troas
              
               ,
               and
               Thyestes
               .
            
             
               
                 Hercules
                 Furens
              
               ,
               tho'
               not
               allow'd
               by
               some
               who
               are
               Criticks
               in
               Stile
               ,
               to
               be
               writ
               by
               Seneca
               ,
               is
               yet
               thought
               by
               most
               Learned
               Men
               to
               be
               
               an
               Imitation
               of
               that
               Play
               of
               Euripides
               ,
               which
               bears
               the
               same
               Name
               :
               and
               tho'
               in
               some
               things
               relating
               to
               Oeconomy
               and
               Contrivance
               ,
               they
               differ
               ,
               in
               others
               they
               agree
               ;
               as
               has
               been
               observed
               by
               
                 Scaliger
                 ,
                 Apud
                 Euripidem
                 Tragoedia
                 est
                 huic
                 assinis
                 ,
                 &
                 Argumento
                 &
                 Nomine
                 :
                 oeconomia
                 ,
                 partim
                 similis
                 ,
                 partim
                 dissimilis
                 .
              
               An
               Instance
               of
               this
               ,
               is
               in
               the
               Scene
               between
               Lycus
               and
               Amphitruo
               ,
               where
               Seneca
               has
               observ'd
               the
               Decorum
               of
               the
               Stage
               in
               the
               person
               of
               Amphitruo
               ,
               better
               than
               Euripides
               ;
               so
               that
               Scaliger
               sticks
               not
               to
               prefer
               the
               Latin
               to
               the
               Greek
               Poet
               ,
               
                 In
                 Decore
                 personae
                 Amphitrionis
                 longè
                 inferior
                 Senecâ
                 ut
                 in
                 multis
                 aliis
                 .
              
            
             
               As
               to
               the
               Version
               of
               our
               Author
               ,
               tho'
               I
               cannot
               much
               commend
               it
               ,
               yet
               I
               believe
               it
               may
               vye
               with
               the
               Translations
               of
               Mr.
               Brisset
               ,
               and
               
                 Le
                 Sieur
                 Nouvelon
              
               .
               If
               Mr.
               Linage
               has
               outdone
               him
               ,
               't
               is
               because
               the
               One
               is
               writ
               in
               Prose
               ,
               and
               so
               is
               left
               at
               liberty
               to
               express
               his
               Thoughts
               ;
               the
               Other
               is
               fetter'd
               in
               Rhime
               ,
               and
               has
               taken
               an
               ill
               Measure
               of
               Verse
               ;
               Lines
               of
               fourteen
               Syllables
               sounding
               harsh
               to
               the
               Ears
               of
               those
               that
               are
               used
               to
               Heroick
               Poetry
               .
               I
               must
               do
               my
               Author
               this
               Justice
               to
               acquaint
               the
               whole
               World
               ,
               That
               he
               endeavours
               to
               keep
               to
               
               Seneca's
               Sence
               ;
               and
               likewise
               to
               imitate
               his
               Verse
               ,
               changing
               his
               Measure
               as
               often
               as
               the
               Author
               ;
               the
               Chorus
               of
               each
               Act
               being
               different
               from
               the
               Act
               it self
               ,
               as
               the
               Reader
               may
               observe
               by
               comparing
               the
               English
               Copy
               with
               the
               Latin
               Original
               .
            
             
               Troas
               ,
               is
               a
               Tragedy
               which
               is
               extreamly
               commended
               by
               the
               Learned
               Farnaby
               ,
               and
               the
               Judicious
               
                 Daniel
                 Heinsius
              
               ;
               the
               former
               stiling
               it
               A
               
               Divine
               Tragedy
               ,
               in
               his
               Preface
               before
               these
               Tragedies
               ,
               
                 Divinam
                 Tragoediam
                 Troadas
                 L.
                 Annaeo
                 Senecae
                 Philosopho
                 adscribo
              
               ;
               the
               other
               preferring
               it
               before
               the
               Troadas
               of
               Euripides
               ,
               both
               for
               the
               Language
               and
               Contrivance
               :
               But
               especially
               he
               says
               ,
               It
               far
               exceeds
               it
               in
               the
               Chorus
               :
               so
               that
               those
               of
               Seneca
               are
               Divine
               in
               respect
               of
               these
               of
               
                 Euripides
                 .
                 Etiam
                 in
                 Choris
                 noster
                 vincit
                 quos
                 ex
                 paucis
                 Graecis
                 verbis
                 ,
                 &
                 quae
                 sparsum
                 leguntur
                 fecit
                 alios
                 &
                 planè
                 divinos
                 .
              
               I
               shall
               not
               dispute
               whether
               this
               Tragedy
               be
               nam'd
               Troas
               ,
               or
               Troadas
               ,
               according
               to
               
               Scaliger's
               Opinion
               :
               or
               whether
               it
               ought
               to
               be
               nam'd
               Hecuba
               ,
               as
               
                 Valerius
                 Probus
              
               ,
               and
               some
               others
               believe
               ;
               but
               leave
               these
               Niceties
               to
               the
               Decision
               of
               the
               more
               Learned
               Criticks
               ,
               whilst
               I
               proceed
               to
               give
               an
               Account
               of
               our
               Authors
               Version
               .
            
             
               In
               this
               Tragedy
               the
               Author
               has
               taken
               the
               liberty
               of
               adding
               several
               things
               ,
               and
               altering
               others
               ,
               as
               thinking
               the
               Play
               imperfect
               ;
               whether
               left
               so
               by
               Seneca
               ,
               or
               whether
               part
               of
               it
               be
               lost
               ,
               he
               pretends
               not
               to
               decide
               .
               First
               ,
               as
               to
               his
               Additions
               ;
               he
               has
               at
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Chorus
               after
               the
               first
               Act
               ,
               added
               threescore
               Verses
               of
               his
               own
               Invention
               .
               In
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               second
               Act
               ,
               he
               has
               added
               a
               whole
               Scene
               ,
               where
               he
               Introduces
               the
               Spectre
               of
               Achilles
               rising
               from
               Hell
               ,
               to
               require
               the
               Sacrifice
               of
               Polyxena
               .
               To
               the
               Chorus
               of
               this
               Act
               ,
               he
               has
               added
               three
               Stanzas
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               as
               to
               his
               Alterations
               ;
               Instead
               of
               translating
               the
               Chorus
               of
               the
               third
               Act
               ,
               (
               which
               is
               wholly
               taken
               up
               with
               the
               Names
               of
               Forreign
               Countries
               ,
               the
               Translation
               of
               which
               without
               Notes
               ,
               he
               thought
               would
               be
               tiresome
               
               to
               the
               English
               Reader
               ;
               )
               he
               has
               substituted
               in
               its
               stead
               ,
               another
               Chorus
               of
               his
               own
               Invention
               .
               This
               Tragedy
               runs
               in
               Verses
               of
               fourteen
               Syllables
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               most
               part
               his
               Chorus
               is
               writ
               in
               Verse
               of
               ten
               Syllables
               ,
               which
               we
               call
               Heroick
               Verse
               .
               Whether
               his
               Translation
               excel
               ,
               or
               be
               excell'd
               by
               those
               done
               by
               
                 Robert
                 Garnier
              
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Sieur
                 de
                 Sallibray
              
               ,
               I
               must
               leave
               to
               those
               who
               have
               read
               them
               to
               decide
               .
            
             
               Thyestes
               ,
               is
               a
               Tragedy
               in
               the
               Judgment
               of
               Heinsius
               not
               inferior
               to
               any
               of
               the
               other
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               writ
               by
               Seneca
               .
               Whether
               he
               made
               use
               of
               
                 Lucius
                 Varius
              
               or
               no
               ,
               I
               must
               leave
               to
               the
               Inquiry
               of
               the
               Learned
               ;
               whilst
               I
               Inform
               my
               Reader
               ,
               That
               our
               Author
               translated
               this
               Play
               when
               he
               was
               Fellow
               of
               All-Souls
               Colledge
               in
               Oxford
               .
               This
               Tragedy
               ,
               is
               writ
               in
               the
               same
               measure
               of
               Verse
               with
               the
               other
               ;
               only
               the
               Chorus
               is
               writ
               in
               Alternate
               Rime
               .
               The
               Translator
               has
               added
               a
               Scene
               at
               the
               end
               of
               the
               fifth
               Act
               ,
               spoken
               by
               Thyestes
               alone
               ;
               in
               which
               he
               bewails
               his
               Misery
               ,
               and
               implores
               Heaven's
               Vengeance
               on
               Atreus
               .
               These
               Plays
               are
               printed
               with
               the
               other
               seven
               in
               a
               Black
               Letter
               ,
               in
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1581.
               
            
          
           
             
               John
               HEYWOOD
               .
            
             
               This
               Ancient
               Writer
               flourish'd
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               K.
               Edward
               the
               Sixth
               ,
               and
               Queen
               Mary
               ;
               and
               liv'd
               at
               North-mims
               in
               Hertfordshire
               ,
               near
               St.
               Albans
               ,
               He
               was
               most
               familiar
               with
               Sr.
               
                 Thomas
                 More
              
               ,
               whose
               Neighbour
               he
               was
               ,
               and
               by
               whom
               I
               suppose
               he
               was
               introduc'd
               to
               the
               knowledge
               of
               Queen
               Mary
               ;
               in
               whose
               Favour
               he
               grew
               exceedingly
               .
               
               After
               her
               Death
               ,
               he
               fled
               beyond
               Sea
               ,
               on
               Account
               of
               his
               Religion
               ,
               and
               Died
               an
               Exile
               at
               
                 Mechlem
                 ,
                 An.
                 Dom.
              
               1556.
               
            
             
               He
               was
               I
               believe
               One
               of
               the
               first
               Dramatick
               Writers
               in
               our
               English
               Tongue
               ,
               and
               publisht
               Seven
               Pieces
               ,
               which
               he
               calls
               Interludes
               :
               and
               which
               according
               to
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               ,
               were
               printed
               with
               the
               first
               of
               our
               English
               Printing
               .
               Notwithstanding
               his
               suffering
               for
               Religion
               ,
               he
               has
               as
               much
               exploded
               the
               Vices
               of
               the
               Romish
               Clergy
               ,
               as
               
                 Nic.
                 de
                 Clemangiis
              
               .
               He
               says
               of
               his
               own
               Writings
               ,
               `
               That
               he
               applied
               Mirth
               more
               than
               Thrift
               ,
               `made
               mad
               Plays
               ,
               and
               did
               few
               good
               Works
               h
            
             
               Of
               all
               his
               Plays
               ,
               I
               never
               saw
               but
               one
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               by
               me
               ,
               in
               quarto
               ;
               tho'
               I
               have
               been
               told
               that
               the
               rest
               of
               his
               Plays
               are
               printed
               in
               fol.
               of
               which
               in
               Order
               .
            
             
               Four
               P's
               ,
               a
               Merry
               Interlude
               ,
               of
               a
               Palmer
               ,
               a
               Pardoner
               ,
               a
               Potycary
               ,
               and
               a
               Pedler
               ;
               Imprinted
               at
               London
               in
               Fleet-street
               ,
               at
               the
               Sign
               of
               the
               George
               ,
               by
               
                 Will.
                 Middleton
              
               in
               4
               
               o.
               Take
               a
               Sample
               of
               his
               Stile
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               judge
               of
               the
               rest
               .
            
             
               
                 Palmer
                 ;
              
               
                 Nowe
                 God
                 be
                 here
                 ,
                 who
                 kepeth
                 this
                 Place
              
               
                 Now
                 by
                 my
                 Faith
                 ,
                 I
                 crye
                 you
                 mercy
              
               
                 Of
                 Reason
                 I
                 must
                 sew
                 for
                 grace
              
               
                 My
                 Rewdness
                 sheweth
                 me
                 no
                 so
                 homely
              
               
                 Where
                 of
                 your
                 pardon
                 art
                 ,
                 and
                 wonne
              
               
                 I
                 sew
                 you
                 as
                 Curtesy
                 doth
                 me
                 binde
              
               
                 To
                 tell
                 this
                 which
                 shall
                 be
                 begonne
              
               
                 In
                 order
                 as
                 may
                 come
                 best
                 in
                 mindy
              
               
                 I
                 am
                 a
                 Palmer
                 as
                 yee
                 se
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
             
               Play
               between
               John
               the
               Husband
               ,
               and
               Tib
               his
               Wife
               .
            
             
               Play
               between
               the
               Pardoner
               ,
               the
               Fryar
               ,
               the
               Curate
               ,
               and
               Neighbour
               Prat.
               
            
             
               Play
               of
               Gentleness
               and
               Nobility
               ,
               2
               Parts
               .
            
             
               Play
               of
               Love.
               
            
             
               Play
               of
               the
               Weather
               .
            
             
               Besides
               these
               Plays
               ,
               he
               has
               written
               Three
               hundred
               Epigrams
               upon
               300.
               
               Proverbs
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               London
               .
            
             
               A
               Fourth
               hundred
               of
               Epigrams
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1598.
               
            
             
               A
               Fifth
               hundred
               of
               Epigrams
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1598.
               
            
             
               Dr.
               Fuller
               mentions
               a
               Book
               writ
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               i
               intituléd
               
                 Monumenta
                 Literaria
              
               ,
               which
               are
               said
               to
               be
               
                 Non
                 tam
                 labore
                 condita
                 ,
                 quàm
                 lepore
                 condita
                 .
              
               The
               Author
               of
               
                 The
                 Art
                 of
                 English
                 Poetry
              
               ,
               speaking
               of
               several
               of
               our
               Old
               English
               Bards
               ,
               says
               thus
               of
               this
               our
               Poet
               ;
               k
               
                 
                   John
                   Heywood
                
                 ,
                 who
                 in
                 King
                 Edward
                 the
                 Sixth's
                 time
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Mirth
                 and
                 Quickness
                 of
                 his
                 Conceits
                 ,
                 more
                 than
                 for
                 any
                 good
                 Learning
                 that
                 was
                 in
                 him
                 ,
                 came
                 to
                 be
                 well
                 benefy'd
                 by
                 the
                 King.
                 
              
               That
               the
               Reader
               may
               judge
               of
               his
               Epigrams
               ,
               to
               which
               certainly
               the
               forementioned
               Writer
               alludes
               ,
               I
               will
               transcribe
               one
               ,
               writ
               by
               him
               on
               himself
               .
            
             
               
                 Of
                 
                 Heywood's
                 Fifth
                 Hund.
                 Numb
                 .
                 100.
                 
              
               
                 Art
                 thou
                 Heywood
                 ,
                 with
                 thy
                 mad
                 Merry
                 Wit
                 ?
              
               
                 Yea
                 ,
                 forsooth
                 Master
                 ,
                 that
                 Name
                 is
                 even
                 hit
                 .
              
               
               
                 Art
                 thou
                 Heywood
                 ,
                 that
                 apply'st
                 Mirth
                 more
              
               
                 than
                 Thrift
                 ?
              
               
                 Yes
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 I
                 take
                 merry
                 Mirth
                 ,
                 a
                 Golden
                 Gift
                 .
              
               
                 Art
                 thou
                 Heywood
                 ,
                 that
                 hast
                 made
                 many
                 mad
              
               
                 Plays
                 ?
              
               
                 Yea
                 ,
                 many
                 Plays
                 ,
                 few
                 good
                 Works
                 in
                 my
                 Days
                 .
              
               
                 Art
                 thou
                 Heywood
                 ,
                 that
                 hath
                 made
                 Men
                 merry
                 long
                 ?
              
               
                 Yea
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 be
                 made
                 merry
                 among
                 .
              
               
                 Art
                 thou
                 Heywood
                 ,
                 that
                 wouldst
                 be
                 made
                 merry
                 now
                 .
              
               
                 Yes
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 help
                 me
                 to
                 it
                 now
                 ,
                 I
                 beseech
                 you
                 .
              
            
             
               'T
               is
               not
               unlikely
               that
               our
               Author
               may
               have
               more
               Plays
               in
               Print
               ,
               than
               we
               have
               mention'd
               ;
               but
               I
               am
               very
               confident
               that
               
                 The
                 Pinder
                 of
                 Wakefield
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Philotas
                 Scotch
              
               ,
               notwithstanding
               the
               Allegations
               of
               Mr.
               Philips
               and
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               ,
               are
               not
               of
               that
               number
               :
               the
               One
               being
               written
               ,
               as
               I
               suppose
               ,
               at
               least
               printed
               ,
               above
               Twenty
               ,
               the
               Other
               more
               than
               Fourty
               Years
               after
               his
               Death
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               HEYWOOD
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Time
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               and
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               .
               Tho'
               he
               were
               but
               an
               Actor
               ,
               as
               is
               manifest
               by
               Mr.
               
               Kirkman's
               Testimony
               ,
               and
               apparent
               from
               a
               Piece
               writ
               by
               him
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Actors
                 Vindication
              
               ;
               yet
               his
               Plays
               were
               in
               those
               Days
               accounted
               of
               the
               Second-Rate
               .
               He
               was
               the
               most
               Voluminous
               Writer
               that
               ever
               handled
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               in
               our
               Language
               ;
               and
               I
               know
               none
               but
               the
               Famous
               
                 Spaniard
                 ,
                 Lopez
                 de
                 Vega
              
               ,
               that
               can
               vye
               with
               him
               ;
               if
               at
               least
               we
               give
               Credit
               to
               his
               own
               Attestation
               ,
               in
               the
               Preface
               
               to
               One
               of
               his
               Plays
               ;
               l
               
                 This
                 Tragi-comedy
                 (
                 as
                 he
                 says
                 )
                 being
                 One
                 reserv'd
                 amongst
                 two
                 Hundred
                 and
                 Twenty
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 had
                 either
                 an
                 entire
                 Hand
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 the
                 least
                 a
                 main
                 Finger
                 .
              
               Of
               this
               Number
               we
               have
               ,
               that
               I
               know
               of
               ,
               but
               Five
               and
               Twenty
               entire
               Plays
               remaining
               :
               the
               Reason
               of
               which
               the
               Author
               gives
               us
               in
               the
               same
               Epistle
               .
               
                 True
                 it
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 my
                 Plays
                 are
                 not
                 exposed
                 unto
                 the
                 world
                 in
                 Volumes
                 ,
                 to
                 bear
                 the
                 Title
                 of
                 Works
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 others
                 )
                 one
                 Reason
                 is
                 ,
                 That
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 by
                 shifting
                 and
                 change
                 of
                 Companies
                 ,
                 have
                 been
                 negligently
                 lost
                 ,
                 Others
                 of
                 them
                 are
                 still
                 retained
                 in
                 the
                 Hands
                 of
                 some
                 Actors
                 ,
                 who
                 think
                 it
                 against
                 their
                 peculiar
                 profit
                 to
                 have
                 them
                 come
                 in
                 Print
                 ;
                 and
                 a
                 third
                 ,
                 That
                 it
                 was
                 never
                 any
                 great
                 Ambition
                 in
                 me
                 to
                 be
                 Voluminously
                 read
                 .
              
            
             
               These
               seem
               to
               me
               ,
               to
               be
               more
               plausible
               Reasons
               than
               what
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               gives
               for
               their
               Miscarriage
               ;
               
                 'T
                 is
                 said
                 m
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 not
                 only
                 acted
                 himself
                 almost
                 every
                 day
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 wrote
                 each
                 day
                 a
                 Sheet
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 loose
                 no
                 time
                 ,
                 many
                 of
                 his
                 Plays
                 were
                 compos'd
                 in
                 the
                 Tavern
                 ,
                 on
                 the
                 back-side
                 of
                 Tavern
                 Bills
                 ;
                 which
                 may
                 be
                 the
                 occasion
                 that
                 so
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 be
                 lost
                 .
              
               Certainly
               the
               Tavern
               Bills
               were
               very
               large
               ,
               or
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               must
               think
               his
               Readers
               Credulity
               of
               the
               same
               extent
               with
               his
               own
               ;
               who
               would
               subscribe
               to
               the
               belief
               of
               so
               ridiculous
               a
               Story
               .
               This
               Report
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               partly
               borrows
               from
               Mr.
               
               Kirkman's
               Advertisement
               at
               the
               End
               of
               his
               Catalogue
               ,
               and
               as
               
               Stories
               lose
               nothing
               in
               the
               carriage
               ,
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               had
               added
               the
               Contrivance
               of
               making
               use
               of
               Tavern
               Bills
               to
               save
               Paper
               .
               But
               tho'
               many
               of
               these
               Plays
               being
               written
               loosely
               in
               Taverns
               as
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               observes
               ,
               might
               occasion
               their
               being
               so
               mean
               ;
               yet
               it
               did
               not
               in
               probability
               much
               contribute
               to
               their
               loss
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               would
               have
               it
               .
            
             
               To
               do
               our
               Author
               justice
               ,
               I
               cannot
               allow
               that
               his
               Plays
               are
               so
               mean
               as
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               has
               represented
               them
               :
               for
               he
               was
               a
               general
               Scholar
               ,
               and
               an
               indifferent
               Linguist
               ,
               as
               his
               several
               Translations
               from
               
                 Lucian
                 ,
                 Erasmus
                 ,
                 Textor
                 ,
                 Beza
                 ,
                 Buchanan
                 ,
              
               and
               other
               Latine
               and
               Italian
               Authors
               ,
               sufficiently
               manifest
               .
               Nay
               ,
               further
               in
               several
               of
               his
               Plays
               he
               has
               borrow'd
               many
               Ornaments
               from
               the
               Ancients
               ;
               as
               more
               particularly
               in
               his
               Plays
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Ages
              
               ,
               he
               has
               intersperst
               several
               Things
               ,
               borrow'd
               from
               
                 Homer
                 ,
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 Ovid
                 ,
                 Seneca
                 ,
                 Plautus
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               which
               extreamly
               set
               them
               off
               .
               What
               Opinion
               the
               Wits
               of
               the
               last
               Age
               had
               of
               him
               may
               appear
               from
               the
               following
               Verses
               ,
               extracted
               from
               a
               Copy
               of
               the
               Poets
               of
               those
               Times
               :
               viz.
               
               
                 
                   The
                   squibbing
                   Middleton
                   ,
                   and
                   Heywood
                   Sage
                   ,
                
                 
                   Th'
                   Apologetick
                   Atlas
                   of
                   the
                   Stage
                   ;
                
                 
                   Well
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Golden
                     Age
                  
                   ,
                   he
                   could
                   entreat
                   ,
                
                 
                   But
                   little
                   of
                   the
                   Mettal
                   ,
                   he
                   could
                   get
                   ;
                
                 
                   Three
                   score
                   sweet
                   Babes
                   he
                   fashion'd
                   at
                   a
                   Lump
                   ,
                
                 
                   For
                   he
                   was
                   Christen'd
                   in
                   Parnassus
                   Pump
                   ;
                
                 
                   The
                   Muses
                   Gossip
                   to
                   
                   Aurora's
                   Bed
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   ever
                   since
                   that
                   time
                   his
                   Face
                   was
                   Red.
                   
                
              
               I
               shall
               now
               give
               the
               Reader
               an
               Account
               of
               the
               
               Plays
               our
               Author
               has
               written
               ;
               but
               crave
               his
               leave
               to
               begin
               first
               with
               those
               ,
               which
               are
               usually
               stiled
               
                 The
                 Ages
              
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               generally
               sold
               together
               ,
               and
               depend
               upon
               each
               other
               :
               and
               on
               another
               score
               they
               deserve
               the
               Preference
               ,
               as
               being
               accounted
               by
               most
               the
               Flower
               of
               all
               his
               Plays
               .
               I
               shall
               rank
               them
               in
               the
               same
               manner
               ,
               as
               Ovid
               has
               describ'd
               them
               in
               his
               Divine
               Work
               ,
               the
               Metamorphosis
               .
            
             
               
                 Golden
                 Age
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Lives
                 of
              
               Jupiter
               and
               Saturn
               ,
               with
               the
               Deifying
               of
               the
               Heathen
               Gods
               ;
               a
               History
               sundry
               times
               acted
               at
               the
               Red-Bull
               ,
               by
               the
               Queens
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1611.
               
               This
               Play
               the
               Author
               stiles
               ,
               n
               
                 The
                 Eldest
                 Brother
                 of
                 three
                 Ages
                 ,
                 that
                 have
                 adventur'd
                 the
                 Stage
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 only
                 yet
                 ,
                 that
                 hath
                 been
                 judg'd
                 to
                 the
                 Press
                 .
              
               The
               Author
               in
               this
               Play
               ,
               and
               the
               Two
               following
               introduces
               Homer
               as
               the
               Expositor
               of
               each
               
                 Dumb
                 shew
              
               ,
               in
               imitation
               ,
               as
               I
               suppose
               ,
               of
               
               Shakespear's
               practice
               in
               
                 Pericles
                 Prince
                 of
                 Tyre
              
               ,
               where
               Gower
               is
               suppos'd
               to
               do
               the
               same
               piece
               of
               Service
               to
               the
               Audience
               .
               I
               shall
               leave
               it
               to
               the
               Learned
               Readers
               Judgment
               how
               far
               our
               Poet
               has
               follow'd
               the
               Writers
               of
               Poetical
               History
               :
               whilst
               I
               refer
               my
               English
               Readers
               to
               
               Ross's
               
                 Mistagogus
                 Poeticus
              
               ;
               and
               to
               
               Galtruchius's
               Poetical
               History
               for
               satisfaction
               :
               or
               ,
               if
               they
               please
               ,
               to
               the
               Historical
               Dictionaries
               of
               
                 Gouldman
                 ,
                 Littleton
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Silver
                 Age
              
               ,
               a
               History
               including
               the
               Love
               of
               Jupiter
               to
               Alcmena
               ;
               the
               Birth
               of
               Hercules
               ;
               and
               the
               Rape
               of
               Proserpine
               :
               concluding
               with
               the
               
               Arraignment
               of
               the
               Moon
               ;
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1613.
               
               The
               Author
               in
               this
               Epistles
               acquaints
               the
               Reader
               ,
               
                 That
                 tho'
                 He
                 began
                 with
                 Gold
                 ,
                 follow
                 with
                 Silver
                 ,
                 proceed
                 with
                 Brass
                 ,
                 and
                 purpose
                 by
                 God's
                 Grace
                 to
                 end
                 with
                 Iron
                 .
                 He
                 hopes
                 the
                 declining
                 Titles
                 shall
                 no
                 whit
                 blemish
                 the
                 Reputation
                 of
                 the
                 Works
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 rather
                 trusts
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 those
                 Mettals
                 decrease
                 in
                 value
                 ,
                 so
                 è
                 contrario
                 ,
                 their
                 Books
                 shall
                 increase
                 in
                 substance
                 ,
                 weight
                 ,
                 and
                 estimation
                 .
              
               Our
               Author
               in
               this
               Play
               has
               borrow'd
               several
               Passages
               from
               the
               Ancients
               :
               as
               the
               Intrigue
               of
               Jupiter
               and
               Alcmena
               ,
               is
               translated
               from
               the
               Amphitruo
               of
               Plautus
               .
               The
               Rape
               of
               Proserpine
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
               Ovid's
               
                 Metamorphosis
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               3
               ,
               with
               other
               places
               too
               many
               to
               repeat
               .
            
             
               
                 Brazen
                 Age
              
               ,
               a
               History
               ;
               the
               First
               Act
               containing
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               
                 Centaure
                 Nessus
              
               ;
               the
               Second
               ,
               the
               Tragedy
               of
               Meleager
               ;
               the
               Third
               ,
               the
               Tragedy
               of
               Jason
               and
               Medea
               ;
               the
               Fourth
               ,
               
               Vulcan's
               Net
               ;
               the
               Fifth
               ,
               the
               Labours
               and
               Death
               of
               Hercules
               :
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1613.
               
               All
               these
               Stories
               are
               to
               be
               found
               in
               
               Ovid's
               Metamorphosis
               .
               For
               the
               Story
               of
               Nessus
               see
               Lib.
               9
               .
               Fab.
               2
               .
               Of
               Meleager
               ,
               Lib.
               8
               .
               Fab.
               4
               ..
               Of
               Jason
               ,
               Lib.
               7
               .
               Fab.
               1
               .
               Of
               
                 Vulcan's
                 Net
              
               ,
               Lib.
               4
               .
               Fab.
               5
               .
               Of
               Hercules
               ,
               Lib.
               9
               Fab.
               3
               .
            
             
               
                 Iron
                 Age
              
               ,
               the
               first
               part
               ,
               an
               History
               containing
               the
               Rape
               of
               Hellen
               ;
               the
               Siege
               of
               Troy
               ;
               the
               Combat
               between
               Hector
               and
               
                 Ajax
                 ;
                 Hector
              
               and
               Troilus
               slain
               by
               
                 Achilles
                 ;
                 Achilles
              
               slain
               by
               
                 Paris
                 ;
                 Ajax
              
               and
               Ulysses
               contend
               for
               the
               Armour
               of
               Achilles
               ;
               the
               Death
               of
               Ajax
               &c.
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1632.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Worthy
               
               and
               Much
               Respected
               Friend
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Hammond
              
               of
               
               Gray's
               Inn
               Esquire
               .
               The
               Author
               in
               his
               Epistle
               acquaints
               the
               Reader
               ,
               
                 That
                 this
                 
                   Iron
                   Age
                
                 ,
                 beginneth
                 where
                 the
                 other
                 left
                 ,
                 holding
                 on
                 in
                 a
                 plain
                 and
                 direct
                 course
                 from
                 the
                 second
                 Rape
                 of
                 Hellen
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 to
                 the
                 utter
                 ruine
                 and
                 devastation
                 of
                 Troy
                 ;
                 but
                 it
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 second
                 part
                 ,
                 stretcheth
                 to
                 the
                 Deaths
                 of
                 Hellen
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 those
                 Kings
                 of
                 Greece
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 the
                 undertakers
                 of
                 that
                 Ten
                 years
                 bloody
                 and
                 fatal
                 Siege
                 .
              
               Lastly
               ,
               he
               desires
               the
               Reader
               to
               take
               notice
               ,
               
                 That
                 these
                 were
                 the
                 Plays
                 often
                 (
                 and
                 not
                 with
                 the
                 least
                 applause
                 ,
                 )
                 publickly
                 acted
                 by
                 two
                 Companies
                 ,
                 upon
                 One
                 Stage
                 at
                 once
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 at
                 sundry
                 times
                 thronged
                 three
                 several
                 Theatres
                 ,
                 with
                 numerous
                 and
                 mighty
                 Auditories
                 .
              
               The
               Author
               has
               borrow'd
               in
               many
               places
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               as
               the
               Reader
               may
               see
               by
               comparing
               the
               Contention
               between
               Ajax
               and
               Ulysses
               with
               
               Ovid's
               Metamorphosis
               ,
               Lib.
               13
               .
               and
               other
               the
               like
               ,
               too
               numerous
               to
               particularise
               .
               For
               the
               main
               Plot
               consult
               
                 Homer
                 ,
                 Vigil
                 ,
                 Dares
                 Phrigius
                 ,
              
               &c.
               for
               the
               Episodes
               ,
               
                 Ovid's
                 Epistles
                 ,
                 Metamorphosis
              
               ,
               Lucian's
               Dialogues
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Iron
                 Age
              
               ,
               the
               second
               part
               ,
               a
               History
               containing
               the
               Death
               of
               
                 Penthesilea
                 ,
                 Paris
                 ,
                 Priam
              
               ,
               and
               Hecuba
               :
               The
               burning
               of
               Troy
               :
               The
               Deaths
               of
               
                 Agamemnon
                 ,
                 Menelaus
                 ,
                 Clitemnestra
                 ,
                 Hellena
                 ,
                 Orestes
                 ,
                 Egistus
                 ,
                 Pylades
                 ,
              
               King
               
                 Diomed
                 ,
                 Pyrbus
                 ,
                 Cethus
                 ,
                 Synon
                 ,
                 Thersites
                 ,
              
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1632.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Worthy
               and
               much
               Respected
               Friend
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Manwaring
              
               Esquire
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               consult
               the
               foremention'd
               Authors
               .
            
             
             
               Mr.
               Heywood
               design'd
               a
               new
               Edition
               of
               all
               these
               Ages
               together
               ,
               
                 And
                 to
                 illustrate
                 (
                 as
                 he
                 says
                 o
                 the
                 whole
                 Work
                 ,
                 with
                 an
                 Explanation
                 of
                 the
                 difficulties
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 Historical
                 Comment
                 upon
                 every
                 hard
                 Name
                 ,
                 which
                 might
                 appear
                 obscure
                 and
                 intricate
                 to
                 such
                 as
                 were
                 not
                 frequent
                 in
                 Poetry
                 :
              
               but
               design
               of
               his
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               for
               what
               reason
               was
               laid
               aside
               .
            
             
               Having
               given
               the
               Reader
               a
               full
               ,
               if
               not
               too
               tedious
               Account
               of
               these
               Plays
               ,
               I
               hasten
               to
               speak
               of
               the
               rest
               in
               our
               accustom'd
               order
               as
               follows
               .
            
             
               
                 Challenge
                 for
                 Beauty
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               sundry
               times
               acted
               by
               the
               Kings
               Majesties
               Servants
               at
               the
               
                 Black
                 fryars
              
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               Globe
               on
               the
               Bank-side
               ;
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1636.
               
            
             
               
                 Dutchess
                 of
              
               Suffolk
               
                 her
                 Life
              
               ;
               a
               History
               divers
               and
               sundry
               times
               acted
               with
               good
               Applause
               ;
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1631.
               
               The
               PLot
               is
               built
               on
               History
               ,
               see
               the
               Story
               at
               large
               in
               
               Fox's
               Martyrology
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               
                 Mary
                 ,
                 An.
                 Dom.
              
               1558.
               in
               the
               Story
               of
               Lady
               Katherine
               ,
               Dutchess
               of
               Suffolk
               .
               See
               besides
               
               Clark's
               Martyrology
               ,
               Chap.
               11.
               pag.
               521.
               
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 the
                 Fourth
              
               ,
               a
               History
               in
               Two
               Parts
               ,
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               16
               —
               .
               The
               Foundation
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               built
               upon
               Chronicle
               .
               See
               the
               Story
               of
               this
               King
               writ
               by
               
                 Polydore
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 Du
                 Chesue
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 English
                 Traveller
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               publickly
               acted
               at
               the
               Cock-pit
               in
               Drury-lane
               ,
               by
               her
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               prited
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1633.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Worshipful
               Sir
               
                 Henry
                 Appleton
              
               ,
               Knight
               Baronet
               .
               The
               Plot
               and
               Language
               
               of
               young
               Lyonel
               and
               Reginald
               ,
               is
               stoln
               from
               
               Plautus's
               Mostellaria
               .
               The
               Story
               of
               old
               Wincote
               and
               his
               Wife
               ,
               Geraldine
               ,
               and
               Dalavil
               ,
               the
               Author
               affirms
               to
               be
               true
               in
               his
               
                 History
                 of
                 Women
              
               ;
               where
               't
               is
               related
               at
               large
               lib.
               4.
               pag.
               269.
               8
               o
               Edition
               .
            
             
               
                 Fair
                 Maid
                 of
                 the
                 Exchange
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               merry
               Humours
               ,
               and
               pleasant
               Passages
               of
               the
               Cripple
               of
               Fanchurch
               ,
               furnisht
               with
               variety
               of
               delectable
               Mirth
               :
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1637.
               
               The
               Parts
               are
               so
               cast
               by
               the
               Author
               ,
               that
               tho'
               there
               are
               Twenty
               Actors
               ,
               Eleven
               may
               easily
               act
               this
               Comedy
               :
               tho'
               in
               my
               opinion
               it
               is
               not
               worth
               reviving
               .
               Nay
               further
               ,
               I
               question
               notwithstanding
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               has
               ascrib'd
               it
               to
               our
               Author
               ,
               whether
               it
               be
               his
               ,
               since
               his
               Name
               is
               not
               prefixt
               ,
               neither
               does
               the
               Stile
               ,
               or
               Oeconomy
               resemble
               the
               rest
               of
               his
               Labours
               .
            
             
               
                 Fair
                 Maid
                 of
                 the
                 West
              
               ,
               or
               
                 A
                 Girlworth
                 Gold
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               the
               First
               Part
               :
               lately
               acted
               before
               the
               King
               and
               Queen
               ,
               with
               approved
               liking
               ,
               by
               the
               Queens
               Majesties
               Comedians
               ;
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1631.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               much
               Worthy
               ,
               and
               his
               most
               Respected
               
                 John
                 Othow
              
               Esquire
               ,
               Counsellor
               at
               Law
               ,
               in
               the
               Noble
               Society
               of
               
               Gray's
               -
               Inn.
               
            
             
               Our
               Author
               in
               the
               Epistle
               both
               to
               this
               Play
               ,
               and
               
                 The
                 English
                 Traveller
              
               ,
               pleads
               Modesty
               ,
               in
               not
               exposing
               his
               Plays
               to
               the
               publick
               view
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               in
               numerous
               Sheets
               and
               a
               large
               Volume
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               Works
               ,
               as
               others
               :
               By
               which
               he
               would
               seem
               tacitly
               to
               arraign
               some
               of
               his
               Contemporaries
               for
               Ostentation
               ,
               and
               
               want
               of
               Modesty
               .
               I
               am
               apt
               to
               believe
               ,
               that
               our
               Author
               levell'd
               his
               Accusation
               at
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               :
               since
               no
               other
               Poet
               that
               I
               know
               of
               ,
               in
               those
               day
               ,
               gave
               his
               Plays
               ,
               the
               pompous
               Title
               of
               Works
               ;
               of
               which
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Suckling
              
               has
               taken
               notice
               in
               his
               
                 Sessions
                 of
                 the
                 Poets
              
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 first
                 that
                 broke
                 silence
                 was
                 good
                 Old
                 Ben
                 ,
              
               
                 Prepar'd
                 before
                 with
                 Canary
                 Wine
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 he
                 told
                 them
                 plainly
                 that
                 he
                 deserv'd
                 the
                 Bays
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 his
                 were
                 call'd
                 Works
                 ,
                 where
                 others
                 were
                 but
                 Plays
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               puts
               me
               in
               mind
               of
               a
               Distick
               directed
               by
               some
               Poet
               of
               that
               Age
               ,
               to
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               ;
               
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   tell
                   me
                   Ben
                   ,
                   where
                   does
                   the
                   myst'ry
                   lurk
                   ?
                
                 
                   What
                   others
                   call
                   a
                   Play
                   ,
                   you
                   call
                   a
                   Work.
                   
                
              
            
             
               Which
               was
               thus
               answer'd
               by
               a
               Friend
               of
               his
               ;
               
                 
                   The
                   Author's
                   Friend
                   thus
                   for
                   the
                   Author
                   say's
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                   Ben's
                   Plays
                   are
                   Works
                   ,
                   when
                   others
                   Works
                   are
                   Plays
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Fair
                 Maid
                 of
                 the
                 West
              
               ,
               or
               
                 A
                 Girl
                 worth
                 Gold
              
               ,
               the
               second
               Part
               ;
               acted
               before
               the
               King
               and
               Queen
               ,
               with
               approved
               Liking
               ,
               by
               the
               Queens
               Majesties
               Comedians
               :
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1631.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               true
               Favourer
               of
               the
               Muses
               ,
               and
               all
               good
               Arts
               ,
               
                 Thomas
                 Hammond
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               of
               Grays-Inn
               .
               These
               Plays
               (
               as
               our
               Author
               acquaints
               his
               Patron
               )
               p
               `
               Not
               only
               past
               the
               `
               Censure
               of
               the
               Plebe
               ,
               and
               Gentry
               ,
               but
               of
               the
               Patricians
               and
               Pretextatae
               ;
               as
               also
               of
               our
               Royal-Augustus
               ,
               and
               Livia
               .
               I
               know
               not
               where
               our
               
               Poet
               met
               with
               this
               Story
               ,
               but
               as
               Poets
               usually
               take
               the
               Foundation
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               from
               a
               History
               ,
               or
               a
               Romance
               ;
               so
               these
               two
               Plays
               have
               serv'd
               for
               the
               Subject
               of
               a
               Romance
               ,
               which
               on
               this
               Model
               was
               writ
               by
               
                 John
                 Dancer
              
               ,
               above-mentioned
               ,
               to
               whom
               I
               refer
               you
               q
            
             
               
                 Fortune
                 by
                 Land
                 and
                 Sea
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               acted
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               by
               the
               Queen's
               Servants
               ;
               written
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               and
               the
               Well-Esteem'd
               
                 William
                 Rowly
              
               ;
               but
               not
               printed
               till
               after
               their
               Decease
               ,
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1655.
               
            
             
               
                 Four
                 Prentices
                 of
              
               London
               ,
               with
               the
               Conquest
               of
               Jerusalem
               ;
               a
               History
               divers
               times
               acted
               at
               the
               Red-Bull
               ,
               by
               the
               Queens
               Majesties
               Servants
               with
               good
               applause
               ;
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1635.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Honest
               High-Spirited
               Prentices
               ,
               the
               Readers
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               written
               (
               as
               the
               Author
               says
               )
               in
               his
               Infancy
               of
               Judgement
               ,
               in
               this
               kind
               of
               Poetry
               ,
               and
               his
               first
               Practice
               ;
               and
               that
               as
               Plays
               were
               then
               ,
               some
               sixteen
               Years
               before
               its
               Publication
               ,
               it
               was
               in
               the
               Fashion
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               Exploits
               of
               the
               Famous
               
                 Godfrey
                 of
                 Bulloign
              
               ,
               who
               took
               Jerusalem
               from
               the
               Infidels
               the
               15.
               of
               
                 July
                 A.D.
              
               
               1099.
               
               For
               the
               Story
               ,
               see
               
               Tasso's
               
                 Il
                 Gosredo
              
               ,
               Dr.
               
                 Fuller's
                 Holy
                 War.
              
               The
               late
               History
               of
               the
               
                 Croïsades
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
                 If
                 you
                 know
                 not
                 me
                 ,
                 you
                 know
                 no
                 Body
              
               ;
               or
               
                 The
                 Troubles
                 of
                 Queen
              
               Elizabeth
               :
               a
               History
               in
               two
               Parts
               ,
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1623.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               printed
               without
               the
               Author's
               Knowledge
               or
               Consent
               ,
               and
               that
               so
               corruptly
               ,
               (
               it
               not
               being
               divided
               into
               Acts
               )
               that
               at
               the
               Reviving
               of
               it
               
               at
               the
               Cock-pit
               ,
               after
               having
               been
               acted
               for
               the
               space
               of
               one
               and
               twenty
               Years
               ,
               he
               writ
               a
               Prologue
               r
               ,
               which
               particularly
               inveigh'd
               against
               this
               Imperfect
               Copy
               ,
               as
               will
               appear
               by
               the
               following
               Lines
               .
            
             
               
                 —
                 'T
                 was
                 ill
                 nurst
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 yet
                 receiv'd
                 as
                 well
                 perform'd
                 at
                 first
                 ,
              
               
                 Grac'd
                 ,
                 and
                 frequented
                 for
                 the
                 Cradle-Age
              
               
                 Did
                 throng
                 the
                 Seats
                 ,
                 the
                 Boxes
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Stage
                 ,
              
               
                 So
                 much
                 ;
                 that
                 some
                 by
                 Stenography
                 drew
              
               
                 The
                 Plot
                 ,
                 put
                 it
                 in
                 print
                 ;
                 (
                 scarce
                 one
                 word
                 true
                 :
                 )
              
               
                 And
                 in
                 that
                 lameness
                 it
                 has
                 limpt
                 so
                 long
                 ;
              
               
                 The
                 Author
                 now
                 to
                 vindicate
                 that
                 wrong
                 ,
              
               
                 Hath
                 took
                 the
                 pains
                 ,
                 upright
                 upon
                 it's
                 feet
              
               
                 To
                 teach
                 it
                 walk
                 ;
                 so
                 please
                 you
                 sit
                 ,
                 and
                 see
                 't
                 .
              
            
             
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               the
               Writers
               of
               the
               Life
               of
               Q.
               Elizabeth
               ;
               as
               
                 Cambden
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 Du
                 Chesne
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               And
               our
               Author
               had
               so
               great
               a
               Veneration
               for
               that
               Heroick
               Pricess
               ,
               that
               he
               writ
               a
               little
               Historical
               Piece
               ,
               call'd
               
                 England's
                 Elizabeth
              
               ,
               printed
               8
               o
               Lond.
               1631.
               
            
             
               
                 Lancashire
                 Witches
              
               ,
               a
               well
               receiv'd
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Globe
               on
               the
               Bank-side
               by
               the
               Kings
               Majesties
               Actors
               ;
               written
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               and
               the
               Ingenious
               
                 Rich.
                 Brome
              
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               16
               —
               .
               I
               have
               read
               in
               my
               younger
               Days
               (
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               )
               the
               Foundation
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               in
               an
               old
               English
               Quarto
               ;
               but
               as
               to
               that
               part
               of
               the
               Plot
               ,
               where
               Whetstone
               revenges
               himself
               by
               his
               Aunt
               's
               means
               ,
               on
               
                 Arthur
                 ,
                 Shakstone
              
               ,
               and
               Bantam
               ,
               for
               calling
               him
               Bastard
               ,
               Act
               4.
               
               Sc.
               the
               last
               ;
               't
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               Story
               of
               
                 John
                 
                 Teutonicus
              
               of
               Holberstad
               ,
               a
               place
               in
               High-Germany
               ,
               who
               was
               a
               known
               Bastard
               ,
               and
               a
               Magician
               .
               Our
               Author
               has
               related
               this
               Story
               in
               Verse
               ,
               in
               his
               
                 Hierarchy
                 of
                 Angels
              
               ,
               Lib.
               8.
               pag.
               512
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Loves
                 Mistris
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 &
                 Queen's
                 Masque
              
               ;
               three
               times
               acted
               before
               their
               Majesties
               ,
               within
               the
               space
               of
               eight
               Days
               ;
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               sundry
               Forreign
               Embassadours
               .
               Publickly
               acted
               by
               the
               Queen's
               Comedians
               ,
               at
               the
               Phoenix
               in
               Drury-Lane
               .
               The
               Second
               Impression
               corrected
               by
               the
               Author
               ,
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Edward
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               .
               The
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               
               Apuleius's
               
                 Golden
                 Ass
              
               :
               a
               kind
               of
               Romance
               in
               Latin
               ;
               and
               English'd
               by
               
                 W.
                 Addington
              
               ,
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1634.
               
            
             
               
                 Maidenhead
                 well
                 lost
              
               ,
               a
               pleasant
               Comedy
               ,
               publickly
               acted
               in
               Drury-Lane
               ,
               with
               much
               applause
               by
               her
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1634.
               
            
             
               
                 Rape
                 of
                 Lucrece
              
               ,
               a
               true
               Roman
               Tragedy
               ,
               with
               the
               several
               Songs
               in
               their
               appointed
               places
               ,
               by
               Valerius
               the
               merry
               Lord
               among
               the
               Roman
               Peers
               .
               The
               Copy
               revis'd
               ,
               and
               sundry
               Songs
               before
               omitted
               ,
               now
               inserted
               in
               their
               right
               places
               ;
               acted
               by
               the
               Majesties
               Servants
               at
               the
               Red-Bull
               ,
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1638.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               Livy
               Dec.
               1.
               
               C.
               58.
               
               Florus
               Lib.
               1.
               
               C.
               7.
               
               
                 Val.
                 Max.
              
               Lib.
               6.
               
               C.
               11.
               
               Ex.
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Earl
                 of
              
               Huntington's
               Downfall
               ,
               afterwards
               call'd
               
                 Robin
                 Hood
              
               ,
               of
               
                 Merry
                 Sherwoode
              
               ;
               with
               his
               Love
               to
               Chaste
               Matilda
               ,
               the
               Lord
               
               Fitz-water's
               Daughter
               ,
               afterwards
               his
               Fair
               Maid
               Marian
               :
               acted
               by
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               
               the
               Earl
               of
               Nottingham
               ,
               the
               Lord
               High
               Admiral
               of
               England
               his
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1601.
               
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Earl
                 of
              
               Huntington's
               Death
               ,
               otherwise
               call'd
               
                 Robin
                 Hood
                 of
                 Merry
                 Sherwoode
              
               ;
               with
               the
               Lamentable
               Tragedy
               of
               Chaste
               Matilda
               ,
               his
               Fair
               Maid
               Marian
               ,
               poyson'd
               at
               Dunmow
               by
               the
               King
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1601.
               
               Both
               these
               Plays
               are
               printed
               in
               Black-Letter
               ,
               but
               neither
               of
               them
               are
               divided
               into
               Acts.
               The
               first
               part
               is
               introduc'd
               by
               
                 John
                 Shelton
              
               ,
               Poet
               Laureat
               to
               King
               Henry
               the
               Eighth
               ;
               and
               the
               the
               second
               ,
               by
               Fryar
               Tuck
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               our
               English
               Chronicles
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Richard
               the
               First
               ,
               as
               
                 Du
                 Chesne
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 Baker
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               See
               besides
               
                 Fullers
                 Worthies
              
               in
               the
               Account
               of
               Nottinghamshire
               ,
               p.
               315
               .
               
               Drayton's
               Polyolbion
               ,
               Song
               26.
               
            
             
               
                 Royal
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 Loyal
                 Subject
              
               ;
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               acted
               with
               great
               applause
               by
               the
               Queens
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1637.
               
               The
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               extreamly
               resembles
               that
               of
               
               Fletcher's
               
                 Loyal
                 Subject
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Wise-Woman
                 of
              
               Hogsden
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               sundry
               times
               acted
               with
               good
               applause
               ,
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1638.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               commended
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               ,
               printed
               at
               the
               End
               ,
               writ
               by
               his
               Friend
               Mr.
               
                 Samuel
                 King.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Woman
                 kill'd
                 with
                 Kindness
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               oftentimes
               acted
               by
               the
               Queens
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1617.
               
            
             
               These
               are
               all
               the
               Plays
               that
               our
               Author
               has
               extant
               ,
               except
               we
               will
               reckon
               his
               Dialogues
               ,
               under
               the
               Species
               of
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               ;
               such
               
               as
               
                 Jupiter
                 and
                 Io
                 ;
                 Apollo
                 and
                 Daphne
                 ;
                 Amphrise
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 The
                 Forsaken
                 Shepherdess
                 ;
                 &c.
              
               all
               which
               with
               several
               Translations
               above-mention'd
               the
               Reader
               may
               peruse
               in
               a
               Book
               intituled
               ,
               
                 Pleasant
                 Dialogues
                 and
                 Drammas
                 ,
                 collected
                 out
                 of
              
               Lucian
               ,
               Erasmus
               ,
               Textor
               ,
               Ovid
               ,
               &c.
               printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               1637.
               
            
             
               There
               may
               be
               another
               Reason
               added
               to
               those
               already
               mention'd
               ,
               why
               no
               more
               of
               our
               Author's
               Plays
               have
               been
               published
               ,
               which
               he
               himself
               gives
               us
               in
               his
               Epistle
               to
               
                 The
                 Rape
                 of
              
               Lucrece
               ;
               
                 That
                 he
                 used
                 to
                 sell
                 his
                 Copy
                 to
                 the
                 Players
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 suppos'd
                 he
                 had
                 no
                 further
                 right
                 to
                 print
                 them
                 ,
                 without
                 their
                 Consent
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 Reason
                 that
                 so
                 few
                 are
                 in
                 print
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 some
                 of
                 these
                 Plays
                 that
                 are
                 so
                 ,
                 have
                 been
                 copy'd
                 by
                 the
                 Ear
                 ,
                 and
                 printed
                 uncorrect
                 without
                 his
                 Knowledge
                 .
              
            
             
               As
               to
               his
               other
               Pieces
               ,
               he
               has
               publisht
               several
               in
               Verse
               and
               Prose
               .
               In
               the
               former
               he
               has
               written
               a
               Poem
               ,
               called
               
                 The
                 Hierarchy
                 of
                 the
                 Blessed
                 Angels
                 ,
              
               with
               Notes
               ,
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1635.
               
               In
               reading
               over
               this
               Book
               ,
               I
               find
               our
               Author
               informing
               the
               World
               ,
               s
               
                 That
                 he
                 intended
                 to
                 commit
                 to
                 the
                 publick
                 View
                 ,
                 the
                 Lives
                 of
                 the
                 Poets
                 ,
                 Forreign
                 and
                 Modern
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 first
                 before
                 Homer
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Novissimi
                 and
                 last
                 ,
                 of
                 what
                 Nation
                 or
                 Language
                 soever
                 ;
                 so
                 far
                 as
                 any
                 History
                 ,
                 or
                 Chronology
                 would
                 give
                 him
                 warrant
                 .
              
               But
               this
               Work
               ,
               notwithstanding
               our
               Author's
               Intention
               ,
               I
               presume
               was
               never
               compleated
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               publisht
               .
            
             
               His
               chief
               Pieces
               in
               Prose
               are
               ,
               
                 An
                 Apology
                 for
                 
                 Actors
              
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1612.
               which
               was
               highly
               commended
               by
               several
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               ,
               written
               in
               
                 Greek
                 ,
                 Latin
              
               ,
               and
               English.
               This
               piece
               was
               answer'd
               ,
               or
               rather
               rail'd
               against
               by
               One
               
                 J.
                 G.
              
               in
               a
               Pamphlet
               call'd
               ,
               
                 A
                 Refutation
                 of
                 the
                 Apology
                 for
                 Actors
              
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1615.
               
               Whether
               Mr.
               
               Prynn's
               Piece
               call'd
               Histriomastix
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1633.
               were
               particularly
               levell'd
               against
               this
               Book
               ,
               I
               cannot
               positively
               determine
               :
               but
               I
               think
               Sir
               
                 Richard
                 Baker
              
               ,
               who
               answer'd
               it
               ,
               (
               in
               a
               little
               Piece
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Theatre
                 vindicated
              
               ,
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               )
               has
               sufficiently
               made
               out
               the
               Character
               he
               gives
               of
               it
               ,
               t
               That
               all
               his
               Book
               is
               but
               a
               Bundle
               of
               
                 Scolding
                 Invectives
              
               ,
               and
               Railing
               ,
               instead
               of
               Reasoning
               .
               He
               has
               writ
               besides
               ,
               
                 The
                 Life
                 and
                 Troubles
                 of
                 Queen
              
               Elizabeth
               ,
               from
               her
               Cradle
               to
               her
               Crown
               ,
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1631.
               
               The
               Examplary
               Lives
               and
               Acts
               of
               Nine
               Women
               Worthies
               ;
               three
               Jews
               ,
               three
               Gentiles
               ,
               and
               three
               Christians
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               1640.
               
               The
               General
               History
               of
               Women
               of
               the
               most
               Holy
               ,
               and
               Profane
               ,
               the
               most
               Famous
               ,
               and
               Infamous
               in
               all
               Ages
               ;
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1657.
               
            
             
               The
               usual
               Motto
               which
               he
               prefix'd
               to
               most
               of
               his
               Works
               ,
               and
               which
               shew'd
               the
               chief
               design
               of
               his
               Writing
               ,
               was
               this
               of
               Horace
               ,
               
                 
                   Aut
                   prodesse
                   solent
                   ,
                   aut
                   delectare
                   .
                   —
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Barten
               HOLLYDAY
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               flourisht
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               and
               Second
               .
               He
               was
               
               born
               about
               the
               latter
               End
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeths
               Reign
               ,
               in
               Oxford
               ,
               in
               the
               Parish
               of
               All-Saints
               .
               He
               was
               enter'd
               young
               at
               Christ-Church
               ,
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Dr.
               Ravis
               ,
               his
               Relation
               and
               Patron
               ,
               by
               whom
               he
               was
               chose
               Student
               ;
               and
               having
               taken
               his
               Degrees
               of
               Batchelor
               and
               Master
               of
               Arts
               ,
               he
               at
               length
               became
               Arch-Deacon
               of
               Oxfordshire
               .
               He
               died
               soon
               after
               the
               King's
               Return
               ,
               at
               Eifly
               ,
               the
               Corps
               of
               his
               Arch-Deaconry
               ,
               (
               near
               Oxford
               )
               in
               the
               Year
               1661.
               and
               was
               buried
               in
               Christ-Church
               ;
               having
               left
               behind
               him
               the
               Character
               of
               a
               general
               Scholar
               ,
               a
               good
               Preacher
               ,
               a
               skilful
               Philosopher
               ,
               and
               an
               excellent
               Poet.
               As
               a
               proof
               of
               this
               ,
               I
               must
               refer
               my
               Reader
               to
               his
               Works
               in
               general
               ,
               it
               being
               my
               province
               at
               present
               only
               to
               enumerate
               his
               Writings
               ,
               and
               make
               remarks
               on
               nothing
               ,
               but
               what
               he
               has
               publisht
               in
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               ;
               which
               is
               a
               Play
               call'd
            
             
               TEXNOTAMIA
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Marriages
                 of
                 the
                 Arts
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               by
               the
               Students
               of
               Christ-Church
               in
               Oxford
               ,
               before
               the
               University
               ,
               at
               Shrove-tide
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1630.
               
               The
               Author
               has
               sufficiently
               shew'd
               his
               Learning
               in
               the
               Contexture
               of
               this
               Comedy
               ,
               and
               has
               introduc'd
               several
               things
               from
               the
               Ancients
               ;
               particularly
               two
               Odes
               from
               
                 Anacreon
                 ,
                 viz.
              
               Act
               2.
               
               Sc.
               2.
               
               Act
               3.
               
               Sc.
               the
               last
               .
               He
               has
               shew'd
               how
               well
               he
               was
               able
               to
               imitate
               another
               Author
               ,
               by
               this
               Play
               ;
               as
               the
               Reader
               may
               see
               ,
               by
               comparing
               the
               Challenge
               of
               Logicus
               ,
               to
               Poeta
               ,
               Act
               2.
               
               Sc.
               2.
               with
               that
               of
               Dametas
               to
               Clinias
               ,
               drawn
               by
               the
               Pen
               of
               the
               Admirable
               Sir
               
                 Philip
                 Sidney
              
               .
            
             
               He
               has
               several
               other
               Pieces
               of
               Poetry
               ,
               which
               
               tho'
               Translations
               ,
               have
               gain'd
               him
               a
               considerable
               Reputation
               ,
               as
               the
               Translation
               of
               the
               Satyrs
               of
               Juvenal
               ,
               and
               Persius
               ;
               Illustrated
               with
               Notes
               and
               Sculptures
               ,
               printed
               Fol.
               Oxon.
               1673.
               
               His
               Version
               of
               the
               Odes
               of
               Horace
               ,
               mention'd
               by
               Mr.
               Wood
               ,
               u
               to
               have
               been
               printed
               Lond.
               1652.
               
               He
               has
               likewise
               publisht
               several
               Sermons
               ,
               as
               Three
               Sermons
               preach'd
               at
               Oxford
               ,
               and
               two
               Sermons
               at
               St.
               Pauls-Cross
               ,
               printed
               1626.
               
               A
               Sermon
               of
               the
               Nature
               of
               Faith
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1654.
               
               Motives
               to
               a
               godly
               Life
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Oxon.
               1657.
               
               In
               Latin
               ,
               he
               has
               printed
               two
               Pieces
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Philosophiae
                 Politico-barbarae
                 Specimen
                 ,
                 de
                 Animâ
                 .
              
               4
               
               o.
               Oxon.
               1635.
               
               
                 Orbis
                 terrarum
                 Inspectio
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               10.
               
               Oxon.
               1661.
               
            
          
           
             
               Charles
               HOOL
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               living
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               and
               Second
               ,
               and
               possibly
               still
               in
               Being
               .
               He
               was
               born
               at
               Wakefield
               in
               Yorkshire
               ;
               and
               at
               eighteen
               Years
               of
               Age
               ,
               came
               up
               to
               the
               University
               of
               Oxford
               ,
               and
               was
               enter'd
               of
               Lincoln
               Colledge
               .
               After
               having
               taken
               his
               Degree
               of
               Master
               of
               Arts
               ,
               he
               withdrew
               into
               his
               own
               Countrey
               ,
               where
               he
               took
               upon
               him
               the
               Profession
               of
               a
               School
               Master
               :
               he
               taught
               in
               several
               places
               ,
               particularly
               at
               Rotheram
               ,
               (
               a
               Market-Town
               in
               the
               West
               Riding
               in
               Yorkshire
               ;
               )
               and
               afterwards
               ,
               being
               sent
               for
               up
               to
               London
               by
               several
               Eminent
               Citizens
               ,
               he
               taught
               School
               in
               Red-Cross-street
               ,
               near
               Alders-gate
               Parish
               ;
               and
               afterwards
               remov'd
               to
               Arundel-Buildings
               ,
               not
               
               far
               from
               the
               Royal-Exchange
               .
               At
               the
               King's
               Return
               ,
               he
               left
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               remov'd
               into
               Wales
               ,
               where
               possibly
               he
               still
               follows
               that
               useful
               Profession
               .
               He
               has
               been
               very
               laborious
               ,
               not
               only
               in
               Instructing
               Youth
               ,
               but
               also
               in
               publishing
               many
               Books
               to
               their
               Advancement
               .
               One
               of
               which
               ,
               is
               the
               Subject
               of
               his
               being
               mention'd
               in
               our
               Catalogue
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               Six
               Comedies
               of
               that
               Excellent
               Poet
               
                 Publius
                 Terentius
              
               ,
               an
               African
               of
               Carthage
               ,
               in
               English
               and
               Latin
               ;
               for
               the
               use
               of
               Young
               Scholars
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               the
               more
               readily
               obtain
               the
               purity
               of
               the
               Latin
               Tongue
               ,
               for
               common
               Discourse
               ;
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               1676.
               
               This
               Translation
               was
               undertaken
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               at
               the
               Request
               of
               the
               Company
               of
               Stationers
               ,
               for
               whom
               it
               was
               printed
               ;
               and
               was
               castrated
               in
               some
               places
               ;
               as
               in
               particular
               ,
               see
               Eunuchus
               Act
               3.
               
               Sc.
               4
               ,
               5.
               to
               spare
               the
               Modesty
               of
               the
               Youth
               under
               his
               Tuition
               .
               Those
               who
               would
               know
               more
               of
               Terence
               ,
               and
               his
               Works
               ,
               let
               them
               turn
               back
               to
               
                 Richard
                 Bernard
              
               .
            
             
               The
               rest
               of
               his
               Works
               consist
               chiefly
               in
               Translations
               of
               Books
               for
               the
               use
               of
               young
               Scholars
               ,
               as
               
                 Corderius
                 ,
                 Cato
                 AEsop's
                 Fables
                 ,
                 Commenii
                 Orbis
                 pictus
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               To
               which
               I
               may
               add
               his
               Edition
               of
               the
               
                 Greek
                 Testament
              
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               Young
               Grecian
               will
               find
               all
               the
               Themes
               of
               Greek
               Words
               (
               according
               to
               
               Passor's
               Lexicon
               )
               plac'd
               in
               the
               Margin
               .
               He
               has
               publisht
               besides
               ,
               
                 An
                 Entrance
                 to
                 the
              
               Latin
               Tongue
               ,
               octavo
               Lond.
               1659.
               
               
                 An
                 Explanation
                 of
                 the
                 Accidence
              
               ,
               octavo
               Lond.
               1683.
               with
               other
               Books
               of
               the
               like
               Nature
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Edward
               HOWARD
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               ,
               (
               as
               I
               suppose
               )
               now
               living
               ,
               who
               has
               addicted
               himself
               to
               the
               Study
               of
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               :
               how
               well
               he
               has
               succeeded
               therein
               ,
               I
               shall
               leave
               to
               the
               Readers
               Judgment
               ,
               who
               may
               find
               four
               Plays
               of
               his
               ,
               under
               the
               Titles
               of
            
             
               
                 Man
                 of
                 New-Market
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1678.
               
            
             
               
                 Six
                 Days
                 Adventure
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 New
              
               Utopia
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1671.
               
               This
               Play
               miscarried
               in
               the
               Action
               ,
               as
               the
               Author
               himself
               acknowledges
               in
               his
               Preface
               ;
               and
               indeed
               that
               sharp
               Wit
               ,
               the
               late
               Earl
               of
               Rochester
               ,
               writ
               an
               Invective
               against
               it
               x
               ;
               but
               the
               Ingenious
               Mrs.
               Behn
               ,
               Mr.
               Ravenscroft
               ,
               and
               other
               Poets
               of
               the
               Age
               ,
               sent
               the
               Author
               Recommendatory
               Verses
               ,
               which
               are
               printed
               with
               the
               Play
               :
               and
               in
               return
               he
               writ
               a
               Pindarick
               y
               to
               Mrs.
               Behn
               ;
               which
               she
               gratefully
               publisht
               in
               a
               Collection
               of
               Poems
               ,
               printed
               8
               o
               Lond.
               1685.
               
            
             
               Usurper
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1668.
               
               Whether
               the
               Author
               design'd
               in
               the
               Caracter
               of
               Damocles
               ,
               to
               personate
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwel
              
               ,
               and
               intended
               his
               Play
               ,
               a
               paralel
               of
               those
               times
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               more
               discerning
               Judgments
               .
            
             
               
                 Womens
                 Conquest
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               acted
               by
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1677.
               
               This
               I
               take
               to
               be
               the
               best
               Play
               our
               Author
               has
               publisht
               .
            
             
             
               Besides
               these
               Plays
               Mr.
               Howard
               hath
               publisht
               an
               
                 Epick
                 Poem
              
               ,
               in
               octavo
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 British
                 Princess
              
               ;
               which
               the
               late
               Earl
               of
               Rochester
               has
               likewise
               handled
               severely
               .
               z
               There
               is
               ascrib'd
               to
               him
               ,
               another
               Book
               of
               Poems
               and
               Essays
               ,
               with
               a
               Paraphrase
               on
               
               Cicero's
               Laelius
               ,
               or
               
                 Tract
                 of
                 Friendship
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               London
               16
               —
               .
            
          
           
             
               James
               HOWARD
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               I
               am
               not
               able
               to
               acquaint
               the
               Reader
               ,
               whether
               or
               no
               this
               Gentleman
               be
               of
               the
               same
               Family
               with
               the
               former
               ;
               but
               I
               am
               oblig'd
               to
               mention
               him
               ,
               on
               Account
               of
               two
               Plays
               writ
               by
               him
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 All
                 mistaken
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Mad
                 Couple
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1672.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               commended
               by
               some
               for
               an
               excellent
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 English
                 Monsieur
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1674.
               
               Whether
               the
               late
               Duke
               of
               Buckingham
               in
               his
               Character
               of
               Prince
               
               Volscius's
               falling
               in
               Love
               with
               Parthenope
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               pulling
               on
               his
               Boots
               to
               go
               out
               of
               Town
               ,
               design'd
               to
               reflect
               on
               the
               Characters
               of
               Comely
               ,
               and
               Elsbeth
               ,
               I
               pretend
               not
               to
               determine
               :
               but
               I
               know
               there
               is
               a
               near
               Resemblance
               in
               the
               Characters
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Sir
               Robert
               HOWARD
               .
            
             
               This
               Ingenious
               Person
               is
               equally
               conspicuous
               for
               the
               Lustre
               of
               his
               Birth
               ,
               and
               the
               Excellency
               of
               his
               Parts
               ;
               being
               (
               as
               I
               suppose
               )
               Brother
               to
               the
               present
               Earl
               of
               Berkshire
               ,
               and
               One
               whose
               Plays
               will
               remain
               Eternal
               Testimonies
               to
               Posterity
               ,
               of
               his
               Skill
               in
               Dramatick
               Performances
               .
               His
               Committee
               ,
               and
               
                 Indian
                 Queen
              
               ,
               are
               deservedly
               admir'd
               by
               the
               best
               Judges
               of
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               :
               and
               even
               our
               late
               Laureat
               ,
               in
               spite
               of
               Envy
               ,
               must
               acknowledge
               his
               Worth
               ,
               both
               as
               a
               Poet
               and
               Patron
               His
               Plays
               are
               six
               in
               number
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Blind
                 Lady
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               16
               —
            
             
               Committee
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1665.
               
               This
               is
               an
               admirable
               Comedy
               ,
               and
               highly
               commended
               .
            
             
               
                 Great
                 Favourite
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Duke
                 of
              
               Lerma
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1668.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               the
               Historians
               of
               those
               Times
               ,
               as
               
                 Mariana
                 ,
                 de
                 Mayerne
                 Turquet
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               This
               Play
               (
               as
               I
               have
               before
               observ'd
               p.
               165.
               )
               was
               reflected
               on
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               tho'
               had
               he
               consulted
               Reason
               ,
               Gratitude
               ,
               or
               his
               own
               Reputation
               ,
               he
               had
               otherwise
               imploy'd
               his
               time
               ;
               it
               being
               a
               true
               Observation
               ,
               which
               Sr.
               Robert
               has
               made
               ,
               in
               his
               Prologue
               to
               the
               
                 Vestal
                 Virgin
              
               :
               
                 
                   This
                   doth
                   a
                   wretched
                   Dearth
                   of
                   Wit
                   betray
                   ,
                
                 
                   When
                   things
                   of
                   Kind
                   on
                   One
                   another
                   prey
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Indian
                 Queen
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               writ
               in
               Heroick
               
               Verse
               ,
               and
               formerly
               acted
               with
               great
               applause
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1665.
               
            
             
               Surprisal
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               and
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1665.
               
            
             
               
                 Vestal
                 Virgin
              
               ,
               or
               The
               Roman
               Ladies
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               by
               the
               King's
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1665.
               
            
             
               Some
               Readers
               ,
               who
               are
               strangers
               to
               the
               Excellent
               Tallents
               of
               Sir
               Robert
               ,
               might
               expect
               from
               me
               some
               Discoveries
               of
               what
               he
               has
               borrow'd
               ;
               but
               I
               am
               to
               Inform
               them
               ,
               That
               this
               Admirable
               Poet
               has
               too
               great
               a
               Stock
               of
               Wit
               of
               his
               own
               ,
               to
               be
               necessitated
               to
               borrow
               from
               others
               .
               All
               that
               I
               can
               observe
               is
               ,
               That
               
                 The
                 Vestal
                 Virgin
              
               has
               a
               double
               Fifth
               Act
               ;
               the
               One
               of
               which
               ends
               Tragically
               ,
               the
               Other
               successfully
               ;
               which
               possibly
               might
               be
               done
               ,
               in
               Imitation
               of
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Suckling
              
               ,
               the
               only
               Gentleman
               that
               I
               know
               ,
               fit
               for
               his
               Imitation
               ,
               who
               has
               done
               the
               same
               thing
               in
               his
               Aglaura
               .
            
             
               He
               has
               writ
               besides
               some
               Poems
               ,
               which
               are
               printed
               with
               his
               
                 Blind
                 Lady
              
               ,
               in
               octavo
               ;
               and
               four
               of
               his
               Plays
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Surprisal
                 ,
                 Committee
                 ,
                 Indian
                 Queen
              
               and
               
                 Vestal
                 Virgin
              
               ,
               are
               printed
               together
               in
               fol.
               Lond.
               1665.
               
            
          
           
             
               James
               HOWEL
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               of
               Wales
               ,
               born
               at
               Abernalies
               in
               the
               County
               of
               Caermarden
               ,
               in
               the
               Year
               1594.
               
               He
               was
               Bred
               up
               at
               the
               Free-School
               in
               Hereford
               ;
               and
               at
               16.
               
               Years
               of
               Age
               ,
               sent
               to
               the
               University
               of
               Oxford
               ,
               where
               he
               became
               a
               Member
               of
               
                 Jesus
                 Colledge
              
               .
               About
               March
               ,
               in
               the
               
               Year
               1618.
               he
               travelled
               beyond
               Sea
               ,
               being
               sent
               on
               Buisiness
               ,
               by
               Sir
               
                 Robert
                 Mansel
              
               ,
               where
               he
               visited
               the
               Low-Countries
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               made
               a
               Tour
               thro'
               France
               ,
               and
               Italy
               ;
               as
               appears
               by
               the
               Letters
               he
               has
               publisht
               .
               In
               which
               the
               Reader
               may
               not
               only
               be
               inform'd
               of
               the
               Chief
               Occurences
               of
               those
               Times
               ,
               but
               of
               our
               Author
               's
               several
               Imployments
               ;
               as
               ,
               His
               being
               sent
               by
               King
               James
               into
               Spain
               ,
               for
               the
               Recovery
               of
               a
               Vessel
               of
               great
               value
               ,
               seiz'd
               on
               by
               the
               Vice-Roy
               of
               Sardinia
               ,
               under
               pretence
               of
               being
               laden
               with
               prohibited
               Goods
               :
               His
               being
               chosen
               Fellow
               of
               
                 Jesus
                 Colledge
              
               ,
               during
               his
               absence
               ;
               His
               being
               Secretary
               to
               the
               Lord
               Scroop
               ,
               when
               he
               was
               President
               of
               the
               Councel
               in
               the
               North
               ;
               His
               being
               Imploy'd
               about
               the
               Clerks
               of
               the
               Councel
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Notwithstanding
               his
               various
               Employs
               ,
               and
               multiplicity
               of
               Business
               ,
               he
               found
               leisure
               to
               publish
               abundance
               of
               Books
               ,
               to
               the
               number
               of
               Fourty-nine
               :
               Many
               of
               them
               were
               Translations
               out
               of
               
                 French
                 ,
                 Italian
                 ,
                 Spanish
                 ,
                 Portuguese
                 :
              
               Of
               which
               Nature
               is
               the
               Play
               ,
               which
               occasions
               his
               mention
               in
               our
               Catalogue
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Nuptials
                 of
                 Peleus
                 and
                 Thetis
              
               ,
               consisting
               of
               a
               Masque
               ,
               and
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               or
               The
               Great
               Royal
               Ball
               acted
               in
               Paris
               ,
               six
               times
               ,
               by
               the
               King
               in
               person
               ,
               the
               Duke
               of
               Anjou
               ,
               the
               Duke
               of
               York
               ,
               with
               divers
               other
               Noblemen
               .
               Also
               by
               the
               Princess
               Royal
               
                 Henriette
                 Marie
              
               ,
               the
               Princess
               of
               
                 Conty
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1654.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               most
               Excellent
               and
               High
               Born
               Lady
               ,
               the
               Lady
               Katherine
               Marchioness
               of
               Dorchester
               .
               The
               Masque
               was
               extracted
               from
               an
               
               Italian
               Comedy
               ,
               which
               the
               Author
               has
               made
               English
               ,
               by
               a
               nearer
               adherence
               to
               the
               Original
               ,
               than
               to
               the
               French
               Translation
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               't
               is
               founded
               on
               
               Ovid's
               
                 Metamorphosis
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               11.
               
               See
               besides
               ,
               
                 Catulli
                 Aurgonautica
                 ,
                 sive
                 Epithalamium
              
               .
            
             
               'T
               is
               not
               to
               be
               expected
               that
               I
               should
               spare
               room
               to
               give
               an
               Account
               of
               our
               Authors
               Works
               in
               particular
               ,
               they
               being
               so
               numerous
               :
               I
               shall
               therefore
               only
               mention
               some
               of
               the
               most
               Emiment
               ,
               and
               refer
               the
               Reader
               for
               further
               Satisfaction
               to
               the
               perusal
               of
               a
               Catalogue
               of
               them
               ,
               published
               with
               a
               former
               Edition
               of
               his
               Letters
               ,
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1655.
               
               His
               chief
               Pieces
               are
               ,
               
               Dodona's
               Grove
               ,
               a
               Book
               much
               priz'd
               ,
               and
               translated
               into
               French
               1652.
               
               His
               Letters
               ,
               which
               were
               formerly
               in
               four
               distinct
               Volumes
               ,
               and
               are
               reduc'd
               into
               one
               ;
               amongst
               which
               are
               several
               to
               
                 Ben.
                 Johnson
              
               ,
               which
               speak
               their
               Intimacy
               .
               Besides
               these
               ,
               he
               has
               writ
               a
               Book
               of
               the
               Precedency
               of
               Kings
               ,
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1664.
               
               Survey
               of
               the
               Seniorie
               of
               Venice
               .
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1652.
               
               Life
               of
               Lewis
               the
               Thirteenth
               ,
               and
               Cardinal
               Richelieu
               ,
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1646.
               
               Morphandra
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Queen
                 of
                 the
                 Enchanted
                 Island
                 ,
              
               a
               Poem
               in
               Fol.
               
                 The
                 Vote
              
               ,
               a
               Poem
               Royal
               ,
               in
               4
               o
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               He
               died
               about
               the
               beginning
               of
               November
               ,
               1666.
               and
               was
               buried
               on
               the
               North-side
               of
               the
               Temple-Church
               ,
               with
               this
               Inscription
               fix'd
               upon
               the
               Wall
               ;
               
                 Jacobus
                 Howell
                 Cambro-Britannus
                 ,
                 Regius
                 Historiographus
                 ,
                 in
                 Anglia
                 primus
                 ;
                 qui
                 post
                 varias
                 peregrinationes
                 ,
                 tandem
                 naturae
                 cursum
                 peregit
                 ,
                 Satur
                 Annorum
                 ,
                 &
                 Famae
                 ,
                 
                 domae
                 ,
                 forisque
                 huc
                 usque
                 erraticus
                 ,
                 heic
                 fixus
              
               1666.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             
               Thomas
               JEVORN
               .
            
             
               A
               Person
               lately
               dead
               ,
               and
               one
               sufficiently
               known
               to
               all
               that
               frequent
               the
               Theatre
               ,
               both
               for
               his
               Excellency
               in
               Dancing
               and
               Action
               .
               He
               has
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               or
               rather
               a
               Farce
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 The
                 Devil
                 of
                 a
                 Wife
              
               ,
               or
               
                 A
                 Comical
                 Transformation
              
               ;
               acted
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               at
               the
               Queen's
               Theatre
               in
               Dorset-Garden
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1686.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Friends
               ,
               that
               frequent
               
               Locket's
               Ordinary
               .
               This
               Farce
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Tale
               as
               well
               known
               as
               that
               of
               Mopsa
               ,
               in
               Sir
               Philip
               Sidney's
               Arcadia
               ;
               tho'
               I
               think
               if
               compar'd
               with
               our
               French
               Farces
               so
               frequent
               on
               our
               
                 English
                 Stage
              
               ,
               it
               may
               deserve
               the
               Preheminence
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thoms
               INGELAND
               .
            
             
               A
               Student
               in
               Cambridge
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               :
               The
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               which
               he
               stiles
               ,
               A
               Pretty
               and
               Merry
               Interlude
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Disobedient
                 Child
              
               .
               'T
               is
               writ
               in
               old
               Verse
               of
               Ten
               Syllables
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               in
               an
               old
               Black
               Letter
               ,
               (
               without
               any
               Date
               )
               by
               
                 Thomas
                 Colwell
              
               in
               Fleet-street
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               John
               JONES
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               who
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               writ
               a
               Play
               nam'd
            
             
               Adrasta
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Womans
                 Spleen
                 ,
                 and
                 Loves
                 Conquest
                 ,
              
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1635.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Eugenius
               ,
               by
               which
               Name
               he
               desires
               to
               comprehend
               all
               his
               Friends
               ,
               subscribing
               himself
               Musophilus
               .
               This
               Play
               the
               Actors
               refus'd
               ,
               and
               I
               think
               with
               Justice
               ;
               it
               being
               very
               indifferently
               written
               .
               The
               Intrigue
               between
               
                 Damasippus
                 ,
                 Frail-ware
              
               ,
               and
               their
               Wives
               ,
               in
               the
               third
               Act
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
               Boccace's
               Novels
               Day
               8.
               
               Nov.
               8
               .
               However
               the
               Author
               was
               of
               Opinion
               it
               deserved
               to
               appear
               in
               publick
               ;
               and
               therefore
               prefix'd
               the
               following
               Saying
               of
               Horace
               ,
               in
               his
               Title-page
               :
               
                 
                   —
                   volet
                   haec
                   sub
                   luce
                   videri
                   ,
                
                 
                   Judicis
                   argutum
                   quae
                   non
                   formidat
                   acumen
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Benjamin
               JOHNSON
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               already
               drawn
               some
               strokes
               of
               this
               Great
               Man's
               Character
               ,
               in
               my
               Defence
               of
               him
               against
               the
               Attempts
               of
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ;
               and
               therefore
               shall
               less
               need
               to
               make
               a
               curious
               and
               exact
               Description
               of
               all
               his
               Excellencies
               ;
               which
               otherwise
               are
               very
               Great
               ,
               Noble
               ,
               and
               Various
               ;
               and
               have
               been
               remark'd
               in
               parcells
               by
               several
               Hands
               ,
               but
               exceed
               my
               small
               Capacity
               to
               collect
               them
               into
               one
               full
               View
               .
               I
               shall
               therefore
               rather
               let
               them
               lye
               dispers'd
               ,
               as
               Scaliger
               did
               
               Virgil's
               Praises
               ,
               thro'
               his
               whole
               Book
               of
               Poetry
               ;
               contenting
               my self
               at
               present
               
               with
               giving
               the
               Reader
               an
               Account
               of
               the
               private
               Occurrencies
               of
               his
               Life
               .
            
             
               To
               begin
               then
               with
               his
               Nativity
               :
               He
               was
               born
               in
               the
               City
               of
               Westminster
               ;
               and
               tho'
               he
               sprang
               from
               mean
               Parents
               ,
               yet
               his
               Admirable
               Parts
               have
               made
               him
               more
               Famous
               than
               those
               of
               a
               more
               Conspicuous
               Extraction
               .
               Nor
               do
               I
               think
               it
               any
               Diminution
               to
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               Son-in-law
               to
               a
               Bricklayer
               ,
               and
               work'd
               at
               that
               Trade
               ;
               since
               if
               we
               take
               a
               Survey
               of
               the
               Records
               of
               Antiquity
               ,
               we
               shall
               find
               the
               Greatest
               Poets
               of
               the
               meanest
               Birth
               ;
               and
               most
               lyable
               to
               the
               Inconveniencies
               of
               Life
               .
               Witness
               Homer
               ,
               who
               begg'd
               from
               door
               to
               door
               ;
               Euripides
               ,
               traded
               in
               Herbs
               with
               his
               Mother
               ;
               Plautus
               was
               forc'd
               to
               serve
               a
               
                 Baker
                 ;
                 Naevius
              
               was
               a
               Captain's
               Man
               ;
               Terence
               was
               a
               Slave
               to
               the
               Generous
               
                 Lucan
                 ;
                 Virgil
              
               ,
               was
               the
               Son
               of
               a
               Basket-maker
               :
               and
               yet
               these
               thought
               the
               Obscurity
               of
               their
               Extraction
               no
               Diminution
               to
               their
               Worth
               ;
               nor
               will
               any
               Man
               of
               Sence
               reflect
               on
               
                 Ben.
                 Johnson
              
               on
               this
               Account
               ,
               if
               he
               seriously
               call
               to
               Mind
               that
               saying
               of
               Juvenal
               a
               .
            
             
               
                 —
                 Nobilitas
                 sola
                 est
                 ,
                 atque
                 unica
                 Virtus
                 .
              
            
             
               He
               was
               Bred
               first
               at
               a
               Private-School
               ,
               in
               St.
               
               Martin's
               Church
               ,
               then
               plac'd
               at
               Westminster
               ,
               under
               the
               Famous
               Mr.
               Cambden
               ,
               (
               to
               whom
               in
               Gratitude
               he
               dedicated
               his
               Fourteenth
               Epigram
               )
               afterwards
               he
               was
               sent
               to
               Saint
               John's
               Colledge
               in
               Cambridge
               ;
               from
               thence
               he
               remov'd
               to
               Oxford
               ,
               and
               was
               enter'd
               of
               Christ-Church
               Colledge
               ;
               where
               in
               the
               Year
               1619.
               (
               as
               Mr.
               
               Wood
               b
               says
               )
               he
               took
               his
               Master
               of
               Arts
               Degree
               :
               tho'
               Dr.
               Fuller
               says
               ,
               c
               
                 He
                 continu'd
                 there
                 but
                 few
                 Weeks
                 ,
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 Maintenance
                 ,
                 being
                 fain
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 the
                 Trade
                 of
                 his
                 Father-in-law
                 ;
              
               where
               he
               assisted
               in
               the
               New
               Building
               of
               
                 Lincolns
                 Inn
              
               ,
               with
               a
               Trowel
               in
               his
               Hand
               ,
               and
               a
               Book
               in
               his
               Pocket
               .
               But
               this
               
                 English
                 Maro
              
               ,
               was
               not
               long
               before
               he
               found
               a
               Maecenas
               and
               a
               Varus
               ,
               to
               manumit
               him
               from
               an
               Employment
               so
               painful
               ,
               and
               furnisht
               him
               with
               means
               to
               enjoy
               his
               
                 Muse
                 at
                 liberty
              
               ,
               in
               private
               .
               'T
               was
               then
               that
               he
               writ
               his
               Excellent
               Plays
               ,
               and
               grew
               into
               Reputation
               with
               the
               most
               Eminent
               of
               our
               Nobility
               and
               Gentry
               .
               'T
               was
               then
               ,
               that
               
                 Carthwright
                 ,
                 Randolph
              
               ,
               and
               others
               of
               both
               Universities
               ,
               sought
               his
               Adoption
               ;
               and
               gloried
               more
               in
               his
               Friendship
               ,
               and
               the
               Title
               of
               his
               Sons
               ,
               than
               in
               their
               own
               Well-deserv'd
               Characters
               .
               Neither
               did
               he
               less
               love
               ,
               or
               was
               less
               belov'd
               by
               the
               Famous
               Poets
               of
               his
               Time
               ,
               
                 Shakspear
                 ,
                 Beaumont
              
               ,
               and
               Fletcher
               :
               witness
               his
               Copy
               which
               he
               writ
               on
               Shakspear
               ,
               after
               his
               Death
               ,
               d
               and
               his
               Verses
               to
               Fletcher
               when
               living
               e
               .
            
             
               He
               was
               a
               Man
               of
               a
               very
               free
               Temper
               ,
               and
               withal
               blunt
               ,
               and
               somewhat
               haughty
               to
               those
               ,
               that
               were
               either
               Rivals
               in
               Fame
               ,
               or
               Enemies
               to
               his
               Writings
               :
               (
               witness
               his
               Poetaster
               ,
               wherein
               he
               falls
               upon
               Decker
               ,
               and
               his
               answer
               to
               Dr.
               Gill
               ,
               who
               writ
               against
               his
               
                 Magnetick
                 Lady
              
               ,
               )
               otherwise
               of
               a
               good
               Sociable
               Humour
               ,
               when
               amongst
               his
               Sons
               and
               Friends
               in
               the
               Apollo
               :
               
               from
               whose
               Laws
               the
               Reader
               may
               possibly
               better
               judge
               of
               his
               Temper
               ;
               a
               Copy
               of
               which
               I
               have
               transcrib'd
               for
               the
               Learn'd
               Readers
               perusal
               .
            
             
               
                 Leges
                 Convivales
                 ,
                 quod
                 foelix
                 faustumque
                 Convivis
                 in
                 Apolline
                 sit
                 .
              
               
                 Nemo
                 asymbolus
                 ,
                 nisi
                 umbra
                 huc
                 venito
                 ,
              
               
                 Idiota
                 ,
                 insultus
                 ,
                 tristis
                 ,
                 turpis
                 abesto
                 .
              
               
                 Eruditi
                 ,
                 Urbani
                 ,
                 Hilares
                 ,
                 Modesti
                 adsciscuntur
                 ,
              
               
                 Nec
                 lectae
                 Foeminae
                 repudiantur
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 apparatu
                 ,
                 quod
                 convivis
                 corruget
                 nares
                 nil
                 esto
                 ,
              
               
                 Epulae
                 delectu
                 potius
                 ,
                 quam
                 sumptu
                 parantur
                 ;
              
               
                 Obsonator
                 ,
                 &
                 Coquus
                 convivarum
                 gulae
                 periti
                 sunto
                 ;
              
               
                 De
                 Discubitu
                 non
                 contenditur
                 .
              
               
                 Ministri
                 à
                 Dapibus
                 ,
                 oculati
                 ,
                 &
                 muti
                 ,
              
               
                 A
                 poculis
                 auriti
                 ,
                 &
                 celeres
                 sunto
                 .
              
               
                 Vina
                 puris
                 fontibus
                 ministrantur
                 ,
                 aut
                 vapulet
                 hospes
                 ,
              
               
                 Moderatis
                 poculis
                 provocare
                 sodales
                 fas
                 esto
                 ,
              
               
                 At
                 sabulis
                 ,
                 magis
                 quàm
                 vino
                 velitatio
                 fiat
                 ,
              
               
                 Convivae
                 nec
                 muti
                 ,
                 nec
                 loquaces
                 sunto
                 .
              
               
                 De
                 seriis
                 aut
                 sacris
                 ,
                 poti
                 ,
                 &
                 saturine
                 disserunto
                 ,
              
               
                 Fidicen
                 nisi
                 accersitus
                 non
                 venito
                 .
              
               
                 Admisso
                 risu
                 ,
                 tripudiis
                 ,
                 choreis
                 ,
                 saltibus
                 ,
              
               
                 Omni
                 gratiarum
                 festivitate
                 sacra
                 celebrantur
                 :
              
               
                 Joci
                 sine
                 felle
                 sunto
              
               
                 Insipida
                 Poemata
                 nulla
                 recitantur
                 ;
              
               
                 Versus
                 scribere
                 nullus
                 cogitur
                 ;
              
               
                 Argumentationis
                 totius
                 strepitus
                 abesto
                 ;
              
               
                 Amatoriis
                 querelis
                 ,
                 ac
                 suspiriis
                 liber
                 angulus
                 esto
                 ,
              
               
                 Lapitharum
                 more
                 ,
                 scyphis
                 pugnare
                 ,
                 vitrea
                 collidere
                 ,
              
               
                 Fenestras
                 excutere
                 ;
                 supellectilem
                 dilacerare
                 ne
              
               
                 fas
                 esto
                 .
              
               
               
                 Qui
                 foras
                 dicta
                 vel
                 facta
                 eliminet
                 ,
                 eliminatur
                 ;
              
               
                 Neminem
                 reum
                 pocula
                 jaciunto
                 .
              
               
                 Focus
                 perennis
                 esto
                 .
              
            
             
               As
               to
               his
               Poetry
               ,
               I
               dare
               not
               pretend
               to
               give
               a
               Judgment
               on
               it
               ,
               it
               deserving
               somewhat
               above
               what
               my
               faint
               Praise
               can
               reach
               ,
               or
               describe
               :
               therefore
               those
               who
               would
               be
               better
               satisfy'd
               must
               have
               recourse
               to
               his
               Character
               drawn
               by
               Dr.
               Fuller
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
                 Anthony
                 Wood
              
               in
               Prose
               ,
               and
               by
               Mr.
               Carthwright
               ,
               and
               the
               late
               Mr.
               Oldham
               in
               Verse
               ;
               to
               the
               foregoing
               ,
               I
               might
               add
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               
                 Dramatick
                 Essay
              
               ,
               which
               had
               it
               been
               writ
               after
               his
               Postscript
               to
               Granada
               ,
               might
               have
               aton'd
               for
               that
               unbecoming
               Character
               ,
               and
               had
               serv'd
               for
               a
               Palinode
               ;
               but
               since
               he
               has
               not
               that
               I
               know
               of
               thought
               fit
               to
               retract
               it
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               insert
               an
               old
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               ,
               which
               seems
               to
               wipe
               off
               the
               Accusations
               of
               Mr.
               
               Johnson's
               Enemies
               *
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 Benjaminum
                 Johnsonum
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 jus
                 te
                 voco
                 ,
                 Jonsoni
                 venito
                 :
              
               
                 Adsum
                 ,
                 qui
                 plagii
                 &
                 malae
                 rapinae
              
               
                 Te
                 ad
                 Phoebi
                 peragam
                 reum
                 tribunal
                 ,
              
               
                 Assidente
                 choro
                 NovemDearum
                 .
              
               
                 Quaedam
                 Dramata
                 scilicet
                 diserta
                 ,
              
               
                 Nuper
                 quae
                 
                   Elysii
                   roseti
                
                 in
                 umbrâ
                 ,
              
               
                 Faestivissimus
                 omnium
                 Poeta
                 ,
              
               
                 Plautus
                 composuit
                 ,
                 Diisque
                 tandem
              
               
                 Stellato
                 exhibuit
                 poli
                 in
                 Theatro
                 ,
              
               
                 Movendo
                 superis
                 leves
                 cachinnos
                 ,
              
               
                 Et
                 risos
                 tetrico
                 Jovi
                 ciendo
                 ,
              
               
                 Axe
                 plausibus
                 intonante
                 utroque
                 ;
              
               
               
                 Haec
                 tu
                 Dramata
                 scilicet
                 diserta
                 ,
              
               
                 Clepsisti
                 superis
                 negotiosis
                 ,
              
               
                 Quae
                 tu
                 nunc
                 tua
                 venuitare
                 pergis
                 :
                 
                   
                     In
                     jus
                     te
                     voco
                     ,
                     Jonsoni
                     venito
                     .
                  
                   
                     En
                     pro
                     te
                     Pater
                     ipse
                     ,
                     Rexque
                     Phoebus
                  
                
              
               
                 Assurgit
                 modò
                 ,
                 Jonsoni
                 ,
                 palamque
              
               
                 Testatur
                 ,
                 tua
                 serio
                 fuisse
              
               
                 Illa
                 Dramata
                 ,
                 teque
                 condidisse
              
               
                 Sese
                 non
                 modò
                 conscio
                 ,
                 at
                 juvante
                 :
              
               
                 Unde
                 ergò
                 sibi
                 Plautus
                 illa
                 tandem
              
               
                 Nactus
                 exhibuit
                 ,
                 Jovi
                 Deisque
                 ?
              
               
                 Maiae
                 Filius
                 ,
                 &
                 Nepos
                 Atlantis
                 ,
              
               
                 Pennatus
                 celeres
                 Pedes
                 ,
                 at
                 ungues
              
               
                 Viscatus
                 ,
                 volucer
                 puer
                 ,
                 vaferque
                 ,
              
               
                 Furto
                 condere
                 quidlibet
                 jocoso
                 ,
              
               
                 Ut
                 quondam
                 facibus
                 suis
                 Amorem
              
               
                 Per
                 ludos
                 videavit
                 ,
                 &
                 Pharetrâ
                 ,
              
               
                 Sic
                 nuper
                 (
                 siquidem
                 solet
                 frequenter
              
               
                 Tecum
                 ludere
                 ,
                 plaudere
                 ,
                 &
                 jocari
                 )
              
               
                 Neglectas
                 tibi
                 ilepsit
                 has
                 papyrus
              
               
                 Secumque
                 ad
                 Superos
                 abire
                 jussit
                 :
                 
                   
                     Jam
                     victus
                     taceo
                     pudore
                     ,
                     vincis
                  
                   
                     Phoebo
                     Judice
                     ,
                     Jonsoni
                     ,
                     &
                     Patrono
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               I
               might
               here
               appositely
               enough
               bring
               in
               a
               pleasant
               Story
               or
               two
               of
               Ben.
               Jonson's
               ,
               as
               Instances
               of
               his
               Debonaire
               Humor
               and
               Readiness
               at
               Repartee
               ,
               did
               I
               not
               fear
               to
               be
               condemn'd
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               and
               reckon'd
               by
               him
               and
               his
               Admirers
               ,
               in
               the
               number
               of
               those
               grave
               Gentlemen
               ,
               whose
               Memory
               (
               he
               says
               f
               )
               is
               the
               only
               Plea
               for
               their
               being
               Wits
               :
               for
               this
               reason
               I
               shall
               forbear
               ,
               and
               hasten
               to
               give
               an
               Account
               of
               his
               Works
               .
            
             
             
               He
               has
               writ
               above
               fifty
               several
               Pieces
               ,
               which
               we
               may
               rank
               under
               the
               Species
               of
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               ;
               of
               which
               we
               shall
               give
               an
               Account
               in
               Order
               ,
               beginning
               with
               one
               of
               his
               best
               Comedies
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               Alchymist
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               in
               the
               Year
               1610.
               by
               the
               Kings
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               with
               the
               Allowance
               of
               the
               Master
               of
               the
               Revels
               ;
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Lady
               most
               deserving
               her
               Name
               and
               Blood
               ,
               the
               Lady
               
                 Mary
                 Wroth
              
               ,
               [
               the
               Author
               of
               the
               Urania
               ]
               .
               Mr.
               Dryden
               supposes
               this
               Play
               was
               copy'd
               from
               the
               Comedy
               of
               Albumazer
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               concerns
               the
               
               Alchymist's
               Character
               ,
               as
               the
               Reader
               may
               observe
               from
               the
               following
               Lines
               ,
               (
               being
               part
               of
               his
               Prologue
               ,
               to
               Albumazer
               reviv'd
               ;
               )
            
             
               
                 Subtle
                 was
                 got
                 by
                 our
                 Albumazer
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 Alchymist
                 by
                 this
                 Astrologer
                 ;
              
               
                 Here
                 he
                 was
                 fashion'd
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 may
                 suppose
              
               
                 He
                 lik'd
                 the
                 Fashion
                 well
                 ,
                 who
                 wore
                 the
                 Cloaths
                 .
              
            
             
               Whether
               this
               Accusation
               be
               true
               ,
               I
               pretend
               not
               to
               determine
               ;
               but
               sure
               I
               am
               ,
               that
               this
               last
               Couplet
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               
                 Dramatick
                 Essay
              
               ;
               g
               where
               he
               says
               of
               Mr.
               Johnson
               thus
               ;
               
                 You
                 will
                 pardon
                 me
                 therefore
                 if
                 I
                 presume
                 he
                 lov'd
                 the
                 Fashion
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 wore
                 their
                 Cloaths
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bartholomew
                 Fair
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Hope
               on
               the
               
                 Bank-side
                 ,
                 Oct.
              
               31.
               in
               the
               Year
               1614.
               by
               the
               Lady
               
               Elizabeth's
               Servants
               ,
               and
               then
               dedicated
               to
               King
               James
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
               This
               Play
               has
               frequently
               
               appear'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               since
               the
               Restauration
               ,
               with
               great
               applause
               .
            
             
               
                 Cataline
                 his
                 Conspiracy
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               first
               acted
               in
               the
               Year
               1611.
               by
               the
               Kings
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               with
               Allowance
               from
               the
               Master
               of
               the
               Revels
               ;
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               great
               Example
               of
               Honour
               and
               Virtue
               ,
               the
               most
               Noble
               William
               Earl
               of
               Pembroke
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               still
               in
               Vogue
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               and
               always
               presented
               with
               success
               .
               It
               was
               so
               well
               approv'd
               of
               by
               the
               Judicious
               Beaumont
               ,
               that
               he
               writ
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               in
               praise
               of
               it
               ,
               which
               the
               Reader
               may
               find
               before
               our
               Authors
               Works
               .
               Nevertheless
               I
               must
               take
               notice
               that
               Mr.
               Johnson
               has
               borrow'd
               very
               much
               from
               the
               Ancients
               in
               this
               Tragedy
               ;
               as
               for
               Instance
               ,
               part
               of
               
               Sylla's
               Ghost
               ,
               in
               the
               very
               Entrance
               of
               the
               Play
               ,
               is
               copy'd
               from
               the
               Ghost
               of
               Tantalus
               ,
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               
               Seneca's
               Thyestes
               .
               Thus
               our
               Author
               has
               translated
               a
               great
               part
               of
               
               Salust's
               History
               ,
               (
               tho'
               with
               great
               Judgment
               and
               Elegance
               )
               and
               inserted
               it
               into
               his
               Play.
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               
                 Salust
                 .
                 Plutarch
              
               in
               the
               Life
               of
               
                 Cicero
                 .
                 Florus
              
               Lib.
               4.
               
               C.
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 Challenge
                 at
                 Tilt
              
               ,
               at
               a
               Marriage
               ,
               a
               Masque
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
            
             
               
                 Christmass
                 his
                 Masque
              
               ,
               presented
               at
               Court
               1516.
               printed
               Fol
               Lond.
               1640.
               
            
             
               Cloridia
               ,
               or
               Rites
               to
               Cloris
               ,
               and
               her
               Nymphs
               personated
               in
               a
               Masque
               at
               Court
               ,
               by
               the
               Queens
               Majesty
               and
               her
               Ladies
               at
               Shrove-tide
               ,
               1630.
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
               The
               Inventors
               of
               this
               Masque
               were
               Mr.
               Johnson
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
                 Inigo
                 Jones
              
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Cynthia's
                 Revels
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Fountain
                 of
                 Self-love
              
               ,
               a
               Comical
               Satyr
               ,
               first
               acted
               in
               the
               Year
               1600.
               by
               the
               then
               Children
               of
               Queen
               
               Elizabeth's
               Chappel
               ,
               with
               the
               Allowance
               of
               the
               Master
               of
               the
               Revels
               ,
               printed
               Folio
               ,
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Special
               Fountain
               of
               Manners
               ,
               
                 The
                 Court.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Devil
                 is
                 an
                 Ass
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               in
               the
               Year
               1616.
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1641.
               
               Tho'
               our
               Author
               seldome
               borrows
               any
               part
               of
               his
               Plot
               ;
               yet
               in
               this
               Play
               ,
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               ,
               
               Wittipol's
               giving
               his
               Cloak
               to
               Fitz-dotterel
               to
               court
               his
               Wife
               one
               quarter
               of
               an
               Hour
               ,
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Novel
               in
               Boccace
               ,
               Day
               3.
               
               Nov.
               5.
               
            
             
               
                 Entertainment
                 of
                 King
              
               James
               ,
               
                 in
                 passing
                 to
                 his
                 Coronation
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
               This
               Entertainment
               was
               mention'd
               ,
               I
               suppose
               by
               the
               Compilers
               of
               former
               Catalogues
               ,
               because
               it
               consists
               of
               Speeches
               of
               Gratulation
               (
               as
               the
               Author
               stiles
               them
               )
               which
               were
               spoke
               to
               his
               Majesty
               at
               
                 Fen-Church
                 ,
                 Temple-Bar
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Strand
               :
               and
               therefore
               besides
               the
               presidents
               of
               former
               Catalogues
               ,
               which
               might
               in
               part
               justify
               me
               ,
               I
               might
               be
               blam'd
               should
               I
               omit
               it
               .
               The
               Author
               has
               plac'd
               a
               Comment
               throughout
               to
               illustrate
               and
               authorise
               his
               Contrivance
               .
            
             
               Entertainment
               in
               private
               of
               the
               King
               and
               Queen
               on
               May-day
               in
               the
               Morning
               ,
               at
               Sir
               William
               Cornwallis's
               House
               at
               High-gate
               ,
               1604.
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
            
             
               Entertainment
               of
               King
               James
               and
               Queen
               Anne
               at
               Theobalds
               ,
               when
               the
               House
               was
               deliver'd
               up
               ,
               with
               the
               possession
               ,
               to
               the
               Queen
               ,
               
               by
               the
               Earl
               of
               
                 Salisbury
                 ,
                 May
              
               22.
               1607.
               
               The
               Prince
               of
               Janvile
               ,
               Brother
               to
               the
               Duke
               of
               Guise
               ,
               being
               then
               present
               ,
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
            
             
               Entertainment
               in
               particular
               of
               the
               Queen
               and
               Prince
               ,
               their
               Highnesses
               ,
               at
               Althrope
               ,
               at
               the
               Lord
               
               Spencer's
               ,
               on
               Saturday
               being
               the
               Twenty-fifth
               of
               June
               1603.
               as
               they
               came
               first
               into
               the
               Kingdome
               ,
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
            
             
               Entertainment
               of
               the
               Two
               Kings
               of
               Great
               Brittain
               ,
               and
               Denmark
               ,
               at
               
                 Theobalds
                 ,
                 July
              
               24
               th
               1606.
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
               This
               Entertainment
               is
               very
               short
               ,
               and
               consists
               chiefly
               of
               Epigrams
               .
            
             
               
                 Every
                 Man
                 in
                 his
                 Humour
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               in
               the
               Year
               1598.
               by
               the
               then
               Lord
               
               Chamberlain's
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Most
               Learned
               ,
               and
               his
               Honour'd
               Friend
               Mr.
               
                 Cambden
                 ,
                 Clarencieux
              
               .
               This
               Play
               has
               been
               reviv'd
               since
               the
               Civil
               Wars
               ,
               and
               was
               receiv'd
               with
               general
               Applause
               .
               There
               is
               a
               new
               Epilogue
               writ
               for
               this
               Play
               ,
               the
               latter
               part
               of
               which
               is
               spoken
               by
               Ben
               Johnson's
               Ghost
               .
               The
               Reader
               may
               find
               it
               in
               a
               Collection
               of
               Poems
               on
               several
               Occasions
               ,
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1673.
               
               See
               pag.
               29.
               
            
             
               
                 Every
                 Man
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 Humour
                 ,
              
               a
               Comical
               Satyr
               ;
               first
               acted
               in
               the
               Year
               1599.
               by
               the
               then
               Lord
               
               Chamberlain's
               Servants
               ;
               with
               allowance
               of
               the
               Master
               of
               the
               Revels
               :
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Noblest
               Nurseries
               of
               Humanity
               ,
               and
               Liberty
               in
               the
               Kingdome
               ,
               
                 The
                 Inns
                 of
                 Court.
              
               This
               Play
               was
               reviv'd
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               in
               the
               Year
               1675.
               at
               which
               time
               a
               new
               Prologue
               ,
               and
               Epilogue
               were
               spoken
               
               by
               
                 Jo.
                 Heyns
              
               ,
               which
               were
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Duffet
               .
               See
               his
               Poems
               8
               
               o.
               pag.
               72.
               &c.
               
               This
               is
               accounted
               an
               excellent
               Old
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Fortunate
                 Isles
              
               ,
               and
               their
               Union
               celebrated
               in
               a
               Masque
               design'd
               for
               the
               Court
               ,
               on
               the
               Twelfth-Night
               ,
               1626.
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1641.
               
            
             
               
                 Golden
                 Age
                 restor'd
              
               ,
               in
               a
               Masque
               at
               Court
               ,
               1615.
               by
               the
               Lords
               and
               Gentlemen
               the
               King's
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1641.
               
            
             
               Hymenaei
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Solemnities
                 of
                 a
                 Masque
                 and
                 Barriers
                 at
                 a
                 Marriage
              
               ;
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
               To
               this
               Masque
               are
               annext
               ,
               by
               the
               Author
               ,
               Learned
               Notes
               in
               the
               Margin
               ,
               for
               illustration
               of
               the
               Ancient
               Greek
               ,
               and
               Roman
               Customs
               .
            
             
               
                 Irish
                 Masque
                 at
                 Court
              
               ,
               by
               Gentlemen
               the
               King's
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
            
             
               
                 King's
                 Entertainment
                 at
              
               Welbeck
               
                 in
                 Nottingham-shire
              
               ,
               a
               House
               of
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               William
               Earl
               of
               Newcastle
               ,
               at
               his
               going
               into
               Scotland
               ,
               1633.
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
            
             
               
                 Love
                 free'd
                 from
                 Ignorance
                 and
                 Folly
                 ,
              
               a
               Masque
               of
               her
               Majesties
               ,
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
            
             
               
                 Love
                 Restor'd
              
               ,
               in
               a
               Masque
               at
               Court
               ,
               by
               Gentlemen
               the
               King's
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
            
             
               
                 Love's
                 Triumph
                 thro'
                 Callipolis
              
               ;
               perform'd
               in
               a
               Masque
               at
               Court
               ,
               1630.
               by
               his
               Majesty
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               with
               the
               Lords
               and
               Gentlemen
               Assisting
               :
               the
               Inventors
               being
               Mr.
               Johnson
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
                 Inigo
                 Jones
              
               :
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1641.
               
            
             
               
                 Love's
                 Welcome
              
               ;
               the
               King
               and
               Queen's
               Entertainment
               at
               Bolsover
               ,
               at
               the
               Earl
               of
               
               Newcastle's
               ;
               the
               30
               th
               of
               July
               ,
               1634.
               and
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1641.
               
            
             
             
               
                 Magnetick
                 Lady
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Humours
                 Reconcil'd
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Black-fryars
               ,
               and
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               generally
               esteem'd
               an
               Excellent
               Play
               :
               tho'
               in
               those
               days
               it
               found
               some
               Enemies
               ;
               amongst
               which
               Dr.
               Gill
               Master
               of
               Pauls
               School
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               his
               Son
               ,
               writ
               a
               Satyr
               against
               it
               :
               part
               of
               which
               (
               the
               whole
               being
               too
               long
               )
               I
               shall
               take
               the
               pains
               to
               transcribe
               .
            
             
               
                 But
                 to
                 advise
                 thee
                 Ben
                 ,
                 in
                 this
                 strist
                 Age
                 ,
              
               
                 A
                 Brick-kill's
                 better
                 for
                 thee
                 than
                 a
                 Stage
                 .
              
               
                 Thou
                 better
                 know'st
                 a
                 Groundsil
                 for
                 to
                 lay
                 ,
              
               
                 Then
                 lay
                 the
                 Plot
                 or
                 Ground-work
                 of
                 a
                 Play
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 better
                 can'st
                 direct
                 to
                 Cap
                 a
                 Chimney
                 ,
              
               
                 Then
                 to
                 converse
                 with
                 Clio
                 ,
                 or
                 Polyhimny
                 .
              
               
                 Fall
                 then
                 to
                 work
                 in
                 thy
                 old
                 Age
                 agen
                 ,
              
               
                 Take
                 up
                 thy
                 Trug
                 and
                 Trowel
                 ,
                 gentle
                 Ben
                 ,
              
               
                 Let
                 Plays
                 alone
                 :
                 or
                 if
                 thou
                 needs
                 will
                 write
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 thrust
                 thy
                 feeble
                 Muse
                 into
                 the
                 light
                 ;
              
               
                 Let
                 Lowen
                 cease
                 ,
                 and
                 Taylor
                 scorn
                 to
                 touch
              
               
                 The
                 loathed
                 Stage
                 ,
                 for
                 thou
                 hast
                 made
                 it
                 such
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               to
               shew
               how
               fiercely
               Ben
               could
               repartee
               on
               any
               one
               that
               had
               abus'd
               him
               ,
               I
               will
               present
               the
               Reader
               with
               his
               answer
               .
            
             
               
                 Shall
                 the
                 prosperity
                 of
                 a
                 Pardon
                 still
              
               
                 Secure
                 thy
                 railing
                 Rhymes
                 ,
                 infamous
                 Gill
                 ,
              
               
                 At
                 libelling
                 ?
                 Shall
                 no
                 Star-Chamber
                 Peers
                 ,
              
               
                 Pillory
                 ,
                 nor
                 Whip
                 ,
                 nor
                 want
                 of
                 Ears
                 ,
              
               
                 All
                 which
                 thou
                 hast
                 incurr'd
                 deservedly
                 :
              
               
                 Nor
                 Degradation
                 from
                 the
                 Ministry
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 be
                 the
                 Denis
                 of
                 thy
                 Father's
                 School
                 ,
              
               
                 Keep
                 in
                 thy
                 bawling
                 Wit
                 ,
                 thou
                 bawling
                 Fool.
              
               
               
                 Thinking
                 to
                 stir
                 me
                 ,
                 thou
                 hast
                 lost
                 thy
                 End
                 ,
              
               
                 I
                 'll
                 laugh
                 at
                 thee
                 poor
                 wretched
                 Tike
                 ,
                 go
                 send
              
               
                 Thy
                 blotant
                 Muse
                 abroad
                 ,
                 and
                 teach
                 it
                 rather
              
               
                 A
                 Tune
                 to
                 drown
                 the
                 Ballads
                 of
                 thy
                 Father
                 :
              
               
                 For
                 thou
                 hast
                 nought
                 to
                 cure
                 his
                 Fame
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 Tune
                 and
                 Noise
                 the
                 Eccho
                 of
                 his
                 Shame
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 Rogue
                 by
                 Statute
                 ,
                 censur'd
                 to
                 be
                 whipt
                 ,
              
               
                 Cropt
                 ,
                 branded
                 ,
                 slit
                 ,
                 neck-stockt
                 ;
                 go
                 ,
                 you
                 are
                 stript
                 .
              
            
             
               Masque
               at
               the
               Lord
               Viscount
               
               Hadington's
               Marriage
               at
               Court
               ,
               on
               Shrove-Tuesday
               at
               Night
               1608.
               and
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
            
             
               
                 Masque
                 of
                 Augurs
              
               ,
               with
               several
               Antimasques
               ,
               presented
               on
               Twelfth-night
               1622.
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
            
             
               
                 Masque
                 of
                 Owls
              
               at
               Kenelworth
               ,
               presented
               by
               the
               Ghost
               of
               Captain
               Coxe
               ,
               mounted
               on
               his
               Hobby-horse
               ,
               1626.
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
            
             
               
                 Masque
                 of
                 Queens
              
               ,
               celebrated
               from
               the
               House
               of
               Fame
               ,
               by
               the
               Queen
               of
               
                 Great
                 Britain
              
               with
               her
               Ladies
               ,
               at
               
                 Whitehall
                 ,
                 Febr.
              
               2.
               1609.
               
               This
               Masque
               is
               adorned
               with
               learned
               Notes
               ,
               for
               the
               Explanation
               of
               the
               Author's
               Design
               .
               He
               was
               assisted
               in
               the
               Invention
               and
               Architecture
               of
               the
               Scenes
               throughout
               ,
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Inigo
                 Jones
              
               .
            
             
               Masque
               presented
               in
               the
               House
               of
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Lord
               Haye
               ,
               by
               divers
               of
               Noble
               Quality
               his
               Friends
               ;
               for
               the
               Entertainment
               of
               Monsieur
               
                 Le
                 Baron
                 de
                 Tour
              
               ,
               Extraordinary
               Ambassador
               for
               the
               French
               King
               ;
               on
               Saturday
               the
               22.
               of
               Febr.
               1617.
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1617.
               
            
             
               
                 Metamorphos'd
                 Gypsies
              
               ,
               a
               Masque
               thrice
               presented
               to
               King
               James
               :
               first
               at
               Burleigh
               on
               the
               
               Hill
               ;
               next
               at
               Belvoyr
               ;
               and
               lastly
               at
               Windsor
               ,
               in
               August
               1621.
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1641.
               
            
             
               Mercury
               Vindicated
               from
               the
               Alchymists
               at
               Court
               ,
               by
               Gentlemen
               the
               King's
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
            
             
               
                 Mortimer's
                 Fall
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               or
               rather
               a
               Fragment
               ,
               it
               being
               just
               begun
               ,
               and
               left
               imperfect
               by
               his
               Death
               :
               tho'
               the
               Reader
               may
               see
               the
               Model
               of
               each
               Act
               ,
               by
               the
               Argument
               publisht
               before
               it
               ,
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
            
             
               Neptune's
               
                 Triumph
                 for
                 the
                 Return
                 of
              
               Albion
               ,
               celebrated
               in
               a
               Masque
               at
               Court
               ,
               on
               the
               Twelfth-Night
               1644.
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1641.
               
            
             
               
                 News
                 from
                 the
                 New
                 World
                 discovered
                 in
                 the
                 Moon
                 ,
              
               a
               Masque
               presented
               at
               Court
               before
               King
               James
               1620.
               and
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1641.
               
            
             
               Oberon
               ,
               the
               
                 Fairy
                 Prince
              
               ,
               a
               Masque
               of
               Prince
               Henries
               ,
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
               On
               this
               Play
               the
               Author
               has
               writ
               Annotations
               .
            
             
               Pan's
               Anniversary
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Shepherd's
                 Holy-day
              
               ;
               a
               Masque
               presented
               at
               Court
               before
               King
               James
               1625.
               and
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1641.
               
               In
               the
               Decorations
               our
               Author
               was
               assisted
               by
               the
               above
               mention'd
               Mr.
               Jones
               .
            
             
               
                 Pleasure
                 reconcil'd
                 to
                 Virtue
              
               ,
               a
               Masque
               presented
               at
               Court
               before
               King
               James
               ,
               1619.
               to
               which
               were
               made
               some
               Additions
               for
               
                 the
                 Honour
                 of
                 Wales
              
               .
               This
               in
               former
               Catalogues
               was
               mention'd
               as
               a
               Masque
               distinct
               from
               the
               other
               .
            
             
               Poetaster
               ,
               or
               His
               Arraignment
               ,
               a
               Comical
               Satyr
               ,
               first
               acted
               in
               the
               Year
               1601.
               by
               the
               then
               Children
               of
               his
               Majesties
               Chappel
               ,
               with
               the
               Allowance
               of
               the
               Master
               of
               the
               Revels
               ;
               printed
               
               fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Vertuous
               and
               his
               Worthy
               Friend
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Richard
                 Martin
              
               .
               I
               have
               already
               spoken
               of
               this
               Play
               in
               the
               Account
               of
               
                 Decker's
                 Satyromastix
              
               ;
               and
               I
               must
               further
               add
               ,
               I
               heartily
               wish
               for
               our
               Author's
               Reputation
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               not
               been
               the
               Agressor
               in
               this
               Quarrel
               ;
               but
               being
               altogether
               ignorant
               of
               the
               Provocations
               given
               him
               ,
               I
               must
               suspend
               my
               Judgment
               ,
               and
               leave
               it
               to
               better
               Judges
               to
               determine
               the
               Controversy
               .
               Our
               Author
               has
               adorn'd
               this
               Play
               with
               several
               Translations
               from
               the
               Ancients
               ,
               as
               
                 Ovid.
                 Amor.
              
               lib.
               1.
               
               Eleg.
               15.
               
               
                 Horatii
                 Sat.
              
               lib.
               1.
               
               Sat.
               9.
               lib.
               2.
               
               Sat.
               1.
               
               
                 Virgilii
                 AEneid
              
               .
               lib.
               4.
               with
               others
               .
            
             
               
               Queen's
               Masques
               ;
               the
               first
               of
               Blackness
               ,
               personated
               at
               the
               Court
               at
               Whitehall
               ,
               on
               the
               Twelfth-Night
               1605.
               the
               second
               of
               Beauty
               ,
               was
               presented
               in
               the
               same
               Court
               at
               Whitehall
               ,
               on
               the
               Sunday
               Night
               after
               the
               Twelfth-Night
               1608.
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
            
             
               
                 Sad
                 Shepherd
              
               ,
               or
               
                 A
                 Tale
                 of
              
               Robin
               Hood
               ;
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1641.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               left
               imperfect
               ,
               there
               being
               but
               two
               Acts
               ,
               and
               part
               of
               the
               third
               finisht
               .
            
             
               
               Sejanus's
               Fall
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               first
               acted
               in
               the
               Year
               1603.
               by
               the
               Kings
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               with
               the
               Allowance
               of
               the
               Master
               of
               the
               Revells
               ,
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               No
               less
               Noble
               by
               Virtue
               than
               Blood
               ,
               Esme
               Lord
               Aubigny
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               generally
               commended
               by
               all
               Lovers
               of
               Poetry
               ;
               and
               usher'd
               into
               the
               World
               by
               nine
               Copys
               of
               Verses
               ,
               one
               of
               which
               was
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               
                 George
                 Chapman
              
               .
               'T
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               ;
               and
               the
               Author
               in
               a
               former
               Edition
               ,
               
               published
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1605.
               has
               printed
               Quotations
               throughout
               ;
               the
               Reasons
               whereof
               take
               in
               his
               own
               Words
               ,
               (
               being
               part
               of
               the
               Preface
               to
               that
               Edition
               )
               h
               
                 The
                 next
                 is
                 ,
                 least
                 in
                 some
                 nice
                 Nostrils
                 ,
                 the
                 Quotations
                 might
                 favour
                 affected
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 let
                 you
                 know
                 ,
                 That
                 I
                 abhor
                 nothing
                 more
                 ;
                 and
                 have
                 only
                 done
                 it
                 to
                 shew
                 my
                 Integrity
                 in
                 the
                 Story
                 ,
                 and
                 save
                 my self
                 in
                 those
                 common
                 Torturers
                 ,
                 that
                 bring
                 all
                 Wit
                 to
                 the
                 Rack
                 :
                 whose
                 Noses
                 are
                 ever
                 like
                 Swine
                 ,
                 spoiling
                 and
                 rooting
                 up
                 the
                 Muses
                 Gardens
                 ;
                 and
                 their
                 whole
                 Bodies
                 like
                 Moles
                 ,
                 as
                 blindly
                 working
                 under
                 Earth
                 ,
                 to
                 cast
                 any
                 ,
                 the
                 least
                 hills
                 ,
                 upon
                 Vertue
                 .
              
               For
               the
               Story
               ,
               the
               Reader
               may
               consult
               
               Tacitus's
               Annals
               ,
               lib.
               3
               ,
               4
               ,
               5.
               
               Suetonius
               in
               the
               Life
               of
               
                 Tiberius
                 .
                 Dion
              
               .
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Silent
                 Woman
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               first
               acted
               in
               the
               Year
               1609.
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               her
               Majesties
               Revels
               ,
               with
               the
               Allowance
               of
               the
               Master
               of
               the
               Revels
               ;
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               truly
               Noble
               ,
               by
               all
               Titles
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Francis
                 Stuart
              
               .
               Part
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               Ancients
               ,
               as
               Act
               1.
               
               Sc.
               1.
               part
               from
               
                 Ovid
                 de
                 Arte
                 Amandi
              
               .
               Act
               2
               Sc.
               2.
               part
               from
               
                 Juvenal
                 .
                 Sat.
              
               6.
               
               Act
               2.
               
               Sc.
               5.
               part
               from
               
               Plautus's
               Aulularia
               Act
               3.
               
               Sc.
               5.
               with
               other
               passages
               .
               Notwithstanding
               which
               ,
               this
               Play
               is
               Accounted
               by
               all
               ,
               One
               of
               the
               best
               Comedies
               we
               have
               extant
               ;
               and
               those
               who
               would
               know
               more
               ,
               may
               be
               amply
               satisfied
               by
               the
               perusal
               of
               the
               judicious
               Examen
               of
               this
               Play
               made
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               i
               .
            
             
               
                 Speeches
                 at
                 Prince
              
               Henry's
               Barriers
               ,
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
               These
               Speeches
               being
               printed
               
               amongst
               his
               other
               Masques
               ,
               and
               always
               reckoned
               under
               that
               Species
               of
               Poetry
               ,
               by
               others
               ,
               in
               former
               Catalogues
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               omit
               their
               Mention
               in
               this
               place
               .
            
             
               
                 Staple
                 of
                 News
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               in
               the
               Year
               1625.
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1631.
               
               The
               Author
               introduces
               four
               Gossips
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               who
               continue
               during
               the
               Action
               ,
               and
               criticise
               on
               the
               Play.
               This
               was
               practised
               more
               than
               once
               ;
               witness
               ,
               
                 Every
                 man
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 Humor
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Magnetick
                 Lady
              
               :
               and
               herein
               he
               was
               follow'd
               by
               Fletcher
               ,
               (
               as
               I
               have
               already
               observ'd
               k
               )
               in
               His
               
                 Knight
                 of
                 the
                 Burning-pestle
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Tale
                 of
                 a
                 Tub
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               printed
               ,
               fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
            
             
               
                 Time
                 vindicated
                 to
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 his
                 Honours
              
               ;
               a
               Masque
               ,
               presented
               at
               Court
               on
               Twelfth-Night
               1623.
               and
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1641.
               
            
             
               
                 Vission
                 of
                 Delight
              
               ,
               a
               Masque
               presented
               at
               Court
               ,
               in
               Christmas
               1617.
               and
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1641.
               
            
             
               Vulpone
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Fox
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ;
               first
               acted
               in
               the
               Year
               1605.
               by
               the
               Kings
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               with
               the
               Allowance
               of
               the
               Master
               of
               the
               Revells
               ;
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               both
               Universities
               in
               the
               following
               form
               :
               
                 To
                 the
                 most
                 Noble
                 and
                 most
                 Equal
                 Sisters
                 ,
                 the
                 two
                 Famous
                 Universities
                 ;
                 for
                 their
                 Love
                 and
                 Acceptance
                 shewn
                 to
                 his
                 Poem
                 in
                 the
                 Presentation
                 ,
                 
                   Ben.
                   Johnson
                
                 the
                 grateful
                 Acknowledger
                 ,
                 dedicates
                 both
                 it
                 and
                 himself
                 .
              
               This
               Play
               is
               writ
               in
               Imitation
               of
               the
               Comedy
               of
               the
               
               Ancients
               ,
               and
               the
               Argument
               is
               form'd
               into
               an
               Acrostick
               ,
               like
               those
               of
               Plautus
               ,
               which
               are
               said
               to
               be
               writ
               by
               Priscian
               ,
               or
               some
               other
               Eminent
               Grammarian
               .
               It
               is
               still
               in
               vogue
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               Dorset-Garden
               ,
               and
               its
               value
               is
               sufficiently
               manifested
               by
               the
               Verses
               of
               Mr.
               Beaumont
               ,
               and
               Dr.
               Donne
               .
            
             
               All
               these
               Plays
               with
               several
               other
               Poems
               and
               Translations
               ,
               and
               an
               English
               Grammar
               ,
               are
               printed
               together
               in
               two
               Volumes
               in
               Folio
               .
            
             
               He
               has
               three
               other
               Plays
               ,
               which
               are
               omitted
               in
               these
               Volumes
               ,
               tho'
               for
               what
               reason
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ;
               two
               of
               which
               are
               printed
               in
               4
               
               o.
               and
               the
               third
               in
               8
               
               o.
               of
               which
               we
               are
               now
               to
               speak
               .
            
             
               
                 Case
                 is
                 alter'd
              
               ,
               a
               pleasant
               Comedy
               ,
               sundry
               times
               acted
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               the
               Black-fryars
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1609.
               
               In
               this
               Comedy
               our
               Author
               hath
               very
               much
               made
               use
               of
               Plautus
               ,
               as
               the
               Learned
               Reader
               may
               observe
               by
               comparing
               His
               Aulularia
               ,
               and
               Capteivei
               ,
               with
               this
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               Widow
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Private
               House
               in
               Black-fryars
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               by
               his
               late
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1652.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Johnson
               ,
               Mr.
               Fletcher
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Middleton
               ,
               and
               first
               publisht
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Alexander
                 Gough
              
               ,
               a
               great
               lover
               of
               Plays
               ,
               who
               helpt
               Mr.
               Mosely
               the
               Bookseller
               to
               this
               ,
               and
               several
               other
               Dramatick
               Manuscripts
               ,
               as
               the
               
                 Passionate
                 Lovers
              
               2.
               parts
               ;
               
                 The
                 Queen
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Excellency
                 of
                 her
                 Sex
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               It
               was
               reviv'd
               not
               many
               Years
               ago
               ,
               at
               the
               King's
               House
               ,
               with
               a
               new
               Prologue
               and
               Epilogue
               ,
               which
               the
               Reader
               may
               find
               in
               
                 London
                 Drollery
              
               ,
               p.
               11
               ,
               12.
               
            
             
             
               New-Inn
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Light
                 Heart
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               never
               acted
               ,
               but
               most
               negligently
               play'd
               by
               some
               the
               Kings
               Servants
               ;
               and
               more
               squeamishly
               beheld
               ,
               and
               censured
               by
               others
               ,
               the
               Kings
               Subjects
               1629.
               
               Now
               at
               last
               set
               at
               liberty
               to
               the
               Readers
               ,
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               and
               Subjects
               ,
               to
               be
               judg'd
               ;
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1631.
               
            
             
               The
               Reader
               may
               see
               by
               this
               Title-page
               ,
               that
               the
               Play
               succeeded
               not
               answerable
               to
               our
               Author's
               Expectation
               ,
               and
               the
               just
               Merit
               (
               as
               he
               thought
               )
               of
               his
               Play
               :
               which
               may
               be
               conjectured
               ,
               from
               the
               Ode
               which
               he
               publisht
               at
               the
               End
               of
               this
               Play
               ;
               which
               as
               being
               pertinent
               to
               our
               purpose
               ,
               I
               shall
               transcribe
               at
               large
               .
            
             
               The
               just
               Indignation
               the
               Author
               took
               at
               the
               Vulgar
               Censure
               of
               his
               Play
               ,
               begat
               this
               following
               Ode
               to
               himself
               .
            
             
               
                 Come
                 ,
                 leave
                 the
                 loathed
                 Stage
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 the
                 more
                 loathsome
                 Age
                 :
              
               
                 Where
                 Pride
                 and
                 Impudence
                 (
                 in
                 fashion
                 knit
                 )
              
               
                 Usurp
                 the
                 Chair
                 of
                 Wit
                 !
              
               
                 Inditing
                 and
                 arraigning
                 every
                 day
              
               
                 Something
                 they
                 call
                 a
                 Play.
              
               
                 Let
                 their
                 fastidious
                 ,
                 vaine
              
               
                 Commission
                 of
                 the
                 Braine
              
               
                 Run
                 on
                 ,
                 and
                 rage
                 ,
                 sweat
                 ,
                 censure
                 ,
                 and
                 condemn
                 :
              
               
                 They
                 were
                 not
                 made
                 for
                 thee
                 ,
                 less
                 thou
                 for
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Say
                 that
                 thou
                 pour'st
                 them
                 Wheat
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 they
                 will
                 Acorns
                 eat
                 :
              
               
                 'T
                 were
                 simple
                 fury
                 ,
                 still
                 ,
                 thy self
                 to
                 waste
              
               
                 On
                 such
                 as
                 have
                 no
                 taste
                 !
              
               
                 To
                 offer
                 them
                 a
                 surfet
                 of
                 pure
                 bread
                 ,
              
               
                 Whose
                 appetites
                 are
                 dead
                 !
              
               
               
                 No
                 ,
                 give
                 them
                 Graines
                 their
                 fill
                 ,
              
               
                 Husks
                 ,
                 Draff
                 ,
                 to
                 drink
                 ,
                 and
                 swill
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 they
                 love
                 Lees
                 ,
                 and
                 leave
                 the
                 lusty
                 Wine
                 ,
              
               
                 Envy
                 them
                 not
                 their
                 palate
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Swine
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 No
                 doubt
                 some
                 mouldy
                 Tale
                 ,
              
               
                 Like
                 Pericles
                 l
                 ;
                 and
                 stale
              
               
                 As
                 the
                 Shrieve's
                 Crusts
                 ,
                 and
                 nasty
                 as
                 his
                 Fish
                 —
              
               
                 scraps
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 every
                 Dish
                 ,
              
               
                 Thrown
                 forth
                 ,
                 and
                 rak't
                 into
                 the
                 Common-tub
                 ,
              
               
                 May
                 keep
                 up
                 the
                 Play-Club
                 :
              
               
                 There
                 ,
                 Sweepings
                 do
                 as
                 well
              
               
                 As
                 the
                 best
                 order'd
                 Meale
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 ,
                 who
                 the
                 Relish
                 of
                 these
                 Guests
                 will
                 fit
                 ,
              
               
                 Needs
                 set
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 The
                 Almes-basket
                 of
                 Wit.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 And
                 much
                 good
                 do
                 't
                 you
                 then
                 :
              
               
                 Brave
                 Plush
                 ,
                 and
                 Velvet
                 Men
                 ;
              
               
                 Can
                 feed
                 on
                 Orts
                 :
                 And
                 safe
                 in
                 your
                 Stage-clothes
                 ,
              
               
                 Dare
                 Quit
                 upon
                 your
                 Oathes
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 Stagers
                 ,
                 &
                 the
                 Stage-wrights
                 too
                 (
                 your
                 Peers
                 )
              
               
                 Of
                 larding
                 your
                 large
                 Ears
              
               
                 With
                 their
                 foul
                 Comick
                 Socks
                 ;
              
               
                 Wrought
                 upon
                 twenty
                 Blocks
                 :
              
               
                 Which
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 're
                 torn
                 ,
                 &
                 turn'd
                 &
                 patcht
                 enough
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 Gamesters
                 share
                 your
                 guilt
                 ,
                 &
                 you
                 their
                 stuff
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Leave
                 things
                 so
                 prostitute
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 take
                 the
                 Alcaeick
                 Lute
                 ;
              
               
                 Or
                 thine
                 own
                 Horace
                 ,
                 or
                 
                 Anacreon's
                 Lyre
                 ;
              
               
                 Warm
                 thee
                 by
                 
                 Pindar's
                 fire
                 :
              
               
                 And
                 tho'
                 thy
                 Nerves
                 be
                 shrunk
                 ,
                 and
                 Blood
                 be
                 cold
                 ,
              
               
                 E're
                 Years
                 have
                 made
                 thee
                 old
                 ;
              
               
                 Strike
                 that
                 disdainful
                 Heat
              
               
                 Throughout
                 ,
                 to
                 their
                 defeat
                 :
              
               
               
                 As
                 curious
                 Fools
                 ,
                 and
                 envious
                 of
                 thy
                 Strain
                 ,
              
               
                 May
                 ,
                 blushing
                 ,
                 swear
                 no
                 Palsy's
                 in
                 thy
                 Brain
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 But
                 when
                 they
                 hear
                 thee
                 sing
              
               
                 The
                 Glories
                 of
                 thy
                 King
                 ,
              
               
                 His
                 zeal
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 just
                 awe
                 o're
                 Men
                 ;
              
               
                 They
                 may
                 blood
                 shaken
                 then
                 ,
              
               
                 Feel
                 such
                 a
                 Flesh-quake
                 to
                 possess
                 their
                 powers
                 ;
              
               
                 As
                 they
                 shall
                 cry
                 like
                 ours
              
               
                 In
                 sound
                 of
                 Peace
                 ,
                 or
                 Wars
                 ,
              
               
                 No
                 Harp
                 ere
                 hit
                 the
                 Stars
                 ,
              
               
                 In
                 tuning
                 forth
                 the
                 Acts
                 of
                 his
                 sweet
                 raign
                 :
              
               
                 And
                 raising
                 Charles
                 his
                 Chariot
                 'bove
                 his
                 Wain
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               Ode
               sufficiently
               shews
               what
               a
               high
               Opinion
               our
               Author
               has
               of
               his
               own
               Performances
               ;
               and
               like
               Aristotle
               in
               Philosophy
               ,
               and
               
                 Peter
                 Lombard
              
               ,
               (
               The
               Master
               of
               the
               Sentences
               )
               in
               School-Divinity
               ;
               our
               Ben.
               lookt
               upon
               himself
               as
               the
               only
               Master
               of
               Poetry
               ;
               and
               thought
               it
               the
               Duty
               of
               the
               Age
               ,
               rather
               to
               submit
               to
               ,
               than
               dispute
               ,
               much
               less
               oppose
               his
               Judgment
               .
               'T
               was
               great
               pity
               ,
               that
               he
               that
               was
               so
               great
               a
               Master
               in
               Poetry
               ,
               should
               not
               retain
               that
               old
               Axiom
               in
               
                 Morality
                 ,
                 Nosce
                 Teipsum
              
               :
               a
               Sentence
               so
               highly
               admir'd
               by
               Juvenal
               m
               ,
               that
               he
               seems
               to
               think
               it
               above
               the
               Conception
               of
               Chilon
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
                 
                   —
                   è
                   coelo
                   descendit
                   ,
                   
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   Figendum
                   ,
                   &
                   memori
                   tractandum
                   pectore
                   .
                
              
               He
               had
               then
               prevented
               that
               sharp
               Reply
               made
               by
               the
               Ingenious
               Mr.
               Feltham
               ,
               to
               this
               Magisterial
               Ode
               ;
               and
               which
               could
               not
               chuse
               but
               vex
               
               a
               Person
               of
               our
               Author
               's
               Haughty
               Temper
               :
               but
               he
               was
               a
               Man
               ,
               and
               subject
               to
               Infirmities
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               others
               ;
               tho'
               abating
               for
               his
               too
               much
               abounding
               in
               his
               own
               Sence
               ,
               (
               an
               Epidemical
               Distemper
               belonging
               to
               the
               Fraternity
               of
               Parnassus
               )
               he
               had
               not
               his
               Equal
               in
               his
               Time
               for
               Poetry
               .
            
             
               Having
               presented
               the
               Reader
               with
               Mr.
               
               Johnson's
               Ode
               ,
               it
               may
               not
               be
               improper
               for
               me
               perhaps
               to
               transcribe
               ,
               nor
               unpleasant
               to
               him
               ,
               to
               peruse
               Mr.
               
               Feltham's
               Answer
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   An
                   Answer
                   to
                   the
                   Ode
                
                 ,
                 Come
                 leave
                 the
                 loathed
                 Stage
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 Come
                 leave
                 this
                 sawcy
                 way
              
               
                 Of
                 haiting
                 those
                 that
                 pay
              
               
                 Dear
                 for
                 the
                 sight
                 of
                 your
                 declining
                 Wit
                 :
              
               
                 'T
                 is
                 known
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 fit
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 a
                 Sale
                 Poet
                 ,
                 just
                 contempt
                 once
                 thrown
                 ,
              
               
                 Should
                 cry
                 up
                 thus
                 his
                 own
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 wonder
                 by
                 what
                 Dower
                 ,
              
               
                 Or
                 Patent
                 ,
                 you
                 had
                 power
              
               
                 From
                 all
                 to
                 rape
                 a
                 judgment
                 .
                 Let
                 't
                 suffice
                 ,
              
               
                 Had
                 you
                 been
                 modest
                 ,
                 y
                 'ad
                 been
                 granted
                 wise
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 'T
                 is
                 known
                 you
                 can
                 do
                 well
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 that
                 you
                 do
                 excell
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 a
                 Translator
                 :
                 But
                 when
                 things
                 require
              
               
                 A
                 Genius
                 ,
                 and
                 Fire
                 ,
              
               
                 Not
                 kindled
                 heretofore
                 by
                 others
                 pains
                 ;
              
               
                 As
                 oft
                 y'
                 ave
                 wanted
                 Brains
              
               
                 And
                 Art
                 to
                 strike
                 the
                 White
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 you
                 have
                 levell'd
                 right
                 :
              
               
                 Yet
                 if
                 Men
                 vouch
                 not
                 things
                 Apochryphal
                 ,
              
               
                 You
                 bellow
                 ,
                 rave
                 ,
                 and
                 spatter
                 round
                 your
                 Gall.
                 
              
            
             
               
               
                 
                   Jug
                   ,
                   Pierce
                   ,
                   Peek
                   ,
                   Fly
                
                 n
                 ,
                 and
                 all
              
               
                 Your
                 Jests
                 so
                 nominal
                 ,
              
               
                 Are
                 things
                 so
                 far
                 beneath
                 an
                 able
                 Brain
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 they
                 do
                 throw
                 a
                 Stain
              
               
                 Thro'
                 all
                 th
                 unlikely
                 Plot
                 ,
                 and
                 do
                 displease
              
               
                 As
                 deep
                 as
                 Pericles
                 .
              
               
                 Where
                 yet
                 there
                 is
                 not
                 laid
              
               
                 Before
                 a
                 Chamber-maid
              
               
                 Discourse
                 so
                 weigh'd
                 o
                 as
                 might
                 have
                 serv'd
                 of
                 old
              
               
                 For
                 Schools
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 of
                 Love
                 and
                 Valour
                 told
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Why
                 Rage
                 then
                 ?
                 when
                 the
                 Show
              
               
                 Should
                 Judgment
                 be
                 and
                 Know
                 —
                 p
              
               
                 ledge
                 ,
                 there
                 are
                 in
                 Plush
                 who
                 scorn
                 to
                 drudge
              
               
                 For
                 Stages
                 ,
                 yet
                 can
                 judge
              
               
                 Not
                 only
                 Poets
                 looser
                 Lines
                 ,
                 but
                 Wits
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 all
                 their
                 Perquisits
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 Gift
                 as
                 rich
                 ,
                 as
                 high
              
               
                 Is
                 Noble
                 Poesie
                 :
              
               
                 Yet
                 tho'
                 in
                 sport
                 it
                 be
                 for
                 Kings
                 a
                 Play
                 ,
              
               
                 'T
                 is
                 next
                 Mechanicks
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 works
                 for
                 pay
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Alcaeus
                 Lute
                 had
                 none
                 ,
              
               
                 Nor
                 loose
                 Anacreon
                 ,
              
               
                 Ere
                 taught
                 so
                 bold
                 assuming
                 of
                 the
                 Bays
                 ,
              
               
                 When
                 they
                 deserv'd
                 no
                 praise
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 rail
                 Men
                 into
                 Approbation
                 ,
              
               
                 Is
                 new
                 to
                 yours
                 alone
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 prospers
                 not
                 :
                 For
                 know
                 ,
              
               
                 Fame
                 is
                 as
                 coy
                 ,
                 as
                 you
              
               
                 Can
                 be
                 disdainful
                 ;
                 and
                 who
                 dares
                 to
                 prove
              
               
                 A
                 rape
                 on
                 her
                 ,
                 shall
                 gather
                 scorn
                 ,
                 not
                 Love.
                 
              
            
             
               
               
                 Leave
                 then
                 this
                 humour
                 vain
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 this
                 more
                 humorous
                 Strain
                 ,
              
               
                 Where
                 Self-conceit
                 ,
                 and
                 Choler
                 of
                 the
                 Blood
              
               
                 Eclipse
                 what
                 else
                 is
                 good
                 :
              
               
                 Then
                 if
                 you
                 please
                 those
                 Raptures
                 high
                 to
                 touch
                 ,
              
               
                 Whereof
                 you
                 boast
                 so
                 much
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 but
                 forbear
                 your
                 Crown
                 ,
              
               
                 Till
                 the
                 World
                 puts
                 it
                 on
                 :
              
               
                 No
                 doubt
                 from
                 all
                 you
                 may
                 amazement
                 draw
                 ,
              
               
                 Since
                 braver
                 Theme
                 no
                 Phoebus
                 ever
                 saw
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               Haughty
               Humour
               of
               Mr.
               Johnson
               was
               blam'd
               ,
               and
               carpt
               at
               by
               others
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Mr.
               Feltham
               :
               amongst
               the
               rest
               ,
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Suckling
              
               ,
               that
               Neat
               Facetious
               Wit
               ,
               arraign'd
               him
               at
               the
               Sessions
               of
               Poets
               q
               ;
               and
               had
               a
               fling
               at
               this
               Play
               in
               particular
               :
               tho'
               we
               may
               say
               ,
               compar'd
               to
               the
               former
               ,
               He
               did
               only
               
                 circum
                 praecordia
                 ludere
              
               ;
               laught
               at
               ,
               and
               railly
               his
               unreasonable
               Self-opinion
               ;
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               the
               following
               Lines
               :
               the
               first
               Stanza
               of
               which
               tho'
               already
               mention'd
               in
               the
               Account
               of
               Heywood
               ,
               I
               crave
               my
               Readers
               leave
               to
               repeat
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               read
               our
               Author's
               Character
               entire
               :
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     first
                     that
                     broke
                     silence
                     was
                     good
                     Old
                     Ben
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Prepar'd
                     before
                     with
                     Canary
                     Wine
                     ;
                  
                   
                     And
                     he
                     told
                     them
                     plainly
                     that
                     he
                     deserv'd
                     the
                     Bays
                     ,
                  
                   
                     For
                     his
                     were
                     call'd
                     Works
                     ,
                     where
                     others
                     were
                     but
                     Plays
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     And
                  
                   
                     Bid
                     them
                     remember
                     how
                     he
                     had
                     purg'd
                     the
                     Stage
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Errors
                     that
                     had
                     last
                     many
                     an
                     Age
                     :
                  
                   
                   
                     r
                     And
                     he
                     hop'd
                     they
                     did
                     not
                     think
                     ,
                     the
                     
                       Silent
                       Woman
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     The
                     Fox
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Alchymist
                     ,
                     out
                     done
                     by
                     no
                     Man.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Apollo
                     stopt
                     him
                     there
                     ,
                     and
                     bid
                     him
                     not
                     go
                     on
                     ,
                  
                   
                     'T
                     was
                     Merit
                     ,
                     he
                     said
                     ,
                     and
                     not
                     Presumption
                  
                   
                     Must
                     carry
                     't
                     ;
                     at
                     which
                     Ben.
                     turn'd
                     about
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     in
                     great
                     Choller
                     offer'd
                     to
                     go
                     out
                     :
                  
                
                 
                   
                     But
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Those
                     that
                     were
                     there
                     ,
                     thought
                     it
                     not
                     fit
                  
                   
                     To
                     discontent
                     so
                     ancient
                     a
                     Wit
                     ;
                  
                   
                     And
                     therefore
                     Apollo
                     call'd
                     him
                     back
                     agen
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     made
                     him
                     mine
                     Host
                     of
                     his
                     own
                     New-Inn
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               I
               know
               nothing
               else
               published
               by
               our
               Author
               ;
               only
               I
               have
               read
               a
               Letter
               s
               from
               Mr.
               
                 James
                 Howell
              
               to
               Dr.
               Duppa
               ,
               (
               then
               Bishop
               of
               Chichester
               ,
               and
               Tutor
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               when
               Prince
               of
               Wales
               )
               that
               he
               was
               publishing
               a
               Piece
               call'd
               ,
               
                 Johnsonus
                 Verbius
              
               ;
               to
               which
               Mr.
               Howell
               contributed
               a
               Decastick
               .
               I
               know
               not
               what
               Reception
               Mr.
               
               Howell's
               Verses
               met
               with
               in
               the
               World
               ;
               but
               I
               am
               confident
               ,
               he
               had
               willingly
               allowed
               Mr.
               
               Oldham's
               Ode
               (
               had
               he
               then
               liv'd
               )
               a
               place
               in
               the
               first
               Rank
               of
               Poets
               .
               The
               Title
               sufficiently
               explains
               the
               Design
               ;
               and
               the
               Reader
               may
               find
               it
               commended
               by
               an
               Ingenious
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               addrest
               to
               the
               Bishop
               by
               Sir
               
                 W.
                 D'Avenant
              
               .
               See
               his
               Poems
               Fol.
               Edit
               .
               p.
               253.
               
            
             
               He
               died
               
                 An.
                 D.
              
               1637.
               being
               aged
               63.
               and
               was
               
               buried
               in
               St.
               
               Peter's
               Church
               in
               Westminster
               ,
               on
               the
               West-side
               near
               the
               Belfry
               ;
               having
               only
               a
               plain
               Stone
               over
               his
               Grave
               ,
               with
               this
               Inscription
               ;
            
             
               O
               RARE
               BEN.
               JOHNSON
               .
            
             
               'T
               is
               manifest
               ,
               that
               a
               better
               Monument
               was
               design'd
               him
               ,
               by
               some
               Friends
               ;
               but
               the
               Civil
               Wars
               breaking
               out
               ,
               hindred
               their
               good
               Intentions
               :
               tho'
               it
               shall
               not
               prevent
               me
               from
               transcribing
               an
               Elegy
               written
               by
               a
               Studious
               Friend
               and
               Admirer
               of
               
                 Ben.
                 Johnson
              
               ;
               which
               I
               wish
               were
               set
               upon
               his
               Grave
               .
            
             
               Hic
               Johnsonus
               noster
               Lyricorum
               ,
               Dramaticorumque
               Coryphaeus
               ,
               qui
               Pallade
               auspice
               laurum
               à
               Graecia
               ipsaque
               Roma
               rapuit
               ,
               &
               fausto
               Omine
               in
               Brittaniam
               transtulit
               nostram
               ,
               nunc
               invidia
               major
               ,
               fato
               ,
               nec
               tamen
               aemulis
               cessit
               .
               
                 An
                 Dom.
                 1637.
                 
                 Id.
                 Nov.
                 
              
               *
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               JORDAN
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               who
               could
               both
               write
               and
               act
               Plays
               ;
               as
               appears
               from
               three
               Drammas
               he
               has
               publisht
               ,
               and
               from
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               call'd
               Messalina
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               acted
               the
               part
               of
               Lepida
               ,
               Mother
               to
               that
               shameless
               Empress
               .
               His
               Plays
               are
               two
               Comedies
               ,
               and
               a
               Masque
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Fancies
                 Festivals
              
               ,
               a
               Masque
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               16
               —
               This
               ,
               I
               have
               not
               at
               present
               ,
               but
               have
               formerly
               read
               it
               with
               satisfaction
               ,
               and
               still
               retain
               the
               following
               Lines
               spoken
               by
               a
               Souldier
               ;
               
                 
                 
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Souldier
                   ,
                   Men
                   alike
                   adore
                   ,
                
                 
                   Just
                   at
                   the
                   brink
                   of
                   danger
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   more
                   :
                
                 
                   The
                   danger
                   past
                   both
                   are
                   alike
                   requited
                   ,
                
                 
                   God
                   is
                   forgotten
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Souldier
                   slighted
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Money
                 is
                 an
                 Ass
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               with
               good
               applause
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1668.
               
               I
               suppose
               by
               the
               Stile
               ,
               this
               was
               writ
               (
               and
               possibly
               publish'd
               )
               some
               Years
               before
               ;
               it
               being
               a
               common
               thing
               with
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               ,
               to
               publish
               old
               Plays
               ;
               as
               ,
               
                 Any
                 thing
                 for
                 a
                 Quiet
                 Life
                 ;
                 Cure
                 for
                 a
                 Cuckold
                 ;
                 Gammer
                 Gurton's
                 Needle
                 ,
              
               and
               many
               others
               .
            
             
               
                 Walks
                 of
              
               Islington
               ,
               and
               Hogsdon
               ,
               
                 with
                 the
                 Humors
                 of
              
               Woodstreet-Compter
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               publickly
               acted
               Nineteen
               Days
               together
               ,
               with
               extraordinary
               applause
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1657.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               true
               Lover
               of
               Ingenuity
               ,
               the
               much
               Honour'd
               
                 Richard
                 Cheyny
              
               ,
               of
               Hackney
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               This
               Play
               in
               those
               days
               was
               commended
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               ,
               written
               by
               
                 R.
                 C.
              
               Master
               of
               Arts
               ;
               part
               of
               which
               are
               thus
               :
               
                 
                   These
                   Walks
                   'twixt
                   
                     Islington
                     &
                     Hogsdon
                  
                   ,
                   will
                
                 
                   (
                   Like
                   those
                   'twixt
                   Tempe
                   and
                   Parnassus
                   Hill
                   )
                
                 
                   Show
                   ,
                   how
                   the
                   Muses
                   in
                   their
                   sportfull
                   Rage
                   ,
                
                 
                   Set
                   all
                   the
                   Town
                   a
                   walking
                   to
                   your
                   Stage
                   ,
                
                 
                   With
                   so
                   much
                   Wit
                   ,
                   and
                   Art
                   ,
                   and
                   Judgment
                   laid
                   ,
                
                 
                   That
                   Nineteen
                   dayes
                   together
                   they
                   were
                   play'd
                   .
                
                 
                   Now
                   by
                   the
                   bounty
                   of
                   the
                   Press
                   we
                   be
                
                 
                   Possess'd
                   of
                   that
                   which
                   we
                   before
                   did
                   see
                   ,
                
                 
                   Not
                   pleasing
                   only
                   Nineteen
                   times
                   read
                   o're
                   ,
                
                 
                   But
                   Nineteen
                   Ages
                   ,
                   or
                   till
                   Times
                   no
                   more
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               William
               JOYNER
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               born
               in
               Oxfordshire
               ,
               and
               Educated
               in
               Magdalen
               Colledge
               ,
               where
               he
               was
               sometime
               Fellow
               ;
               but
               upon
               the
               Change
               of
               his
               Religion
               ,
               or
               in
               order
               to
               it
               ,
               he
               voluntarily
               quitted
               his
               Place
               ,
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Wars
               .
               After
               he
               left
               the
               Colledge
               ,
               he
               betook
               himself
               to
               a
               retir'd
               Life
               ,
               never
               intermedling
               with
               the
               Controversies
               of
               Religion
               ,
               or
               the
               Affairs
               of
               State
               :
               which
               prudent
               Demeanor
               ,
               joyned
               with
               the
               Sweetness
               of
               his
               Disposition
               ,
               continued
               him
               in
               the
               Favour
               and
               Good-will
               of
               the
               Society
               ;
               till
               the
               New-modelling
               of
               the
               Colledge
               ,
               under
               the
               
                 Ecclesiastical
                 Commissioners
              
               ;
               by
               whom
               he
               was
               re-placed
               in
               his
               former
               Station
               :
               but
               did
               not
               long
               enjoy
               it
               ,
               the
               Colledge
               being
               shortly
               after
               again
               restored
               to
               its
               former
               Settlement
               .
               That
               he
               did
               not
               wholly
               bid
               Adieu
               to
               the
               Muses
               ,
               when
               he
               first
               withdrew
               from
               the
               University
               ,
               may
               appear
               by
               a
               Dramma
               that
               he
               publish'd
               under
               the
               Name
               of
            
             
               
                 The
                 Roman
                 Empress
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Royal
               Theatre
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1671.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Honourable
               Sir
               
                 Charles
                 Sidley
              
               .
               This
               Play
               in
               spight
               of
               a
               dead
               Vacation
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               Impediments
               ,
               found
               the
               applause
               and
               approbation
               of
               the
               Theatre
               ,
               as
               oft
               as
               it
               appear'd
               .
               The
               Author
               has
               propos'd
               the
               
                 Oedipus
                 and
                 Hippolitus
              
               for
               his
               pattern
               ;
               and
               I
               think
               it
               may
               justly
               deserve
               to
               be
               observ'd
               ,
               That
               his
               Tragedy
               is
               writ
               in
               a
               more
               Masculine
               ,
               and
               lofty
               Stile
               than
               most
               Plays
               of
               this
               Age
               ;
               and
               Terror
               and
               Compassion
               
               being
               the
               chief
               hinges
               on
               which
               he
               design'd
               his
               Tragedy
               should
               turn
               ;
               he
               has
               judiciously
               rejected
               what
               he
               calls
               the
               Gingling
               Antitheses
               of
               Love
               and
               Honour
               .
               By
               the
               Advice
               of
               Friends
               ,
               he
               tells
               us
               ,
               that
               he
               hath
               disguis'd
               the
               Names
               :
               yet
               that
               this
               Emperour
               was
               One
               of
               the
               Greatest
               that
               ever
               Rome
               boasted
               .
               I
               am
               apt
               to
               believe
               ,
               that
               under
               the
               Character
               of
               Valentius
               ,
               the
               Author
               means
               Constantine
               the
               Great
               ;
               and
               that
               Crispus
               ,
               and
               his
               Mother-in-law
               Faustina
               ,
               are
               shadow'd
               under
               the
               Characters
               of
               Florus
               and
               Fulvia
               :
               but
               this
               being
               only
               Conjecture
               ,
               I
               must
               leave
               it
               to
               the
               Criticks
               Decision
               .
            
             
               Our
               Author
               has
               nothing
               else
               in
               print
               that
               I
               know
               of
               ,
               except
               a
               little
               Book
               entituled
               
                 Some
                 Observations
                 on
                 the
                 Life
                 of
                 Cardinal
              
               Reginal
               dus
               Polus
               ;
               where
               he
               disguises
               his
               Name
               under
               these
               two
               Letters
               ,
               
                 G.
                 L.
              
               which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               
                 Guilielmus
                 Lyde
              
               ,
               the
               Ancient
               Name
               of
               that
               Family
               :
               'T
               is
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1686.
               
               In
               this
               Book
               ,
               the
               Reader
               is
               made
               acquainted
               not
               only
               with
               the
               Authors
               Reading
               ,
               Stile
               ,
               and
               Judgment
               ;
               but
               his
               skill
               in
               the
               French
               ,
               and
               Italian
               ,
               Languages
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             K.
             
          
           
             
               Henry
               KILLEGREW
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               who
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               Conspiracy
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1638.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               design'd
               for
               an
               Entertainment
               of
               the
               King
               and
               Queen
               at
               
               York-House
               ,
               at
               the
               Nuptials
               of
               the
               Lady
               
                 Mary
                 Villiers
              
               ,
               and
               the
               
               Lord
               
                 Charles
                 Herbert
              
               .
               'T
               was
               afterwards
               acted
               on
               the
               Black-fryars
               Stage
               ,
               a
               and
               found
               the
               approbation
               of
               the
               most
               Excellent
               Persons
               of
               this
               kind
               of
               Writing
               which
               were
               in
               that
               time
               ,
               if
               there
               were
               ever
               better
               in
               any
               time
               ;
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               ,
               being
               then
               alive
               ,
               who
               gave
               a
               Testimony
               of
               this
               Perce
               even
               to
               be
               envy'd
               .
               Some
               Cavillers
               at
               its
               first
               Representation
               at
               Blackfryars
               ,
               exclaim'd
               against
               the
               Indecorum
               that
               appear'd
               in
               the
               part
               of
               Cleander
               ,
               who
               being
               represented
               as
               a
               Person
               of
               seventeen
               years
               old
               ,
               is
               made
               to
               speak
               words
               ,
               that
               would
               better
               sute
               with
               the
               Age
               of
               Thirty
               ;
               saying
               ,
               It
               was
               monstrous
               and
               impossible
               :
               but
               the
               Author
               was
               sufficiently
               vindicated
               by
               the
               Lord
               Viscount
               Faulkland
               ,
               who
               made
               the
               following
               Repartee
               ,
               to
               One
               of
               these
               Hypercriticks
               ;
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 not
                 altogether
                 so
                 monstrous
                 ,
                 and
                 impossible
                 ,
                 for
                 One
                 of
                 Seventeen
                 Years
                 to
                 speak
                 at
                 such
                 a
                 rate
                 ;
                 when
                 He
                 that
                 made
                 him
                 speak
                 in
                 that
                 manner
                 ,
                 and
                 writ
                 the
                 whole
                 Play
                 ,
                 was
                 Himself
                 no
                 Older
                 .
              
               This
               Impression
               was
               printed
               without
               the
               Authors
               consent
               ,
               from
               a
               false
               and
               an
               imperfect
               Transcript
               ,
               the
               Original
               Copy
               being
               (
               with
               the
               Author
               )
               in
               Italy
               ;
               so
               that
               it
               might
               rather
               be
               call'd
               the
               First
               Design
               ,
               or
               Foul
               Draught
               ,
               than
               a
               True
               Copy
               .
               This
               occasioned
               a
               new
               Edition
               ,
               and
               the
               Publisher
               impos'd
               on
               it
               a
               New
               Title
               ,
               that
               it
               might
               shew
               as
               little
               Affinity
               as
               possible
               ,
               to
               (
               what
               he
               calls
               )
               its
               Anti-type
               ;
               stiling
               it
               ,
            
             
               
                 Pallantus
                 and
                 Eudora
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1653.
               
               To
               this
               Edition
               ,
               I
               recommend
               the
               Reader
               ,
               remembring
               that
               of
               Martial
               .
               
                 
                 
                   Multum
                   crede
                   mihi
                   ,
                   refert
                   ,
                   à
                   fonte
                   bibatur
                
                 
                   Quae
                   stuit
                   ,
                   an
                   pigro
                   quae
                   stupet
                   unda
                   lacu
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               KILLEGREW
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               well
               known
               at
               Court
               ,
               having
               been
               Page
               of
               Honour
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               Groom
               of
               the
               Bed-chamber
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               with
               whom
               he
               endur'd
               twenty
               Years
               Exile
               .
               During
               his
               abode
               beyond
               Sea
               ,
               he
               took
               a
               view
               of
               
                 France
                 ,
                 Italy
              
               ,
               and
               Spain
               ;
               and
               was
               Honoured
               by
               his
               Majesty
               with
               the
               Creditable
               Employ
               of
               Resident
               at
               the
               State
               of
               Venice
               ,
               whither
               he
               was
               sent
               in
               August
               1651.
               
               During
               his
               Absence
               from
               his
               Country
               ,
               he
               diverted
               himself
               with
               the
               Muses
               ,
               writing
               several
               Playes
               ,
               of
               which
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Denham
              
               (
               in
               a
               jocular
               way
               )
               takes
               notice
               in
               his
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               on
               our
               Author's
               Return
               from
               his
               Embassie
               from
               Venice
               b
               .
            
             
               
                 I.
                 
              
               
                 Our
                 Resident
                 Tom
                 ,
              
               
                 From
                 Venice
                 is
                 come
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 hath
                 left
                 the
                 Statesman
                 behind
                 him
                 :
              
               
                 Talks
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 pitch
                 ,
              
               
                 Is
                 as
                 wise
                 ,
                 is
                 as
                 rich
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 just
                 where
                 you
                 left
                 him
                 you
                 find
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 II.
                 
              
               
                 But
                 who
                 says
                 he
                 was
                 not
              
               
                 A
                 man
                 of
                 much
                 Plot
              
               
                 May
                 repent
                 that
                 false
                 Accusation
                 ;
              
               
                 Having
                 plotted
                 and
                 penn'd
              
               
                 Six
                 Plays
                 to
                 attend
              
               
                 The
                 Farce
                 of
                 his
                 Negotiation
                 .
              
            
             
             
               Tho'
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Denham
              
               mentions
               but
               six
               ,
               our
               Author
               writ
               nine
               Plays
               in
               his
               Travells
               ,
               and
               two
               at
               London
               ;
               amongst
               which
               his
               
                 Don
                 Thomaso
              
               ,
               in
               two
               parts
               ,
               and
               his
               
                 Parson's
                 Wedding
              
               ,
               will
               always
               be
               valu'd
               by
               the
               best
               Judges
               and
               Admirers
               of
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               .
               Of
               these
               Eleven
               Plays
               ,
               I
               shall
               speak
               in
               their
               Order
               .
            
             
               
                 Bellamira
                 her
                 Dream
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Love
                 of
                 Shadows
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               the
               first
               Part
               ,
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1663.
               written
               in
               Venice
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Lady
               
                 Mary
                 Villiers
              
               ,
               Dutchess
               of
               Richmond
               and
               Lenox
               .
            
             
               
                 Bellamira
                 her
                 Dream
              
               ,
               the
               second
               Part
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               written
               in
               Venice
               ;
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1663.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Lady
               
                 Anne
                 Villiers
              
               ,
               Countess
               of
               Essex
               .
            
             
               
                 Cicilia
                 and
                 Clorinda
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Love
                 in
                 Arms
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               the
               first
               Part
               ,
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1663.
               written
               in
               Turin
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Lady
               
                 Anne
                 Villiers
              
               ,
               Countess
               of
               Morton
               .
            
             
               
                 Cicilia
                 and
                 Clorinda
              
               ,
               the
               second
               Part
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               printed
               fol.
               Lond.
               1663.
               written
               in
               Florence
               in
               August
               1651.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Lady
               
                 Dorothy
                 Sidney
              
               ,
               Countess
               of
               Sunderland
               .
               The
               first
               Scene
               between
               
                 Amadeo
                 ,
                 Lucius
              
               ,
               and
               Manlius
               ,
               seems
               copied
               from
               the
               Characters
               of
               
                 Aglatidas
                 ,
                 Artabes
              
               ,
               and
               Megabises
               ,
               in
               the
               
                 Grand
                 Cyrus
              
               ;
               see
               the
               History
               of
               Aglatidas
               and
               Amestris
               ,
               Part
               1.
               
               Book
               3.
               
            
             
               Claracilla
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               printed
               Folio
               Lond.
               1663.
               written
               in
               Rome
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Dear
               Sister
               the
               Lady
               Shannon
               .
               On
               this
               Play
               ,
               and
               
                 The
                 Prisoners
              
               ,
               Mr.
               Carthwright
               has
               writ
               an
               ingenious
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               ,
               which
               the
               
               Reader
               may
               find
               amongst
               his
               Poems
               ,
               p.
               258.
               
            
             
               
                 Parson's
                 Wedding
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               Folio
               Lond.
               1663.
               written
               at
               Basil
               in
               Switzerland
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Lady
               
                 Ursula
                 Bartu
              
               ,
               Widow
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               reviv'd
               at
               the
               Old
               Theatre
               ,
               in
               little
               Lincolns-Inn-fields
               ,
               and
               acted
               all
               by
               Women
               ,
               a
               new
               Prologue
               and
               Epilogue
               being
               spoken
               by
               Mrs.
               Marshal
               in
               Man's
               Cloaths
               ,
               which
               the
               Reader
               may
               find
               printed
               in
               
                 Covent-Garden
                 Drollery
              
               ,
               8
               
               o.
               pag.
               3.
               &c.
               
               The
               Intrigue
               of
               Careless
               and
               Wild
               circumventing
               the
               Lady
               Wild
               ,
               and
               Mrs.
               Pleasance
               into
               Marriage
               ,
               is
               an
               Incident
               in
               several
               Plays
               ,
               as
               
                 Ram-Alley
                 ,
                 Antiquary
              
               ,
               &c.
               but
               in
               none
               so
               well
               manag'd
               as
               in
               this
               Play.
               
            
             
               Pilgrim
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1663.
               written
               in
               Paris
               in
               the
               Year
               1651.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Countess
               of
               Carnarvan
               .
            
             
               Princess
               ,
               or
               
                 Love
                 at
                 first
                 sight
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1663.
               written
               in
               Naples
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Dear
               Neece
               ,
               the
               Lady
               
                 Anne
                 Wentworth
              
               ,
               Wife
               to
               the
               Lord
               Lovelace
               .
            
             
               Prisoners
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1663.
               written
               in
               London
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Dear
               Neece
               ,
               the
               Lady
               Crompton
               .
            
             
               Thomaso
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Wanderer
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               in
               two
               Parts
               ,
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1663.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Fair
               and
               Kind
               Friends
               of
               Prince
               
                 Palatine
                 Polexander
              
               .
               In
               the
               first
               part
               of
               this
               Play
               the
               Author
               has
               borrow'd
               several
               Ornaments
               ,
               as
               the
               Song
               sung
               by
               Angelica
               Act
               2.
               
               Sc.
               3.
               is
               taken
               from
               
               Fletcher's
               Play
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Captain
              
               Act
               4.
               
               He
               has
               made
               use
               of
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               considerably
               ,
               for
               not
               only
               the
               Character
               of
               Lopus
               ,
               but
               even
               the
               very
               Words
               are
               copied
               from
               
               Johnson's
               Fox
               ,
               
               where
               Vulpone
               personates
               Scoto
               of
               Mantua
               :
               as
               the
               Reader
               will
               see
               by
               comparing
               Act
               4.
               
               Sc.
               2.
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               with
               that
               of
               the
               Fox
               ,
               Act
               2.
               
               Sc.
               2.
               
               I
               do
               not
               believe
               that
               our
               Author
               design'd
               to
               conceal
               his
               Theft
               ,
               since
               he
               is
               so
               just
               to
               acknowledge
               a
               Song
               against
               Jealousy
               ,
               which
               he
               borrow'd
               ,
               and
               was
               written
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Carew
              
               ,
               Cup-bearer
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ;
               and
               sung
               in
               a
               Masque
               at
               
                 Whitehall
                 ,
                 An.
              
               1633.
               
               
                 This
                 Chorus
                 (
                 says
                 he
                 )
                 I
                 presume
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 here
                 ,
                 because
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 design
                 ,
                 't
                 was
                 writ
                 at
                 my
                 request
                 ,
                 upon
                 a
                 Dispute
                 held
                 betwixt
                 Mrs.
                 
                   Cicilia
                   Crofts
                
                 and
                 my self
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 present
                 ;
                 she
                 being
                 then
                 Maid
                 of
                 Honor
                 :
                 this
                 I
                 have
                 set
                 down
                 ,
                 lest
                 any
                 man
                 should
                 believe
                 me
                 so
                 foolish
                 as
                 to
                 steal
                 such
                 a
                 Poem
                 from
                 so
                 famous
                 an
                 Author
                 ;
                 or
                 so
                 vain
                 as
                 to
                 pretend
                 to
                 the
                 making
                 of
                 it
                 my self
                 .
              
               Certainly
               therefore
               ,
               if
               he
               scrupled
               to
               rob
               Mr.
               Carew
               ,
               he
               would
               much
               more
               Mr.
               Johnson
               ,
               whose
               Fame
               as
               much
               exceeded
               the
               others
               ,
               as
               his
               Writings
               and
               Compositions
               are
               better
               known
               :
               However
               it
               be
               ,
               I
               am
               sure
               he
               is
               not
               the
               only
               Poet
               that
               has
               imp'd
               his
               Wings
               with
               Mr.
               
               Johnson's
               Feathers
               ,
               and
               if
               every
               Poet
               that
               borrows
               ,
               knew
               as
               well
               as
               Mr.
               Killegrew
               how
               to
               dispose
               of
               it
               ,
               't
               would
               certainly
               be
               very
               excusable
               .
               All
               these
               Plays
               are
               printed
               together
               in
               One
               Volume
               in
               Folio
               Lond.
               1664.
               
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               William
               KILLEGREW
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               who
               by
               his
               Writings
               ,
               and
               honourable
               Station
               in
               the
               Court
               (
               being
               Vice-Chamberlain
               to
               the
               Queen
               Dowager
               ,
               )
               is
               well
               
               known
               .
               He
               is
               the
               Author
               of
               Four
               Plays
               ,
               which
               have
               been
               applauded
               (
               whether
               with
               Justice
               or
               no
               I
               leave
               to
               the
               Criticks
               )
               by
               Men
               ,
               who
               have
               themselves
               been
               reputed
               Eminent
               for
               Poetry
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               Waller
               ,
               Sr.
               
                 Robert
                 Stapleton
              
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Lodowick
                 Carlell
              
               ,
               and
               others
               :
               I
               shall
               therefore
               only
               acquaint
               the
               Reader
               with
               their
               several
               Titles
               ,
               and
               submit
               them
               to
               his
               further
               judgment
               .
            
             
               Ormasdes
               ,
               or
               
                 Love
                 and
                 Friendship
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               .
            
             
               Pandora
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Converts
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               Selindra
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Siege
                 of
                 Urbin
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               .
            
             
               All
               these
               Plays
               were
               printed
               together
               in
               Folio
               ,
               Oxon
               1666.
               
            
             
               There
               is
               another
               Play
               ascrib'd
               to
               our
               Author
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Imperial
                 Tragedy
              
               ,
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1669.
               the
               chief
               part
               was
               taken
               out
               of
               a
               Latine
               Play
               ,
               and
               very
               much
               alter'd
               by
               him
               for
               his
               own
               diversion
               .
               But
               upon
               the
               Importunity
               of
               Friends
               ,
               he
               was
               prevailed
               with
               to
               have
               it
               publisht
               ;
               but
               without
               Name
               :
               because
               many
               do
               censure
               Plays
               according
               to
               their
               Opinions
               of
               the
               Author
               :
               The
               Plot
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               History
               of
               Zeno
               the
               Twelfth
               Emperor
               of
               Constantinople
               after
               Constantine
               .
               Several
               Authors
               have
               writ
               his
               Story
               ,
               as
               
                 Marcellinus
                 ,
                 Cassiodorus
                 ,
                 Cedrenus
                 ,
                 Evagrius
                 ,
                 Zonoras
                 ,
                 Baronius
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               John
               KIRKE
               .
            
             
               A
               Writer
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               of
               a
               Play
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Seven
                 Champions
                 of
                 Christendome
              
               :
               acted
               at
               the
               Cock-pit
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               
               
                 Red
                 Bull
              
               in
               St.
               
               John's
               Street
               ,
               with
               a
               general
               liking
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1638.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               much
               respected
               and
               worthy
               Friend
               Mr.
               
                 John
                 Waite
              
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               written
               in
               a
               mixt
               stile
               ,
               and
               founded
               on
               that
               well
               known
               Book
               in
               prose
               ,
               which
               bears
               the
               same
               Title
               .
               See
               besides
               Dr.
               
               Heylin's
               History
               of
               St.
               George
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ralph
               KNEVET
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               about
               the
               same
               time
               with
               the
               former
               .
               He
               writ
               a
               Play
               call'd
               Rhodon
               and
               Iris
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               presented
               at
               the
               Florists
               Feast
               in
               
                 Norwich
                 ,
                 May
              
               the
               Third
               1631.
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1631.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Worshipful
               Mr.
               
                 Nicholas
                 Bacon
              
               of
               Gillingham
               Esquire
               .
               This
               Pastoral
               is
               commended
               by
               Four
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               KYD.
               
            
             
               An
               Ancient
               Writer
               ,
               or
               rather
               Translator
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               who
               publisht
               a
               Play
               call'd
               
                 Pompey
                 the
                 Great
                 his
                 Fair
              
               Cornelia's
               Tragedy
               ;
               effected
               by
               her
               Father
               and
               Husband
               's
               Down-cast
               ,
               Death
               ,
               and
               Fortune
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1595.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Virtuously
               Noble
               ,
               and
               rightly
               Honour'd
               Lady
               ,
               the
               Countess
               of
               Sussex
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               translated
               from
               the
               French
               of
               
                 Robert
                 Garnier
              
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               Charles
               the
               Ninth
               ,
               Henry
               the
               Third
               ,
               and
               Henry
               the
               Fourth
               ,
               was
               accounted
               an
               Excellent
               Poet
               ,
               tho'
               
                 M.
                 Rapin
              
               says
               ,
               His
               Tragedies
               with
               those
               of
               
                 Rotrou
                 ,
                 Serre
              
               ,
               and
               others
               of
               that
               time
               ,
               are
               of
               a
               mean
               Character
               .
               'T
               is
               evident
               to
               
               any
               that
               have
               read
               his
               Tragedies
               ,
               which
               are
               Nine
               in
               Number
               ,
               that
               he
               propos'd
               Seneca
               for
               his
               Model
               ,
               and
               he
               was
               thought
               in
               those
               days
               to
               have
               happily
               succeeded
               in
               his
               Design
               .
               This
               Translation
               is
               writ
               in
               blank
               Verse
               ,
               only
               here
               and
               there
               ,
               at
               the
               close
               of
               a
               Paragraph
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               speak
               )
               the
               Reader
               is
               presented
               with
               a
               Couplet
               .
               The
               Chorus's
               are
               writ
               in
               several
               Measures
               of
               Verse
               ,
               and
               are
               very
               sententious
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             L.
             
          
           
             
               John
               LACY
               .
            
             
               A
               Comedian
               whose
               Abilities
               in
               Action
               were
               sufficiently
               known
               to
               all
               that
               frequented
               the
               King's
               Theatre
               ,
               where
               he
               was
               for
               many
               years
               an
               Actor
               ,
               and
               perform'd
               all
               Parts
               that
               he
               undertook
               to
               a
               miracle
               :
               in
               so
               much
               that
               I
               am
               apt
               to
               believe
               ,
               that
               as
               this
               Age
               never
               had
               ,
               so
               the
               next
               never
               will
               have
               his
               Equal
               ,
               at
               least
               not
               his
               Superiour
               .
               He
               was
               so
               well
               approv'd
               of
               by
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               an
               undeniable
               Judge
               in
               Dramatick
               Arts
               ,
               that
               he
               caus'd
               his
               Picture
               to
               be
               drawn
               ,
               in
               three
               several
               Figures
               in
               the
               same
               Table
               .
               viz.
               That
               of
               Teague
               in
               the
               Committee
               ,
               Mr.
               Scruple
               in
               
                 The
                 Cheats
              
               ,
               and
               
                 M.
                 Galliard
              
               ,
               in
               
                 The
                 Variety
              
               :
               which
               piece
               is
               still
               in
               being
               in
               Windsor-Castle
               .
               Nor
               did
               his
               Talent
               wholly
               ly
               in
               Acting
               ,
               he
               knew
               both
               how
               to
               judge
               and
               write
               Plays
               :
               and
               if
               his
               Comedies
               are
               somewhat
               allied
               to
               French
               Farce
               ,
               't
               is
               out
               of
               choice
               ,
               rather
               than
               want
               of
               Ability
               to
               write
               
               true
               Comedy
               .
               We
               have
               Three
               Plays
               extant
               under
               his
               Name
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Dumb
                 Lady
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Farriar
                 made
                 Physitian
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1672.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               High-born
               and
               most
               Hopeful
               Prince
               ,
               Charles
               ,
               Lord
               Limrick
               ,
               and
               Earl
               of
               Southampton
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Comedy
               of
               
               Molliere's
               call'd
               
                 Le
                 Medecin
                 malgré
                 luy
              
               .
               If
               the
               Reader
               will
               take
               the
               pains
               to
               compare
               them
               together
               ,
               he
               will
               easily
               see
               that
               our
               Author
               has
               much
               improv'd
               the
               French
               Play.
               
            
             
               
                 Old
                 Troop
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Monsieur
                 Ragou
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1672.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               young
               Prince
               George
               Third
               Son
               to
               the
               Dutchess
               of
               Cleveland
               .
               I
               fancy
               by
               the
               stile
               ,
               this
               Play
               likewise
               is
               founded
               on
               some
               French
               Original
               ,
               tho'
               my
               small
               Acquaintance
               with
               French
               Poets
               makes
               me
               speak
               only
               on
               Conjecture
               .
               Both
               these
               Plays
               were
               acted
               with
               universal
               Applause
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 Hercules
                 Buffoon
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Poetical
                 Squire
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1684.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               brought
               upon
               the
               Stage
               ,
               and
               publisht
               after
               the
               Author's
               Decease
               ,
               the
               Prologue
               was
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Durfey
               ,
               the
               Epilogue
               by
               
                 Jo.
                 Heyns
              
               the
               Comedian
               ,
               and
               both
               spoken
               by
               the
               later
               .
               I
               know
               not
               how
               this
               Play
               succeeded
               on
               the
               Theatre
               ,
               but
               I
               am
               confident
               had
               the
               Author
               been
               alive
               to
               have
               grac'd
               it
               with
               his
               Action
               ,
               it
               could
               not
               have
               fail'd
               of
               Applause
               .
               This
               Mr.
               Durfey
               has
               observ'd
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               his
               Prologue
               ;
               
                 
                 
                   Ye
                   Scribling
                   Fops
                   ,
                   (
                   cry
                   mercy
                   if
                   I
                   wrong
                   ye
                   )
                
                 
                   But
                   without
                   doubt
                   there
                   must
                   be
                   some
                   among
                   ye
                   .
                
                 
                   Know
                   ,
                   that
                   fam'd
                   Lacy
                   ,
                   Ornament
                   o'
                   th'
                   Stage
                
                 
                   That
                   Standard
                   of
                   true
                   Comedy
                   in
                   our
                   Age
                   ,
                
                 
                   Wrote
                   this
                   New
                   Play
                   :
                
                 
                   And
                   if
                   it
                   takes
                   not
                   ,
                   all
                   that
                   we
                   can
                   say
                   on
                   't
                   ,
                
                 
                   Is
                   ,
                   we
                   've
                   his
                   Fiddle
                   ,
                   not
                   his
                   Hands
                   to
                   play
                   on
                   't
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               John
               LEANARD
               .
            
             
               A
               confident
               Plagiary
               ,
               whom
               I
               disdain
               to
               stile
               an
               Author
               :
               One
               ,
               who
               tho'
               he
               would
               be
               esteem'd
               the
               Father
               ,
               is
               at
               best
               but
               the
               Midwife
               to
               the
               Labour
               of
               others
               ;
               I
               mean
               those
               Two
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               ,
               which
               go
               under
               his
               Name
               .
               I
               know
               not
               how
               they
               were
               receiv'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               but
               I
               am
               sure
               the
               Author
               deserv'd
               (
               tho'
               the
               Plays
               might
               not
               )
               to
               be
               damn'd
               for
               his
               
                 vain-glorious
                 Humour
              
               of
               re-printing
               another
               Man's
               Play
               ,
               under
               his
               own
               Name
               ,
               as
               he
               has
               done
               Mr.
               
               Brewer's
               
                 Country
                 Girl
              
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
            
             
               
                 Country
                 Innocence
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Chamber-maid
                 turn'd
                 Quaker
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1677.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Honour'd
               Friend
               Sr.
               
                 Francis
                 Hinchman
              
               .
               Whether
               his
               Patrons
               Instructions
               c
               
                 rais'd
                 him
                 to
                 that
                 height
                 of
                 presumption
              
               as
               to
               publish
               another
               man's
               Play
               as
               his
               own
               ,
               I
               pretend
               not
               to
               judge
               :
               but
               I
               am
               sure
               he
               has
               sufficiently
               made
               appear
               to
               the
               World
               that
               he
               is
               One
               of
               those
               Authors
               he
               speaks
               of
               ,
               
                 whose
                 Arrogance
                 and
                 Impudence
                 are
                 their
                 chief
                 dependency
                 .
              
               Had
               our
               Author
               been
               as
               well
               acquainted
               with
               Martial
               ,
               as
               
               he
               pretends
               to
               be
               with
               Homer
               ,
               he
               would
               have
               weigh'd
               his
               Opinion
               before
               he
               had
               made
               any
               progression
               as
               he
               calls
               it
               in
               his
               Thefts
               .
               d
            
             
               
                 Mutare
                 dominum
                 non
                 potest
                 liber
                 notus
                 .
                 —
              
               
                 Aliena
                 quisquis
                 recitat
                 ,
                 &
                 petit
                 famam
                 ;
              
               
                 Non
                 emere
                 Librum
                 ,
                 sed
                 silentium
                 debet
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Rambling
                 Justice
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Jealous
                 Husbands
              
               ,
               with
               the
               Humours
               of
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Twiford
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1680.
               
               A
               great
               part
               of
               it
               is
               stoln
               from
               a
               Comedy
               of
               
               Middleton's
               call'd
               
                 More
                 Dissemblers
                 besides
                 Women
              
               .
               As
               the
               Scene
               between
               Sir
               
                 Generall
                 Amorous
              
               and
               Bramble
               Act
               2.
               
               Sc.
               1.
               is
               stoln
               from
               the
               Scene
               between
               Lactantio
               and
               Dondolo
               .
               Act
               3.
               
               Sc.
               1.
               
               
                 Petulant
                 Easy
              
               disguis'd
               like
               a
               Gipsy
               in
               the
               same
               Act
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
               Aurelia's
               Disguise
               in
               
               Middleton's
               Play
               ,
               Act
               4.
               
               Sc.
               1.
               
               The
               Scene
               between
               Bramble
               and
               the
               Gipsies
               is
               stoln
               from
               the
               same
               Play
               ;
               but
               since
               our
               Author
               is
               forc'd
               to
               strole
               like
               One
               of
               that
               Tribe
               for
               a
               Livelihood
               ,
               with
               the
               Issue
               of
               other
               Men's
               Brains
               ,
               I
               leave
               him
               to
               his
               hard
               Stars
               :
               tho'
               possibly
               Gipsy-like
               ,
               he
               begs
               with
               stoln
               Children
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               raise
               the
               more
               Compassion
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nathaniel
               LEE
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               whose
               Plays
               have
               made
               him
               sufficiently
               remarkable
               to
               those
               who
               call
               themselves
               
                 The
                 Wits
              
               ;
               and
               One
               whose
               Muse
               deserv'd
               a
               better
               Fate
               than
               Bedlam
               .
               How
               truly
               he
               has
               verified
               the
               Saying
               of
               the
               Philosopher
               ,
               
                 Nullum
                 
                 fit
                 Magnum-Ingenium
                 sine
                 mixtur
                 â
                 dementiae
              
               even
               to
               the
               Regret
               and
               Pity
               of
               all
               that
               knew
               him
               ,
               is
               manifest
               :
               I
               heartily
               wish
               his
               Madness
               had
               not
               exceeded
               that
               
                 Divine
                 Fury
              
               which
               Ovid
               mentions
               ,
               and
               which
               usually
               accompanies
               the
               best
               Poet
               ;
               
                 
                   Est
                   Deus
                   in
                   nobis
                   agitante
                   calescimus
                   illo
                   .
                
              
               But
               alas
               !
               his
               Condition
               is
               far
               worse
               ,
               as
               it
               has
               been
               describ'd
               in
               a
               Satyr
               on
               the
               Modern
               Poets
               .
            
             
               
                 There
                 e
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 Den
                 remov'd
                 from
                 human
                 Eyes
              
               
                 Possest
                 with
                 Muse
                 ,
                 the
                 Brain-sick-Poet
                 lyes
                 ,
              
               
                 Too
                 miserably
                 wretched
                 to
                 be
                 nam'd
                 ;
              
               
                 For
                 Plays
                 ,
                 for
                 Heroes
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 Passion
                 fam'd
              
               
                 Thoughtless
                 he
                 raves
                 his
                 sleepless
                 Hours
                 away
                 ,
              
               
                 In
                 Chains
                 all
                 Nights
                 ,
                 in
                 darkness
                 all
                 the
                 Day
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 if
                 he
                 gets
                 some
                 intervals
                 from
                 pain
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 Fit
                 returns
                 ;
                 he
                 foams
                 ,
                 and
                 bites
                 his
                 Chain
                 ,
              
               
                 His
                 Eye-balls
                 rowl
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 grows
                 mad
                 again
                 .
              
            
             
               However
               ,
               before
               this
               misfortune
               befel
               him
               ,
               he
               writ
               several
               Dramatical
               Pieces
               ,
               which
               gave
               him
               a
               Title
               to
               the
               First
               Rank
               of
               Poets
               ;
               there
               being
               several
               of
               his
               Tragedies
               ,
               as
               
                 Mithridates
                 ,
                 Theodosius
                 ,
                 &
                 :
                 c.
              
               which
               have
               forc'd
               Tears
               from
               the
               fairest
               Eyes
               in
               the
               World
               :
               his
               Muse
               indeed
               seem'd
               destin'd
               for
               the
               Diversion
               of
               the
               Fair
               Sex
               ;
               so
               soft
               and
               passionately
               moving
               ,
               are
               his
               Scenes
               of
               Love
               written
               .
               He
               has
               publisht
               Eleven
               Plays
               ,
               besides
               those
               two
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               joyn'd
               with
               Mr.
               Dryden
               (
               and
               of
               which
               we
               have
               already
               spoken
               )
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Caesar
                 Borgia
              
               ,
               Son
               to
               Pope
               Alexander
               the
               VI.
               
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               by
               their
               Royal-Highnesses
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1680.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Philip
               Earl
               of
               Pembroke
               and
               Montgomery
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               Writers
               of
               those
               times
               ,
               as
               Guicciardine
               ,
               L.
               5
               ,
               6.
               
               Mariana
               L.
               27
               ,
               28.
               
               Sr.
               Paul
               Ricaut's
               Continuation
               of
               Platina
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Pope
               Alexander
               the
               VI.
               
            
             
               
                 Constantine
                 the
                 Great
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1684.
               
               Many
               are
               the
               Authors
               that
               have
               writ
               the
               Actions
               of
               this
               Illustrious
               Emperor
               ,
               as
               
                 Socrates
                 ,
                 Sozomen
                 ,
                 Eusebius
                 ,
                 Zonaras
                 ,
                 Eutropius
                 ,
                 Ruffinus
                 ,
                 Baronius
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               The
               Story
               of
               
                 Crispus
                 and
                 Fausta
              
               ,
               is
               particularly
               related
               (
               as
               I
               think
               )
               in
               
                 Ammianus
                 Marcellinus
              
               :
               See
               besides
               
               Beard
               's
               Theatre
               of
               God's
               Judgements
               ,
               Ch.
               13.
               p.
               225.
               
            
             
               
                 Gloriana
                 ,
                 the
                 Court
                 of
              
               Augustus
               Caesar
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1676.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               her
               Grace
               the
               Dutchess
               of
               Portsmouth
               .
               The
               Plot
               I
               take
               to
               be
               rather
               founded
               on
               Romance
               than
               History
               ,
               as
               the
               Reader
               will
               find
               by
               comparing
               the
               Play
               with
               the
               Romance
               of
               Cleopatra
               ,
               in
               the
               several
               Stories
               of
               
                 Caesario
                 ,
                 Marcellus
                 Julia
              
               ;
               Part
               1.
               
               Book
               3.
               
               Part
               5.
               
               Book
               3.
               
               
                 Ovid
                 ,
                 Cypassis
                 and
                 Julia
              
               ,
               Part
               7.
               
               Book
               3.
               
               A
               Modern
               Poet
               ,
               in
               a
               Satyr
               writ
               in
               Imitation
               of
               Sir
               John
               Suckling's
               Session
               of
               the
               Poets
               ,
               writes
               thus
               of
               our
               Author
               and
               this
               Play
               f
               :
               
                 
                 
                   
                     Nat
                     Lee
                  
                   stept
                   in
                   next
                   ,
                   in
                   hopes
                   of
                   a
                   Prize
                   ,
                
                 
                   Apollo
                   remember'd
                   he
                   had
                   hit
                   Once
                   in
                   Thrice
                   ;
                
                 
                   By
                   the
                   Rubies
                   in
                   's
                   Face
                   ,
                   he
                   could
                   not
                   deny
                   ,
                
                 
                   But
                   he
                   had
                   as
                   much
                   Wit
                   ,
                   as
                   Wine
                   could
                   supply
                   ;
                
                 
                   Confest
                   that
                   indeed
                   he
                   had
                   a
                   
                     Musical
                     Note
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   But
                   sometimes
                   strain'd
                   so
                   hard
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   rattled
                
                 
                   i'
                   th'
                   Throat
                   ;
                
                 
                   Yet
                   own'd
                   he
                   had
                   Sense
                   ,
                   t'
                   encourage
                   him
                   for
                   't
                   ,
                
                 
                   He
                   made
                   him
                   his
                   Ovid
                   in
                   
                   Augustus's
                   Court.
                   
                
              
            
             
               
                 Lucius
                 Junius
                 Brutus
                 ,
                 Father
                 of
                 his
                 Country
                 ,
              
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               by
               their
               Royal
               Highnesses
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1681.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Charles
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               and
               Middlesex
               .
               This
               Play
               well
               deserv'd
               so
               great
               a
               Patron
               as
               his
               Lordship
               ,
               few
               Plays
               that
               I
               know
               ,
               being
               writ
               with
               more
               Manly
               Spirit
               ,
               Force
               and
               Vigour
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               our
               Author
               has
               partly
               follow'd
               History
               ,
               partly
               Romance
               :
               For
               History
               ,
               consult
               Floras
               Lib.
               1.
               
               Ch.
               9
               ,
               10.
               
               Livy
               Lib.
               1.
               
               
                 Dionysius
                 Hallicarnassaeus
                 ,
                 Eutropius
                 ,
                 Sextus
                 Rufus
                 ,
                 Orosius
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               For
               Fiction
               ,
               read
               in
               the
               Romance
               called
               Clelia
               ,
               The
               History
               of
               
                 Junius
                 Brutus
              
               ,
               Part
               2.
               
               Book
               1.
               p.
               170.
               
               Part
               3.
               
               Book
               1.
               p.
               229.
               
            
             
               
                 Massacre
                 of
              
               Paris
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1690.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               that
               Bloody
               Massacre
               which
               was
               acted
               on
               St.
               Bartholomew
               Day
               ,
               in
               the
               Year
               1572.
               
               For
               the
               Story
               ,
               consult
               
                 Thuanus
                 ,
                 Davila
              
               ,
               Lib.
               5.
               
               
                 Pierre
                 Matthieu
              
               ,
               or
               ,
               (
               as
               some
               say
               )
               Monliard
               his
               Continuation
               of
               
                 De
                 Serres
                 ,
                 Mezeray
              
               and
               other
               
               Historians
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Charles
               the
               IX
               .
               Several
               passages
               in
               the
               Duke
               of
               Guise
               ,
               are
               borrow'd
               from
               this
               Play
               ,
               as
               the
               Reader
               may
               find
               by
               comparing
               p.
               6.
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               with
               p.
               4.
               of
               the
               latter
               ;
               p.
               11.
               with
               p.
               5.
               p.
               13.
               with
               p.
               5.
               and
               6
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Mithridates
                 Kings
                 of
              
               Pontus
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               :
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1678.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Charles
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               and
               Middlesex
               .
               This
               Play
               may
               be
               reckon'd
               amongst
               those
               of
               The
               First-Rank
               ,
               and
               will
               always
               be
               a
               Favourite
               of
               the
               Tender-hearted
               Ladies
               .
               It
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               :
               See
               
                 Appian
                 de
                 Bell.
                 Mithrid
                 .
                 Florus
                 l.
                 3.c.5
                 .
                 Vell.
                 Paterculus
                 ,
                 l.
                 2.
                 
                 Plutarch
              
               in
               the
               Lives
               of
               
                 Scylla
                 ,
                 Lucullus
              
               and
               
                 Pompey
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Nero
                 Emperor
                 of
              
               Rome
               
                 his
                 Tragedy
              
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1675.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Hon
               
               ble
               the
               Earl
               of
               Rochester
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               writ
               in
               a
               mixt
               Stile
               ,
               part
               in
               Prose
               ,
               part
               in
               Rime
               ,
               and
               part
               in
               Blank
               Verse
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               consult
               Suetonius
               in
               his
               Life
               ;
               
                 Aurelius
                 Victor
                 ;
                 Tacitus
                 Ann.
                 lib.
              
               13
               ,
               14
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 Sulpicius
                 Severus
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Princess
                 of
              
               Cleve
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Queen's
               Theatre
               in
               
                 Dorset
                 Garden
              
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1689.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Charles
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               and
               Middlesex
               ,
               Lord
               Chamberlain
               of
               his
               present
               Majesty's
               Houshold
               ,
               and
               one
               of
               his
               Majesties
               most
               Honourable
               Privy
               Council
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Romance
               call'd
               The
               Princess
               of
               Cleves
               ,
               translated
               from
               the
               French.
               The
               Invective
               
               against
               Women
               ,
               spoken
               by
               Poltrot
               Act
               5.
               
               Sc.
               1.
               is
               printed
               in
               several
               Books
               of
               Poetry
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               read
               in
               a
               Romance
               call'd
               The
               French
               Rogue
               ,
               8
               
               o.
               ch
               .
               21.
               p.
               132.
               
               The
               Author
               tells
               his
               Patron
               ,
               g
               
                 That
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
              
               Guise
               
                 has
                 wrested
                 two
                 Scenes
                 from
                 the
                 Original
              
               ;
               but
               which
               they
               are
               I
               have
               not
               time
               to
               enquire
               .
            
             
               
                 Rival
                 Queens
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Death
                 of
              
               Alexander
               
                 the
                 Great
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               Lond.
               1677.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               John
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Mulgrave
               .
               This
               Play
               has
               always
               been
               applauded
               by
               the
               Spectators
               ,
               and
               is
               acknowledg'd
               a
               Master-piece
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               himself
               ,
               in
               that
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               prefix'd
               to
               it
               ,
               which
               are
               a
               sufficient
               Testimony
               of
               its
               worth
               .
               The
               Prologue
               was
               written
               by
               Sir
               
                 Car
                 Scroop
              
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               the
               Author
               has
               follow'd
               History
               ,
               consult
               
                 Arrian
                 ;
                 Q.
                 Curtius
              
               ;
               Plutarch's
               Life
               of
               
                 Alexander
                 ;
                 Justin
                 lib.
              
               11
               ,
               12.
               
               
                 Diodorus
                 Siculus
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               17.
               
               &
               18.
               
               
                 Josephus
                 lib.
              
               11.
               cap.
               8.
               
            
             
               Sophonisba
               ,
               or
               
                 Hannibals
                 Overthrow
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1676.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               her
               Grace
               the
               Dutchess
               of
               Portsmouth
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               writ
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               and
               hath
               always
               appear'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               with
               applause
               ;
               especially
               from
               the
               Female
               Sex
               :
               and
               Envy
               it self
               must
               acknowledge
               ,
               That
               the
               Passion
               between
               Massanissa
               ,
               and
               Sophonisba
               ,
               is
               well
               express't
               ;
               tho'
               Hannibal
               and
               
               Scipio's
               Parts
               fall
               somewhat
               short
               of
               the
               Characters
               given
               them
               by
               Historians
               ;
               as
               the
               Ingenious
               and
               Sharp
               Lord
               
               Rochester
               has
               observ'd
               ,
               in
               his
               Allusion
               to
               
               Horace's
               Tenth
               Satyr
               of
               the
               First
               Book
               ;
               
                 
                   When
                   Lee
                   makes
                   temperate
                   Scipio
                   ,
                   sret
                   and
                   rave
                   ;
                
                 
                   And
                   Hannibal
                   ,
                   a
                   whining
                   Amorous
                   Slave
                   ,
                
                 
                   I
                   laugh
                   ,
                   and
                   wish
                   the
                   Hot-brain'd
                   Fustian-Fool
                   ,
                
                 
                   In
                   
                   Busby's
                   Hands
                   to
                   be
                   well
                   lasht
                   at
                   School
                   .
                
              
            
             
               As
               our
               Author
               has
               taken
               the
               Liberty
               in
               several
               Plays
               to
               follow
               Romances
               ,
               so
               possibly
               he
               purposely
               err'd
               with
               the
               late
               Earl
               of
               Orrery
               ,
               who
               in
               his
               first
               Part
               of
               Parthenissa
               ,
               has
               represented
               the
               Warlike
               Hannibal
               as
               much
               in
               Love
               with
               Izadora
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               Lee
               has
               describ'd
               him
               passionate
               of
               
               Rosalinda's
               Charms
               .
               Many
               Historians
               have
               writ
               the
               Actions
               of
               these
               Great
               Men
               :
               see
               
                 Cornelius
                 Nepos
              
               his
               Life
               of
               Hannibal
               ;
               Plutarch's
               Life
               of
               Scipio
               ;
               and
               that
               of
               Hannibal
               ,
               father'd
               on
               him
               ,
               tho'
               suppos'd
               to
               be
               writ
               by
               
                 Donatus
                 Acciajolus
                 :
                 Livy
              
               Dec.
               3.
               
               Lib.
               1.
               
                 &c.
                 Florus
              
               Lib.
               2.
               
               C.
               6.
               
               
                 Justin
                 ,
                 Orosius
                 ,
                 Diodorus
                 ,
                 Polybius
                 ,
                 Appian
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               Those
               who
               understand
               Italian
               ,
               may
               read
               the
               Story
               of
               Massanissa
               ,
               and
               Sophonisba
               ,
               very
               neatly
               describ'd
               by
               the
               Excellent
               Pen
               of
               Petrarch
               ,
               in
               his
               
                 Il
                 Trionfo
                 d'Amore
              
               ,
               C.
               2.
               
            
             
               Theodosius
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Force
                 of
                 Love
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               by
               their
               Royal-Highness's
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1680.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               her
               Grace
               ,
               the
               Dutchess
               of
               Richmond
               .
               The
               Passions
               are
               extreamly
               well
               drawn
               in
               this
               Play
               ,
               and
               it
               met
               with
               its
               deserv'd
               Applause
               :
               and
               our
               Author
               has
               said
               with
               as
               much
               Truth
               as
               Modesty
               h
               ,
               That
               such
               Characters
               
               
                 Every
                 Dawber
                 cannot
                 draw
              
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Romance
               call'd
               Pharamond
               ,
               translated
               from
               the
               French
               of
               Mr.
               Calpranede
               .
               See
               the
               History
               of
               Varannes
               ,
               Part
               3.
               
               Book
               3.
               p.
               282.
               
               Of
               Martian
               .
               Part
               7.
               
               Book
               1.
               p.
               207.
               
               Of
               Theodosius
               Part
               7.
               
               Book
               3.
               p.
               256.
               
            
             
               I
               know
               nothing
               else
               that
               our
               Author
               has
               in
               Print
               ;
               and
               therefore
               I
               shall
               conclude
               with
               that
               just
               Commendation
               given
               him
               and
               Mr.
               Otway
               ,
               by
               Mr.
               Evelyn
               ,
               in
               his
               Imitation
               of
               
               Ovid's
               
                 Elegy
                 ad
                 Invidos
              
               i
               .
            
             
               
                 When
                 the
                 aspiring
                 Grecian
                 k
                 in
                 the
                 East
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 haughty
                 Philip
                 l
                 is
                 forgot
                 in
                 the
                 West
                 ,
              
               
                 Then
                 Lee
                 and
                 
                 Otway's
                 Works
                 shall
                 be
                 supprest
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               John
               LILLY
               .
            
             
               An
               Ancient
               Writer
               ,
               living
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               :
               he
               was
               a
               Kentish
               Man
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               younger
               Years
               brought
               up
               in
               St.
               
                 Mary
                 Magdalen
              
               Colledge
               in
               Oxon.
               where
               in
               the
               Year
               1575.
               he
               took
               his
               Master
               of
               Arts
               Degree
               .
               He
               was
               a
               very
               close
               Student
               ,
               and
               much
               addicted
               to
               Poetry
               ;
               a
               Proof
               of
               which
               he
               has
               given
               the
               World
               in
               Nine
               Plays
               ,
               he
               has
               bequeath'd
               to
               Posterity
               ,
               and
               which
               in
               that
               Age
               ,
               were
               well
               esteem'd
               both
               by
               the
               Court
               and
               the
               University
               .
               He
               was
               One
               of
               the
               first
               Writers
               ,
               that
               in
               those
               Days
               attempted
               to
               reform
               our
               Language
               ,
               and
               purge
               it
               from
               obsolete
               Expressions
               .
               Mr.
               Blount
               ,
               a
               Gentleman
               ,
               who
               has
               made
               himself
               known
               to
               the
               
               World
               ,
               by
               the
               several
               Pieces
               of
               his
               own
               Writing
               ,
               (
               as
               
                 Horae
                 Subsecivae
              
               ,
               his
               
                 Microcosmography
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               )
               and
               who
               publisht
               fix
               of
               these
               Plays
               ;
               in
               his
               Title-page
               stiles
               him
               ,
               The
               only
               Rare
               Poet
               of
               that
               Time
               ,
               The
               Witty
               ,
               Comical
               ,
               Facetiously-Quick
               ,
               and
               Unparalell'd
               
                 John
                 Lilly.
              
               
            
             
               'T
               is
               not
               to
               be
               expected
               that
               I
               should
               any
               where
               trace
               this
               Author
               ,
               if
               the
               Character
               Mr.
               Blount
               gives
               of
               him
               in
               his
               Epistle
               Dedicatory
               ,
               be
               true
               ;
               
                 That
                 he
                 sat
                 at
                 
                 Apollo's
                 Table
                 ;
                 that
                 Apollo
                 gave
                 him
                 a
                 Wreath
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Bayes
                 ,
                 without
                 Snatching
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Lyre
                 he
                 play'd
                 on
                 ,
                 had
                 no
                 borrow'd
                 Strings
                 .
              
               The
               Reader
               therefore
               is
               only
               to
               expect
               a
               short
               Account
               of
               his
               Titles
               Alphabetically
               .
            
             
               
                 Alexander
                 and
                 Campaspe
              
               ,
               a
               Tragical-Comedy
               play'd
               before
               the
               Queens
               Majesty
               ,
               on
               Twelfth-day
               at
               Night
               ,
               by
               her
               Majesties
               Children
               ,
               and
               the
               Children
               of
               Paul's
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               at
               the
               Black-fryars
               ;
               printed
               120.
               
               Lond.
               1632.
               
               The
               Story
               of
               
               Alexander's
               bestowing
               Campaspe
               on
               the
               Enamour'd
               Apelles
               ,
               is
               related
               by
               Pliny
               in
               his
               his
               Natural
               History
               ,
               Lib.
               35
               L.10
               .
            
             
               Endymion
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               presented
               before
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               her
               Majesties
               Chappel
               ,
               and
               the
               Children
               of
               Pauls
               ;
               printed
               120
               Lond.
               1632.
               
               For
               the
               Story
               of
               
               Endimion's
               being
               belov'd
               by
               the
               Moon
               ,
               with
               Comments
               upon
               it
               ,
               may
               be
               met
               with
               in
               most
               of
               the
               Mythologists
               :
               See
               
               Lucian's
               Dialogues
               between
               Venus
               and
               the
               
                 Moon
                 ;
                 Natalis
                 Comes
              
               ,
               Lib.
               4.
               
               C
               8.
               
               
                 Hygini
                 Poeticon
                 Astronomicon
                 ;
                 Fulgentii
                 Mythologia
              
               ;
               Galtruchius's
               History
               of
               the
               Heathen
               Gods
               ,
               Lib.
               I.
               C.
               9.
               
               M.
               Gombauld
               has
               writ
               a
               Romance
               ,
               
               call'd
               Endymion
               ,
               translated
               in
               English
               ,
               printed
               octavo
               1639.
               
            
             
               Galathea
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               play'd
               before
               the
               Queens
               Majesty
               at
               Greenwich
               ,
               on
               New-Years
               Day
               at
               Night
               ,
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               Paul's
               ;
               printed
               120.
               
               Lond.
               1632.
               
               In
               the
               Characters
               of
               Galathea
               and
               Phillidia
               ,
               the
               Poet
               has
               copy'd
               the
               Story
               of
               Iphis
               and
               Janthe
               ,
               which
               the
               Reader
               may
               find
               at
               large
               In
               
               Ovid's
               Metamorphosis
               ,
               Lib.
               9
               .
               Cap.
               12
               .
            
             
               
                 Love's
                 Metamorphosis
              
               ,
               a
               Witty
               and
               Courtly
               Pastoral
               ,
               first
               play'd
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               Paul's
               ,
               and
               now
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               the
               Chappel
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1601.
               
            
             
               
                 Maid's
                 Metamorphosis
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               sundry
               times
               acted
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               Paul's
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1600.
               
               The
               first
               Act
               is
               wholy
               writ
               in
               Verse
               ,
               and
               so
               is
               the
               greatest
               part
               of
               the
               Play.
               
            
             
               
                 Mother
                 Bombie
              
               ,
               a
               Pleasant
               Conceited
               Comedy
               ,
               sundry
               times
               play'd
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               Paul's
               ;
               printed
               120.
               
               Lond.
               1632.
               
            
             
               Mydas
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               play'd
               before
               the
               Queens
               Majesty
               upon
               Twelfth-day
               at
               Night
               ;
               printed
               120.
               
               Lond.
               1632.
               
               For
               the
               Story
               ,
               see
               
               Ovid's
               Metamorphosis
               ,
               Lib.
               II.
               Fab.
               4
               .
               
                 Natalis
                 Comes
              
               ,
               Lib.
               9.
               
               Cap.
               15.
               
               Galtruchius
               ,
               Book
               2.
               
               Ch.
               5
               .
               Apuleius
               has
               writ
               the
               Story
               at
               large
               in
               his
               
                 Aureus
                 Asinus
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Sapho
                 and
                 Phao
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               play'd
               before
               the
               Queens
               Majesty
               on
               Shrove-Tuesday
               ,
               by
               her
               Majesties
               Children
               ,
               and
               the
               Children
               of
               Paul's
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               at
               the
               Black-fryars
               ;
               printed
               120.
               
               Lond.
               1632.
               
               This
               Story
               the
               Reader
               may
               learn
               from
               
               Ovid's
               Epistle
               of
               Sapho
               ,
               to
               Phaon
               ,
               Ep.
               21.
               
            
             
             
               
                 Woman
                 in
                 the
                 Moon
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               presented
               before
               Her
               Highness
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1667.
               
            
             
               Six
               of
               these
               Plays
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Alexander
                 and
                 Campaspe
                 ,
                 Endymion
                 ,
                 Galathea
                 ,
                 Mother
                 Bombie
                 ,
                 Mydas
                 ,
                 Sapho
                 and
                 Phao
                 ,
              
               are
               printed
               together
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               Six
               Court
               Comedies
               ,
               120.
               
               Lond.
               1632.
               and
               dedicated
               by
               the
               above
               mention'd
               Mr.
               Blount
               ,
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               
                 Richard
                 Lumley
              
               ,
               Viscount
               Lumley
               of
               Waterford
               .
               The
               other
               three
               are
               printed
               single
               in
               4
               
               o.
               By
               which
               it
               appears
               how
               and
               Mr.
               Philips
               m
               and
               his
               Transcriber
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               n
               are
               mistaken
               ,
               in
               affirming
               ,
               That
               all
               Mr.
               
               Lilly's
               Plays
               are
               printed
               together
               in
               a
               Volume
               :
               Not
               are
               they
               less
               mistaken
               in
               ascribing
               to
               him
               a
               Play
               call'd
               
                 Warning
                 for
                 fair
                 Women
              
               ,
               it
               being
               writ
               by
               an
               Anonymous
               Author
               .
            
             
               I
               presume
               our
               Author
               may
               have
               other
               Pieces
               in
               print
               ,
               tho'
               I
               have
               not
               been
               so
               happy
               to
               see
               them
               :
               Mr.
               Blount
               seems
               to
               mention
               a
               Book
               stiled
               Euphues
               ,
               o
               
                 Our
                 Nation
                 (
                 says
                 he
                 )
                 are
                 in
                 his
                 Debt
                 for
                 a
                 new
                 English
                 which
                 he
                 taught
                 them
                 ;
                 Euphues
                 and
                 his
                 England
                 began
                 first
                 ,
                 that
                 Language
                 :
                 All
                 our
                 Ladies
                 were
                 then
                 his
                 Schollars
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 Beauty
                 in
                 Court
                 ,
                 which
                 could
                 not
                 Parley
                 Eupheisme
                 ,
                 was
                 as
                 little
                 regarded
                 ,
                 as
                 She
                 which
                 now
                 there
                 ,
                 speaks
                 not
                 French.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               LODGE
               .
            
             
               A
               Doctor
               of
               Physick
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ;
               who
               was
               not
               so
               entirely
               devoted
               to
               
               AEsculapius
               ,
               but
               that
               during
               his
               Residence
               in
               the
               University
               of
               Cambridge
               ,
               he
               sometimes
               sacrificed
               to
               Apollo
               ,
               and
               the
               Nine
               Sisters
               .
               Mr.
               Philips
               says
               p
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 was
                 One
                 of
                 the
                 Writers
                 of
                 those
                 pretty
                 old
                 Pastoral
                 Songs
                 and
                 Madrigals
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 very
                 much
                 the
                 Strain
                 of
                 those
                 Times
                 .
              
               But
               't
               is
               not
               in
               Lyrick
               Poetry
               alone
               that
               he
               exercis'd
               his
               Pen
               ,
               but
               sometimes
               he
               exercis'd
               it
               in
               Dramatick
               likewise
               ,
               in
               which
               way
               he
               has
               publish
               two
               Pieces
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Looking-Glass
                 for
              
               London
               and
               England
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1598.
               in
               an
               old
               Black-Letter
               .
               In
               this
               Play
               our
               Author
               was
               assisted
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Robert
                 Green
              
               ,
               of
               whom
               we
               have
               given
               an
               Account
               p.
               241.
               
               This
               Drama
               is
               founded
               on
               
                 Holy
                 Writ
              
               ,
               being
               the
               History
               of
               Jonas
               and
               the
               Ninevites
               ,
               form'd
               into
               a
               Play.
               I
               suppose
               they
               chose
               this
               Subject
               in
               Imitation
               of
               others
               who
               had
               writ
               Dramas
               on
               Sacred
               Subjects
               long
               before
               them
               ;
               as
               Ezekiel
               ,
               a
               
                 Jewish
                 Dramatick
              
               Poet
               ,
               writ
               the
               Deliverance
               of
               the
               Israelites
               out
               of
               
                 Egypt
                 ;
                 Gregory
                 Nazianzen
              
               ,
               or
               as
               some
               say
               ,
               
                 Apollinaris
                 of
                 Laodicea
              
               ,
               writ
               the
               Tragedy
               of
               
               Christ's
               Passion
               :
               as
               I
               learn
               from
               the
               Learned
               Vossius
               q
               .
               To
               these
               I
               might
               add
               
                 Hugo
                 Grotius
                 ,
                 Theodore
                 Beza
                 ,
                 Petavius
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               all
               which
               have
               built
               upon
               the
               Foundation
               of
               Sacred
               History
               .
            
             
               
                 Wounds
                 of
                 Civil
                 War
              
               ,
               lively
               set
               forth
               in
               the
               true
               Tragedies
               of
               Marius
               and
               Silla
               ,
               publickly
               Play'd
               in
               London
               ,
               by
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Lord
               High
               Admiral
               his
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1594.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               consult
               Plutarch
               in
               
               the
               Lives
               of
               Marius
               and
               Silla
               ;
               
                 Velleius
                 Paterculus
              
               ,
               Lib.
               2
               .
               
                 Salust
                 .
                 de
                 Bello
                 Jugurth
                 .
                 T.
                 Livius
                 ,
              
               Lib.
               66
               .
               
                 Brev.
                 Florus
              
               ,
               Lib.
               3.
               
               C.
               3.
               
               
                 Aurelius
                 Vistor
                 ;
                 Eutropius
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               This
               Author
               (
               as
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               says
               )
               r
               was
               an
               Eminent
               Writer
               of
               Pastoral
               Songs
               ,
               Odes
               ,
               and
               Madrigals
               ;
               of
               which
               he
               cites
               a
               pretty
               Sonnet
               ,
               which
               is
               said
               to
               be
               of
               his
               Composure
               :
               and
               he
               has
               transcrib'd
               another
               in
               praise
               of
               Rosalinde
               ,
               out
               of
               his
               
               Euphue's
               Golden-Legacy
               .
               This
               Book
               I
               never
               saw
               ;
               and
               know
               nothing
               else
               of
               our
               Author
               's
               Writing
               ,
               except
               a
               Treatise
               of
               the
               Plague
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1600.
               
               As
               to
               the
               Plays
               ascrib'd
               to
               him
               by
               Mr.
               Philips
               and
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               is
               made
               an
               Associate
               with
               Mr.
               
                 Robert
                 Green
              
               ,
               I
               have
               already
               shewed
               their
               mistakes
               in
               the
               Account
               of
               that
               Author
               ,
               to
               which
               I
               refer
               the
               Reader
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               William
               LOWER
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               who
               during
               the
               beat
               of
               our
               Civil
               Wars
               ,
               took
               Sanctuary
               in
               Holland
               ,
               where
               in
               peace
               and
               privacy
               he
               enjoy'd
               the
               Society
               of
               the
               Muses
               .
               He
               was
               a
               great
               Admirer
               of
               the
               French
               Poets
               ,
               and
               bestowed
               some
               times
               and
               pains
               in
               dressing
               some
               Plays
               in
               an
               
                 English
                 Garb
              
               :
               besides
               what
               ,
               he
               has
               writ
               himself
               in
               his
               Mother-Tongue
               .
               So
               that
               we
               are
               obliged
               to
               him
               for
               six
               Plays
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Amorous
                 Phantasin
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               printed
               at
               the
               Hague
               120.
               1658.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               her
               
               Highness
               
                 The
                 Princess
                 Royal.
              
               This
               Play
               is
               translated
               from
               the
               French
               of
               M.
               
               Quinault's
               
                 Le
                 Fantōme
                 Amoureux
              
               ,
               which
               appear'd
               with
               success
               on
               the
               French
               Stage
               .
            
             
               
                 Enchanted
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               ;
               printed
               at
               the
               Hague
               120.
               1658.
               
            
             
               Horatius
               ,
               a
               Roman
               Tragedy
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1656.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               Translated
               from
               the
               French
               of
               Mr.
               Corneille
               ;
               and
               as
               it
               is
               the
               first
               Version
               we
               had
               of
               that
               Admirable
               Play
               ,
               I
               think
               it
               ought
               to
               be
               excused
               ,
               if
               it
               come
               short
               of
               the
               Excellent
               Translation
               of
               Mr.
               Cotton
               ,
               and
               the
               Incomparable
               Orinda
               .
               For
               the
               Story
               ,
               consult
               Livy
               ,
               Lib.
               1.
               
               Florus
               ,
               Lib.
               1.
               
               C.
               3
               .
               
                 Dionysius
                 Hallicarnassaeus
                 ,
                 Cassiodorus
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Noble
                 Ingratitude
              
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               printed
               at
               the
               Hague
               120.
               1658.
               and
               dedicated
               .
               to
               Her
               Majesty
               the
               Queen
               of
               Bohemia
               .
               Our
               Author
               is
               fully
               perswaded
               ,
               that
               this
               s
               Play
               is
               in
               the
               Original
               One
               of
               the
               best
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               ,
               that
               has
               been
               presented
               on
               the
               French
               Stage
               :
               and
               undoubtedly
               M.
               Quinault
               is
               an
               Excellent
               Poet
               ,
               notwithstanding
               the
               Raillery
               of
               the
               Sharp-witted
               Boileau
               t
               .
            
             
               
                 Si
                 je
                 pense
                 exprimer
                 un
                 Auteur
                 sans
                 default
                 ,
              
               
                 La
                 Raison
                 dit
                 Virgile
                 ,
                 &
                 la
                 Rime
                 Quinault
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Phoenix
                 in
                 her
                 Flames
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1639.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Worshipful
               ,
               his
               most
               Honoured
               Cousin
               ,
               
                 Thomas
                 Lower
              
               Esquire
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               written
               before
               our
               Author
               was
               Knighted
               ,
               and
               I
               take
               it
               to
               be
               the
               first
               he
               writ
               .
            
             
             
               Polyeuctes
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ;
               Printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1655.
               
               For
               the
               true
               Story
               ,
               consult
               
                 Coeffeteau
                 Hist.
                 Rom.
                 Surius
                 de
                 Vitis
                 Sanctorum
                 .
              
               As
               to
               the
               Incidents
               of
               the
               Dream
               of
               Paulina
               ,
               the
               Love
               of
               Severus
               ,
               the
               Effectual
               Baptism
               of
               Polyeuctes
               ,
               the
               Sacrifice
               for
               the
               Emperours
               Victory
               ,
               the
               Dignity
               of
               Felix
               ,
               the
               Death
               of
               Nearchus
               ,
               the
               Conversion
               of
               Felix
               and
               Paulina
               ,
               they
               are
               all
               of
               them
               the
               Author's
               Invention
               .
            
             
               Three
               of
               these
               Plays
               ;
               
                 viz.
                 Amorous
                 Phantasm
                 ,
                 Enchanted
                 Lovers
                 ,
                 Noble
                 Ingratitude
                 ,
              
               were
               printed
               together
               at
               the
               Hague
               ,
               during
               the
               Author's
               Exile
               ;
               and
               at
               His
               Majesty's
               Return
               ,
               the
               Remainder
               of
               the
               Copies
               were
               purchas'd
               by
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               ,
               who
               printed
               new
               Titles
               in
               the
               Year
               1661.
               
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               LUPON
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               able
               to
               recover
               nothing
               of
               this
               Author
               ,
               either
               as
               to
               the
               time
               of
               his
               Birth
               ,
               the
               Place
               where
               he
               liv'd
               ,
               or
               any
               thing
               he
               writ
               ,
               besides
               a
               Tragedy
               mention'd
               in
               former
               Catalogues
               ,
               called
            
             
               
                 All
                 for
                 Money
              
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             M.
             
          
           
             
               Lewis
               MACHIN
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentlemen
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Martyr
               ;
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               single
               Play
               ,
               called
            
             
               
                 Dumb
                 Knight
              
               ,
               an
               Historical
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               
               sundry
               times
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               his
               Majesties
               Revels
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1633.
               
               Our
               Author
               has
               borrow'd
               several
               Incidents
               from
               Novels
               ;
               as
               the
               Story
               of
               Mariana
               her
               Swearing
               Prince
               Philocles
               to
               be
               Dumb
               ,
               Act
               2.
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
               Bandello's
               Novells
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               read
               the
               Story
               ,
               translated
               by
               Belleforest
               Tom.
               1.
               
               Nov.
               13.
               
               The
               same
               Incident
               is
               in
               a
               Play
               ,
               called
               
                 The
                 Queen
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Excellency
                 of
                 her
                 Sex.
              
               Alfonsos
               '
               Cuckolding
               Prate
               the
               Oratour
               ,
               Act
               3.
               and
               the
               latter
               appearing
               before
               the
               Council
               ,
               and
               pleading
               in
               
               Alfonso's
               Cloathes
               ,
               whilst
               he
               is
               brought
               before
               the
               King
               in
               the
               Orator's
               Habit
               ,
               Act
               5.
               is
               borrow'd
               (
               as
               I
               remember
               )
               from
               another
               of
               
               Bandello's
               Novels
               ;
               and
               the
               English
               Reader
               may
               meet
               with
               the
               same
               Story
               in
               
                 The
                 Complaisant
                 Companion
              
               ,
               octavo
               p.
               246.
               
            
          
           
             
               John
               MAIDWEL
               .
            
             
               An
               Ingenious
               Person
               ,
               still
               living
               (
               as
               I
               suppose
               )
               in
               London
               ;
               where
               some
               time
               ago
               he
               undertook
               the
               Care
               and
               Tuition
               of
               young
               Gentlemen
               ,
               and
               kept
               a
               Private
               School
               ;
               during
               which
               Employment
               ,
               besides
               some
               other
               Performances
               ,
               (
               with
               which
               he
               has
               obliged
               the
               World
               )
               he
               has
               borrow'd
               so
               much
               time
               as
               to
               write
               a
               Play
               ,
               stiled
            
             
               
                 Loving
                 Enemies
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               his
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1680.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Honourable
               
                 Charles
                 Fox
              
               Esquire
               .
               The
               part
               of
               Circumstantio
               ,
               seems
               to
               me
               to
               resemble
               the
               Humor
               of
               Sir
               
                 Formal
                 Trifle
              
               ;
               especially
               the
               Description
               of
               the
               Magpies
               sucking
               a
               
               Hen's
               Egg
               ,
               
               Act
               4.
               
               Sc.
               1.
               is
               writ
               much
               after
               the
               same
               way
               with
               that
               of
               the
               Mouse
               taken
               in
               a
               Trap
               ,
               See
               Virtuoso
               ,
               Act
               3.
               towards
               the
               End.
               The
               Epilogue
               to
               this
               Play
               ,
               is
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Shadwell
               .
            
          
           
             
               Jasper
               MAIN
               .
            
             
               A
               Person
               of
               Fame
               and
               Note
               ,
               as
               well
               for
               Natural
               Parts
               ,
               as
               acquired
               Learning
               .
               He
               was
               Born
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               ,
               at
               Hatherleigh
               ,
               &c.
               
               His
               Education
               was
               at
               Westminster
               School
               ;
               from
               whence
               be
               was
               transplanted
               to
               Christ-Church
               ,
               and
               admitted
               Student
               A.D.
               
               1624.
               
               In
               this
               Colledge
               he
               gradually
               advanced
               in
               the
               Study
               of
               Arts
               and
               Sciences
               ,
               till
               he
               took
               both
               his
               Degrees
               ,
               and
               enter'd
               into
               holy
               Orders
               ,
               and
               was
               prefer'd
               to
               two
               Livings
               ,
               both
               in
               the
               Gift
               of
               the
               Colledge
               ,
               and
               one
               hard-by
               Oxford
               .
               About
               this
               time
               the
               Civil
               Wars
               breaking
               out
               ,
               and
               the
               Pious
               King
               being
               forc'd
               by
               wicked
               Subjects
               ,
               to
               fly
               for
               shelter
               to
               this
               Seat
               of
               the
               Muses
               :
               our
               Author
               was
               made
               choice
               of
               amongst
               others
               deputed
               to
               Preach
               before
               His
               Majesty
               .
               Soon
               after
               which
               ,
               Mr.
               Wood
               tells
               us
               ,
               he
               was
               created
               Dr.
               of
               Divinity
               ,
               and
               resided
               in
               Oxford
               till
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Mock
               Visitation
               sent
               to
               the
               University
               ,
               when
               he
               ,
               amongst
               other
               Worthies
               eminent
               for
               their
               Loyalty
               ,
               was
               ejected
               not
               only
               from
               the
               Colledge
               ,
               but
               both
               his
               Livings
               .
               During
               this
               Storm
               ,
               he
               found
               an
               Asylum
               in
               the
               House
               of
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Earl
               of
               Devonshire
               ,
               where
               for
               the
               most
               part
               he
               resided
               ,
               till
               the
               Happy
               Return
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               to
               his
               Kingdomes
               ;
               
               at
               which
               time
               ,
               he
               was
               not
               only
               restored
               to
               his
               Places
               ,
               but
               made
               Canon
               of
               Christ-church
               ,
               and
               Arch-deacon
               of
               Chichester
               ;
               which
               Preferments
               he
               enjoy'd
               to
               his
               Death
               .
               He
               was
               a
               Person
               of
               a
               ready
               and
               facetious
               Wit
               ,
               and
               yet
               withal
               ,
               a
               sound
               ,
               Orthodox
               Preacher
               .
               In
               his
               younger
               years
               ,
               he
               was
               very
               much
               addicted
               to
               Poetry
               ,
               in
               which
               time
               he
               writ
               two
               Plays
               ,
               which
               are
               very
               much
               esteem'd
               by
               the
               generality
               of
               those
               who
               delight
               in
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               .
            
             
               
                 Amorous
                 War
              
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               o
               Oxon.
               1658.
               
            
             
               
                 City
                 Match
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               before
               the
               King
               and
               Queen
               at
               Whitehall
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               on
               the
               Stage
               at
               Black-friars
               ,
               with
               general
               Applause
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Oxon.
               1658.
               
               These
               two
               Plays
               ,
               have
               been
               printed
               in
               Folio
               ,
               4
               
               o.
               and
               8
               
               o.
               and
               are
               bound
               together
               .
            
             
               Besides
               these
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               our
               Author
               writ
               a
               Poem
               ,
               upon
               the
               Naval
               Victory
               over
               the
               Dutch
               by
               the
               Duke
               of
               York
               ,
               printed
               1665.
               and
               added
               some
               Dialogues
               to
               those
               of
               Lucian
               translated
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Francis
                 Hicks
              
               ,
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1638.
               
               He
               publisht
               likewise
               many
               serious
               Pieces
               ,
               as
               several
               Sermons
               in
               4
               
               o.
               1646
               —
               47
               —
               52
               —
               62.
               
               Amongst
               which
               ,
               none
               was
               so
               much
               talkt
               of
               ,
               as
               that
               concerning
               false
               Prophets
               .
               It
               was
               ,
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               ,
               writ
               against
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Francis
                 Cheynel
              
               ,
               which
               occasion'd
               our
               Authors
               Vindication
               publisht
               1647.
               
               He
               writ
               besides
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               or
               The
               Peoples
               War
               examined
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Principles
               of
               Scripture
               and
               Reason
               ,
               in
               answer
               to
               a
               Letter
               ,
               for
               the
               satisfation
               of
               a
               Person
               of
               Quality
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               —
               1647.
               with
               
               several
               other
               Pieces
               which
               I
               have
               not
               seen
               .
            
             
               He
               Died
               on
               the
               Sixth
               day
               of
               
                 December
                 ,
                 An.
              
               1672.
               and
               was
               Buried
               in
               Christ-Church
               on
               the
               North-side
               of
               the
               Quire
               :
               having
               in
               his
               Will
               left
               several
               Bequests
               to
               Pious
               uses
               .
               As
               Fifty
               Pounds
               to
               the
               Re-building
               of
               St.
               Pauls
               ;
               A
               Hundred
               Pounds
               to
               be
               distributed
               by
               the
               Two
               Vicars
               of
               Cassington
               and
               Purton
               ,
               for
               the
               use
               of
               the
               Poor
               of
               those
               Parishes
               ,
               with
               many
               other
               Legacies
               :
               amongst
               which
               I
               cannot
               forget
               One
               ,
               which
               has
               frequently
               occasion'd
               Mirth
               at
               the
               relation
               .
               He
               had
               a
               Servant
               who
               had
               long
               liv'd
               with
               him
               ,
               to
               whom
               he
               bequeath'd
               a
               Trunk
               ,
               and
               in
               it
               Somewhat
               (
               as
               he
               said
               )
               
                 that
                 would
                 make
                 him
                 Drink
                 after
                 his
                 Death
                 .
              
               The
               Doctor
               being
               dead
               the
               Trunk
               ,
               was
               speedily
               visited
               by
               his
               Servant
               with
               mighty
               Expectation
               ,
               where
               he
               found
               this
               promising
               Legacy
               to
               be
               nothing
               but
               a
               Red-Herring
               :
               So
               that
               it
               may
               be
               said
               of
               him
               ,
               that
               his
               propensity
               to
               innocent
               Raillery
               was
               so
               great
               ,
               that
               it
               kept
               him
               Company
               even
               after
               Death
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cosmo
               MANUCH
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               One
               that
               as
               I
               suppose
               took
               up
               Arms
               for
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               under
               the
               Quality
               of
               a
               Major
               ,
               tho'
               whether
               of
               Horse
               or
               Foot
               I
               am
               ignorant
               .
               Mr.
               Phillips
               a
               supposes
               him
               an
               Italian
               ,
               stiling
               him
               Manuci
               ;
               but
               whatever
               his
               Country
               be
               ,
               he
               has
               writ
               Two
               Plays
               which
               shew
               him
               well
               vers'd
               in
               the
               English
               Language
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
             
               
                 Just
                 General
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1650.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               James
               Earl
               of
               Northampton
               ,
               and
               Isabella
               ,
               his
               most
               Virtuous
               Lady
               .
               This
               is
               the
               first
               Play
               our
               Author
               writ
               ,
               and
               which
               was
               intended
               for
               the
               Stage
               ,
               but
               never
               acted
               :
               not
               that
               it
               is
               any
               ways
               contemptible
               ;
               and
               therefore
               the
               Major
               did
               not
               forfeit
               his
               Modesty
               when
               he
               said
               of
               it
               ,
               b
            
             
               
                 In
                 spite
                 of
                 Malice
                 ,
                 venture
                 I
                 dare
                 thus
                 far
                 ,
              
               
                 Pack
                 not
                 a
                 Jury
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 'll
                 stand
                 the
                 Bar.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Loyal
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1652.
               
               In
               this
               Play
               our
               Author
               lashes
               the
               old
               Committee-men
               ,
               and
               their
               Informers
               ,
               in
               the
               Persons
               of
               Gripeman
               and
               Sodom
               ,
               and
               I
               believe
               he
               meant
               to
               expose
               Hugh
               Peters's
               Adventure
               with
               the
               Butcher's
               Wife
               of
               St.
               
               Sepulcher's
               ,
               with
               his
               Revenge
               thereupon
               ,
               under
               the
               Characters
               of
               Phanaticus
               and
               Fly-blow
               .
               If
               my
               Conjecture
               prove
               true
               I
               hope
               no
               sober
               man
               will
               be
               angry
               ,
               that
               Peters
               should
               be
               personated
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               who
               himself
               had
               ridicul'd
               others
               ,
               when
               he
               acted
               the
               Clown's
               part
               in
               
               Shakespear's
               Company
               of
               Comedians
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               read
               in
               Dr.
               
               Young's
               Relation
               of
               his
               Life
               .
            
             
               If
               it
               be
               consider'd
               that
               our
               Author's
               Muse
               was
               
                 travesté
                 en
                 Cavileer
              
               ;
               that
               he
               made
               Writing
               his
               Diversion
               ,
               and
               not
               his
               Business
               ;
               that
               what
               he
               writ
               was
               not
               borrow'd
               but
               
                 propriâ
                 Minervâ
              
               ,
               I
               hope
               the
               Criticks
               will
               allow
               his
               Plays
               to
               pass
               Muster
               amongst
               those
               of
               the
               third
               Rate
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Gervase
               MARKHAM
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               who
               flourisht
               under
               the
               Reigns
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               King
               James
               ,
               and
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               :
               for
               the
               later
               of
               whom
               he
               took
               up
               Arms
               ,
               in
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Rebellion
               :
               being
               honour'd
               by
               His
               Majesty
               with
               a
               Captain
               's
               Commission
               .
               He
               was
               the
               Son
               of
               
                 Robert
                 Markham
              
               of
               Cotham
               ,
               in
               the
               County
               of
               Nottingham
               
                 Esq
              
               and
               was
               eminently
               Famous
               for
               his
               numerous
               Volumes
               of
               Husbandry
               ,
               and
               Horsemanship
               :
               besides
               what
               he
               has
               writ
               on
               Rural
               Recreations
               ,
               and
               Military
               Discipline
               .
               He
               understood
               the
               Practick
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Theory
               of
               the
               Art
               of
               War
               :
               and
               was
               esteem'd
               a
               good
               Scholar
               ,
               and
               an
               excellent
               Linguist
               ,
               understanding
               perfectly
               the
               
                 French
                 ,
                 Italian
              
               ,
               and
               Spanish
               Languages
               ,
               from
               all
               which
               he
               collected
               Notes
               of
               Husbandry
               .
               In
               the
               enumeration
               of
               his
               Works
               the
               Reader
               will
               be
               satisfied
               of
               his
               excellent
               Parts
               and
               Abilities
               :
               and
               that
               he
               was
               
                 tàm
                 Marti
                 quàm
                 Mercurio
              
               ,
               vers'd
               in
               the
               Employments
               of
               War
               and
               Peace
               :
               and
               One
               piece
               of
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               which
               he
               has
               publisht
               ,
               will
               shew
               that
               he
               Sacrific'd
               to
               Apollo
               ,
               and
               the
               Muses
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               to
               Mars
               and
               Pallas
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               extant
               under
               the
               Title
               of
            
             
               
                 Herod
                 and
                 Antipater
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1622.
               where
               ,
               or
               when
               this
               Play
               was
               acted
               the
               imperfection
               of
               my
               Copy
               hinders
               my
               information
               .
               For
               the
               Foundation
               't
               is
               built
               on
               History
               .
               See
               
                 Josephus
                 Ant.
                 Jud.
              
               Lib.
               14
               ,
               15
               ,
               16
               ,
               &
               17.
               
               
                 Torniel
                 ,
                 Salian
                 ,
                 Spondanus
                 ,
                 Baronii
                 Ann.
              
               &c
            
             
             
               I
               shall
               now
               mention
               his
               Works
               ,
               and
               first
               those
               which
               treat
               of
               Horsemanship
               ,
               which
               have
               made
               him
               Famous
               all
               over
               England
               .
               Of
               these
               he
               has
               writ
               
                 A
                 Discourse
                 of
                 Horsemanship
              
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               without
               Date
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Prince
               Henry
               Eldest
               Son
               to
               King
               James
               the
               First
               .
               
                 Cure
                 of
                 all
                 Diseases
                 incident
                 to
                 Horses
                 ,
              
               4
               
               o.
               1610.
               
               
                 English
                 Farriar
              
               ,
               4
               
               o.
               1649.
               
               Master-piece
               ,
               4
               
               o.
               1662.
               
               
                 Faithful
                 Farriar
              
               ,
               8
               
               o.
               1667.
               
               
                 Perfect
                 Horseman
              
               ,
               120.
               1671.
               
               For
               Husbandry
               he
               publisht
               
                 Liebault's
                 Le
                 Maison
                 Rustique
              
               ,
               or
               The
               Country
               Farm
               ,
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1616.
               
               This
               Treatise
               (
               which
               was
               at
               first
               translated
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Richard
                 Surflet
              
               ,
               a
               Physitian
               )
               our
               Author
               enlarg'd
               with
               several
               Additions
               from
               the
               French
               Books
               of
               Serres
               and
               Vinet
               ,
               the
               Spanish
               of
               Albiterio
               ,
               and
               the
               Italian
               of
               Grilli
               ,
               and
               others
               .
               
                 The
                 Art
                 of
                 Husbandry
              
               ,
               first
               translated
               from
               the
               Latine
               of
               
                 Conr.
                 Heresbachius
              
               ,
               by
               
                 Barnaby
                 Googe
              
               ,
               he
               revis'd
               and
               augmented
               ,
               4
               
               o.
               1631.
               
               He
               writ
               besides
               ,
               
                 Farewel
                 to
                 Husbandry
              
               ,
               4
               
               o.
               1620.
               
               
                 Way
                 to
                 get
                 Wealth
              
               ,
               wherein
               is
               compris'd
               his
               Country
               Contentments
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               1668.
               
               To
               this
               I
               may
               add
               
                 Hungers
                 Prevention
              
               ,
               or
               his
               
                 Art
                 of
                 Fowling
              
               ,
               8
               
               o.
               His
               Epitome
               ,
               120.
               &c.
               
               In
               Military
               Discipline
               ,
               he
               has
               publisht
               
                 The
                 Souldiers
                 Accidence
                 ,
                 and
                 Grammar
                 ,
              
               4
               
               o.
               1635.
               
               Besides
               these
               the
               second
               part
               of
               the
               First
               Book
               of
               
                 The
                 English
                 Arcadia
              
               is
               said
               to
               be
               writ
               by
               him
               :
               insomuch
               that
               he
               may
               be
               accounted
               if
               not
               
                 Unus
                 in
                 Omnibus
              
               ,
               at
               least
               a
               Benefactor
               to
               the
               Publick
               ,
               by
               those
               Works
               he
               left
               behind
               him
               ,
               which
               will
               (
               without
               doubt
               )
               eternise
               his
               Memory
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Christopher
               MARLOE
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               was
               Cotemporary
               with
               the
               Incomparable
               Shakespear
               ,
               and
               One
               who
               trod
               the
               Stage
               with
               Applause
               both
               from
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               and
               King
               James
               .
               Nor
               was
               he
               accounted
               a
               less
               Excellent
               Poet
               by
               the
               Judicious
               Johnson
               :
               and
               Heywood
               his
               Fellow
               Actor
               ,
               stiles
               him
               ,
               the
               Best
               of
               Poets
               .
               In
               what
               esteem
               he
               was
               in
               his
               time
               may
               be
               gathered
               from
               part
               of
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               writ
               in
               that
               Age
               ,
               call'd
               a
               
                 Censure
                 of
                 the
                 Poets
              
               ,
               where
               he
               is
               thus
               Characteriz'd
               .
            
             
               
                 Next
                 Marlow
                 bathed
                 in
                 the
                 Thespian
                 Springs
                 ,
              
               
                 Had
                 in
                 him
                 those
                 brave
                 Sublunary
                 things
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 your
                 First-Poets
                 had
                 ;
                 his
                 Raptures
                 were
              
               
                 All
                 Air
                 and
                 Fire
                 ,
                 which
                 made
                 his
                 Verses
                 clear
                 ;
              
               
                 For
                 that
                 fine
                 Madness
                 still
                 he
                 did
                 retain
                 ,
              
               
                 Which
                 rightly
                 should
                 possess
                 a
                 Poet's
                 Brain
                 .
              
            
             
               His
               Genius
               inclin'd
               him
               wholly
               to
               Tragedy
               ,
               and
               he
               has
               obliged
               the
               world
               with
               Seven
               Plays
               of
               this
               kind
               ,
               of
               his
               own
               Composure
               ,
               besides
               One
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               join'd
               with
               Nash
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Dido
                 Queen
                 of
                 Carthage
              
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
               Of
               the
               others
               take
               the
               following
               Account
               .
            
             
               Dr.
               Faustus
               
                 his
                 Tragical
                 History
              
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1661.
               
               There
               is
               an
               old
               Edition
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               ,
               but
               this
               is
               printed
               with
               new
               Additions
               of
               several
               Scenes
               .
               The
               Plot
               ,
               or
               the
               Foundation
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               may
               be
               read
               in
               several
               Authors
               ,
               as
               
                 Camerarei
                 Hor.
                 Subcisiv
                 .
                 Cent.
                 1.
                 
                 Wierus
                 de
                 Praestigiis
                 Daemonum
                 ,
              
               Lib.
               2.
               
               Cap.
               4.
               
               Lonicerus
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
             
               
                 Edward
                 the
                 Second
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               —
               I
               know
               not
               the
               Date
               ,
               or
               the
               Stage
               where
               this
               Play
               was
               acted
               ,
               thro'
               the
               defect
               of
               my
               Title-page
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               consult
               the
               Historians
               ,
               that
               have
               writ
               on
               those
               Times
               ,
               as
               
                 Ranulphus
                 Higden
                 ,
                 Walsingham
                 ,
                 Math.
                 Westminster
                 .
              
               Especially
               those
               that
               have
               more
               particularly
               writ
               his
               Life
               ,
               as
               
                 Thomas
                 de
                 la
                 More
              
               .
               Sr.
               
                 Fr.
                 Hubert
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Jew
                 of
                 Malta
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               play'd
               before
               the
               King
               and
               Queen
               ,
               in
               her
               Majesties
               Theatre
               ,
               at
               Whitehall
               ,
               and
               by
               her
               Majesties
               Servants
               at
               the
               Cock-pit
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1633.
               (
               after
               the
               Author's
               Decease
               )
               and
               dedicated
               (
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Heywood
              
               the
               Publisher
               )
               To
               his
               Worthy
               Friend
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Hammon
              
               of
               
               Gray's
               -
               Inn.
               This
               Play
               was
               in
               much
               esteem
               ,
               in
               those
               days
               the
               Jew's
               Part
               being
               play'd
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Edward
                 Allen
              
               ,
               that
               Ornament
               both
               to
               Black-friars
               Stage
               ,
               and
               to
               his
               Profession
               ;
               to
               the
               One
               on
               Account
               of
               of
               his
               excellent
               Action
               ,
               to
               the
               Other
               of
               his
               exemplary
               Piety
               in
               founding
               Dulwich
               Hospital
               in
               Surrey
               .
               What
               Opinion
               Mr.
               Heywood
               had
               of
               the
               Author
               and
               Actor
               ,
               may
               be
               seen
               by
               the
               beginning
               of
               his
               Prologue
               spoke
               at
               the
               Cock-pit
               .
            
             
               
                 We
                 know
                 not
                 how
                 our
                 Play
                 may
                 pass
                 this
                 Stage
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 by
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 Poets
                 *
                 in
                 that
                 Age
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Malta
                   Jew
                
                 had
                 being
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 made
                 :
              
               
                 And
                 He
                 ,
                 then
                 by
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 *
                 Actors
                 play'd
                 :
              
               
                 In
                 Hero
                 and
                 Leander
                 ,
                 c
                 one
                 did
                 gain
              
               
                 A
                 lasting
                 Memory
                 :
                 in
                 Tamberlain
                 ,
              
               
               
                 
                   This
                   Jew
                
                 ,
                 with
                 others
                 many
                 :
                 th'
                 other
                 wan
              
               
                 The
                 Attribute
                 of
                 peerless
                 ;
                 being
                 a
                 Man
              
               
                 Whom
                 we
                 may
                 rank
                 with
                 (
                 doing
                 no
                 one
                 wrong
                 )
              
               
                 Proteus
                 for
                 Shapes
                 ,
                 and
                 Roscius
                 for
                 a
                 Tongue
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Lust's
                 Dominion
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Lascivious
                 Queen
              
               a
               Tragedy
               publisht
               by
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1661.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               worthily
               honour'd
               Friend
               
                 William
                 Carpenter
              
               Esquire
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               alter'd
               by
               Mrs.
               Behn
               ,
               and
               acted
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               Abdelazer
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Moor's
                 Revenge
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Massacre
                 of
              
               Paris
               ,
               
                 with
                 the
                 Death
                 of
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
              
               Guise
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               play'd
               by
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Lord
               Admiral
               's
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               —
               This
               Play
               is
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts
               ;
               it
               begins
               with
               that
               fatal
               Marriage
               between
               the
               King
               of
               Navarre
               and
               
                 Marguerite
                 de
                 Valois
              
               ,
               Sister
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               Ninth
               ,
               the
               Occasion
               of
               the
               Massacre
               ;
               and
               ends
               with
               the
               Death
               of
               Henry
               the
               Third
               of
               France
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               the
               Writers
               of
               those
               times
               ,
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               these
               two
               Kings
               ,
               Ch.
               IX
               .
               and
               
                 Henry
                 III.
                 Thuanus
                 ,
                 Davila
                 ,
                 Pierre
                 Matthieu
                 ,
                 Dupleix
                 ,
                 Mezeray
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Tamburlain
                 the
                 Great
              
               ,
               or
               The
               Scythian
               Shepherd
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               in
               two
               parts
               ;
               sundry
               times
               acted
               by
               the
               Lord
               Admiral
               's
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               in
               an
               old
               Black-Letter
               octavo
               Lond.
               1593.
               
               Had
               I
               not
               Mr.
               
               Heywood's
               Word
               for
               it
               ,
               In
               the
               fore-mention'd
               Prologue
               ,
               I
               should
               not
               believe
               this
               Play
               to
               be
               his
               ;
               it
               being
               true
               ,
               what
               an
               ingenious
               Author
               said
               d
               ,
               That
               
                 whoever
                 was
                 the
                 Author
                 ,
                 he
                 might
                 ev'n
                 keep
                 it
                 to
                 himself
                 ,
                 secure
                 from
                 Plagiary
                 .
              
            
             
             
               For
               the
               Story
               ,
               see
               those
               that
               have
               writ
               his
               Life
               in
               particular
               ,
               as
               
                 Pietro
                 Perondini
              
               ,
               M.
               
                 St.
                 Sanctyon
                 ,
                 Du
                 Bec
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               and
               those
               that
               have
               treated
               of
               the
               Affairs
               of
               Turks
               and
               Tartars
               in
               general
               ,
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               Bajazet
               and
               Tamerlane
               ,
               as
               
                 Laonicus
                 ,
                 Chalcocondylas
                 ,
                 Pet.
                 Bizarus
                 ,
                 Knolles
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               He
               writ
               besides
               a
               Poem
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Hero
                 and
                 Leander
              
               ;
               
                 Whose
                 mighty
                 Lines
              
               (
               says
               One
               e
               )
               Mr.
               Benjamin
               Johnson
               ,
               
                 a
                 Man
                 sensible
                 enough
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Abilities
                 ,
                 was
                 often
                 heard
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 Examples
                 sitler
                 for
                 Admiration
                 ,
                 than
                 Paralel
                 .
              
               This
               Poem
               being
               left
               imperfect
               by
               our
               our
               Author
               ,
               who
               (
               according
               to
               Mr.
               Philips
               f
               )
               
                 In
                 some
                 riotous
                 Fray
                 ,
                 came
                 to
                 an
                 untimely
                 and
                 violent
                 End
                 ;
                 it
                 was
                 finished
                 by
                 Mr.
              
               Chapman
               ,
               
                 and
                 printed
                 octavo
              
               Lond.
               1606.
               
            
          
           
             
               Shakerley
               MARMION
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               born
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               at
               Ainoe
               ,
               (
               in
               Sutton
               Hundred
               )
               in
               the
               County
               of
               Northampton
               ,
               about
               the
               beginning
               of
               
                 January
                 A.
                 D.
              
               1602.
               
               He
               was
               bred
               up
               at
               
               Thame-School
               ,
               in
               Oxfordshire
               ,
               and
               at
               fifteen
               Years
               of
               Age
               was
               sent
               to
               the
               University
               of
               Oxford
               ,
               where
               he
               became
               a
               Member
               of
               Wadham
               Colledge
               ,
               and
               in
               1624.
               he
               took
               his
               Master
               of
               Arts
               Degree
               .
               What
               further
               became
               of
               him
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               all
               that
               I
               am
               able
               to
               inform
               the
               Reader
               ,
               is
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               the
               Author
               of
               three
               Comedies
               ,
               which
               have
               formerly
               been
               well
               approv'd
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
             
               Antiquary
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               by
               her
               Majesties
               Servants
               at
               the
               Cock-pit
               ,
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1641.
               
               
               Aurelio's
               declaring
               his
               Marriage
               to
               the
               Duke
               and
               Leonardo
               ,
               from
               
               Lucretia's
               Lodging
               ,
               where
               he
               got
               in
               by
               her
               Maid's
               Assistance
               ,
               is
               an
               Incident
               (
               as
               I
               have
               already
               shew'd
               )
               in
               several
               Plays
               .
            
             
               
                 Fine
                 Companion
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               before
               the
               King
               and
               Queen
               at
               Whitehall
               ,
               and
               sundry
               times
               with
               great
               applause
               at
               the
               Private
               House
               in
               Salisbury-court
               ,
               by
               the
               Prince's
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1633.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               truly
               Noble
               ,
               and
               his
               worthy
               Kinsman
               in
               all
               respects
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Ralph
                 Dutton
              
               .
               The
               Reader
               will
               find
               that
               Captain
               Porpuss
               ,
               in
               Sir
               
                 Barnaby
                 Whig
              
               ,
               is
               beholding
               to
               Captain
               Whibble
               in
               his
               Play
               ,
               for
               some
               of
               his
               Expressions
               .
            
             
               
                 Holland's
                 Leaguer
              
               ,
               an
               Excellent
               Comedy
               ,
               often
               acted
               with
               great
               Applause
               ,
               by
               the
               High
               and
               Mighty
               Prince
               Charles
               his
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Private
               House
               in
               Salisbury-court
               ,
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1632.
               
               The
               Author
               in
               this
               Play
               has
               shewed
               his
               Reading
               ,
               having
               borrow'd
               several
               things
               from
               
                 Juvenal
                 ,
                 Petronius
                 Arbyter
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               has
               made
               no
               mention
               of
               our
               Author
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Philips
               g
               to
               prove
               his
               Character
               of
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               not
               an
               Obscure
               or
               Uncopious
               Writer
               of
               English
               Comedy
               ,
               has
               ascrib'd
               two
               Comedies
               to
               him
               ,
               which
               belong
               to
               other
               Men
               ;
               the
               Fleire
               being
               writ
               by
               
                 Edward
                 Sharpham
              
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Fair
                 Maid
                 of
                 the
                 Exchange
              
               (
               if
               we
               may
               believe
               
               Kirkman's
               Account
               )
               by
               
                 Thomas
                 Heywood
              
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               John
               MARSTON
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               ,
               who
               was
               a
               Contributor
               to
               the
               Stage
               in
               his
               Time
               ,
               by
               Eight
               Plays
               which
               were
               approv'd
               by
               the
               Audience
               at
               the
               Black-fryars
               ,
               and
               one
               of
               them
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Dutch
                 Curtezan
              
               ,
               was
               some
               few
               Years
               since
               ,
               reviv'd
               with
               success
               on
               the
               present
               Stage
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 The
                 Revenge
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Match
                 in
                 New-gate
              
               .
            
             
               The
               place
               of
               our
               Author's
               Birth
               ,
               and
               Family
               ,
               are
               to
               me
               unknown
               ,
               neither
               can
               I
               recover
               other
               Information
               of
               him
               ,
               than
               what
               I
               learnt
               from
               the
               Testimony
               of
               his
               Bookseller
               h
               ;
               
                 That
                 he
                 was
                 free
                 from
                 all
                 Obscene
                 Speeches
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 chief
                 cause
                 that
                 makes
                 Plays
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 odious
                 unto
                 most
                 Men.
                 That
                 he
                 abhorr'd
                 such
                 Writers
                 and
                 their
                 Works
                 ,
                 and
                 profest
                 himself
                 an
                 Enemy
                 to
                 all
                 such
                 as
                 stufft
                 their
                 Scenes
                 with
                 Ribaldry
                 ,
                 and
                 larded
                 their
                 Lines
                 with
                 Scurrilous
                 Taunts
                 and
                 Jests
                 :
                 So
                 that
                 whatsoever
                 even
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 of
                 his
                 Years
                 ,
                 he
                 presented
                 upon
                 the
                 private
                 and
                 publick
                 Theatre
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 Autumn
                 and
                 Declining
                 Age
                 he
                 needed
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 asham'd
                 of
                 .
              
               An
               Excellent
               Character
               !
               and
               fit
               for
               the
               Imitation
               of
               our
               Dramatists
               ;
               most
               of
               whom
               would
               be
               thought
               to
               have
               throughly
               studyed
               Horace
               :
               I
               could
               wish
               therefore
               ,
               that
               they
               which
               know
               him
               so
               well
               ,
               would
               call
               to
               Mind
               and
               practice
               his
               Advice
               ;
               which
               is
               thus
               exprest
               i
               ,
               
                 
                 
                   Silvis
                   deducti
                   caveant
                   ,
                   me
                   judice
                   ,
                   Fauni
                   ,
                   —
                
                 
                   Ne
                   nimiū
                   teneres
                   juvenentur
                   versibus
                   unquam
                   ,
                
                 
                   Aut
                   immunda
                   crepent
                   ,
                   ignominiosaque
                   dicta
                   .
                
                 
                   Offenduntur
                   enim
                   quibus
                   est
                   equus
                   ,
                   &
                   pater
                   &
                   res
                   .
                
              
            
             
               But
               leaving
               this
               ,
               I
               shall
               give
               the
               Reader
               an
               Account
               of
               his
               Plays
               in
               their
               Accustom'd
               Order
               :
               having
               first
               inform'd
               him
               ,
               that
               six
               of
               our
               Author's
               Plays
               are
               collected
               into
               one
               Volume
               ,
               being
               publisht
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               The
               Works
               of
               Mr.
               
                 John
                 Marston
              
               ,
               printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               1633.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               the
               Lady
               
                 Elizabeth
                 Carie
              
               ,
               Viscountess
               Faulkland
               .
               According
               to
               the
               Alphabet
               ,
               I
               am
               to
               begin
               with
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Antonio
                 and
                 Melida
              
               ,
               a
               History
               acted
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               Paul's
               ,
               printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               1633.
               
            
             
               
                 Antonio's
                 Revenge
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Second
                 part
                 of
              
               Antonio
               and
               Melida
               ;
               frequently
               acted
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               Paul's
               ,
               printed
               in
               octavo
               .
               These
               two
               Plays
               were
               likewise
               printed
               in
               quarto
               above
               30
               Years
               before
               this
               new
               Edition
               ,
               viz.
               1602.
               
            
             
               
                 Dutch
                 Curtezan
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               divers
               times
               presented
               at
               the
               Black-fryars
               ,
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               the
               Queens
               Majesties
               Revels
               ;
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1633.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               publisht
               long
               before
               in
               quarto
               viz.
               1605.
               
               
               Cockledemoy's
               cheating
               Mrs.
               Mulligrub
               the
               
               Vintner's
               Wife
               ,
               of
               the
               Goblet
               and
               the
               Salmon
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               an
               old
               French
               Book
               called
               
                 Les
                 Contes
                 du
                 Monde
              
               :
               see
               the
               same
               Story
               in
               English
               ,
               in
               a
               Book
               of
               Novels
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Palace
                 of
                 Pleasure
              
               ,
               in
               the
               last
               Novel
               .
            
             
               
                 Insatiate
                 Countess
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               
               White-fryars
               ,
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1603.
               
               It
               being
               a
               common
               custom
               with
               our
               Author
               to
               disguise
               his
               Story
               ,
               and
               to
               personate
               real
               Persons
               ,
               under
               feign'd
               Characters
               :
               I
               am
               perswaded
               that
               in
               this
               Play
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               Isabella
               ,
               the
               Insatiable
               Countess
               of
               Suevia
               ;
               he
               meant
               Joane
               the
               First
               Queen
               of
               
                 Jerusalem
                 ,
                 Naples
              
               ,
               and
               Sicily
               :
               and
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               the
               Reader
               who
               will
               compare
               the
               Play
               with
               the
               History
               ,
               will
               assent
               to
               my
               conjecture
               .
               Many
               are
               the
               Writers
               that
               have
               related
               her
               Life
               ,
               as
               
                 Collenuccio
                 ,
                 Simmoneta
                 ,
                 Villani
                 ,
                 Montius
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               but
               I
               refer
               my
               English
               Reader
               to
               Dr.
               
               Fuller's
               
                 Prophane
                 State.
              
               Ch.
               2.
               
               That
               her
               Life
               has
               been
               the
               Subject
               not
               only
               of
               History
               ,
               but
               of
               Poetry
               and
               Novels
               also
               ,
               is
               manifest
               from
               this
               Play
               ,
               and
               the
               Novels
               of
               Bandello
               ,
               who
               has
               related
               her
               Story
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 The
                 Inordinate
                 Life
                 of
                 The
                 Countess
                 of
              
               Celant
               .
               This
               Novel
               is
               translated
               into
               French
               by
               Belleforest
               ,
               Tom.
               2.
               
               Nov.
               20.
               and
               possibly
               our
               Author
               might
               build
               his
               Play
               on
               this
               Foundation
               .
               The
               like
               Story
               is
               related
               in
               
                 God's
                 Revenge
                 against
                 Adultery
              
               ,
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               
                 Anne
                 of
                 Werdenberg
              
               ,
               Dutchess
               of
               Ulme
               :
               See
               Hist.
               5.
               
            
             
               
                 Male
                 Content
              
               ,
               a
               Tragicomedy
               ,
               the
               first
               Design
               being
               laid
               by
               Mr.
               Webster
               ,
               was
               corrected
               and
               augmented
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1604.
               and
               dedicated
               in
               the
               following
               Stile
               to
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
                 :
                 Benjamini
                 Johnsonio
                 ,
                 Poetae
                 Elegantissimo
                 ,
                 Gravissimo
                 ,
                 Amico
                 suo
                 candido
                 &
                 cordato
                 ,
                 Johannes
                 Marston
                 ,
                 Musarum
                 Alumnus
                 ,
                 asperam
                 hanc
                 suam
                 Thaliam
                 D.
                 D.
              
               Notwithstanding
               our
               Authors
               profession
               of
               Friendship
               ,
               he
               
               afterwards
               could
               not
               refrain
               from
               reflecting
               on
               Mr.
               Johnson
               ,
               on
               Account
               of
               his
               Sejanus
               ,
               and
               Catiline
               ,
               as
               the
               Reader
               will
               find
               in
               the
               perusal
               of
               his
               Epistle
               to
               Sophonisba
               :
               
                 Know
                 (
                 says
                 he
                 )
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 labour'd
                 in
                 this
                 Poem
                 to
                 relate
                 any
                 thing
                 as
                 an
                 Historian
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 enlarge
                 every
                 thing
                 as
                 a
                 Poet.
                 To
                 transcribe
                 Authors
                 ,
                 quote
                 Authorities
                 ,
                 and
                 translate
                 Latin
                 Prose
                 Orations
                 into
                 English
                 Blank-Verse
                 ,
                 hath
                 in
                 this
                 Subject
                 been
                 the
                 least
                 aim
                 of
                 my
                 Studies
                 .
              
               That
               Mr.
               Johnson
               is
               here
               meant
               ,
               will
               I
               presume
               be
               evident
               to
               any
               that
               are
               acquainted
               with
               his
               Works
               ,
               and
               will
               compare
               the
               Orations
               in
               Salust
               ,
               with
               those
               in
               Catiline
               .
               On
               what
               provocations
               our
               Author
               thus
               censured
               his
               Friend
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               but
               this
               Custom
               has
               been
               practic'd
               in
               all
               Ages
               ;
               the
               Old
               Proverb
               being
               verify'd
               in
               Poets
               as
               well
               as
               Whores
               ,
               
                 Two
                 of
                 a
                 Trade
                 can
                 never
                 agree
                 .
              
               'T
               is
               within
               the
               Memory
               of
               Man
               ,
               that
               a
               Play
               has
               been
               dedicated
               to
               the
               late
               witty
               Earl
               of
               Rochester
               ,
               and
               an
               Essay
               upon
               Satyr
               from
               the
               same
               Hand
               has
               bespatter'd
               his
               Reputation
               :
               So
               true
               it
               is
               that
               some
               Poets
               
                 
                   Are
                   still
                   prepar'd
                   to
                   praise
                   or
                   to
                   abhor
                   us
                   ,
                
                 
                   Satyr
                   they
                   have
                   and
                   Panegyrick
                   for
                   us
                   .
                
              
               But
               begging
               pardon
               for
               this
               Digression
               ,
               I
               return
               to
               the
               Play
               ,
               which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               an
               honest
               general
               Satyr
               ,
               and
               not
               (
               as
               some
               malicious
               Enemies
               endeavour'd
               to
               perswade
               the
               World
               )
               design'd
               to
               strike
               at
               any
               particular
               Persons
               .
            
             
               Parasitaster
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Fawn
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               divers
               times
               presented
               at
               the
               Black-fryars
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               the
               Queens
               Majesties
               Revels
               ;
               printed
               
               80.
               
               Lond.
               1633.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               formerly
               printed
               in
               quarto
               1606.
               
               The
               Plot
               of
               Dulcimel
               her
               cozening
               the
               Duke
               by
               a
               pretended
               Discovery
               of
               
               Tiberio's
               Love
               to
               her
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
               Boccace's
               Novels
               ,
               Day
               3.
               
               Nov.
               3.
               
               This
               Novel
               is
               made
               use
               of
               as
               an
               Incident
               in
               several
               other
               Plays
               ,
               as
               
                 Flora's
                 Vagaries
                 ,
                 Souldiers
                 Fortune
              
               ;
               and
               
               Nymphadoro's
               Humour
               of
               Loving
               the
               whole
               Sex
               ,
               Act.
               3.
               
               Sc.
               1.
               is
               copy'd
               from
               
               Ovid's
               Amor.
               Lib.
               2.
               
               Eleg.
               4.
               
            
             
               
                 What
                 you
                 will
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1633.
               
               
               Francisco's
               zanying
               the
               Person
               and
               Humour
               of
               Albano
               ,
               is
               an
               incident
               in
               several
               Plays
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               
                 Cowley's
                 Guardian
                 ,
                 Albumazer
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               tho'
               I
               presume
               the
               Design
               was
               first
               copy'd
               from
               Plautus
               his
               Amphitruo
               .
               This
               I
               take
               to
               be
               one
               of
               our
               Authors
               best
               Plays
               .
            
             
               
                 Wonder
                 of
                 Women
              
               ,
               or
               Sophonisba
               her
               Tragedy
               ,
               sundry
               times
               acted
               at
               the
               Black-fryars
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1633.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               ;
               see
               Livy
               ,
               Dec.
               3.
               
               Lib.
               10.
               
               
                 Corn.
                 Nepos
                 in
                 Vit.
                 Annibal
                 .
                 Polibius
                 ,
                 Appian
                 ,
                 Orosius
                 .
              
               The
               English
               Reader
               may
               read
               this
               Story
               lively
               describ'd
               by
               the
               Judicious
               Sir
               
                 W.
                 Rawleigh
              
               ,
               in
               his
               History
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               Book
               the
               5.
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Phillips
               k
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               l
               have
               created
               him
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Faithful
                 Shepherd
              
               ,
               which
               I
               am
               confident
               is
               none
               of
               his
               ;
               and
               have
               ommitted
               his
               Satyrs
               ,
               which
               render'd
               him
               more
               eminent
               than
               his
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               .
               The
               Title
               is
               
                 The
                 Scourge
                 of
                 Villany
              
               ,
               in
               three
               Books
               of
               Satyrs
               ,
               printed
               in
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1598.
               
               Mr.
               Fitz-Geoffry
               above-mention'd
               ,
               
               in
               the
               Account
               of
               Daniel
               and
               Johnson
               ,
               writ
               in
               their
               Commendation
               the
               following
               Hexastick
               m
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 Johannem
                 Marstonem
                 .
              
               
                 Gloria
                 Marstoni
                 Satyrarum
                 proxima
                 primae
                 ,
              
               
                 Primaque
                 ,
                 fas
                 primas
                 si
                 numerare
                 duas
                 ;
              
               
                 Sin
                 primam
                 duplicare
                 nefas
                 ,
                 tua
                 gloria
                 saltem
              
               
                 Marstoni
                 primae
                 proxima
                 semper
                 eris
                 .
              
               
                 Nec
                 te
                 paeniteat
                 stationis
                 ,
                 Jane
                 :
                 secundus
                 ,
              
               
                 Cū
                 duo
                 sint
                 tantùm
                 ,
                 est
                 neuter
                 ;
                 at
                 ambo
                 pares
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               John
               MASON
               .
            
             
               I
               can
               give
               the
               Reader
               no
               Account
               of
               this
               Author
               ,
               further
               ,
               than
               he
               was
               a
               Master
               of
               Arts
               in
               the
               time
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               ,
               about
               the
               middle
               of
               whose
               Reign
               he
               publisht
               a
               Play
               stil'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Muleasses
                 the
                 Turk
              
               ,
               a
               Worthy
               Tragedy
               ,
               divers
               times
               acted
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               his
               Majesties
               Revels
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1610.
               
               Whether
               this
               Play
               deserv'd
               the
               Title
               of
               Worthy
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               determine
               :
               but
               that
               the
               Author
               had
               a
               good
               Opinion
               of
               it
               ,
               seems
               apparent
               from
               his
               Lemma
               in
               the
               Title-page
               ,
               borrow'd
               from
               Horace
               ;
               
                 
                   Sume
                   superbiam
                   quaesitam
                   meritis
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Philip
               MASSINGER
               .
            
             
               
               
                 PHILIP
                 MASSINGER
                 .
              
            
             
               Our
               Author
               has
               publisht
               Fourteen
               Plays
               of
               his
               own
               Writing
               ,
               besides
               those
               in
               which
               he
               join'd
               with
               other
               Poets
               .
               We
               shall
               begin
               with
               a
               Play
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Bashful
                 Lover
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               often
               acted
               at
               the
               private
               House
               in
               Black-friars
               ,
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               with
               great
               Applause
               ,
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               1655.
               
            
             
               Bondman
               ,
               an
               ancient
               Story
               ,
               often
               acted
               with
               good
               allowance
               at
               the
               Cock-pit
               in
               Drury-lane
               ,
               by
               the
               most
               Excellent
               Princess
               the
               Lady
               Elizabeth
               her
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1638.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               and
               his
               Singular
               good
               Lord
               Philip
               Earl
               of
               Montgomery
               .
               The
               Plot
               of
               the
               Slaves
               being
               seduc'd
               to
               Rebellion
               by
               Pisander
               ,
               and
               reduc'd
               by
               Timoleon
               ,
               and
               their
               flight
               at
               the
               sight
               of
               the
               Whips
               ;
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               Story
               of
               the
               Scythian
               Slaves
               Rebellion
               against
               their
               Master
               .
               See
               Justin
               L.1
               .
               C.
               5
               .
            
             
               
                 City
                 Madam
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               private
               House
               in
               Black-friars
               with
               great
               Applause
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1659.
               for
               
                 Andrew
                 Pennycuicke
              
               ,
               One
               of
               the
               Actors
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               by
               him
               
               to
               the
               truly
               Noble
               and
               Virtuous
               Lady
               ,
               Anne
               ,
               Countess
               of
               Oxford
               .
               This
               is
               an
               Excellent
               old
               Play.
               
            
             
               
                 Duke
                 of
                 Millain
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               printed
               in
               4
               
               o.
               tho
               when
               ,
               or
               where
               acted
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               my
               Copy
               being
               imperfect
               .
               As
               to
               the
               Plot
               ,
               I
               suppose
               
               Sforza's
               giving
               orders
               to
               his
               Favourite
               Francisco
               ,
               to
               murther
               his
               beloved
               Wife
               the
               Dutchess
               Marcelia
               ,
               was
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               History
               of
               Herod
               ,
               who
               on
               the
               like
               occasion
               left
               orders
               with
               his
               Uncle
               Joseph
               to
               put
               his
               beloved
               Mariamne
               to
               Death
               ;
               as
               the
               Reader
               may
               see
               in
               Josephus
               ,
               Lib.
               15.
               
               Cap.
               4.
               
            
             
               
                 Emperor
                 of
                 the
                 East
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               divers
               times
               acted
               at
               the
               Black-friars
               ,
               and
               Globe
               Play-houses
               ,
               by
               the
               King's
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1632.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               and
               his
               very
               good
               Lord
               ,
               John
               Lord
               Mohune
               ,
               Baron
               of
               Oke-hampton
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               commended
               by
               three
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               ,
               One
               of
               which
               was
               writ
               by
               Sir
               
                 Aston
                 Cockain
              
               .
               For
               the
               Play
               ,
               't
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               History
               of
               Theodosius
               the
               Younger
               .
               See
               Socrates
               L.
               7.
               
               Theodoret
               L.5
               .
               Nicephorus
               L.
               14.
               
               
                 Baronius
                 ,
                 Godeau
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Fatal
                 Dowry
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               often
               acted
               at
               the
               private
               House
               in
               Black-friars
               ,
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1632.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               writ
               by
               our
               Author
               and
               Mr.
               
                 Nathaniel
                 Field
              
               (
               of
               whom
               I
               have
               already
               spoken
               )
               .
               The
               behaviour
               of
               Charalois
               in
               voluntarily
               choosing
               imprisonment
               to
               ransom
               his
               Fathers
               Corps
               ,
               that
               it
               might
               receive
               Funeral
               Rights
               ;
               is
               copied
               from
               the
               Athenian
               Cymon
               ,
               that
               admirable
               Example
               of
               Piety
               so
               much
               celebrated
               by
               
                 Valerius
                 
                 Maximus
              
               ,
               Lib.
               5.
               
               C.
               4
               .
               Ex.
               9
               .
               Plutarch
               and
               
                 Cornelius
                 Nepos
              
               notwithstanding
               make
               it
               a
               forc'd
               Action
               ,
               and
               not
               voluntary
               .
            
             
               Guardian
               ,
               a
               Comical
               History
               often
               acted
               at
               the
               private
               House
               in
               Black-fryars
               by
               his
               late
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               with
               great
               Applause
               ,
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1655.
               
               
               Severino's
               cutting
               off
               
               Calipso's
               Nose
               in
               the
               dark
               ,
               taking
               her
               for
               his
               Wife
               Jolantre
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               
                 Cimerian
                 Matron
              
               a
               Romance
               8
               
               o.
               the
               like
               Story
               is
               related
               in
               Boccace
               Day
               8.
               
               Nov.
               7.
               
            
             
               
                 Great
                 Duke
                 of
                 Florence
              
               ,
               a
               Comical
               History
               often
               presented
               with
               good
               allowance
               by
               her
               Majesties
               Servants
               at
               the
               Phoenix
               in
               Drury-lane
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1636.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               truly
               Honoured
               and
               his
               noble
               Favourer
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Robert
                 Wiseman
              
               of
               
               Thorrel's
               -
               Hall
               in
               Essex
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               commended
               by
               two
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               ,
               One
               of
               which
               was
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               
                 John
                 Ford
              
               ,
               of
               whom
               we
               have
               already
               spoken
               p.
               219.
               
               The
               false
               Character
               given
               the
               Duke
               of
               the
               Beauty
               of
               Lidia
               ,
               by
               Sanasarro
               ,
               resembles
               the
               Story
               of
               King
               Edgar
               and
               Duke
               Ethelwolph
               in
               his
               Account
               of
               the
               Perfections
               of
               Alphreda
               .
               As
               the
               Reader
               may
               find
               the
               Story
               related
               in
               our
               English
               Chronicles
               that
               have
               writ
               the
               Reign
               of
               Edgar
               ,
               as
               
                 Speed
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Baker
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Maid
                 of
                 Honour
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               often
               presented
               with
               good
               allowance
               ,
               at
               the
               Phoenix
               in
               Drury-lane
               ,
               by
               the
               Queen's
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1632.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               most
               Honoured
               Friends
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Francis
                 Foliambe
              
               ,
               and
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Bland
              
               .
               A
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               is
               prefixt
               to
               the
               Play
               ,
               writ
               by
               Sir
               
                 Aston
                 Cokain
              
               .
            
             
             
               
                 New
                 way
                 to
                 pay
                 Old
                 Debts
                 ,
              
               a
               Comedy
               often
               acted
               at
               the
               Phoenix
               in
               Drury-lane
               ,
               by
               the
               Queens
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1633.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Robert
               Earl
               of
               Carnarvan
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               deservedly
               commended
               by
               the
               Pens
               of
               Sir
               
                 Henry
                 Moody
              
               ,
               and
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Jay
              
               ,
               above-mention'd
               .
            
             
               
                 Old
                 Law
              
               ,
               or
               
                 A
                 new
                 Way
                 to
                 please
                 you
                 ,
              
               an
               excellent
               Comedy
               acted
               before
               the
               King
               and
               Queen
               at
               Salisbury-house
               ,
               and
               at
               several
               other
               places
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1656.
               
               In
               this
               Play
               our
               Author
               was
               assisted
               by
               Mr.
               Middleton
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Rowley
               .
               At
               the
               End
               of
               it
               is
               printed
               a
               Catalogue
               of
               Plays
               ,
               which
               tho'
               stil'd
               perfect
               in
               the
               Title-page
               ,
               is
               far
               from
               it
               :
               for
               besides
               abundance
               of
               Typographical
               Faults
               ,
               there
               are
               many
               other
               gross
               Errors
               :
               several
               pieces
               being
               mention'd
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               Plays
               which
               are
               of
               a
               different
               Species
               ;
               for
               Instance
               
               Virgil's
               Eclogues
               are
               inserted
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               a
               Tragedy
               &c.
               
            
             
               Picture
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               often
               presented
               with
               good
               allowance
               at
               the
               Globe
               and
               Black-Fryars
               Play-houses
               ,
               by
               the
               King's
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1636.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Honour'd
               ,
               and
               Selected
               Friends
               of
               the
               Noble
               Society
               of
               the
               Inner-Temple
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               acted
               by
               those
               excellent
               Players
               of
               the
               last
               Age
               ,
               
                 Lowin
                 ,
                 Taylor
                 ,
                 Benfield
              
               ,
               &c.
               and
               is
               commended
               by
               his
               true
               Friend
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Jay
              
               .
               The
               Plot
               of
               
               Sophia's
               decoying
               the
               two
               debaucht
               Courtiers
               Richardo
               and
               Ubaldo
               ,
               who
               attempted
               her
               Chastity
               ,
               is
               related
               in
               a
               Book
               of
               Novels
               in
               octavo
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Fortunate
                 ,
                 Deceiv'd
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Unfortunate
                 
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               see
               Nov.
               4.
               of
               the
               
                 Deceiv'd
                 Lovers
              
               :
               but
               this
               Story
               is
               I
               suppose
               originally
               Italian
               ,
               this
               Book
               being
               a
               Collection
               from
               Italian
               Novels
               .
            
             
               Renegado
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               often
               acted
               by
               the
               Queens
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               private
               Play-house
               in
               Drury-lane
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1630.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               
                 George
                 Harding
              
               ,
               Baron
               of
               Barkley
               of
               Barkley-Castle
               ,
               and
               Knight
               of
               the
               Honourable
               Order
               of
               the
               Bath
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               likewise
               commended
               by
               two
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               ;
               One
               of
               which
               was
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               
                 James
                 Shirley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Roman
                 Actor
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               divers
               times
               with
               good
               allowance
               at
               the
               private
               House
               in
               the
               Black-fryars
               ,
               by
               the
               King's
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               1629.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               much
               Honour'd
               ,
               and
               most
               True
               Friends
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Philip
                 Knivet
              
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Jay
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Thomas
                 Bellingham
              
               of
               Newtimber
               in
               Sussex
               Esquire
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               commended
               by
               Six
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               writ
               by
               several
               Dramatick
               Poets
               of
               that
               Age
               ,
               as
               
                 May
                 ,
                 Goss
                 ,
                 Ford
              
               ,
               &c.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               read
               Suetonius
               in
               the
               Life
               of
               
                 Domitian
                 ,
                 Aurelius
                 Victor
                 ,
                 Eutropius
                 ,
              
               Lib.
               7.
               
               Tacitus
               ,
               Lib.
               13.
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Very
                 Woman
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Prince
                 of
                 Tarent
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               often
               acted
               at
               the
               private
               House
               in
               the
               Black-fryars
               ,
               by
               His
               late
               Majesties
               Servants
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1655.
               
               Our
               Author
               owns
               n
               this
               Play
               to
               be
               founded
               on
               a
               Subject
               which
               long
               before
               appear'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               :
               tho'
               what
               Play
               it
               was
               I
               know
               not
               .
               I
               have
               already
               acquainted
               the
               Reader
               o
               with
               
               the
               Resemblance
               between
               the
               Plot
               of
               this
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               and
               
                 The
                 Obstinate
                 Lady
              
               .
               This
               Play
               ,
               with
               
                 The
                 Bashful
                 Lover
              
               ,
               and
               
                 The
                 Guardian
              
               ,
               are
               printed
               together
               .
            
             
               
                 Virgin
                 Martyr
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Servants
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1661.
               
               In
               this
               Play
               our
               Author
               took
               in
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Decker
              
               for
               Partner
               .
               I
               presume
               the
               Story
               may
               be
               met
               with
               in
               the
               Martyrologies
               which
               have
               treated
               of
               the
               Tenth
               Persecution
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Dioclesian
               ,
               and
               Maximian
               .
               See
               
                 Rossweidus
                 ,
                 Valesius
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Unnatural
                 Combat
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               presented
               by
               the
               King's
               Majesties
               Servants
               at
               the
               Globe
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1639.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               much
               Honour'd
               Friend
               ,
               
                 Anthony
                 Sentliger
              
               of
               Oukham
               in
               Kent
               ,
               Esquire
               .
               
                 This
                 Old
                 Tragedy
                 (
                 as
                 the
                 Author
                 tells
                 his
                 Patron
                 )
                 has
                 neither
                 Prologue
                 nor
                 Epilogue
                 ,
                 it
                 being
                 composed
                 in
                 a
                 time
                 ,
                 when
                 such
                 By-ornaments
                 ,
                 were
                 not
                 advanced
                 above
                 the
                 Fabrick
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 work
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               know
               nothing
               else
               of
               our
               Authors
               Writings
               ,
               and
               therefore
               must
               hasten
               to
               the
               last
               Act
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               his
               Death
               ;
               which
               happen'd
               at
               London
               in
               March
               1669.
               
               On
               the
               Seventeenth
               of
               the
               same
               Month
               he
               was
               Buried
               in
               St.
               
                 Mary
                 Overies
              
               Church
               in
               Southwark
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               Grave
               with
               Mr.
               Fletcher
               .
               What
               Monument
               ,
               or
               Inscription
               he
               has
               I
               know
               not
               ;
               but
               shall
               close
               up
               our
               Account
               of
               this
               Ingenious
               Poet
               ,
               with
               the
               following
               Epitaph
               writ
               by
               Sir
               
                 Aston
                 Cokain
              
               ,
               p
            
             
             
               An
               Epitaph
               on
               Mr.
               
                 John
                 Fletcher
              
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
                 Philip
                 Massinger
              
               ,
               who
               lay
               both
               buried
               in
               one
               Grave
               ,
               in
               St.
               Mary
               Overy's
               Church
               ,
               in
               Southwark
               .
            
             
               
                 In
                 the
                 same
                 Grave
                 Fletcher
                 was
                 buried
                 ,
                 here
              
               
                 Lies
                 the
                 Stage
                 Poet
                 ,
                 
                   Philip
                   Massinger
                
                 :
              
               
                 Plays
                 they
                 did
                 write
                 together
                 ,
                 were
                 great
              
               
                 Friends
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 now
                 one
                 Grave
                 includes
                 them
                 in
                 their
                 Ends.
              
               
                 So
                 whom
                 on
                 Earth
                 nothing
                 did
                 part
                 ,
                 beneath
              
               
                 Here
                 (
                 in
                 then
                 Fame
                 )
                 they
                 lie
                 ,
                 in
                 spight
                 of
                 Death
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               MAY.
               
            
             
               This
               Gentleman
               ,
               was
               born
               in
               Sussex
               of
               an
               ancient
               but
               somewhat
               declining
               Family
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               .
               He
               was
               for
               some
               Years
               bred
               a
               Scholar
               in
               the
               University
               of
               Cambridge
               ,
               being
               Fellow-Commoner
               of
               Sidney
               Colledge
               .
               During
               his
               Abode
               there
               ,
               he
               was
               a
               very
               close
               Student
               ,
               and
               what
               Stock
               of
               Learning
               he
               then
               treasur'd
               up
               ,
               is
               apparent
               from
               his
               Works
               ,
               which
               are
               in
               print
               .
               He
               remov'd
               afterwards
               to
               London
               ,
               following
               the
               Court
               ,
               where
               he
               contracted
               Friendship
               with
               several
               Eminent
               Courtiers
               ,
               amongst
               others
               with
               the
               accomplisht
               
                 Endymion
                 Porter
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               One
               ,
               of
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               his
               Majesties
               Bedchamber
               ;
               a
               Gentleman
               so
               dear
               to
               Sir
               
                 William
                 D'Avenant
              
               ,
               that
               he
               stiled
               him
               q
               
                 Lord
                 of
                 his
                 Muse
                 and
                 Heart
                 .
              
               Whilst
               he
               resided
               at
               Court
               ,
               he
               writ
               the
               five
               Plays
               
               which
               are
               extant
               ,
               and
               possibly
               his
               other
               Pieces
               .
               Dr.
               Fuller
               says
               of
               him
               r
               ,
               
                 That
                 some
                 Disgust
                 at
                 Court
                 was
                 given
                 to
                 ,
                 or
                 taken
                 by
                 him
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 some
                 would
                 have
                 it
                 )
                 because
                 his
                 Bays
                 were
                 not
                 guilded
                 richly
                 enough
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Verses
                 rewarded
                 by
                 King
                 Charles
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 expectation
                 .
              
               Mr.
               Philips
               s
               and
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               t
               insinuate
               ,
               That
               being
               Candidate
               with
               Sir
               
                 William
                 D'Avenant
              
               ,
               for
               the
               Honourable
               Title
               of
               the
               Queen's
               Poet
               ,
               and
               being
               frustrate
               in
               his
               Expectations
               ,
               out
               of
               meer
               Spleen
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               thought
               ,
               for
               his
               Repulse
               ,
               he
               vented
               his
               Spite
               in
               his
               History
               of
               the
               late
               Civil
               Wars
               of
               England
               ;
               wherein
               ,
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               says
               ,
               he
               shew'd
               all
               the
               Spleen
               of
               a
               Male-contented
               Poet
               ,
               making
               thereby
               his
               Friends
               his
               Foes
               ,
               and
               rendring
               his
               Name
               odious
               to
               Posterity
               .
               Whether
               this
               Accusation
               be
               true
               ,
               or
               no
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ;
               but
               I
               am
               sure
               his
               Enemies
               must
               allow
               him
               to
               be
               a
               good
               Poet
               ,
               tho'
               possibly
               he
               fell
               short
               of
               Sir
               
                 William
                 D'Avenant
              
               :
               and
               tho'
               I
               no
               ways
               abet
               his
               self
               Opinion
               ,
               yet
               I
               learn
               from
               Horace
               ,
               that
               even
               Ill
               Poets
               ,
               set
               a
               value
               on
               their
               Writings
               ,
               tho'
               they
               are
               despis'd
               by
               others
               ;
               
                 
                   Ridentur
                   mala
                   qui
                   componunt
                   Carmina
                   ,
                   verùm
                
                 
                   Gaudent
                   Scribentes
                   ,
                   &
                   se
                   venerantur
                   ,
                   &
                   ultrò
                   ,
                
                 
                   Si
                   taceas
                   ,
                   laudant
                   ,
                   quicquid
                   scripsere
                   beati
                   .
                
              
               And
               therefore
               I
               hope
               the
               moderate
               Critick
               will
               bear
               with
               the
               Frailty
               of
               our
               Author
               :
               and
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               if
               they
               will
               read
               his
               Works
               with
               Candor
               ,
               and
               especially
               his
               Plays
               ,
               they
               will
               find
               he
               had
               some
               Reason
               for
               his
               Opinion
               of
               what
               
               he
               writ
               .
               I
               shall
               first
               give
               the
               Reader
               a
               succinct
               Account
               of
               his
               Plays
               as
               follows
               :
            
             
               Agrippina
               Empress
               of
               Rome
               ,
               her
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               120.
               
               Lond.
               1639.
               
               Our
               Author
               has
               follow'd
               
                 Xiphilinus
                 ,
                 Tacitus
              
               ,
               and
               Suetonius
               ,
               in
               the
               Designing
               his
               Tragedy
               :
               and
               besides
               has
               translated
               and
               inserted
               above
               30.
               
               Lines
               from
               
                 Petronius
                 Arbyters
                 Satyricon
              
               u
               ,
               being
               a
               Translation
               of
               those
               Verses
               recited
               by
               Eumolpus
               ,
               beginning
            
             
               
                 Orbemjam
                 totum
                 victor
                 Romanus
                 habebat
              
               ,
               &c.
               and
               concluding
               with
               
                 
                   —
                   Siculo
                   scarus
                   aequore
                   mersus
                
                 
                   Ad
                   mensam
                   vivus
                   perducitur
                   ,
                   —
                
              
               Now
               altho'
               this
               is
               patly
               enough
               apply'd
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               he
               having
               introduced
               Nero
               at
               a
               Banquet
               ,
               commanding
               Petronius
               to
               write
               a
               Satyr
               against
               those
               Pleasures
               he
               us'd
               to
               commend
               ;
               yet
               methinks
               Mr.
               May
               ,
               having
               such
               a
               particular
               Value
               for
               Lucan
               ,
               as
               to
               translate
               his
               Pharsalia
               ,
               he
               should
               not
               have
               inserted
               what
               was
               purposely
               writ
               against
               this
               particular
               Work
               ;
               as
               may
               be
               gather'd
               from
               the
               foregoing
               Speech
               ,
               
                 Ecce
                 Belli
                 Civilis
                 ingens
                 Opus
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               but
               rather
               have
               left
               it
               to
               such
               a
               Man
               as
               Douza
               ,
               who
               (
               as
               a
               French
               Author
               has
               observ'd
               )
               could
               no
               longer
               endure
               the
               Fire
               and
               Tempest
               of
               Lucan
               ,
               when
               he
               read
               the
               *
               Taking
               of
               Troy
               ;
               or
               that
               *
               little
               Essay
               of
               the
               War
               of
               Pharsalia
               ,
               which
               he
               declar'd
               to
               love
               much
               better
               
                 quam
                 trecenta
                 Cordubensis
                 illius
                 Pharsalicorum
                 versuum
                 Volumiua
                 .
              
               The
               first
               Act
               of
               this
               Play
               has
               been
               ill
               corrected
               ,
               four
               
               pages
               of
               it
               being
               printed
               twice
               over
               .
            
             
               Antigone
               ,
               the
               Thebane
               Princess
               her
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1631.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               most
               Worthily
               Honoured
               
                 Endymion
                 Porter
              
               Esquire
               .
               Our
               Author
               in
               the
               Contexture
               of
               this
               Tragedy
               has
               made
               use
               of
               the
               Antigone
               of
               Sophocles
               ,
               and
               the
               Thebais
               of
               Seneca
               .
               The
               Reader
               may
               see
               besides
               
               Statius's
               
                 Thebais
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               Cleopatra
               Queen
               of
               AEgypt
               her
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               1626.
               and
               printed
               120.
               
               Lond.
               1639.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Accomplish'd
               Sir
               
                 Kenelme
                 Digby
              
               .
               The
               Author
               has
               follow'd
               the
               Historians
               of
               those
               times
               ,
               as
               
                 Appian
                 .
                 de
                 Bellis
                 Civilibus
                 lib.
                 5.
                 
              
               Plutarch's
               Life
               of
               
                 M.
                 Anthony
              
               ,
               Suetonius's
               Life
               of
               
                 Augustus
                 .
                 Florus
                 lib.
              
               4.
               
               
                 Dion
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               He
               has
               borrow'd
               besides
               several
               other
               Embelishments
               ,
               as
               
               Calimaccus's
               Epigram
               upon
               Timon
               the
               Misanthropist
               ;
               an
               Account
               of
               the
               Ancient
               
                 Lybian
                 Psylls
              
               ,
               so
               famous
               for
               curing
               the
               Venemous
               Bites
               of
               Serpents
               ,
               by
               sucking
               the
               wound
               ,
               related
               by
               
                 Pliny
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               7.
               c.
               2.
               and
               by
               
                 Solinus
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               Heir
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               the
               Company
               of
               Revels
               1620.
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1633.
               
               This
               Comedy
               is
               extreamly
               commended
               by
               the
               already
               mention'd
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Carew
              
               ,
               in
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               affix'd
               to
               the
               Play
               ;
               where
               amongst
               other
               Commendations
               bestow'd
               on
               the
               Stile
               ,
               and
               the
               Natural
               working
               up
               of
               the
               Passions
               ,
               he
               says
               thus
               of
               the
               Oeconomy
               of
               the
               Play
               :
               
                 
                   The
                   whole
                   Plot
                   doth
                   alike
                   it self
                   disclose
                   ,
                
                 
                   Thro'
                   the
                   Five
                   Acts
                   ,
                   as
                   doth
                   a
                   Lock
                   ,
                   that
                   goes
                
                 
                   With
                   Letters
                   ,
                   for
                   till
                   every
                   one
                   be
                   known
                   ,
                
                 
                   The
                   Lock
                   's
                   as
                   fast
                   ,
                   as
                   if
                   you
                   had
                   found
                   none
                   .
                
              
               
               I
               believe
               there
               are
               few
               Persons
               of
               Judgment
               that
               are
               true
               lovers
               of
               Innocent
               and
               inoffensive
               Comedy
               ,
               but
               will
               allow
               this
               to
               be
               an
               Excellent
               Play.
               
            
             
               
                 Old
                 Couple
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1651.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               not
               much
               short
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               and
               is
               chiefly
               design'd
               an
               Antidote
               against
               Covetousness
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Philips
               x
               and
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               y
               ascribe
               two
               other
               Plays
               to
               our
               Author
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 The
                 Old
                 Wives
                 Tale
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Orlando
                 Furioso
              
               ;
               the
               first
               of
               these
               I
               never
               saw
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               latter
               ,
               I
               assure
               my
               Reader
               ,
               it
               was
               printed
               long
               before
               our
               Author
               was
               born
               ,
               at
               least
               before
               he
               was
               able
               to
               guide
               a
               Pen
               ,
               much
               less
               to
               write
               a
               Play
               ,
               it
               being
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1594.
               
            
             
               But
               tho'
               he
               has
               no
               more
               Plays
               ,
               he
               has
               other
               pieces
               extant
               in
               print
               ;
               as
               the
               Translation
               of
               
               Lucan's
               Pharsalia
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1635.
               which
               Poem
               our
               Author
               has
               continued
               down
               to
               the
               Death
               of
               
                 Julius
                 Caesar
              
               ,
               in
               VII
               Books
               both
               in
               Latin
               and
               English
               Verse
               .
               I
               have
               already
               given
               you
               
               Douza's
               Character
               of
               this
               Poem
               ,
               to
               which
               I
               might
               add
               that
               of
               
                 Scaliger
                 ,
                 Rapin
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Criticks
               ;
               but
               this
               being
               somewhat
               forreign
               to
               my
               present
               Subject
               ,
               I
               shall
               wave
               it
               ,
               and
               content
               my self
               with
               acquainting
               my
               Reader
               ,
               That
               however
               pompous
               and
               splendid
               the
               French
               Version
               of
               Brebeuf
               has
               appear'd
               in
               France
               ,
               our
               English
               Translation
               is
               little
               inferiour
               to
               it
               ;
               and
               is
               extreamly
               commended
               by
               our
               Famous
               Johnson
               ,
               in
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               prefix'd
               before
               the
               Book
               well
               worth
               the
               Reader
               's
               perusal
               .
               He
               translated
               besides
               
               
               Virgil's
               Georgicks
               ,
               printed
               with
               Annotations
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1622.
               
               Mr.
               Philips
               mentions
               a
               History
               of
               Henry
               the
               Second
               ,
               writ
               by
               him
               in
               Verse
               ,
               and
               a
               History
               of
               the
               late
               Civil
               Wars
               of
               England
               in
               Prose
               ;
               neither
               of
               which
               have
               I
               seen
               ,
               and
               therefore
               pretend
               not
               to
               determine
               whether
               he
               were
               a
               partial
               Writer
               or
               no.
               Only
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               conclude
               in
               the
               Words
               of
               Dr.
               Fuller
               ;
               
                 That
                 if
                 he
                 were
                 a
                 byassed
                 and
                 partial
                 Writer
                 ,
                 yet
                 that
                 he
                 lyeth
                 buried
                 near
                 a
                 good
                 and
                 true
                 Historian
                 indeed
                 ,
                 viz.
                 Mr.
                 Cambden
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 West-side
                 of
                 the
                 North-Isle
                 of
                 
                   Westminster
                   Abbey
                
                 ,
                 dying
                 suddenly
                 in
                 the
                 Night
                 ,
                 A.D.
                 
                 1652.
                 in
                 the
                 55
                 th
                 Year
                 of
                 his
                 Age.
                 
              
               I
               know
               not
               how
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               happened
               to
               omit
               the
               Transcript
               of
               so
               memorable
               a
               passage
               ,
               since
               he
               has
               elsewhere
               borrow'd
               so
               largely
               from
               this
               Worthy
               Author
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Mr.
               Philips
               ,
               without
               either
               of
               them
               acknowledging
               the
               least
               obligation
               to
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               MEAD
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               King
               James
               ,
               and
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               was
               sometime
               a
               Member
               of
               Christ-Church
               Colledge
               in
               Oxford
               ,
               as
               I
               learn
               from
               the
               Title-page
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Combat
                 of
                 Love
                 and
                 Friendship
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               formerly
               presented
               by
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               Christ-Church
               in
               Oxford
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1654.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               published
               after
               the
               Authors
               decease
               ,
               at
               that
               time
               when
               the
               Muses
               were
               banish'd
               the
               Theatre
               .
               I
               wish
               I
               were
               able
               to
               give
               
               the
               Reader
               a
               better
               Account
               of
               our
               Author
               :
               But
               being
               destitute
               of
               other
               Information
               ,
               this
               Gentleman
               having
               wholly
               escaped
               the
               Industry
               of
               Mr.
               Wood
               ,
               I
               must
               be
               beholding
               for
               what
               I
               have
               borrow'd
               ,
               to
               the
               Stationer's
               Epistle
               to
               the
               Reader
               ;
               where
               he
               tells
               us
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 a
                 Person
                 ,
                 whose
                 Eminent
                 and
                 General
                 Abilities
                 ,
                 have
                 left
                 him
                 a
                 Character
                 precious
                 and
                 honourable
                 to
                 our
                 Nation
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 the
                 Reader
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 look
                 upon
                 this
                 Composition
                 ,
                 but
                 as
                 at
                 a
                 stoop
                 ,
                 when
                 his
                 youth
                 was
                 willing
                 to
                 descend
                 from
                 his
                 then
                 higher
                 Contemplation
                 .
                 He
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 say
                 more
                 in
                 his
                 Honour
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 lover
                 of
                 Humility
                 in
                 his
                 Life
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 almost
                 afraid
                 ,
                 being
                 dead
                 ,
                 he
                 might
                 be
                 displeas'd
                 to
                 hear
                 his
                 own
                 worth
                 remembred
                 .
              
            
             
               Mr.
               Philips
               thro'
               his
               old
               Mistake
               ascribes
               to
               him
               
                 The
                 Costly
                 Whore
              
               ;
               tho'
               I
               am
               almost
               confident
               the
               Play
               is
               not
               of
               his
               Writing
               :
               and
               that
               those
               that
               believe
               it
               so
               ,
               have
               taken
               up
               their
               Opinion
               upon
               Conjecture
               .
            
          
           
             
               Matthew
               MEDBOURN
               .
            
             
               An
               Actor
               belonging
               to
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               .
               One
               ,
               whose
               good
               parts
               deserv'd
               a
               better
               fate
               than
               to
               die
               in
               Prison
               ,
               as
               he
               did
               in
               the
               time
               of
               the
               late
               Popish-Plot
               ;
               thro'
               a
               too
               forward
               and
               indiscreet
               Zeal
               for
               a
               mistaken
               Religion
               .
               Ten
               Years
               before
               the
               Discovery
               of
               that
               Conspiracy
               ,
               our
               Author
               publisht
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
            
             
             
               Tartuffe
               ,
               or
               The
               French
               Puritan
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               written
               in
               French
               by
               Molliere
               ,
               and
               rendred
               into
               English
               ,
               with
               much
               Addition
               and
               Advantage
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1670.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Henry
               ,
               Lord
               Howard
               of
               Norfolk
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               recceiv'd
               with
               universal
               Applause
               on
               our
               English
               Stage
               ,
               if
               we
               believe
               our
               Author
               ,
               and
               is
               accounted
               by
               him
               the
               Master-piece
               of
               
               Molliere's
               Productions
               ,
               or
               rather
               that
               of
               all
               
                 French
                 Comedy
              
               .
               I
               presume
               the
               Translator
               ,
               (
               who
               was
               a
               great
               Bigot
               )
               esteem'd
               this
               Play
               the
               more
               ,
               it
               being
               design'd
               as
               a
               Satyr
               against
               the
               
                 French
                 Hugonots
              
               ,
               tho'
               at
               the
               same
               time
               it
               must
               be
               acknowledg'd
               ,
               that
               the
               French
               Author
               has
               made
               an
               Admirable
               Defence
               for
               the
               Character
               of
               his
               Protagonist
               Tartuffe
               ,
               in
               his
               Preface
               ,
               to
               which
               I
               refer
               the
               Reader
               who
               is
               vers'd
               in
               the
               French
               Tongue
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               MERITON
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               and
               is
               certainly
               the
               meanest
               Dramatick
               Writer
               that
               ever
               England
               produc'd
               .
               I
               may
               with
               Justice
               apply
               to
               his
               Stupidity
               what
               Menedemus
               the
               Eretriack
               Philosopher
               ,
               said
               of
               
               Perseus's
               wickedness
               :
               
                 He
                 is
                 indeed
                 a
                 Poet
                 ;
                 but
                 of
                 all
                 Men
                 that
                 are
                 ,
                 were
                 ,
                 or
                 ever
                 shall
                 be
                 ,
                 the
                 dullest
                 .
              
               Never
               any
               Man's
               Stile
               was
               more
               Bombast
               ,
               so
               that
               undoubtedly
               he
               deserv'd
               to
               have
               been
               under
               Ben.
               Johnson's
               Hands
               ;
               and
               had
               he
               liv'd
               in
               that
               Age
               ,
               had
               without
               question
               underwent
               the
               trouble
               of
               a
               Vomit
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Crispinus
               in
               Poetaster
               ,
               till
               he
               had
               (
               to
               borrow
               
               One
               of
               his
               losty
               Expressions
               )
               disgorg'd
               the
               obdure
               Faculty
               of
               his
               Sence
               .
               I
               pretend
               not
               to
               that
               Quickness
               of
               Apprehension
               ,
               as
               to
               understand
               either
               of
               his
               Plays
               ,
               and
               therefore
               the
               Reader
               will
               not
               expect
               that
               I
               should
               give
               any
               further
               Account
               of
               them
               ,
               than
               that
               they
               are
               two
               in
               number
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Love
                 and
                 War
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1658.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Truly
               Noble
               ,
               Judicious
               Gentleman
               ,
               and
               his
               most
               Esteemed
               Brother
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 George
                 Meriton
              
               .
               I
               am
               apt
               to
               believe
               these
               two
               Brothers
               acted
               the
               Counterpart
               of
               those
               German
               Brethren
               that
               dwelt
               at
               Rome
               ,
               the
               Orator
               and
               the
               Rhetorician
               mentioned
               by
               Horace
               z
               ,
               whose
               business
               it
               was
               ,
               
                 
                   —
                   ut
                   alter
                
                 
                   Alterius
                   sermone
                   meros
                   audiret
                   honores
                   :
                
                 
                   Gracchus
                   ut
                   hic
                   illi
                   foret
                   ,
                   hic
                   ut
                   Mutius
                   illi
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Wandring
                 Lover
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               several
               times
               privately
               at
               sundry
               places
               by
               the
               Author
               and
               his
               Friends
               with
               great
               Applause
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1658.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Ingenious
               ,
               Judicious
               ,
               and
               much
               Honoured
               Gentleman
               ,
               
                 Francis
                 Wright
              
               Esquire
               .
               This
               Author's
               Works
               being
               very
               scarce
               ,
               and
               most
               of
               the
               Impression
               bought
               up
               by
               Chandlers
               and
               Grocers
               ,
               I
               may
               possibly
               oblige
               my
               Reader
               ,
               by
               giving
               him
               a
               Taste
               of
               his
               Stile
               ,
               and
               justify
               my self
               from
               the
               Imputation
               of
               Scandal
               .
               I
               shall
               therefore
               transcribe
               part
               of
               his
               Epistle
               ,
               which
               runs
               thus
               :
            
             
             
               To
               the
               Ingenious
               ,
               Judicious
               ,
               and
               much
               Honoured
               Gentleman
               ,
               
                 Francis
                 Wright
              
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Sir
               :
               My
               Intentions
               wandring
               upon
               the
               limits
               of
               vain
               Cogitations
               ,
               was
               at
               the
               last
               arrived
               at
               the
               propicious
               brinks
               of
               an
               Anglicis
               of
               Performance
               ;
               where
               seeing
               Diana
               and
               Venus
               in
               a
               Martial
               combat
               ,
               and
               such
               rare
               Atchievements
               performed
               by
               two
               such
               Ininimate
               Goddesses
               ,
               did
               lend
               to
               the
               Aspect
               of
               their
               Angelical
               Eyes
               ,
               my self
               to
               be
               the
               sole
               Spectator
               of
               their
               foregoing
               Valour
               :
               where
               then
               their
               purpose
               was
               to
               choose
               me
               their
               Arbitrator
               ;
               the
               which
               I
               perceiving
               ,
               did
               with
               a
               mild
               Complection
               (
               knowing
               my self
               impotent
               )
               relent
               backwards
               ,
               thinking
               thereby
               to
               lose
               less
               Credit
               ,
               and
               gain
               more
               Honour
               ,
               to
               set
               Pen
               to
               Paper
               ,
               and
               to
               relate
               some
               certain
               and
               harmless
               Dialogues
               ,
               that
               while
               I
               was
               present
               ,
               betwixt
               them
               past
               ,
               which
               is
               
                 This
                 Poem
              
               ;
               &c.
               
            
             
               By
               this
               time
               I
               suppose
               my
               Reader
               is
               sufficiently
               tired
               ,
               and
               will
               take
               my
               Word
               that
               the
               Play
               is
               of
               the
               same
               piece
               ,
               without
               giving
               himself
               the
               trouble
               to
               disprove
               me
               :
               and
               I
               assure
               him
               that
               His
               
                 Love
                 and
                 War
              
               is
               yet
               more
               swelling
               and
               unintelligible
               ,
               than
               this
               Play.
               
            
             
               He
               tells
               his
               Patron
               above-mentioned
               ,
               That
               certain
               it
               is
               he
               writ
               two
               Books
               of
               the
               same
               Nature
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 The
                 several
                 Affairs
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               and
               
                 The
                 Chast
                 Virgin
              
               ,
               a
               Romance
               ;
               but
               they
               were
               his
               Pocket-Companions
               ,
               and
               but
               shewn
               to
               some
               private
               Friends
               .
               Happy
               certainly
               were
               those
               Men
               ,
               who
               were
               not
               reckoned
               in
               the
               number
               of
               his
               Friends
               ;
               since
               they
               were
               obliged
               to
               hear
               such
               an
               Author
               's
               ampullous
               Fustian
               ,
               which
               like
               
               an
               empty
               Cask
               ,
               makes
               a
               great
               Sound
               ,
               but
               yields
               at
               best
               nothing
               but
               a
               few
               Lees.
               Tho'
               to
               all
               Men
               generally
               such
               Authors
               are
               troublesome
               ,
               if
               not
               odious
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               shunn'd
               by
               them
               ,
               as
               Horace
               says
               a
               :
               
                 
                   Indoctum
                   ,
                   doctumque
                   sugat
                   recitator
                   acerbus
                   .
                
                 
                   Quem
                   vero
                   arripuit
                   ,
                   tenet
                   ,
                   occiditque
                   legendo
                   ,
                
                 
                   Non
                   missura
                   cutem
                   nisi
                   plena
                   cruoris
                   hirudo
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               MIDDLETON
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               of
               good
               Esteem
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               .
               He
               was
               Contemporary
               with
               those
               Famous
               Poets
               
                 Johnson
                 ,
                 Fletcher
                 ,
                 Massinger
              
               and
               Rowley
               ,
               in
               whose
               Friendship
               he
               had
               a
               large
               Share
               ;
               and
               tho'
               he
               came
               short
               of
               the
               two
               former
               in
               parts
               ,
               yet
               like
               the
               Ivy
               by
               the
               Assistance
               of
               the
               Oak
               ,
               (
               being
               joyn'd
               with
               them
               in
               several
               Plays
               )
               he
               clim'd
               up
               to
               some
               considerable
               height
               of
               Reputation
               .
               He
               joyn'd
               with
               Fletcher
               and
               Johnson
               ,
               in
               a
               Play
               called
               
                 The
                 Widow
              
               ,
               of
               which
               we
               have
               already
               spoken
               ,
               p.
               298.
               in
               the
               Account
               of
               Johnson
               ;
               and
               certainly
               most
               Men
               will
               allow
               ,
               That
               he
               that
               was
               thought
               fit
               to
               be
               receiv'd
               into
               a
               Triumvirate
               ,
               by
               two
               such
               Great
               Men
               ,
               was
               no
               common
               Poet.
               He
               club'd
               with
               Massinger
               and
               Rowley
               in
               Writing
               the
               
                 Old
                 Law
              
               ,
               as
               before
               I
               have
               remarked
               already
               :
               See
               pag.
               352.
               
               He
               was
               likewise
               assisted
               by
               Rowley
               in
               three
               Plays
               ,
               of
               which
               we
               shall
               presently
               give
               an
               Account
               ;
               and
               in
               those
               Plays
               which
               he
               writ
               alone
               ,
               there
               are
               several
               
               Comedies
               ;
               as
               
                 Michaelmass-Term
                 ,
                 Mayor
                 of
                 Quinborough
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               which
               speak
               him
               a
               Dramatick
               Poet
               of
               the
               Second
               Rank
               .
               The
               first
               Play
               we
               are
               to
               begin
               with
               ,
               is
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Any
                 thing
                 for
                 a
                 Quiet
                 Life
                 ,
              
               a
               Comedy
               formerly
               acted
               at
               the
               Black-fryars
               ,
               by
               his
               late
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1662.
               
               This
               Play
               being
               One
               of
               those
               Manuscripts
               published
               by
               Kirkman
               ,
               I
               suppose
               was
               in
               Esteem
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               before
               the
               Breaking
               out
               of
               the
               Civil
               Wars
               .
            
             
               
                 Blurt
                 Mr.
                 Constable
              
               ,
               or
               The
               Spaniard's
               Night-walk
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               sundry
               times
               privately
               acted
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               Paul's
               ,
               printed
               Lond.
               1602.
               
               There
               is
               no
               Name
               affix`d
               to
               this
               Play
               ,
               and
               several
               others
               ,
               which
               are
               ascribed
               to
               our
               Author
               by
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               ;
               as
               
                 The
                 Phoenix
                 ,
                 Game
                 at
                 Chess
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 The
                 Family
                 of
                 Love
              
               ;
               but
               knowing
               his
               Acquaintance
               with
               Plays
               to
               have
               been
               very
               considerable
               ,
               I
               have
               plac'd
               them
               to
               their
               Reputed
               Author
               .
            
             
               Changling
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               at
               the
               Private-House
               in
               Drury-Lane
               ,
               and
               Salisbury-Court
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1653.
               in
               this
               Play
               our
               Author
               was
               assisted
               by
               Mr.
               Rowley
               .
               The
               Foundation
               of
               the
               Play
               may
               be
               found
               in
               
                 Reynold's
                 God's
                 Revenge
                 against
                 Murther
              
               .
               See
               the
               Story
               of
               
                 Alsemero
                 ,
                 and
                 Beatrice
                 Joanna
              
               ,
               Book
               1.
               
               Hist.
               4.
               
            
             
               
                 Chast
                 Maid
                 in
                 Cheap-side
              
               ,
               a
               pleasant
               conceited
               Comedy
               ,
               often
               acted
               at
               the
               Swan
               on
               the
               Bank-side
               ,
               by
               the
               Lady
               Elizabeth
               her
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1620.
               
            
             
               
                 Fair
                 Quarrel
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               
               1622.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Nobly
               dispos'd
               ,
               and
               Faithful-breasted
               
                 Robert
                 Grey
              
               
                 Esq
              
               one
               of
               the
               Grooms
               of
               his
               Highnesses
               Chamber
               .
               The
               Plot
               of
               
                 Fitz-allen
                 ,
                 Russel
              
               and
               Jane
               ,
               is
               founded
               ,
               as
               I
               suppose
               ,
               on
               some
               Italian
               Novel
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               read
               in
               English
               in
               the
               
                 Complaisant
                 Companion
              
               ,
               octavo
               p.
               280.
               
               That
               part
               of
               the
               Physitian
               tempting
               Jane
               ,
               and
               then
               accusing
               her
               ,
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Novel
               of
               
                 Cynthio
                 Giraldi
              
               :
               See
               Dec.
               4.
               
               Nov.
               5.
               
               In
               this
               Play
               Mr.
               Rowley
               joyn'd
               with
               our
               Author
               .
            
             
               
                 Family
                 of
                 Love
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               his
               Majesties
               Revels
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1608.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               mentioned
               by
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Bornwel
              
               ,
               in
               
                 The
                 Lady
                 of
                 Pleasure
              
               ,
               Act
               1.
               
               Sc.
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 Game
                 at
                 Chess
              
               ;
               sundry
               times
               acted
               at
               the
               Globe
               on
               the
               Bank-side
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               16
               —
               This
               Play
               is
               consonant
               to
               the
               Title
               ,
               where
               the
               Game
               is
               play'd
               between
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               that
               of
               
                 Rome
                 ;
                 Ignatius
                 Loyola
              
               being
               Spectator
               ,
               the
               former
               in
               the
               End
               ,
               gaining
               the
               Victory
               .
            
             
               
                 Inner-Temple
                 Masque
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Masque
                 of
                 Heroes
              
               ;
               presented
               (
               as
               an
               Entertainment
               for
               many
               worthy
               Ladies
               )
               by
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               same
               Ancient
               and
               Noble
               House
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               writ
               twenty
               Years
               before
               it
               was
               printed
               ;
               and
               yet
               so
               well
               esteem'd
               by
               Mrs.
               Behn
               ,
               that
               she
               has
               taken
               part
               of
               it
               into
               the
               
                 City
                 Heiress
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Mayor
                 of
                 Quinborough
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               often
               acted
               with
               much
               applause
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1661.
               
               In
               this
               Play
               are
               several
               Dumb
               Shews
               ,
               explained
               by
               Rainulph
               Monk
               of
               Chester
               ,
               and
               the
               Author
               has
               chiefly
               followed
               
               his
               Polychronicon
               :
               See
               besides
               
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 Du
                 Chesne
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Vortiger
               .
            
             
               Michaelinass-Term
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               but
               where
               or
               when
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               thro'
               the
               imperfection
               of
               my
               Copy
               .
            
             
               
                 More
                 Dissemblers
                 besides
                 Women
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1657.
               
            
             
               
                 No
                 Wit
                 ,
                 no
                 Help
                 ,
                 like
                 a
                 Woman's
                 ,
              
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1657.
               
            
             
               Phoenix
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               sundry
               times
               acted
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               Paul's
               ,
               and
               presented
               before
               his
               Majesty
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1607.
               
            
             
               
                 Roaring
                 Girl
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
             
               
                 Spanish
                 Gypsie
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               (
               with
               great
               applause
               )
               at
               the
               Private-House
               in
               Drury-Lane
               ,
               and
               Salisbury-Court
               ,
               written
               by
               our
               Author
               and
               Mr.
               Rowley
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1661.
               
               The
               Story
               of
               Roderigo
               and
               Clara
               ,
               has
               a
               near
               resemblance
               with
               (
               if
               it
               be
               not
               borrow'd
               from
               )
               a
               Spanish
               Novel
               ,
               writ
               by
               
                 Mignel
                 de
                 Cervantes
              
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Force
                 of
                 Blood.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Trick
                 to
                 catch
                 the
                 Old
                 One
                 ,
              
               a
               Comedy
               often
               in
               Action
               ,
               both
               at
               Paul's
               ,
               the
               Black-fryars
               ,
               and
               before
               their
               Majesties
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1616.
               
               This
               is
               an
               Excellent
               Old
               Play.
               
            
             
               
                 Triumphs
                 of
                 Love
                 and
                 Antiquity
              
               ,
               an
               Honourable
               Solemnity
               performed
               thro'
               the
               City
               ,
               at
               the
               Confirmation
               and
               Establishment
               of
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Cockaine
              
               K
               
               t.
               in
               the
               Office
               of
               His
               Majesties
               Lieutenant
               ,
               the
               Lord
               Mayor
               of
               the
               Famous
               City
               of
               London
               :
               Taking
               beginning
               in
               the
               Morning
               at
               his
               Lordship's
               Going
               ,
               and
               perfecting
               it self
               after
               his
               Return
               from
               Receiving
               the
               Oath
               of
               Mayoralty
               at
               
               Westminster
               ,
               on
               the
               Morrow
               after
               Simon
               and
               
               Jude's
               Day
               ,
               Octob.
               29
               1619.
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Honour
               of
               him
               to
               whom
               the
               Noble
               Fraternity
               of
               Skinners
               ,
               his
               Worthy
               Brothers
               have
               dedicated
               their
               Loves
               in
               Costly
               Triumphs
               ,
               The
               Right
               Honourable
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Cockaine
              
               Knight
               ,
               Lord
               Mayor
               of
               this
               Renowned
               City
               ,
               and
               Lord
               General
               of
               his
               Military
               Forces
               .
               This
               Piece
               consists
               only
               of
               Speeches
               ,
               addrest
               to
               his
               Lordship
               ,
               at
               his
               Cavalcade
               thro'
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               I
               think
               no
               ways
               deserv'd
               either
               the
               Title
               of
               a
               Masque
               ,
               under
               which
               Species
               it
               has
               been
               hitherto
               rank'd
               ;
               nor
               so
               pompous
               a
               Title
               ,
               as
               the
               Author
               has
               prefix'd
               .
            
             
               
                 Women
                 beware
                 Women
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1657.
               
               This
               Play
               with
               two
               others
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 More
                 Dissemblers
                 besides
                 Women
              
               ,
               and
               ,
               
                 No
                 Wit
                 like
                 a
                 Woman's
              
               ,
               are
               all
               in
               one
               Volume
               .
               The
               Foundation
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               a
               Romance
               called
               
                 Hyppolito
                 and
                 Isabella
              
               ,
               octavo
               .
               This
               Drama
               ,
               if
               we
               give
               Credit
               to
               Mr.
               Richards
               ,
               a
               Poet
               of
               that
               Age
               ,
               was
               acted
               with
               extraordinary
               applause
               ,
               as
               he
               says
               in
               his
               Verses
               on
               that
               Play
               :
               
                 
                   I
                   that
                   have
                   see
                   it
                   ,
                   can
                   say
                   ,
                   having
                   just
                   cause
                   ,
                
                 
                   Ne're
                   Tragedy
                   came
                   off
                   with
                   more
                   Applause
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 World
                 lost
                 at
                 Tennis
              
               ,
               a
               Masque
               divers
               times
               presented
               to
               the
               Contentment
               of
               many
               Noble
               and
               Worthy
               Spectators
               ,
               by
               the
               Princes
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1620.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               truly
               Noble
               Charles
               ,
               Lord
               Howard
               ,
               Baron
               of
               Effingham
               ,
               and
               to
               his
               Virtuous
               and
               Worthy
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Mary
               ,
               Lady
               Effingham
               ,
               
               Eldest
               Daughter
               of
               the
               truly
               Generous
               and
               Judicious
               Sir
               
                 W.
                 Cockain
              
               Knight
               ,
               L
               
               d.
               Mayor
               of
               the
               City
               of
               London
               ,
               and
               Lord
               General
               of
               the
               Military
               Forces
               .
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Five
                 Gallants
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               often
               in
               Action
               at
               the
               Black-fryars
               ,
               and
               imprinted
               at
               London
               4
               
               o.
               This
               Play
               has
               no
               Date
               ,
               and
               I
               believe
               was
               One
               of
               the
               first
               that
               our
               Author
               publishd
               .
            
          
           
             
               John
               MILTON
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Martyr
               .
               Had
               his
               Principles
               been
               as
               good
               as
               his
               Parts
               ,
               he
               had
               been
               an
               Excellent
               Person
               ;
               but
               his
               demerits
               towards
               his
               Sovereign
               ,
               has
               very
               much
               sullied
               his
               Reputation
               .
               He
               has
               writ
               several
               Pieces
               both
               in
               Verse
               and
               Prose
               :
               and
               amongst
               others
               two
               Dramas
               ,
               of
               which
               we
               shall
               first
               give
               an
               Account
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Samson
                 Agonistes
              
               ,
               a
               Dramatick
               Poem
               ;
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1680.
               
               Our
               Author
               has
               endeavour'd
               to
               imitate
               the
               Tragedy
               of
               the
               Ancient
               Greek
               Poets
               ;
               't
               is
               writ
               in
               Blank
               Verse
               of
               ten
               Syllables
               ,
               which
               the
               Author
               prefers
               to
               Rime
               .
               His
               Reasons
               are
               too
               long
               to
               be
               transcribed
               ;
               but
               those
               who
               have
               the
               Curiosity
               ,
               may
               read
               them
               at
               the
               Entrance
               of
               his
               
                 Paradice
                 lost
              
               .
               The
               Chorus
               is
               introduced
               after
               the
               Greek
               Manner
               ,
               and
               (
               says
               my
               Author
               )
               
                 The
                 Measure
                 of
                 its
                 Verses
                 is
                 of
                 all
                 sorts
                 ,
                 called
                 by
                 the
                 
                   Greeks
                   Monostrophic
                
                 ,
                 or
                 rather
                 Apolelymenon
                 ,
                 without
                 regard
                 had
                 to
                 
                   Strophe
                   ,
                   Antistrophe
                
                 ,
                 or
                 Epod
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 Stanza's
                 fram'd
                 only
                 for
                 the
                 Musick
                 ,
                 than
                 used
                 with
                 the
                 Chorus
                 that
                 sung
                 ;
                 
                 not
                 essential
                 to
                 the
                 Poem
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 not
                 material
                 :
                 or
                 being
                 divided
                 into
                 Stanza's
                 ,
                 or
                 Pauses
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 called
                 Allaeostropha
                 .
                 Division
                 into
                 Act
                 and
                 Scene
                 ,
                 referring
                 chiefly
                 to
                 the
                 Stage
                 ,
                 (
                 to
                 which
                 this
                 Work
                 never
                 was
                 intended
                 )
                 is
                 here
                 omitted
                 .
              
               In
               this
               the
               Author
               seems
               to
               follow
               Sophocles
               ,
               whose
               Plays
               are
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts.
               I
               take
               this
               to
               be
               an
               Excellent
               Piece
               ;
               and
               as
               an
               Argument
               of
               its
               Excellency
               ,
               I
               have
               before
               taken
               Notice
               ,
               that
               Mr.
               Dryden
               has
               transferred
               several
               Thoughts
               to
               his
               Aurengzebe
               .
               The
               Foundation
               of
               the
               History
               is
               in
               Holy
               Writ
               :
               See
               Judges
               Ch.
               13
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 Josephus
                 Antiq.
                 l.
                 5.
                 
                 Torniel
                 ,
                 Salian
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               Masque
               ,
               presented
               at
               Ludlow
               Castle
               1634.
               on
               Michaelmass
               Night
               ,
               before
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               John
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Bridgwater
               ,
               Viscount
               Brackley
               ,
               L
               
               d.
               President
               of
               Wales
               ,
               and
               One
               of
               his
               Majesties
               most
               Honourable
               Privy
               Council
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1637.
               and
               dedicated
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Henry
                 Laws
              
               the
               Publisher
               ,
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               John
               ,
               Lord
               Viscount
               Brackley
               ,
               Son
               and
               Heir
               Apparent
               to
               the
               Earl
               of
               
                 Bridgwater
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               The
               Publisher
               acquaints
               his
               Patron
               ,
               that
               
                 Altho
                 not
                 openly
                 acknowledged
                 by
                 the
                 Author
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 Legitimate
                 Off-spring
                 ;
                 so
                 lovely
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 much
                 desired
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 often
                 copying
                 of
                 it
                 hath
                 tir'd
                 his
                 Pen
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 his
                 several
                 Friends
                 Satisfaction
                 ,
                 and
                 brought
                 him
                 to
                 a
                 Necessity
                 of
                 producing
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 publick
                 view
                 .
                 The
                 principal
                 Persons
                 of
                 this
                 Masque
                 ,
                 were
                 the
                 Lord
                 Brackley
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 
                   Thomas
                   Egerton
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Lady
                 
                   Alice
                   Egerton
                
                 .
              
            
             
               Our
               Author
               's
               other
               Pieces
               in
               Verse
               ,
               are
               his
               
               
                 Paradice
                 lost
              
               ,
               an
               Heroick
               Poem
               ,
               in
               twelve
               Books
               .
               I
               know
               not
               when
               it
               was
               first
               printed
               ,
               but
               there
               came
               out
               not
               long
               since
               a
               very
               fair
               Edition
               in
               Fol.
               with
               Sculptures
               ,
               printed
               Lond.
               1689.
               
               His
               
                 Paradice
                 regain'd
              
               ,
               a
               Poem
               in
               four
               Books
               ,
               is
               fitted
               likewise
               to
               be
               bound
               with
               it
               .
               He
               publisht
               some
               other
               Poems
               in
               Latin
               and
               English
               ,
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1645.
               
               Nor
               was
               he
               less
               Famous
               for
               History
               than
               Poetry
               ;
               witness
               his
               History
               of
               Brittain
               ,
               from
               the
               first
               Traditional
               Beginning
               of
               the
               Norman
               Conquest
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1670.
               
               He
               writ
               several
               other
               Pieces
               ,
               as
               a
               Latin
               Piece
               called
               ,
               
                 Pro
                 populo
                 Anglicano
                 ,
                 Defensio
                 contra
                 Salmasium
                 ,
              
               120.
               
               Lond.
               1652.
               
               The
               Doctrine
               and
               Discipline
               of
               Divorce
               ,
               in
               two
               Books
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1644
               this
               being
               answered
               by
               an
               Anonymous
               Writer
               ,
               was
               reply'd
               to
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               in
               a
               Book
               which
               he
               called
               Collasterion
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1645.
               
               He
               writ
               besides
               a
               Piece
               called
               Tetrachordon
               ,
               or
               An
               Exposition
               on
               the
               Four
               Chief
               places
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               concerning
               Marriage
               and
               Divorce
               ;
               printed
               Lond.
               1645.
               
               Sr.
               
                 Robert
                 Filmer
              
               (
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               )
               writ
               against
               him
               ,
               in
               his
               Observations
               concerning
               the
               Original
               of
               Government
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1652.
               
            
          
           
             
               Walter
               MOUNTAGUE
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               ,
               who
               liv'd
               at
               Court
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               during
               the
               times
               of
               Peace
               ,
               before
               the
               Muses
               were
               disturb'd
               by
               the
               Civil
               Wars
               ,
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Shepheard's
                 Oracle
              
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               privately
               acted
               before
               King
               Charles
               ,
               by
               the
               Queen's
               Majesty
               and
               
               Ladies
               of
               Honour
               ,
               printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               1649.
               
               I
               shall
               not
               be
               so
               presumptuous
               to
               criticise
               on
               a
               Play
               ,
               which
               has
               been
               made
               Sacred
               by
               the
               Protection
               of
               Majesty
               it self
               :
               besides
               I
               am
               deterr'd
               from
               Criticism
               ,
               by
               the
               Stationers
               Friend's
               Advice
               ,
               in
               his
               Verses
               in
               Commendation
               of
               the
               Play
               :
               
                 
                   —
                   at
                   least
                   :
                   good
                   Manners
                   sayes
                   ,
                
                 
                   They
                   first
                   should
                   understand
                   it
                   e're
                   dispraise
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               William
               MOUNTFORT
               .
            
             
               One
               who
               from
               an
               Actor
               ,
               sets
               up
               for
               an
               Author
               ;
               and
               has
               attempted
               both
               Tragedy
               and
               Comedy
               ,
               with
               what
               success
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               those
               who
               have
               seen
               his
               Plays
               to
               determine
               .
               Had
               I
               been
               of
               the
               number
               of
               his
               Friends
               ,
               I
               should
               have
               endeavour'd
               to
               have
               perswaded
               him
               still
               to
               act
               
                 Sir
                 Courtly
                 Nice
              
               ,
               in
               bestowing
               only
               Garniture
               on
               a
               Play
               (
               as
               he
               calls
               it
               )
               as
               a
               Song
               or
               a
               Prologue
               ,
               and
               let
               alone
               sine
               Language
               ,
               as
               belonging
               only
               to
               Pedants
               and
               poor
               Fellows
               ,
               that
               live
               by
               their
               Wits
               .
               He
               has
               publisht
               two
               Plays
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Injur'd
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Ambitious
                 Father
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               London
               1688.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               James
               Earl
               of
               Arran
               ,
               Son
               to
               his
               Grace
               the
               Duke
               of
               Hamilton
               .
               There
               are
               some
               Surlyes
               ,
               who
               think
               that
               in
               this
               Play
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Courtly
                 writ
                 for
                 his
                 Diversion
                 ,
                 but
                 never
                 regarded
                 Wit.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Successful
                 Strangers
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               acted
               
               by
               their
               Majesties
               servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1690.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               
                 Thomas
                 Wharton
              
               ,
               Comptroller
               of
               his
               Majesty's
               Houshold
               .
               This
               Play
               far
               exceeds
               the
               Other
               :
               tho'
               the
               Author
               as
               well
               as
               his
               predecessors
               ,
               is
               beholding
               to
               others
               for
               part
               of
               his
               Plot
               ;
               he
               having
               made
               use
               of
               
               Scarron's
               Novel
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Rival
                 Brothers
              
               ,
               in
               working
               up
               the
               Catastrophe
               of
               his
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               seen
               some
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               in
               Manuscript
               writ
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               but
               not
               being
               in
               print
               ,
               that
               I
               know
               of
               ,
               I
               forbear
               to
               mention
               them
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             N.
             
          
           
             
               Thomas
               NABBES
               .
            
             
               A
               Writer
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               who
               we
               may
               reckon
               amongst
               Poets
               of
               the
               Third-rate
               ;
               and
               One
               who
               was
               pretty
               much
               respected
               by
               the
               Poets
               of
               those
               Times
               ;
               Mr.
               
                 Richard
                 Brome
              
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
                 Robert
                 Chamberlain
              
               ,
               (
               before
               mention'd
               )
               having
               publickly
               profest
               themselves
               his
               Friends
               ;
               and
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Suckling
              
               being
               his
               Patron
               .
            
             
               He
               has
               Seven
               Plays
               and
               Masques
               extant
               ,
               besides
               other
               Poems
               :
               of
               which
               we
               may
               say
               ,
               That
               if
               they
               are
               not
               to
               be
               compar'd
               with
               some
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               of
               this
               Age
               ,
               at
               least
               wise
               what
               our
               Author
               has
               published
               is
               
                 His
                 own
              
               ,
               and
               not
               borrow'd
               from
               others
               ;
               and
               in
               that
               Respect
               deserves
               Pardon
               ,
               if
               not
               Applause
               from
               the
               Candid
               
               Reader
               .
               This
               he
               averrs
               in
               his
               Prologue
               to
               
                 Covent
                 Garden
              
               ,
               and
               which
               I
               believe
               may
               be
               urged
               for
               the
               rest
               of
               his
               Labours
               ;
               viz.
               
               
                 
                   He
                   justifies
                   that
                   't
                   is
                   no
                   borrow'd
                   Strain
                   ,
                
                 
                   From
                   the
                   Invention
                   of
                   another's
                   Brain
                   .
                
                 
                   Nor
                   did
                   he
                   steal
                   the
                   Fancy
                   .
                   'T
                   is
                   the
                   same
                   forth
                
                 
                   He
                   first
                   intended
                   by
                   the
                   
                     Proper
                     Name
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   'T
                   was
                   not
                   a
                   Toyl
                   of
                   Years
                   ;
                   few
                   Weeks
                   brought
                
                 
                   This
                   
                     Rugged
                     Issue
                  
                   ,
                   might
                   have
                   been
                   more
                   worth
                
                 
                   If
                   he
                   had
                   lick'd
                   it
                   more
                   .
                   Nor
                   doth
                   he
                   raise
                
                 
                   From
                   th'
                   Imitation
                   of
                   
                     Authentick
                     Plays
                  
                
                 
                   Matter
                   or
                   Words
                   to
                   height
                   :
                   nor
                   bundle
                   up
                
                 
                   Conceits
                   at
                   Taverns
                   ,
                   where
                   the
                   Wits
                   do
                   sup
                   .
                
                 
                   His
                   Muse
                   is
                   solitary
                   ,
                   and
                   alone
                
                 
                   Doth
                   practice
                   her
                   low
                   Speculation
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               The
               Reader
               therefore
               is
               to
               expect
               little
               more
               from
               me
               ,
               than
               a
               bare
               Account
               of
               the
               Titles
               of
               his
               Works
               ,
               as
               followss
               .
            
             
               Bride
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               in
               the
               Year
               1638.
               at
               the
               Private-House
               in
               Drury-Lane
               ,
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Generality
               of
               his
               Friends
               ,
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               several
               Honourable
               Houses
               of
               the
               Inns
               of
               Court.
               
            
             
               
                 Covent
                 Garden
              
               ,
               a
               pleasant
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               in
               the
               Year
               1632.
               by
               the
               Queen's
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1638.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Worthy
               of
               his
               Honour
               ,
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Suckling
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Hannibal
                 and
                 Scipio
              
               ,
               an
               Historical
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               in
               the
               Year
               1635.
               by
               the
               Queen's
               Majesties
               Servants
               at
               their
               Private-House
               in
               Drury-Lane
               ;
               printed
               Lond.
               1637.
               
               The
               Play
               is
               addrest
               
               in
               Verse
               by
               the
               Author
               ,
               to
               the
               Ghosts
               of
               Hannibal
               and
               Scipio
               ,
               with
               an
               Answer
               printed
               in
               their
               Names
               ,
               directed
               to
               our
               Author
               .
               It
               was
               acted
               before
               Women
               came
               on
               the
               Stage
               ;
               the
               part
               of
               Sophonisba
               being
               play'd
               by
               one
               
                 Ezekiel
                 Fenne
              
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               the
               Title-page
               speaks
               the
               Foundation
               to
               be
               History
               :
               see
               the
               Life
               of
               of
               Hannibal
               ,
               writ
               by
               
                 Cornelius
                 Nepos
              
               ;
               that
               of
               Scipio
               by
               Plutarch
               :
               see
               besides
               
                 Livy
                 ,
                 Florus
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Authors
               mention'd
               p.
               326.
               
            
             
               Microcosmus
               ,
               a
               Moral
               Masque
               ,
               presented
               with
               general
               liking
               at
               the
               Private-House
               in
               Salisbury-Court
               ,
               and
               here
               set
               down
               according
               to
               the
               Intention
               of
               the
               Author
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1637.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Service
               and
               Delight
               of
               all
               Truly
               Noble
               ,
               Generous
               ,
               and
               Honest
               Spirits
               .
               This
               Masque
               is
               introduc'd
               by
               two
               Copies
               ,
               One
               of
               which
               was
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Richard
                 Brome
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Spring
                 's
                 Glory
                 ,
                 vindicating
                 Love
                 by
                 Temperance
                 ,
              
               against
               the
               Tenet
               ,
               
                 Sine
                 Cerere
                 &
                 Baccho
                 friget
                 Venus
              
               ;
               Moralized
               in
               a
               Masque
               with
               other
               Poems
               ,
               Epigrams
               ,
               Elegies
               ,
               and
               Epithalamiums
               of
               the
               Author's
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1638.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Peter
                 Balle
              
               
                 Esq
              
               At
               the
               end
               of
               these
               Poems
               is
               a
               piece
               call'd
               ,
               
                 A
                 Presentation
              
               ,
               intended
               for
               the
               Prince
               his
               Highness's
               Birth-day
               ,
               the
               29.
               of
               May
               1638.
               annually
               celebrated
               :
               this
               in
               former
               Catalogues
               was
               stiled
               an
               Interlude
               .
               These
               Masques
               and
               Poems
               are
               commended
               by
               two
               Copies
               ,
               one
               of
               which
               was
               penned
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Robert
                 Chamberlain
              
               .
            
             
               Tottenham-Court
               ,
               a
               pleasant
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               in
               the
               Year
               1637.
               at
               the
               Private-House
               in
               Salisbury-Court
               ;
               
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1638.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Worshipful
               
                 William
                 Mills
              
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Unfortunate
                 Lover
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               never
               acted
               but
               set
               down
               according
               to
               the
               Intention
               of
               the
               Author
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Worshipful
               
                 Richard
                 Brathwaite
              
               
                 Esq
              
               This
               Play
               is
               attended
               by
               three
               Copies
               written
               in
               its
               Commendation
               ,
               by
               several
               of
               our
               Author's
               Friends
               ,
               and
               a
               Proeme
               in
               Verse
               by
               the
               Author
               ,
               wherein
               he
               justifies
               it
               to
               be
               writ
               according
               to
               the
               Rules
               of
               Art.
               
            
             
               
                 A
                 Constant
                 Scene
                 ;
                 the
                 buisiness
                 it
                 intends
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 two
                 Hours
                 of
                 Time
                 of
                 Action
                 comprehends
                 .
              
            
             
               Mr.
               Philips
               b
               and
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               c
               ,
               according
               to
               their
               old
               Custom
               ,
               have
               ascrib'd
               two
               other
               Anonymous
               Plays
               to
               our
               Author
               ,
               
                 The
                 Woman-Hater
                 arraigned
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ;
               and
               
                 Charles
                 the
                 First
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               :
               the
               Reason
               of
               their
               Mistake
               ,
               has
               been
               already
               given
               p.
               13.
               and
               more
               at
               large
               ,
               in
               the
               Preface
               to
               my
               former
               Catalogue
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               NASH
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               liv'd
               about
               the
               time
               with
               the
               foremention'd
               Author
               ,
               and
               was
               sometime
               educated
               in
               the
               University
               of
               Cambridge
               .
               His
               Genius
               was
               much
               addicted
               to
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               and
               Satyr
               ;
               and
               he
               writ
               some
               things
               in
               Prose
               ;
               all
               which
               gain'd
               him
               the
               Reputation
               of
               a
               Sharp
               Wit.
               In
               an
               Old
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               ,
               I
               find
               His
               Character
               thus
               drawn
               .
            
             
               
               
                 And
                 surely
                 Nash
                 ,
                 tho'
                 be
                 a
                 Proser
                 were
                 ,
              
               
                 A
                 Branch
                 of
                 Laurel
                 yet
                 deserves
                 to
                 bear
                 .
              
               
                 Sharply
                 Satyrick
                 was
                 he
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 way
              
               
                 He
                 went
                 ,
                 since
                 that
                 his
                 being
                 ,
                 to
                 this
                 day
                 ,
              
               
                 Few
                 have
                 attempted
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 surely
                 think
                 ,
              
               
                 Those
                 Words
                 shall
                 hardly
                 be
                 set
                 down
                 by
                 Ink
              
               
                 Shall
                 scorch
                 ,
                 and
                 blast
                 ,
                 so
                 as
                 his
                 could
                 ,
                 when
                 he
              
               
                 Would
                 inflict
                 Vengeance
                 .
                 —
              
            
             
               As
               to
               his
               Plays
               ,
               he
               has
               publisht
               only
               two
               that
               I
               have
               heard
               of
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Dido
                 Queen
                 of
              
               Carthage
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               joyn'd
               with
               Marloe
               ;
               and
               ,
               
                 Summer's
                 last
                 Will
                 and
                 Testament
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               :
               I
               could
               never
               procure
               a
               Sight
               of
               either
               of
               these
               ;
               but
               as
               to
               that
               Play
               call'd
               
                 See
                 me
                 and
                 see
                 me
                 not
                 ,
              
               ascribed
               to
               him
               by
               Mr.
               Philips
               and
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               ,
               I
               have
               it
               by
               me
               ,
               and
               have
               plac'd
               it
               to
               the
               right
               Author
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Dawbridgecourt
                 Belchier
              
               ;
               see
               page
               24.
               
            
             
               He
               writ
               several
               other
               Pieces
               ;
               some
               Satyrical
               ,
               as
               
                 Pierce
                 Penniless
                 his
                 Supplication
                 to
                 the
                 Devil
                 ;
                 Have
                 with
                 ye
                 to
              
               Safron-Walden
               ;
               
                 Four
                 Letters
                 Confuted
              
               :
               A
               Poem
               called
               
                 The
                 White-Herring
                 and
                 the
                 Red
              
               ;
               and
               another
               Piece
               in
               Prose
               ,
               which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               the
               same
               
                 Thomas
                 Nash
              
               ,
               called
               
                 A
                 Fourfold
                 Way
                 to
                 a
                 Happy
                 Life
                 ,
              
               in
               a
               Dialogue
               between
               a
               Countryman
               ,
               Citizen
               ,
               Divine
               ,
               and
               Lawyer
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1633.
               
            
          
           
             
               Alexander
               NEVILE
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               that
               early
               addicted
               himself
               to
               Poetry
               ,
               and
               was
               one
               of
               those
               that
               the
               Eminent
               
                 Jasper
                 Heywood
              
               made
               choice
               of
               to
               joyn
               with
               him
               and
               others
               ,
               
               in
               the
               Translation
               of
               Seneca
               .
               Our
               Author
               undertook
               the
               Task
               ,
               and
               at
               sixteen
               Years
               of
               Age
               he
               translated
            
             
               Oedipus
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               which
               he
               Englished
               in
               the
               Year
               1560.
               and
               was
               printed
               with
               the
               rest
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1581.
               and
               more
               immediately
               dedicated
               by
               the
               Author
               ,
               To
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Mr.
               Dr.
               Wotton
               ,
               One
               of
               the
               Queens
               Majesties
               Privy
               Council
               .
               Many
               were
               the
               Authors
               of
               Antiquity
               that
               writ
               on
               this
               Subject
               ;
               tho'
               but
               two
               Plays
               writ
               by
               
                 Sophocles
                 ,
                 viz.
              
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               and
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               have
               descended
               to
               our
               Times
               ;
               from
               the
               which
               Seneca
               is
               said
               to
               have
               borrow'd
               part
               of
               this
               Play.
               Our
               Translator
               acknowledges
               in
               his
               Epistle
               to
               his
               Patron
               and
               God-Father
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 has
                 not
                 been
                 precise
                 in
                 following
                 the
                 Author
                 word
                 for
                 word
                 ;
                 but
                 sometimes
                 by
                 Addition
                 ,
                 sometimes
                 by
                 Substraction
                 ,
                 to
                 use
                 the
                 aptest
                 Phrases
                 ,
                 in
                 giving
                 the
                 Sense
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 invent
                 .
              
            
             
               There
               are
               other
               Pieces
               which
               I
               suppose
               were
               writ
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               published
               in
               Latin
               ;
               as
               
                 Oratio
                 in
                 Obitium
                 Sydnaei
              
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1587.
               
               
                 De
                 Furoribus
                 Norfolciensium
                 Ketto
                 Duce
              
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               1575.
               
               
                 Norvicus
                 ,
                 ibid.
              
               all
               which
               being
               printed
               about
               the
               time
               that
               he
               lived
               ,
               make
               me
               imagine
               them
               to
               be
               his
               .
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               NEVILE
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               younger
               Years
               was
               educated
               in
               the
               University
               of
               Cambridge
               ,
               where
               he
               became
               a
               fellow
               of
               King's
               Colledge
               .
               I
               know
               
               nothing
               that
               he
               has
               publisht
               ,
               but
               a
               single
               Play
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Poor
                 Scholar
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1662.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               (
               as
               I
               suppose
               )
               writ
               some
               Years
               before
               ,
               it
               being
               printed
               for
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               .
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               ever
               it
               was
               acted
               ,
               but
               I
               may
               presume
               to
               say
               't
               is
               no
               contemptible
               Play
               for
               Plot
               and
               Language
               .
               It
               is
               commended
               for
               an
               excellent
               one
               ,
               by
               three
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               prefix'd
               to
               it
               ,
               writ
               by
               his
               Friends
               ;
               One
               of
               which
               says
               thus
               in
               its
               praise
               :
               
                 
                   Bees
                   from
                   a
                   bruised
                   Ox
                   ,
                   says
                   Maro
                   ,
                   breed
                   ,
                
                 
                   But
                   thou
                   drawest
                   Honey
                   from
                   a
                   tatter'd
                   weed
                   .
                
                 
                   Seeing
                   thy
                   Wit
                   's
                   so
                   pure
                   ,
                   thy
                   Phrase
                   so
                   clean
                   ,
                
                 
                   Thy
                   Sense
                   so
                   weighty
                   ,
                   that
                   each
                   Line
                   's
                   a
                   Scene
                   ;
                
                 
                   We
                   'll
                   change
                   the
                   Song
                   d
                   ,
                   and
                   cry
                   as
                   truly
                   too
                   ,
                
                 
                   Whither
                   may
                   not
                   This
                   thy
                   
                     Poor
                     Scholar
                     go
                  
                   ?
                
                 
                   This
                   fault
                   the
                   Best-nos'd
                   Criticks
                   only
                   smell
                   ,
                
                 
                   That
                   thy
                   
                     Poor
                     Scholar
                  
                   is
                   attir'd
                   too
                   well
                   .
                
                 
                   Ben's
                   Auditors
                   were
                   once
                   in
                   such
                   a
                   mood
                   ,
                
                 
                   That
                   he
                   was
                   forc'd
                   to
                   swear
                   his
                   Play
                   was
                   good
                   :
                
                 
                   Thy
                   Play
                   than
                   his
                   ,
                   doth
                   far
                   more
                   currant
                   go
                   ,
                
                 
                   For
                   without
                   Swearing
                   ,
                   we
                   'll
                   believe
                   thine
                   so
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               William
               ,
               
                 Duke
                 of
              
               NEWCASTLE
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               now
               arriv'd
               at
               a
               Nobleman
               ,
               whose
               Heroick
               Actions
               ,
               are
               too
               Copious
               and
               Illustrious
               for
               me
               to
               attempt
               the
               Description
               of
               ;
               and
               are
               a
               fitter
               Subject
               for
               the
               Pen
               of
               a
               Modern
               Plutarch
               ,
               if
               any
               such
               were
               to
               be
               found
               ,
               than
               for
               mine
               :
               I
               shall
               leave
               therefore
               the
               Character
               of
               
               this
               Valiant
               Heroe
               ,
               Careful
               Tutor
               ,
               Wise
               Statesman
               ,
               Exact
               Courtier
               ,
               and
               Loyal
               Subject
               ,
               to
               be
               describ'd
               by
               some
               Illustrious
               Historian
               ;
               or
               else
               refer
               my
               Reader
               to
               his
               Life
               ,
               already
               writ
               in
               Latin
               and
               English
               ,
               by
               the
               Hand
               of
               his
               Incomparable
               Dutchess
               :
               who
               during
               his
               Life-time
               ,
               describ'd
               all
               his
               Glorious
               Actions
               ,
               in
               a
               Stile
               so
               Noble
               and
               Masculine
               ,
               that
               she
               seems
               to
               have
               even
               antedated
               his
               Apotheosis
               .
               But
               tho'
               I
               dare
               not
               pretend
               to
               describe
               his
               Heroick
               Atchievements
               ,
               or
               view
               him
               in
               the
               Field
               ,
               as
               a
               General
               ;
               yet
               I
               shall
               presume
               to
               look
               upon
               him
               in
               his
               Retirements
               ,
               and
               consider
               him
               as
               a
               Poet
               ,
               and
               an
               Author
               ,
               it
               being
               my
               immediate
               Province
               .
            
             
               To
               speak
               first
               of
               his
               Acquaintance
               with
               the
               Muses
               ,
               and
               his
               affable
               Deportment
               to
               all
               their
               Votaries
               .
               No
               Person
               since
               the
               Time
               of
               Augustus
               better
               understood
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               ,
               nor
               more
               generously
               encourag'd
               Poets
               ;
               so
               that
               we
               may
               truly
               call
               him
               our
               
                 English
                 Mecaenas
              
               .
               He
               had
               a
               more
               particular
               kindness
               for
               that
               Great
               Matter
               of
               Dramatick
               Poesy
               ,
               the
               Excellent
               Johnson
               ;
               and
               't
               was
               from
               him
               that
               he
               attain'd
               to
               a
               perfect
               Knowledge
               of
               what
               was
               to
               be
               accounted
               True
               Humour
               in
               Comedy
               .
               How
               well
               he
               has
               copy'd
               his
               Master
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               the
               Criticks
               :
               but
               I
               am
               sure
               our
               late
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               our
               present
               Laureat
               ,
               have
               powerful
               Reasons
               to
               defend
               his
               Memory
               .
               He
               has
               writ
               four
               Comedies
               ,
               which
               have
               always
               been
               acted
               with
               applause
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Country
                 Captain
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               lately
               presented
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               at
               the
               Black-fryars
               ;
               8
               
               o.
               
                 In
                 's
                 Grave
                 van
                 Hag.
                 Ant.
              
               1649.
               
               I
               believe
               this
               Play
               was
               writ
               during
               his
               Exile
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Humorous
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               his
               Royal
               Highness's
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1677.
               
               This
               Play
               equals
               most
               Comedies
               of
               this
               Age.
               
            
             
               
                 Triumphant
                 Widow
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Medley
                 of
                 Humours
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               his
               Royal
               Highness's
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1677.
               
               This
               was
               thought
               so
               excellent
               a
               Play
               by
               our
               present
               Laureat
               ,
               that
               he
               has
               transcrib'd
               a
               great
               part
               of
               it
               in
               his
               Bury-Fair
               .
            
             
               Variety
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               presented
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               at
               the
               Black-fryars
               ;
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1649.
               
               This
               Play
               ,
               and
               
                 Country
                 Captain
              
               ,
               are
               always
               bound
               together
               :
               the
               Duke's
               Name
               is
               not
               prefix'd
               to
               them
               ,
               but
               I
               am
               confident
               they
               are
               his
               ,
               from
               several
               Testimonies
               ;
               since
               Mr.
               
                 Alexander
                 Brome
              
               writ
               a
               Copy
               in
               praise
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               directed
               to
               his
               Grace
               ,
               and
               printed
               before
               the
               Comedy
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Covent
                 Garden
                 weeded
              
               :
               and
               Mr.
               Leigh
               in
               a
               Copy
               directed
               to
               Mr.
               Mosely
               (
               the
               publisher
               of
               Mr.
               
               Carthwright's
               Works
               )
               in
               reckoning
               what
               Poetical
               Treatises
               he
               has
               presented
               the
               Publick
               with
               ,
               names
               these
               two
               Plays
               ,
               in
               the
               following
               Couplet
               :
               
                 
                   Then
                   fam'd
                   Newcastle's
                   choice
                   Variety
                   ,
                
                 
                   With
                   his
                   Brave
                   Captain
                   held
                   up
                   Poetry
                   .
                
              
            
             
               We
               have
               many
               other
               Pieces
               writ
               by
               this
               Ingenious
               Nobleman
               ,
               scattered
               up
               and
               down
               in
               the
               Poems
               of
               his
               Dutchess
               :
               all
               which
               seem
               to
               confirm
               the
               Character
               given
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Shadwell
                 ;
                 That
                 he
                 was
                 the
                 greatest
                 Master
                 of
              
               Wit
               ,
               
                 the
                 most
                 exact
                 Observer
                 of
                 Mankind
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 most
                 acurate
                 Judge
                 of
              
               Humour
               ,
               
                 that
                 ever
                 he
                 knew
              
               .
            
             
             
               Besides
               what
               his
               Grace
               has
               writ
               in
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               ,
               he
               published
               during
               his
               Honourable
               Exile
               at
               Antwerp
               ,
               the
               most
               Magnificent
               ,
               and
               withall
               the
               Best
               Book
               of
               Horsmanship
               ,
               that
               was
               ever
               yet
               extant
               .
               How
               eminent
               his
               skill
               was
               in
               that
               Noble
               Art
               of
               
                 Dressing
                 Horses
                 in
                 the
                 Manage
              
               ,
               is
               well
               known
               not
               only
               to
               our
               Countrymen
               but
               to
               all
               Nations
               of
               Europe
               :
               Persons
               of
               all
               Countries
               ,
               and
               those
               of
               the
               best
               Quality
               crouding
               to
               his
               Manage
               at
               Antwerp
               ,
               to
               see
               him
               ride
               .
               Insomuch
               that
               
                 Signior
                 del
                 Campo
              
               ,
               One
               of
               the
               most
               knowing
               Riders
               of
               his
               Time
               ,
               said
               to
               the
               Duke
               (
               upon
               his
               Dismounting
               )
               as
               it
               were
               in
               an
               Extasie
               ,
               
                 Il
                 faut
                 tirer
                 la
                 Planche
                 ;
                 The
                 Bridge
                 must
                 be
                 drawn
                 up
                 :
              
               meaning
               that
               no
               Rider
               must
               presume
               to
               come
               
                 in
                 Horsemanship
              
               after
               him
               M.
               
                 De
                 Soleil
              
               ,
               (
               one
               of
               the
               best
               Writers
               that
               I
               have
               met
               with
               amongst
               the
               French
               )
               when
               he
               enlarged
               his
               
                 Le
                 Parfaict
                 Mareschal
              
               ,
               borrowed
               the
               
                 Art
                 of
                 Breeding
              
               from
               the
               Duke's
               Book
               ,
               as
               he
               owns
               in
               his
               
                 Avis
                 au
                 Lecteur
              
               ;
               and
               stiles
               him
               
                 Un
                 des
                 plus
                 accomplis
                 Cavaliers
                 de
                 nôtre
                 temps
                 .
              
               But
               having
               nam'd
               this
               Forreigner's
               borrowing
               from
               his
               Grace
               ,
               I
               should
               justly
               deserve
               to
               be
               branded
               with
               Ingratitude
               ,
               should
               I
               not
               own
               ,
               That
               't
               is
               to
               the
               Work
               of
               this
               Great
               Man
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               indebted
               for
               several
               Notions
               borrow'd
               from
               his
               Grace
               ,
               in
               a
               little
               Essay
               of
               Horsemanship
               ,
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Oxon.
               1685.
               
               Nay
               ,
               further
               ,
               I
               think
               it
               no
               small
               Glory
               that
               I
               am
               the
               only
               Author
               that
               I
               know
               of
               ,
               who
               has
               quoted
               him
               in
               English.
               He
               has
               written
               two
               Books
               of
               Horsemanship
               ;
               the
               first
               in
               French
               ,
               called
               
                 La
                 Methode
                 nouvelle
                 de
                 Dresser
                 les
                 Chevaux
                 ,
                 
                 avec
                 Figures
                 ,
              
               Fol.
               Ant.
               1658.
               
               The
               other
               in
               English
               ,
               stiled
               
                 A
                 New
                 Method
                 and
                 Extraordinary
                 Invention
                 to
                 dress
                 Horses
                 ,
                 and
                 work
                 them
                 according
                 to
                 Nature
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 to
                 perfect
                 Nature
                 by
                 the
                 Subtlety
                 of
                 Art
                 ,
              
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1667.
               
               The
               first
               Book
               was
               writ
               by
               the
               Duke
               in
               English
               ,
               and
               made
               French
               at
               his
               command
               ,
               by
               a
               Wallon
               ;
               and
               is
               extraordinary
               scarce
               and
               dear
               .
               The
               latter
               (
               as
               the
               Duke
               informs
               his
               Reader
               )
               
                 Is
                 neither
                 a
                 Translation
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 nor
                 an
                 absolutely
                 necessary
                 Addition
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 may
                 be
                 of
                 use
                 without
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 other
                 hath
                 been
                 hitherto
                 ,
                 and
                 still
                 is
                 without
                 this
                 ;
                 but
                 both
                 together
                 will
                 questionless
                 do
                 best
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               beg
               my
               Reader
               's
               Pardon
               ,
               if
               I
               have
               dwelt
               upon
               this
               Subject
               ,
               to
               the
               tryal
               of
               his
               Patience
               :
               but
               I
               have
               so
               great
               a
               Value
               for
               the
               Art
               it self
               ,
               and
               such
               a
               Respect
               for
               the
               Memory
               of
               the
               best
               of
               Horsemen
               ,
               that
               I
               cannot
               refrain
               from
               trespassing
               yet
               further
               ,
               by
               transcribing
               an
               Epigram
               writ
               to
               the
               Duke
               ,
               on
               this
               Subject
               ;
               but
               it
               being
               the
               production
               of
               the
               Immortal
               Johnson
               e
               I
               hope
               that
               alone
               will
               attone
               for
               the
               Digression
               .
            
             
               
                 An
                 Epigram
                 to
                 William
                 Duke
                 of
                 Newcastle
                 .
              
               
                 When
                 first
                 ,
                 my
                 Lord
                 ,
                 I
                 saw
                 you
                 back
                 your
                 Horse
                 ,
              
               
                 Provoke
                 his
                 Mettle
                 ,
                 and
                 command
                 his
                 force
              
               
                 To
                 all
                 the
                 uses
                 of
                 the
                 Field
                 ,
                 and
                 Race
                 ,
              
               
                 Methought
                 I
                 read
                 the
                 ancient
                 Art
                 of
                 Thrace
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 saw
                 a
                 Centaure
                 past
                 those
                 tales
                 of
                 Greece
                 ,
              
               
                 So
                 seem'd
                 your
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 both
                 of
                 a
                 piece
                 !
              
               
               
                 You
                 shew'd
                 like
                 Perseus
                 ,
                 upon
                 Pegasus
                 ;
              
               
                 Or
                 Castor
                 mounted
                 on
                 his
                 Cyllarus
                 :
              
               
                 Or
                 what
                 we
                 hear
                 our
                 home-born
                 Legend
                 tell
              
               
                 Of
                 bold
                 Sir
                 Bevis
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Arundel
                 :
              
               
                 Nay
                 ,
                 so
                 your
                 Seat
                 his
                 Beauties
                 did
                 endorse
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 I
                 began
                 to
                 wish
                 my self
                 a
                 Horse
                 :
              
               
                 And
                 surely
                 had
                 I
                 but
                 your
                 Stables
                 seen
              
               
                 Before
                 :
                 I
                 think
                 my
                 wish
                 absolv'd
                 had
                 been
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 never
                 saw
                 I
                 yet
                 the
                 Muses
                 dwell
                 ,
              
               
                 Nor
                 any
                 of
                 their
                 Houshold
                 ,
                 half
                 so
                 well
                 .
              
               
                 So
                 well
                 !
                 as
                 when
                 I
                 saw
                 the
                 Floor
                 ,
                 and
                 Room
                 ,
              
               
                 I
                 look'd
                 for
                 Hercules
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Groom
                 :
              
               
                 And
                 cry'd
                 ,
                 Away
                 with
                 the
                 Caesarian
                 Breed
                 ,
              
               
                 At
                 these
                 immortal
                 Mangers
                 Virgil
                 fed
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Margaret
               Dutchess
               of
               NEWCASTLE
            
             
               A
               Lady
               worthy
               the
               Mention
               and
               Esteem
               of
               all
               Lovers
               of
               Poetry
               and
               Learning
               .
               One
               ,
               who
               was
               a
               fit
               Consort
               for
               so
               Great
               a
               Wit
               ,
               as
               the
               Duke
               of
               Newcastle
               .
               Her
               soul
               sympathising
               with
               his
               in
               all
               things
               ,
               especially
               in
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               ;
               to
               which
               she
               had
               a
               more
               than
               ordinary
               propensity
               .
               She
               has
               publisht
               six
               and
               twenty
               Plays
               ,
               besides
               several
               loose
               Scenes
               ;
               nineteen
               of
               which
               are
               bound
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               one
               Volume
               in
               Fol.
               1662.
               the
               others
               in
               Folio
               ,
               Lond.
               1668.
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Plays
                 never
                 before
                 printed
              
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               not
               presume
               to
               pass
               my
               Judgment
               on
               the
               Writings
               of
               this
               Admirable
               Dutchess
               ;
               but
               rather
               imitate
               the
               Carriage
               of
               
                 Julius
                 Scalinger
              
               ,
               to
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Sulpitia
              
               ;
               by
               concluding
               
               with
               him
               f
               ,
               
                 Igitur
                 ut
                 tàm
                 laudibilis
                 Heroinae
                 Ratio
                 habeatur
                 ,
                 non
                 ausim
                 objicere
                 ei
                 judicii
                 severitatem
                 .
              
               I
               know
               there
               are
               some
               that
               have
               but
               a
               mean
               Opinion
               of
               her
               Plays
               ;
               but
               if
               it
               be
               consider'd
               that
               both
               the
               Language
               and
               Plots
               of
               them
               are
               all
               her
               own
               :
               I
               think
               she
               ought
               with
               Justice
               to
               be
               preferr'd
               to
               others
               of
               her
               Sex
               ,
               which
               have
               built
               their
               Fame
               on
               other
               People's
               Foundations
               :
               sure
               I
               am
               ,
               that
               whoever
               will
               consider
               well
               the
               several
               Epistles
               before
               her
               Books
               ,
               and
               the
               General
               Prologue
               to
               all
               her
               Plays
               ,
               if
               he
               have
               any
               spark
               of
               Generosity
               ,
               or
               Good
               Breeding
               ,
               will
               be
               favourable
               in
               his
               Censure
               .
               As
               a
               proof
               of
               my
               Assertion
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               proper
               in
               this
               place
               ,
               before
               I
               give
               an
               Account
               of
               her
               Plays
               ,
               to
               transcribe
               part
               of
               that
               general
               Prologue
               ,
               the
               whole
               being
               too
               long
               to
               be
               here
               inserted
               .
            
             
               
                 But
                 Noble
                 Readers
                 ,
                 do
                 not
                 think
                 my
                 Plays
              
               
                 Are
                 such
                 as
                 have
                 been
                 writ
                 in
                 former
                 Days
                 ;
              
               
                 As
                 
                   Johnson
                   ,
                   Shakespear
                   ,
                   Beaumont
                   ,
                   Fletcher
                
              
               
                 writ
                 ;
              
               
                 Mine
                 want
                 their
                 Learning
                 ,
                 Reading
                 ,
                 Language
                 ,
                 Wit
                 ;
              
               
                 The
                 Latin
                 Phrases
                 I
                 could
                 never
                 tell
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 Johnson
                 could
                 ,
                 which
                 made
                 him
                 write
                 so
                 well
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Greek
                   ,
                   Latin
                
                 Poets
                 ,
                 I
                 could
                 never
                 read
                 ,
              
               
                 Nor
                 their
                 Historians
                 ,
                 but
                 our
                 English
                 Speed
                 :
              
               
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 steal
                 their
                 Wit
                 ,
                 nor
                 Plots
                 out
                 take
                 ;
              
               
                 All
                 my
                 Plays
                 Plots
                 ,
                 my
                 own
                 poor
                 Brain
                 did
              
               
                 make
                 ;
              
               
                 From
                 
                 Plutarch's
                 Story
                 ,
                 I
                 nere
                 took
                 a
                 Plot
                 ,
              
               
                 Nor
                 from
                 Romances
                 ,
                 nor
                 from
                 
                   Don
                   Quixot
                
                 ,
              
               
               
                 As
                 others
                 have
                 ,
                 for
                 to
                 assist
                 their
                 Wit
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 I
                 upon
                 my
                 own
                 Foundation
                 writ
                 ;
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               I
               hasten
               now
               to
               give
               an
               Account
               of
               the
               Titles
               of
               her
               Plays
               ,
               according
               to
               our
               accustomed
               order
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Apocryphal
                 Ladies
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
               This
               Play
               consists
               of
               three
               and
               twenty
               Scenes
               ,
               but
               is
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts.
               
            
             
               
                 Bell
                 in
                 Campo
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               in
               two
               parts
               :
               In
               the
               second
               Play
               ,
               are
               several
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               writ
               by
               the
               Duke
               of
               Newcastle
               .
            
             
               
                 Blasing
                 World
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               :
               Tho'
               this
               be
               stil'd
               a
               Play
               in
               former
               Catalogues
               ,
               yet
               it
               is
               but
               a
               Fragment
               ;
               the
               Authress
               before
               she
               had
               finisht
               the
               second
               Act
               desisted
               ,
               not
               finding
               her
               Genius
               tend
               to
               the
               prosecution
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               Bridals
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Comical
                 Hash
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               :
               This
               Play
               has
               not
               been
               in
               any
               Catalogue
               before
               .
            
             
               
                 Convent
                 of
                 Pleasure
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Female
                 Academy
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Lady
                 Contemplation
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               in
               two
               parts
               .
               Three
               Scenes
               in
               the
               first
               ,
               and
               two
               in
               the
               second
               part
               ,
               were
               writ
               by
               the
               Duke
               .
            
             
               
                 Loves
                 Adventures
              
               ,
               in
               two
               parts
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
               The
               Song
               ,
               and
               the
               Epithalamium
               ,
               in
               the
               last
               Scene
               in
               the
               second
               part
               ,
               was
               likewise
               writ
               by
               the
               Duke
               .
            
             
               
                 Matrimonial
                 Trouble
              
               ,
               in
               two
               parts
               ;
               the
               second
               being
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               or
               as
               the
               Authress
               stiles
               it
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Natures
                 three
                 Daughters
                 ,
                 Beauty
                 ,
                 Love
                 ,
                 and
                 Wit
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               in
               two
               parts
               .
            
             
             
               Presence
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
               To
               this
               are
               added
               twenty
               nine
               single
               Scenes
               ,
               which
               the
               Dutchess
               design'd
               to
               have
               inserted
               into
               this
               Play
               ,
               but
               finding
               it
               would
               too
               much
               lengthen
               it
               ,
               she
               printed
               them
               separately
               .
            
             
               
                 Publick
                 Wooing
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               Duke
               writ
               several
               of
               the
               Suitors
               Speeches
               ;
               as
               that
               of
               the
               Souldier
               ,
               the
               Countryman
               ,
               the
               Spokesman
               for
               the
               Bashful
               Suitor
               ;
               besides
               two
               other
               Scenes
               ,
               and
               the
               two
               Songs
               at
               the
               End
               of
               the
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               Religious
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Several
                 Wits
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Sociable
                 Companions
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Female
                 Wits
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Unnatural
                 Tragedy
              
               .
               The
               Prologue
               and
               Epigue
               ,
               were
               of
               the
               Duke's
               making
               .
               Act
               2.
               
               Sc.
               3.
               the
               Dutchess
               inveighs
               against
               Mr.
               
               Cambden's
               Brittannia
               :
               tho'
               whether
               with
               Justice
               ,
               I
               leave
               it
               to
               the
               Determination
               of
               others
               .
            
             
               
                 Wits
                 Cabal
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               in
               two
               parts
               :
               His
               Grace
               writ
               the
               Epilogue
               to
               the
               first
               part
               .
            
             
               
                 Youth's
                 Glory
                 ,
                 and
                 Death's
                 Banquet
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               in
               two
               parts
               .
               Two
               Scenes
               with
               the
               Speeches
               at
               the
               first
               part
               ,
               in
               commendation
               of
               
                 Mile
                 Sans
                 pareille
              
               ,
               were
               writ
               by
               his
               Grace
               ;
               so
               were
               all
               the
               Songs
               and
               Verses
               in
               the
               second
               part
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Blazing
                 World
                 ,
                 Bridal
                 ,
                 Convent
                 of
                 Pleasure
                 ,
                 Presence
                 ,
                 and
                 Sociable
                 Companions
                 ,
              
               are
               printed
               together
               in
               one
               Volume
               ;
               and
               the
               rest
               in
               another
               .
            
             
               As
               to
               her
               other
               Works
               ,
               I
               shall
               only
               mention
               the
               Titles
               ,
               and
               the
               Dates
               when
               printed
               ;
               and
               I
               
               shall
               begin
               with
               the
               Crown
               of
               her
               Labours
               ,
               
                 The
                 Life
                 of
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
              
               Newcastle
               ,
               in
               English
               ,
               printed
               Folio
               Lond.
               1667.
               and
               in
               Latin
               Folio
               Lond.
               1668
               
                 Nature's
                 Picture
                 drawn
                 by
                 Fancy's
                 Pencil
                 to
                 the
                 Life
                 ,
              
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1656.
               at
               the
               End
               of
               it
               she
               has
               writ
               her
               own
               Life
               .
               
                 Philosophical
                 Fancies
              
               ,
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1653.
               
               
                 Philosophical
                 and
                 Physical
                 Opinions
              
               ,
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1655.
               
               
                 Philosophical
                 Letters
              
               ,
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1664.
               
               Two
               Hundred
               and
               Eleven
               Sociable
               Letters
               ,
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1664.
               
               Orations
               ,
               Fol.
               1662.
               
               Poems
               ,
               Fol.
               1653.
               
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               NEWTON
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Que●●
               Elizabeth
               ;
               and
               joyn'd
               with
               
                 Jasper
                 Heywood
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Alexander
                 Nevil
              
               above-named
               and
               others
               ,
               in
               the
               Translation
               of
               
               Seneca's
               Tragedies
               .
               Tho'
               our
               Author
               translated
               but
               one
               Play
               ,
               yet
               he
               published
               all
               the
               Ten
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               them
               to
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Henage
              
               ,
               Treasurer
               of
               her
               Majesties
               Chamber
               .
               The
               Play
               which
               our
               Author
               has
               render'd
               into
               English
               ,
               is
               intituled
            
             
               Thebais
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               .
               This
               by
               some
               is
               believed
               not
               to
               be
               
               Seneca's
               ;
               because
               in
               this
               Tragedy
               Jocasta
               appears
               alive
               ,
               and
               in
               Oedipus
               she
               is
               kill'd
               :
               and
               it
               is
               not
               likely
               that
               he
               would
               w●ite
               two
               Drammas
               ,
               that
               should
               so
               very
               much
               differ
               in
               the
               Catastrophe
               .
               But
               if
               it
               be
               
               Seneca's
               ,
               't
               is
               the
               shortest
               of
               his
               Tragedies
               ,
               and
               has
               no
               Chorus
               ;
               and
               is
               said
               by
               One
               ,
               *
               to
               be
               
                 Perpetuum
                 Canticum
                 ,
                 nullis
                 diverbiis
                 incorruptum
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 THOMAS
                 OTWAY
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               NUCE
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               of
               the
               same
               Time
               ,
               and
               joyn'd
               in
               the
               same
               Design
               with
               the
               former
               .
               We
               are
               owing
               to
               his
               pains
               for
               the
               Version
               of
               One
               Play
               of
               
               Seneca's
               ,
               called
            
             
               Octavia
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               .
               This
               is
               the
               only
               Tragedy
               of
               the
               Ancients
               that
               I
               know
               of
               ,
               that
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               so
               near
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Author
               .
               I
               shall
               not
               pretend
               to
               determine
               ,
               whether
               it
               was
               writ
               by
               Seneca
               ,
               or
               no
               :
               tho'
               Delrio
               and
               others
               deny
               it
               .
               For
               the
               History
               ,
               see
               
                 Suetonius
                 in
                 Vit.
                 Claud.
                 Nero.
                 Tacitus
                 ,
              
               L.12
               .
               C.
               14
               .
               
                 Dion
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
          
        
         
           
             O.
             
          
           
             
               Thomas
               OTWAY
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               who
               was
               well
               known
               to
               most
               Persons
               of
               this
               Age
               ,
               who
               are
               famous
               for
               Wit
               and
               Breeding
               .
               He
               was
               formerly
               (
               as
               I
               have
               heard
               )
               bred
               for
               some
               time
               in
               Christ-Church
               Colledge
               in
               Oxford
               .
               From
               thence
               he
               removed
               to
               London
               ,
               where
               he
               spent
               some
               time
               in
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               ;
               and
               by
               degrees
               writ
               himself
               into
               Reputation
               with
               the
               Court.
               His
               Genius
               in
               Comedy
               
               lay
               a
               little
               too
               much
               to
               Libertinism
               ,
               but
               in
               Tragedy
               he
               made
               it
               his
               business
               for
               the
               most
               part
               to
               observe
               the
               Decorum
               of
               the
               Stage
               .
               He
               was
               a
               man
               of
               Excellent
               parts
               and
               daily
               improved
               in
               his
               Writing
               :
               but
               yet
               sometimes
               fell
               into
               plagiary
               as
               well
               as
               his
               Contemporaries
               ,
               and
               made
               use
               of
               Shakespear
               ,
               to
               the
               advantage
               of
               his
               Purse
               ,
               at
               least
               ,
               if
               not
               his
               Reputation
               .
            
             
               He
               has
               publisht
               ten
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               ,
               (
               if
               we
               may
               be
               allow'd
               to
               reckon
               his
               Farces
               as
               Distinct
               Plays
               )
               of
               which
               we
               shall
               give
               the
               Reader
               a
               particular
               Account
               ,
               beginning
               with
            
             
               Alcibiades
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1675.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Charles
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Middlesex
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               writ
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               and
               was
               the
               first
               Fruits
               of
               our
               Author's
               Muse
               :
               He
               has
               made
               Alcibiades
               ,
               a
               Person
               of
               true
               Honour
               ,
               chusing
               rather
               to
               loose
               his
               Life
               ,
               than
               wrong
               his
               Defender
               King
               Agis
               ,
               or
               his
               betrothed
               wife
               Timandra
               :
               whereas
               Plutarch
               gives
               him
               a
               different
               Character
               ;
               telling
               us
               that
               in
               the
               King's
               Absence
               he
               abused
               his
               Bed
               ,
               and
               got
               his
               Queen
               Timaea
               with
               Child
               ,
               and
               that
               Timandra
               was
               not
               his
               Wife
               ,
               but
               his
               Mistress
               :
               and
               Justin
               sayes
               h
               That
               he
               was
               informed
               of
               the
               design
               of
               the
               Lacedmoonian
               Princes
               against
               his
               Life
               ,
               by
               the
               Queen
               of
               King
               Agis
               ,
               with
               whom
               he
               had
               committed
               Adultery
               .
            
             
               Atheist
               ,
               or
               the
               Second
               part
               of
               
                 The
                 Souldiers
                 Fortune
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1684.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Lord
               Elande
               ,
               Eldest
               Son
               to
               the
               Marquess
               
               of
               Hallifax
               .
               The
               Plot
               between
               Beaugard
               and
               Portia
               ,
               is
               founded
               on
               
               Scarron's
               Novel
               of
               
                 The
                 Invisible
                 Mistress
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Cheats
                 of
              
               Scapin
               ,
               a
               Farce
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1677.
               
               'T
               is
               printed
               with
               
                 Titus
                 and
                 Berenice
              
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               John
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Rochester
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               translated
               from
               a
               French
               Comedy
               of
               Molliere
               ;
               though
               't
               is
               not
               printed
               amongst
               his
               Plays
               of
               the
               Amsterdam
               Edition
               in
               5
               Tomes
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               by
               me
               ;
               yet
               that
               it
               is
               his
               ,
               I
               collect
               from
               M.
               
               Boileau's
               Art
               of
               Poetry
               :
               where
               speaking
               of
               Molliere
               in
               the
               third
               Canto
               ,
               he
               says
               thus
               :
               
                 
                   Estudiez
                   la
                   Cour
                   ,
                   &
                   connoissez
                   la
                   Ville
                   ;
                
                 
                   L'une
                   &
                   l'autre
                   est
                   toûjours
                   en
                   Modeles
                   fertile
                   .
                
                 
                   C'est
                   par
                   là
                   que
                   Moliere
                   illustrant
                   ses
                   Ecrits
                   ,
                
                 
                   Peut-estre
                   de
                   son
                   Art
                   eust
                   remporté
                   le
                   prix
                   ;
                
                 
                   Si
                   moins
                   ami
                   du
                   Peuple
                   en
                   ses
                   doctes
                   peintures
                   ,
                
                 
                   Il
                   n'eust
                   point
                   fait
                   souvent
                   grimacer
                   ses
                   Figures
                   ,
                
                 
                   Quittè
                   pour
                   le
                   Bouffon
                   ,
                   l'agreable
                   &
                   le
                   fin
                   ,
                
                 
                   Et
                   sans
                   honte
                   à
                   Terence
                   allié
                   Tabarin
                   .
                
                 
                   Dans
                   ce
                   sac
                   ridicule
                   ,
                   où
                   Scapin
                   s'enveloppe
                   ,
                
                 
                   Je
                   ne
                   reconnois
                   point
                   l'
                   Auteur
                   du
                   Misanthrope
                   .
                
              
               But
               notwithstanding
               the
               Farce
               in
               this
               Comedy
               ,
               Molliere
               has
               borrow'd
               the
               Design
               from
               Terence
               his
               Phormio
               ,
               as
               may
               be
               visible
               to
               those
               that
               will
               compare
               them
               .
            
             
               
                 Caius
                 Marius
                 his
                 History
                 and
                 Fall
                 ,
              
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1680.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               L
               d
               Viscount
               Faulkland
               .
               A
               great
               part
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
               Shakespear's
               
                 Romeo
                 and
                 Juliet
              
               ;
               as
               the
               Character
               
               of
               Marius
               Junior
               ,
               and
               Lavinia
               the
               Nurse
               ,
               and
               Sulpitius
               :
               which
               last
               is
               carried
               on
               by
               our
               Author
               to
               the
               End
               of
               the
               Play
               :
               though
               Mr.
               Dryden
               says
               in
               his
               Postscript
               to
               Granada
               ,
               
                 That
                 Shakespear
                 said
                 himself
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 forc'd
                 to
                 kill
                 Mercurio
                 in
                 the
                 3
                 
                 d.
                 Act
                 ,
                 to
                 prevent
                 being
                 kill'd
                 by
                 him
                 .
              
               For
               the
               true
               History
               of
               Marius
               Senior
               ,
               see
               
               Plutarch's
               Life
               of
               
                 C.
                 Marius
              
               ;
               Lucan's
               Pharsalia
               ,
               lib.
               2.
               
               Florus
               lib.
               3.
               c.
               21.
               
            
             
               
                 Don
                 Carlos
                 Prince
                 of
              
               Spain
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1679.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               writ
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Alcibiades
               ;
               that
               being
               the
               first
               ,
               this
               the
               second
               that
               ever
               he
               writ
               or
               thought
               of
               writing
               .
               For
               the
               History
               ,
               consult
               the
               Spanish
               Chronicles
               ,
               as
               
                 Loüis
                 de
                 Mayerne
              
               ;
               
               Turquet's
               Chronicle
               of
               Spain
               ;
               Cabrera's
               Life
               of
               Philip
               the
               Second
               ;
               Thuanus
               ;
               
                 Brantome
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               Tho'
               I
               believe
               our
               Author
               chiefly
               follow'd
               the
               Novel
               of
               
                 Don
                 Carlos
              
               ,
               translated
               from
               the
               French
               ,
               and
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1674.
               which
               is
               the
               most
               perfect
               Account
               of
               that
               Tragical
               Story
               that
               I
               have
               met
               with
               .
            
             
               
                 Friendship
                 in
                 Fashion
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1678.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Charles
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               and
               Middlesex
               .
               This
               is
               a
               very
               diverting
               Play
               ,
               and
               was
               acted
               with
               general
               applause
               .
            
             
               Orphan
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Unhappy
                 Marriage
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1680.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               her
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Dutchess
               .
               This
               is
               a
               very
               moving
               Tragedy
               ,
               and
               is
               founded
               on
               
               a
               Novel
               ,
               call'd
               
                 English
                 Adventures
              
               :
               See
               the
               History
               of
               Brandon
               ,
               p.
               17.
               
            
             
               
                 Souldiers
                 Fortune
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               their
               Royal
               Highness's
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1681.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               dedicated
               to
               Mr.
               Bentley
               his
               Stationer
               :
               and
               is
               (
               as
               he
               says
               )
               a
               sort
               of
               Acquittance
               for
               the
               Money
               receiv'd
               for
               the
               Copy
               .
               There
               are
               several
               passages
               in
               this
               Play
               ,
               that
               have
               been
               touch'd
               before
               by
               others
               :
               As
               for
               Instance
               ,
               the
               Plot
               of
               My
               Lady
               Dunce
               ,
               making
               her
               Husband
               the
               Agent
               in
               the
               Intrigue
               between
               Beaugard
               and
               her
               ,
               to
               convey
               the
               Ring
               and
               Letter
               ,
               is
               the
               Subject
               of
               other
               Plays
               writ
               before
               this
               ;
               as
               
                 The
                 Fawne
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Flora's
                 Vagaries
              
               :
               and
               the
               Original
               Story
               is
               in
               
               Boccace's
               Novels
               ,
               Day
               3.
               
               Nov.
               3.
               
               Sir
               Jolly
               boulting
               out
               of
               his
               Closet
               ,
               and
               surprising
               his
               Lady
               and
               Beaugard
               kissing
               ,
               and
               her
               Deportment
               thereupon
               ;
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
               Scarron's
               
                 Comical
                 Romance
              
               ,
               in
               the
               Story
               of
               Millamant
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Rampant
                 Lady
              
               ,
               p.
               227.
               tho'
               by
               the
               way
               ,
               that
               Story
               is
               not
               in
               the
               French
               Copy
               ,
               and
               I
               suppose
               was
               not
               writ
               by
               Scarron
               ;
               but
               was
               rather
               translated
               from
               
                 Les
                 Amours
                 des
                 Dames
                 Illustres
                 de
                 nôtre
                 Siecle
                 .
              
               The
               Behaviour
               of
               Bloody-bones
               ,
               is
               like
               the
               Bravo
               ,
               in
               the
               Antiquary
               ;
               and
               that
               of
               Courtine
               at
               
               Silvia's
               Balcony
               ,
               like
               
                 Monsieur
                 Thomas
              
               his
               Carriage
               to
               his
               Mistress
               ,
               in
               that
               Play
               of
               
               Fletcher's
               so
               called
               .
            
             
               
                 Titus
                 and
                 Berenice
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1677.
               and
               dedicated
               with
               the
               
                 Cheats
                 of
                 Scapin
              
               ,
               as
               aforesaid
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               translated
               from
               the
               French
               of
               
                 Monsieur
                 Racine
              
               :
               it
               consists
               of
               three
               Acts
               ,
               
               and
               is
               written
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               .
               For
               the
               Story
               of
               Titus
               and
               Berenice
               ,
               see
               Suetonius
               in
               his
               Life
               ,
               Ch.
               7.
               
               See
               besides
               
                 Josephus
                 ,
                 Dion
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Venice
                 preserved
              
               ,
               or
               
                 A
                 Plot
                 discovered
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1682.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Dutchess
               of
               Portsmouth
               .
               I
               have
               not
               at
               present
               any
               particular
               History
               of
               Venice
               by
               me
               ,
               but
               suppose
               this
               Story
               may
               be
               found
               in
               some
               of
               the
               Writers
               on
               the
               Venetian
               Affairs
               ;
               as
               
                 Bembus
                 ,
                 Sabellicus
                 ,
                 Maurocenus
                 ,
                 Paruta
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               Besides
               his
               Dramatick
               Poems
               ,
               our
               Author
               writ
               a
               Stitcht
               Poem
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Poet's
                 Complaint
                 to
                 his
                 Muse
                 ,
              
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1680.
               and
               a
               Pastoral
               on
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               printed
               with
               Mrs.
               
               Behn's
               Lycidas
               ,
               8
               
               o.
               p.
               81.
               
               Add
               to
               these
               his
               Translation
               out
               of
               French
               ,
               being
               a
               Book
               call'd
               
                 The
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 Triumvirates
              
               ,
               printed
               since
               his
               Decease
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1686.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             P.
             
          
           
             
               John
               PALSGRAVE
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Henry
               the
               Eighth
               .
               He
               was
               Bachelor
               of
               Divinity
               ,
               but
               of
               what
               University
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               and
               was
               Chaplain
               to
               the
               King.
               He
               printed
               a
               Play
               in
               an
               Old
               English
               Character
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               Accolastus
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               1540.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               King
               Henry
               the
               Eighth
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               translated
               from
               the
               Latine
               Accolastus
               written
               by
               
                 Gulielmus
                 Fullonius
              
               ,
               the
               English
               being
               
               printed
               after
               the
               Latine
               .
               The
               Plot
               is
               the
               Parable
               of
               the
               Prodigal
               Son
               in
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               and
               the
               Author
               has
               endeavour'd
               to
               imitate
               Terence
               and
               Plautus
               in
               the
               Oeconomy
               :
               'T
               was
               set
               forth
               by
               the
               Author
               Fullonius
               ,
               before
               the
               Burgesses
               of
               the
               Hague
               in
               
                 Holland
                 ,
                 An.
                 Dom.
              
               1529.
               
            
             
               This
               Author
               publisht
               besides
               
                 L'Eclaircissement
                 de
                 la
                 Langue
                 Francoise
              
               .
               —
               1530.
               
            
          
           
             
               George
               PEEL
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               and
               was
               formerly
               Student
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               of
               Arts
               of
               Christ-Church
               Colledge
               in
               Oxford
               .
               He
               is
               the
               Author
               of
               Two
               Plays
               ,
               which
               are
               in
               print
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 David
                 and
                 Bethsabe
                 their
                 Love
              
               ,
               with
               the
               Tragedy
               of
               Absalom
               ,
               divers
               times
               play'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1599.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               Holy
               Scripture
               :
               See
               
                 Samuel
                 ,
                 Kings
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 the
                 First
              
               ,
               Sirnamed
               
                 Edward
                 Longshanks
              
               ,
               with
               his
               Return
               from
               the
               Holy
               Land.
               Also
               the
               Life
               of
               Llewellin
               Rebel
               in
               Wales
               .
               Lastly
               the
               sinking
               of
               Queen
               Elinor
               ,
               who
               sunk
               at
               Charing-Cross
               ,
               rose
               again
               at
               
                 Potters
                 Hithe
              
               ,
               now
               named
               Queen-hithe
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1593.
               
               For
               the
               Story
               see
               the
               Authors
               that
               have
               writ
               of
               those
               times
               ;
               as
               
                 Walsingham
                 ,
                 Fabian
                 ,
                 Matth.
                 Westm.
                 Pol.
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 Grafton
                 ,
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 Martyn
                 ,
                 Baker
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               I
               am
               not
               ignorant
               ,
               that
               another
               Tragedy
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               
                 Alphonsus
                 Emperor
                 of
                 Germany
              
               ,
               is
               ascribed
               to
               him
               in
               former
               Catalogues
               ,
               which
               has
               
               occasion'd
               Mr.
               
               Winstanley's
               mistake
               :
               but
               I
               assure
               my
               Reader
               ,
               that
               that
               Play
               was
               writ
               by
               Chapman
               ,
               for
               I
               have
               it
               by
               me
               with
               his
               Name
               affixt
               to
               it
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Philips
               mentions
               some
               Remnants
               of
               his
               Poetry
               extant
               in
               a
               Book
               call'd
               
               England's
               Hellicon
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mary
               
                 Countess
                 of
              
               PEMBROKE
               .
            
             
               The
               belov'd
               Sister
               of
               the
               Admirable
               Sr.
               
                 Philip
                 Sidney
              
               (
               to
               whom
               he
               dedicated
               his
               Arcadia
               )
               and
               Patron
               to
               the
               Ingenious
               Daniel
               .
               A
               Lady
               whose
               Inclinations
               led
               her
               not
               only
               to
               the
               Patronage
               but
               love
               of
               the
               Muses
               :
               as
               appears
               by
               a
               Tragedy
               of
               Hers
               in
               print
               ,
               call'd
               Antonius
               ,
               which
               to
               my
               regret
               I
               never
               yet
               saw
               ,
               though
               I
               have
               earnestly
               desired
               it
               ;
               it
               is
               thus
               commended
               by
               Mr.
               Daniel
               ,
               in
               his
               Dedication
               of
               Cleopatra
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 ,
                 who
                 contented
                 with
                 an
                 humble
                 Song
                 ,
              
               
                 Made
                 Musick
                 to
                 my self
                 that
                 pleas'd
                 me
                 best
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 only
                 told
                 of
                 Delia
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 wrong
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 prais'd
                 her
                 Eyes
                 ,
                 and
                 plain'd
                 mine
                 own
                 unrest
                 ,
              
               
                 A
                 Text
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 my
                 Muse
                 had
                 not
                 digrest
                 ,
              
               
                 Had
                 I
                 not
                 seen
                 thy
                 well
                 grac'd
                 Anthony
                 ,
              
               
                 Adorn'd
                 by
                 thy
                 sweet
                 stile
                 ,
                 in
                 our
                 fair
                 Tongue
                 ,
              
               
                 Requir'd
                 his
                 
                 Cleopatra's
                 Company
                 .
              
            
             
               Mr.
               Philips
               through
               mistake
               (
               as
               formerly
               )
               has
               ascrib'd
               another
               Play
               to
               her
               ,
               viz.
               Albion's
               Triumph
               ,
               a
               Masque
               .
               I
               know
               nothing
               else
               of
               this
               Admirable
               Lady's
               Writing
               .
            
             
             
               
                 KATHARINE
                 PHILLIPS
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Mrs.
               Katherine
               PHILIPS
               .
            
             
               A
               Lady
               of
               that
               admirable
               Merit
               ,
               and
               Reputation
               ,
               that
               her
               Memory
               will
               be
               honour'd
               of
               all
               Men
               ,
               that
               are
               Favourers
               of
               Poetry
               .
               One
               ,
               who
               not
               only
               has
               equall'd
               all
               that
               is
               reported
               of
               the
               Poetesses
               of
               Antiquity
               ,
               the
               
                 Lesbian
                 Sapho
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Roman
               Sulpitia
               ,
               but
               whose
               Merit
               has
               justly
               found
               her
               Admirers
               ,
               amongst
               the
               greatest
               Poets
               of
               our
               Age
               :
               and
               though
               I
               will
               not
               presume
               to
               compare
               our
               Poets
               with
               Martial
               ,
               who
               writ
               in
               praise
               of
               Sulpitia
               ,
               or
               
                 Horace
                 ,
                 Ausonius
              
               ,
               and
               Sydonius
               ,
               who
               commended
               Sapho
               ,
               least
               I
               offend
               their
               Modesty
               who
               are
               still
               living
               :
               yet
               I
               will
               be
               so
               far
               bold
               as
               to
               assert
               ,
               that
               the
               Earls
               of
               Orrery
               and
               Roscommon
               ,
               the
               Incomparable
               Cowley
               ,
               and
               the
               Ingenious
               Flatman
               ,
               with
               others
               (
               amongst
               whom
               I
               must
               not
               forget
               my
               much
               respected
               Countryman
               
                 James
                 Tyrrel
              
               
                 Esq
              
               )
               would
               not
               have
               employ'd
               their
               Pens
               in
               praise
               of
               the
               Excellent
               Orinda
               ,
               had
               she
               not
               justly
               deserv'd
               their
               Elogies
               ,
               and
               possibly
               more
               than
               those
               Ladies
               of
               Antiquity
               :
               for
               as
               Mr.
               Cowley
               observes
               ,
               in
               his
               third
               Stanza
               on
               her
               Death
               ,
               
                 
                   Of
                   Female
                   Poets
                   ,
                   who
                   had
                   Names
                   of
                   old
                   ,
                
                 
                   Nothing
                   is
                   shewn
                   but
                   only
                   told
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   all
                   we
                   hear
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   perhaps
                   may
                   be
                
                 
                   Male
                   Flattery
                   only
                   ,
                   and
                   Male
                   Poetry
                   ;
                
                 
                   Few
                   Minutes
                   did
                   their
                   Beauties
                   Lightning
                   waste
                   ,
                
                 
                   The
                   Thunder
                   of
                   their
                   Voice
                   did
                   longer
                   last
                   ,
                
                 
                   But
                   that
                   too
                   soon
                   was
                   past
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   certain
                   proofs
                   of
                   our
                   
                   Orinda's
                   Wit
                   ,
                
                 
                   In
                   her
                   own
                   lasting
                   Characters
                   are
                   writ
                   ,
                
                 
                 
                   And
                   they
                   will
                   long
                   my
                   Praise
                   of
                   them
                   survive
                   ,
                
                 
                   Tho'
                   long
                   perhaps
                   that
                   too
                   may
                   live
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Trade
                   of
                   Glory
                   manag'd
                   by
                   the
                   Pen
                
                 
                   Tho'
                   great
                   it
                   be
                   ,
                   and
                   every
                   where
                   is
                   found
                   ,
                
                 
                   Does
                   bring
                   in
                   but
                   small
                   profit
                   to
                   us
                   Men
                   ,
                
                 
                   'T
                   is
                   by
                   the
                   numbers
                   of
                   the
                   Sharers
                   drown'd
                   ;
                
                 
                   Orinda
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Female
                   Courts
                   of
                   Fame
                
                 
                   Engrosses
                   all
                   the
                   Goods
                   of
                   a
                   Poetick
                   Name
                   ,
                
                 
                   She
                   doth
                   no
                   Partner
                   with
                   her
                   see
                   ;
                
                 
                   Does
                   all
                   the
                   buisiness
                   there
                   alone
                   ,
                   Which
                   we
                
                 
                   Are
                   forc'd
                   to
                   carry
                   on
                   by
                   a
                   whole
                   Company
                   .
                
              
            
             
               The
               Occasion
               of
               our
               mention
               of
               this
               Excellent
               Person
               in
               this
               place
               ,
               is
               on
               the
               Account
               of
               two
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               ,
               which
               she
               has
               translated
               from
               the
               French
               of
               Monsieur
               Corneille
               ;
               and
               that
               with
               such
               exquisite
               Art
               and
               Judgment
               ,
               that
               the
               Copies
               of
               each
               seem
               to
               transcend
               the
               Original
               .
            
             
               Horace
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ;
               which
               I
               suppose
               was
               left
               imperfect
               by
               the
               untimely
               Death
               of
               the
               Authress
               ;
               and
               the
               fifth
               Act
               was
               afterwards
               supply'd
               by
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Denham
              
               .
               This
               Play
               acted
               at
               Court
               ,
               by
               Persons
               of
               Quality
               ;
               the
               Duke
               of
               Monmouth
               speaking
               the
               Prologue
               :
               Part
               of
               which
               being
               in
               Commendation
               of
               the
               Play
               ,
               I
               shall
               transcribe
               .
               
                 
                   This
                   Martial
                   Story
                   ,
                   which
                   thro'
                   France
                   did
                   come
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   there
                   was
                   wrought
                   in
                   Great
                   
                   Corneille's
                
                 
                   Loom
                   ;
                
                 
                   
                   Orinda's
                   Matchless
                   Muse
                   to
                   Brittain
                   brought
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   Forreign
                   Verse
                   ,
                   our
                   English
                   Accents
                   taught
                   ;
                
                 
                   So
                   soft
                   that
                   to
                   our
                   shame
                   ,
                   we
                   understand
                
                 
                   They
                   could
                   not
                   fall
                   but
                   from
                   a
                   
                   Lady's
                   Hand
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Thus
                   while
                   a
                   Woman
                   Horace
                   did
                   translate
                   ,
                
                 
                   Horace
                   did
                   rise
                   above
                   a
                   Roman
                   Fate
                   .
                
              
               For
               the
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               consult
               
               Livy's
               History
               ,
               Lib.
               1.
               
               Florus
               Lib.
               1.
               
               C.
               3.
               
               
                 Dionysius
                 Hallicarnassaeus
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               Pompey
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               seen
               acted
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               and
               at
               the
               End
               was
               acted
               that
               Farce
               printed
               in
               the
               fifth
               Act
               of
               
                 The
                 Play-house
                 to
                 be
                 Let.
              
               This
               Play
               was
               translated
               at
               the
               Request
               of
               the
               Earl
               of
               Orrery
               ,
               and
               published
               in
               Obedience
               to
               the
               Commands
               of
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Countess
               of
               Corse
               ;
               to
               whom
               it
               is
               dedicated
               .
               How
               great
               an
               Opinion
               My
               L
               d
               Orrery
               had
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               may
               appear
               from
               the
               following
               Verses
               ,
               being
               part
               of
               a
               Copy
               addrest
               to
               the
               Authress
               .
            
             
               
                 You
                 English
                 
                 Corneille's
                 Pompey
                 with
                 such
              
               
                 Flame
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 you
                 both
                 raise
                 our
                 wonder
                 and
                 his
                 Fame
                 ;
              
               
                 If
                 he
                 could
                 read
                 it
                 ,
                 he
                 like
                 us
                 would
                 call
              
               
                 The
                 Copy
                 greater
                 than
                 the
                 Original
                 :
              
               
                 You
                 cannot
                 mend
                 what
                 is
                 already
                 done
                 ,
              
               
                 Unless
                 you
                 'l
                 finish
                 what
                 you
                 have
                 begun
                 :
              
               
                 Who
                 your
                 Translation
                 sees
                 ,
                 cannot
                 but
                 say
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 't
                 is
                 
                 Orinda's
                 Work
                 ,
                 and
                 but
                 his
                 Play.
              
               
                 The
                 French
                 to
                 learn
                 our
                 Language
                 now
                 will
                 seek
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 hear
                 their
                 Greatest
                 Wit
                 more
                 nobly
                 speak
                 ;
              
               
                 Rome
                 too
                 would
                 grant
                 ,
                 were
                 our
                 Tongue
                 to
                 her
              
               
                 known
                 ,
              
               
                 Caesar
                 speaks
                 better
                 in
                 't
                 ,
                 than
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 all
                 those
                 Wreaths
                 once
                 circled
                 
                 Pompey's
              
               
                 Brow
                 ,
              
               
                 Exalt
                 his
                 Fame
                 ,
                 less
                 than
                 your
                 Verses
                 now
                 .
              
            
             
             
               Both
               these
               Plays
               with
               the
               rest
               of
               her
               Poems
               ,
               are
               printed
               in
               one
               Volume
               in
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1678.
               
               This
               Lady
               to
               the
               Regret
               of
               all
               the
               
                 Beau
                 Monde
              
               in
               general
               ,
               died
               of
               the
               Small-pox
               ,
               on
               the
               22
               
               d.
               of
               June
               1664.
               being
               but
               One
               and
               Thirty
               Years
               of
               Age
               ,
               having
               not
               left
               any
               of
               her
               Sex
               ,
               her
               Equal
               in
               Poetry
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sam.
               PORDAGE
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               who
               was
               lately
               (
               if
               he
               be
               not
               so
               at
               present
               )
               a
               Member
               of
               the
               Worthy
               Society
               of
               Lincolns-Inn
               .
               He
               has
               publisht
               two
               Plays
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Herod
                 and
                 Mariamne
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1673.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               writ
               a
               dozen
               Years
               ,
               before
               it
               was
               made
               publick
               ,
               and
               given
               to
               Mr.
               Settle
               by
               a
               Gentleman
               ,
               to
               use
               and
               form
               as
               he
               pleas'd
               :
               he
               preferr'd
               it
               to
               the
               Stage
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               it
               to
               the
               Dutchess
               of
               Albermarle
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               I
               think
               the
               Author
               has
               follow'd
               Mr.
               
                 Calpranede's
                 Cleopatra
              
               ,
               a
               Romance
               ,
               in
               the
               Story
               of
               Tyridates
               :
               but
               for
               the
               true
               History
               ,
               consult
               
                 Josephus
                 ,
                 Philo-Judaeus
                 ,
                 Eberus
                 ,
                 Egysippus
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Siege
                 of
              
               Babylon
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               ;
               dedicated
               to
               her
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Dutchess
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1678.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               Romance
               of
               Cassandra
               .
            
          
           
             
               Henry
               PORTER
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               who
               writ
               a
               pleasant
               History
               ,
               called
               
                 The
                 two
                 
                 Angry
                 Women
                 of
              
               Abington
               ,
               
                 with
                 the
                 humorous
                 Mirth
                 of
              
               Dick
               Coomes
               ,
               and
               Nicholas
               Proverbs
               ,
               
                 two
                 Servingmen
              
               ;
               play'd
               by
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               the
               Earl
               of
               Nottingham
               ,
               L
               d
               High
               Admiral
               's
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1599.
               
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               PORTER
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               has
               writ
               in
               our
               Times
               two
               Plays
               ,
               which
               are
               receiv'd
               with
               Candor
               ,
               by
               all
               Judges
               of
               Wit
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               Carnival
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1664.
               
            
             
               Villain
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               seen
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               with
               great
               applause
               :
               the
               part
               of
               Malignii
               being
               incomparably
               play'd
               by
               Mr.
               Sandford
               .
            
             
               What
               this
               Author
               may
               have
               writ
               besides
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ;
               and
               am
               sorry
               I
               can
               give
               no
               better
               Account
               of
               One
               ,
               whose
               Writings
               I
               love
               and
               admire
               .
            
          
           
             
               George
               POWEL
               .
            
             
               A
               Person
               now
               living
               ,
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 The
                 treacherous
                 Brother
              
               ,
               acted
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1690.
               
               'T
               is
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Patentees
               ,
               and
               Sharers
               of
               their
               Majesties
               Theatre
               ;
               and
               commended
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Latin
               Verses
               ,
               writ
               by
               his
               Fellow-Actor
               Mr.
               
                 John
                 Hudgson
              
               .
               For
               the
               Foundation
               of
               the
               Play
               ,
               I
               take
               it
               to
               be
               borrow'd
               from
               a
               Romance
               in
               Fol.
               
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Wall
                 Flower
              
               :
               and
               tho'
               they
               are
               not
               alike
               in
               all
               particulars
               ,
               yet
               any
               One
               that
               will
               take
               the
               pains
               to
               read
               them
               both
               ,
               will
               find
               the
               Soporifick
               Potion
               ,
               given
               to
               Istocles
               and
               Semanthe
               ,
               to
               be
               the
               same
               in
               quantity
               ,
               with
               that
               given
               to
               
                 Honoria
                 ,
                 Amarissa
              
               and
               Hortensia
               ,
               in
               the
               asoresaid
               Romance
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               PRESTON
               .
            
             
               A
               very
               ancient
               Author
               ,
               who
               writ
               a
               Play
               in
               old
               fashion'd
               Metre
               ;
               which
               he
               calls
               
                 A
                 Lamentable
                 Tragedy
              
               ,
               mixed
               full
               of
               pleasant
               Mirth
               ;
               containing
               the
               Life
               of
               Cambises
               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
                 Gods
                 Justice
                 appointed
                 .
                 Done
                 in
                 such
                 order
                 as
                 followeth
              
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               —
               by
               
                 John
                 Allde
              
               .
               In
               stead
               of
               naming
               more
               than
               Justin
               and
               Herodotus
               ,
               for
               the
               true
               Story
               ,
               I
               shall
               set
               down
               the
               beginning
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               spoke
               by
               King
               Cambises
               ;
               not
               only
               to
               give
               our
               Reader
               a
               Taste
               of
               our
               Author's
               Poetry
               ;
               but
               because
               I
               believe
               it
               was
               this
               Play
               Shakespear
               i
               meant
               ,
               when
               he
               brought
               in
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Falstaff
              
               ,
               speaking
               in
               K.
               Cambyses
               Vein
               .
            
             
               
                 My
                 Counsaile
                 grave
                 and
                 sapient
                 ,
              
               
                 with
                 Lords
                 of
                 Legal
                 Train
                 :
              
               
                 Attentive
                 eares
                 towards
                 us
                 bend
                 ,
              
               
                 and
                 mark
                 what
                 shall
                 be
                 sain
                 .
              
               
               
                 So
                 you
                 likewise
                 my
                 valiant
                 Knight
              
               
                 whose
                 manly
                 acts
                 doth
                 fly
                 ,
              
               
                 By
                 brute
                 of
                 Fame
                 the
                 sounding
                 trump
              
               
                 doth
                 perse
                 the
                 azure
                 Sky
                 .
              
               
                 My
                 sapient
                 words
                 I
                 say
                 perpend
              
               
                 and
                 so
                 your
                 skill
                 delate
                 :
              
               
                 You
                 know
                 that
                 Mors
                 vanquished
                 hath
              
               
                 Cyrus
                 that
                 King
                 of
                 state
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 I
                 by
                 due
                 Inheritance
              
               
                 possess
                 that
                 Princely
                 Crown
                 :
              
               
                 Ruling
                 by
                 sword
                 of
                 mighty
                 force
              
               
                 in
                 place
                 of
                 great
                 Renown
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Edmund
               PRESTWITH
               .
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               called
               Hyppolitus
               ,
               (
               which
               as
               I
               suppose
               is
               translated
               from
               Seneca
               )
               tho'
               I
               never
               saw
               it
               ;
               but
               have
               heard
               't
               was
               printed
               in
               octavo
               .
               Mr.
               Philips
               and
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               ,
               have
               placed
               another
               Play
               to
               his
               Account
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 The
                 Hectors
              
               :
               but
               it
               was
               a
               fault
               ,
               which
               I
               suppose
               they
               were
               led
               into
               by
               my
               Catalogue
               ,
               printed
               1680.
               as
               I
               my self
               was
               ;
               tho'
               I
               must
               now
               assure
               my
               Reader
               ,
               That
               that
               Play
               has
               no
               Name
               to
               it
               ,
               and
               in
               Mr.
               
               Kirkman's
               Catalogue
               is
               set
               down
               as
               an
               Anonymal
               Play.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Q.
             
          
           
             
               Francis
               QUARLES
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               THis
               Gentleman
               was
               Son
               to
               
                 James
                 Quarles
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               who
               was
               Clerk
               of
               the
               Green-Cloth
               ,
               and
               Purveyor
               to
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               .
               He
               was
               
               Born
               at
               Stewards
               ,
               in
               the
               Parish
               of
               Rumford
               in
               Essex
               .
               He
               was
               sent
               to
               Cambridge
               ,
               and
               was
               bred
               for
               some
               time
               in
               Christ-Church
               Colledge
               :
               afterwards
               he
               became
               a
               Member
               of
               Lincolns-Inn
               ,
               in
               London
               .
               He
               was
               sometime
               Cup-bearer
               to
               the
               Queen
               of
               Bohemia
               ;
               Secretary
               to
               the
               Reverend
               
                 James
                 Usher
              
               ,
               Archbishop
               of
               Armagh
               ;
               and
               Chronologer
               to
               the
               Famous
               City
               of
               London
               .
               He
               was
               a
               Poet
               that
               mix'd
               Religion
               and
               Fancy
               together
               ;
               and
               was
               very
               careful
               in
               all
               his
               Writings
               not
               to
               intrench
               upon
               Good
               Manners
               ,
               by
               any
               Scurrility
               ,
               in
               his
               Works
               ;
               or
               any
               ways
               offending
               against
               his
               Duty
               to
               God
               ,
               his
               Neighbour
               ,
               and
               himself
               .
               The
               Occasion
               of
               our
               Mentioning
               him
               in
               this
               place
               ,
               is
               from
               his
               being
               the
               Author
               of
               an
               Innocent
               ,
               Innosfensive
               Play
               ,
               called
            
             
               
                 The
                 Virgin
                 Widow
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1649.
               
            
             
               As
               to
               his
               other
               Works
               ,
               they
               are
               very
               numerous
               :
               those
               which
               I
               have
               seen
               ,
               are
               his
               History
               of
               Sampson
               in
               Verse
               ;
               
                 Jonah
                 ,
                 Esther
                 ,
                 Job
                 Militant
                 .
              
               His
               Emblems
               ,
               are
               reputed
               by
               some
               ,
               a
               Copy
               of
               Hermannus
               Hugo's
               
                 Pia
                 Desideria
              
               ;
               Anniversaries
               upon
               his
               
                 Paranete
                 .
                 Pentalogia
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Quintessence
                 of
                 Meditation
                 ;
                 Argalus
                 and
                 Parthenia
              
               ;
               being
               founded
               on
               a
               Story
               ,
               in
               Sir
               Philip
               Sydney's
               
                 Arcadia
                 .
                 Enchiridion
                 of
                 Meditations
                 Divine
                 and
                 Moral
                 .
              
               Nor
               must
               I
               forget
               his
               
                 Loyal
                 Convert
              
               ,
               tho'
               I
               never
               saw
               it
               ;
               being
               a
               Cause
               of
               his
               Persecution
               ,
               by
               the
               Usurped
               Authority
               then
               in
               being
               .
            
             
               The
               troubles
               of
               Ireland
               ,
               forc'd
               him
               from
               thence
               ;
               so
               that
               he
               dy'd
               in
               his
               Native
               Country
               ,
               
               Sept.
               8.
               1644.
               being
               aged
               52
               Years
               ,
               and
               the
               Father
               of
               eighteen
               Children
               ,
               by
               one
               Wife
               ;
               and
               was
               buried
               at
               St.
               
               Foster's
               Church
               ,
               London
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             R.
             
          
           
             
               Thomas
               RANDOLPH
               .
            
             
               HE
               Flourisht
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ;
               and
               was
               Born
               at
               Houghton
               ,
               in
               Northamptonshire
               ;
               from
               whence
               he
               was
               sent
               for
               Education
               to
               Westminster
               School
               ;
               and
               thence
               was
               remov'd
               to
               Cambridge
               ,
               where
               he
               became
               Fellow
               of
               Trinity
               Colledge
               in
               that
               University
               .
               He
               was
               accounted
               one
               of
               the
               most
               pregnant
               Wits
               of
               his
               Time
               ;
               and
               was
               not
               only
               admir'd
               by
               the
               Wits
               of
               Cambridge
               ,
               but
               likewise
               belov'd
               and
               valu'd
               by
               the
               Poets
               ,
               and
               Men
               of
               the
               Town
               in
               that
               Age.
               His
               Gay
               Humour
               ,
               and
               Readiness
               at
               Repartee
               ,
               begat
               Ben.
               Johnson's
               Love
               to
               that
               Degree
               ,
               that
               he
               Adopted
               him
               his
               Son
               :
               on
               which
               Account
               Mr.
               Randolph
               writ
               a
               Gratulatory
               Poem
               to
               him
               ,
               which
               is
               printed
               ,
               these
               Lines
               being
               part
               of
               the
               Copy
               :
               
                 
                   —
                   When
                   my
                   Muse
                   upon
                   obedient
                   knees
                
                 
                   Asks
                   not
                   a
                   Father's
                   Blessing
                   ,
                   let
                   her
                   leese
                
                 
                   The
                   Fame
                   of
                   this
                   Adoption
                   ;
                   't
                   is
                   a
                   Curse
                
                 
                   I
                   wish
                   her
                   'cause
                   I
                   cannot
                   think
                   a
                   worse
                   .
                
              
               How
               true
               a
               Filial
               Love
               he
               pay'd
               to
               his
               Reputation
               ,
               may
               appear
               from
               his
               Answer
               to
               that
               Ode
               ,
               which
               Ben.
               writ
               in
               Defence
               of
               his
               New-Inn
               ,
               and
               which
               Mr.
               Feltham
               reply'd
               
               upon
               so
               sharply
               .
               Having
               given
               you
               the
               two
               former
               ,
               in
               my
               Account
               of
               Mr.
               Johnson
               ;
               give
               me
               leave
               likewise
               to
               transcribe
               this
               in
               Honour
               of
               Mr.
               Randoph
               ,
               whose
               Memory
               I
               reverence
               ,
               for
               his
               Respect
               to
               that
               Great
               Man.
               
            
             
               An
               Answer
               to
               Mr.
               Ben
               Johnson's
               Ode
               ,
               to
               perswade
               him
               not
               to
               leave
               the
               Stage
               .
            
             
               
                 I.
                 
              
               
                 Ben
                 ,
                 do
                 not
                 leave
                 the
                 Stage
                 ,
              
               
                 'Cause
                 't
                 is
                 a
                 loathsome
                 Age
                 :
              
               
                 For
                 Pride
                 and
                 Impudence
                 will
                 grow
                 too
                 bold
                 ,
              
               
                 When
                 they
                 shall
                 hear
                 it
                 told
              
               
                 They
                 frighted
                 thee
                 ;
                 stand
                 high
                 as
                 is
                 thy
                 Cause
                 ,
              
               
                 Their
                 Hiss
                 is
                 thy
                 Applause
                 :
              
               
                 More
                 just
                 were
                 thy
                 Disdain
                 ,
              
               
                 Had
                 they
                 approv'd
                 thy
                 Vein
                 :
              
               
                 So
                 thou
                 for
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 for
                 thee
                 were
                 born
                 ;
              
               
                 They
                 to
                 incense
                 ,
                 and
                 thou
                 as
                 much
                 to
                 scorn
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 II.
                 
              
               
                 Will't
                 thou
                 engross
                 thy
                 Store
              
               
                 Of
                 Wheat
                 ,
                 and
                 pour
                 no
                 more
                 ,
              
               
                 Because
                 their
                 Bacon-brains
                 have
                 such
                 a
                 tast
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 more
                 delight
                 in
                 Mast
                 :
              
               
                 No!
                 set
                 them
                 forth
                 a
                 board
                 of
                 Dainties
                 ,
                 full
              
               
                 As
                 thy
                 best
                 Muse
                 can
                 cull
                 ;
              
               
                 Whilst
                 they
                 the
                 while
                 do
                 pine
              
               
                 And
                 thirst
                 ,
                 midst
                 all
                 their
                 Wine
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 greater
                 plague
                 can
                 Hell
                 it self
                 devise
                 ,
              
               
                 Than
                 to
                 be
                 willing
                 thus
                 to
                 Tantalize
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 III.
                 
              
               
                 Thou
                 can'st
                 not
                 find
                 them
                 stuff
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 will
                 be
                 bad
                 enough
              
               
               
                 To
                 please
                 their
                 Pallates
                 :
                 let
                 'em
                 them
                 refuse
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 some
                 Pye-Corner
                 Muse
                 ;
              
               
                 She
                 is
                 too
                 fair
                 an
                 Hostess
                 ,
                 't
                 were
                 a
                 sin
              
               
                 For
                 them
                 to
                 like
                 thine
                 Inn
                 :
              
               
                 'T
                 was
                 made
                 to
                 entertain
              
               
                 Guests
                 of
                 a
                 Nobler
                 Strain
                 ;
              
               
                 Yet
                 if
                 they
                 will
                 have
                 any
                 of
                 thy
                 Store
                 ,
              
               
                 Give
                 them
                 some
                 scraps
                 ,
                 and
                 send
                 them
                 from
                 thy
                 dore
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 IV.
                 
              
               
                 And
                 let
                 those
                 things
                 in
                 plush
              
               
                 Till
                 they
                 be
                 taught
                 to
                 blush
                 ,
              
               
                 Like
                 what
                 they
                 will
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 contented
                 be
              
               
                 With
                 what
                 Brome
                 a
                 swept
                 from
                 thee
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 know
                 thy
                 worth
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 thy
                 lofty
                 Strains
              
               
                 Write
                 not
                 to
                 Cloaths
                 ,
                 but
                 Brains
                 :
              
               
                 But
                 thy
                 great
                 Spleen
                 doth
                 rise
                 ,
              
               
                 'Cause
                 Moles
                 will
                 have
                 no
                 Eyes
                 :
              
               
                 This
                 only
                 in
                 my
                 Ben
                 I
                 faulty
                 find
                 ,
              
               
                 He
                 's
                 angry
                 ,
                 they
                 'l
                 not
                 see
                 him
                 that
                 are
                 blind
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 V.
                 
              
               
                 Why
                 should
                 the
                 Scene
                 be
                 mute
                 ,
              
               
                 Cause
                 thou
                 canst
                 touch
                 thy
                 Lute
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 string
                 thy
                 Horace
                 ;
                 let
                 each
                 Muse
                 of
                 Nine
              
               
                 Claim
                 thee
                 ,
                 and
                 say
                 ,
                 Th'
                 art
                 mine
                 .
              
               
                 'T
                 were
                 fond
                 to
                 let
                 all
                 other
                 Flames
                 expire
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 sit
                 by
                 
                 Pindar's
                 Fire
                 :
              
               
                 For
                 by
                 so
                 strange
                 Neglect
                 ,
              
               
                 I
                 should
                 my self
                 suspect
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 Palsie
                 b
                 were
                 as
                 well
                 thy
                 Brains
                 disease
                 ,
              
               
                 If
                 they
                 could
                 shake
                 thy
                 Muse
                 which
                 way
                 they
                 please
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 VI.
                 
              
               
                 And
                 tho'
                 thou
                 well
                 canst
                 sing
              
               
                 The
                 Glories
                 of
                 thy
                 King
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 on
                 the
                 wings
                 of
                 Verse
                 his
                 Chariot
                 bear
              
               
                 To
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 and
                 fix
                 it
                 there
                 ;
              
               
                 Yet
                 let
                 thy
                 Muse
                 as
                 well
                 some
                 Raptures
                 raise
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 please
                 him
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 praise
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 have
                 thee
                 chuse
              
               
                 Only
                 a
                 treble
                 Muse
                 ;
              
               
                 But
                 have
                 this
                 Envious
                 ,
                 Ignorant
                 Age
                 to
                 know
                 ,
              
               
                 Thou
                 that
                 canst
                 sing
                 so
                 high
                 ,
                 canst
                 reach
                 as
                 low
                 .
              
            
             
               There
               was
               another
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Carew
               to
               Mr.
               Johnson
               ,
               on
               occasion
               of
               his
               Ode
               of
               Defiance
               ,
               annexed
               to
               his
               Play
               of
               the
               New-Inn
               :
               See
               his
               Poems
               ,
               8
               
               o.
               p.
               90.
               
            
             
               Having
               given
               you
               a
               taste
               of
               his
               Lyrick
               Poetry
               ,
               I
               now
               proceed
               to
               his
               Dramatick
               Performance
               ;
               of
               which
               (
               according
               to
               our
               Custom
               )
               I
               shall
               speak
               Alphabetically
               .
            
             
               Amyntas
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Impossible
                 Dowry
              
               ;
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               acted
               before
               the
               King
               and
               Queen
               at
               Whitehall
               .
            
             
               Aristippus
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Jovial
                 Philosopher
              
               ;
               presented
               in
               a
               private
               Shew
               ;
               to
               which
               is
               added
               
                 The
                 Conceited
                 Pedlar
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Jealous
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               presented
               to
               their
               Gracious
               Majesties
               ,
               at
               Cambridge
               ,
               by
               the
               Students
               of
               Trinity
               Colledge
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Dr.
               Comber
               ,
               D.
               of
               Carlile
               .
               This
               Play
               I
               think
               to
               be
               the
               best
               of
               his
               ,
               and
               was
               revived
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               at
               London
               ,
               in
               1682.
               as
               may
               appear
               by
               an
               Epilogue
               written
               by
               Mrs.
               Behn
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               her
               
                 Collection
                 of
                 Poems
              
               ,
               published
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1685.
               
               
               This
               Play
               was
               revised
               and
               printed
               by
               the
               Author
               ,
               in
               his
               Life-time
               ;
               being
               usher'd
               by
               the
               Chief
               Wits
               of
               both
               Universities
               to
               the
               Press
               .
               One
               of
               which
               says
               c
               thus
               of
               it
               :
               
                 
                   Tho'
                   thou
                   hast
                   made
                   it
                   publick
                   to
                   the
                   view
                
                 
                   Of
                   Self-love
                   ,
                   Malice
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   other
                   Crew
                   :
                
                 
                   It
                   were
                   more
                   fit
                   it
                   should
                   impaled
                   lye
                
                 
                   Within
                   the
                   walls
                   of
                   some
                   great
                   Library
                   ;
                
                 
                   That
                   if
                   by
                   chance
                   through
                   Injury
                   of
                   Time
                   ,
                
                 
                   Plautus
                   ,
                   and
                   Terence
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   d
                   Fragrant
                   Thyme
                
                 
                   Of
                   Attick-Wit
                   should
                   perish
                   ,
                   we
                   might
                   see
                
                 
                   All
                   those
                   reviv'd
                   in
                   this
                   own
                   Comedy
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Jealous
                   Lover
                   ,
                   Pander
                   ,
                   Gull
                   ,
                   and
                   Whore
                   ,
                
                 
                   The
                   Doting
                   Father
                   ,
                   Shark
                   ,
                   and
                   many
                   more
                
                 
                   Thy
                   Scene
                   doth
                   represent
                   unto
                   the
                   Life
                   ,
                
                 
                   Besides
                   the
                   Character
                   of
                   a
                   curst
                   Wife
                   ;
                
                 
                   So
                   truly
                   given
                   in
                   so
                   proper
                   Stile
                   ,
                
                 
                   As
                   if
                   thy
                   Active
                   Soul
                   had
                   dwelt
                   a
                   while
                
                 
                   In
                   each
                   Man's
                   Body
                   ;
                   and
                   at
                   length
                   had
                   seen
                
                 
                   How
                   in
                   their
                   Humors
                   they
                   themselves
                   demean
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Muses
                 Looking-Glass
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               which
               by
               the
               Author
               was
               first
               called
               
                 The
                 Entertainment
              
               ;
               as
               I
               learn
               from
               Sir
               Aston
               Cockain's
               Works
               ,
               who
               writ
               an
               Encomiastick
               Copy
               on
               it
               .
               See
               his
               Works
               ,
               p.
               98.
               
               As
               to
               this
               Play
               ,
               it
               answers
               both
               the
               Designs
               of
               Poetry
               ,
               Profit
               ,
               and
               Delight
               :
               and
               what
               a
               Student
               of
               Christ-church
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Rich.
                 West
              
               ,
               said
               of
               it
               ,
               will
               be
               found
               true
               by
               every
               Reader
               .
            
             
               
                 Who
                 looks
                 within
                 his
                 clearer
                 Glass
                 ,
                 will
                 say
                 ,
              
               
                 At
                 once
                 he
                 writ
                 an
                 
                   Ethick
                   Track
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Play.
                 
              
            
             
             
               All
               these
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               ,
               and
               his
               Poems
               ,
               were
               published
               by
               his
               Brother
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Randolph
              
               ,
               of
               Christ-church
               Colledge
               in
               Oxon.
               and
               are
               now
               printed
               the
               5
               th
               Edit
               .
               Oxon.
               1668.
               
            
             
               I
               know
               not
               when
               our
               Author
               died
               ;
               tho'
               I
               presume
               he
               liv'd
               to
               no
               great
               Age
               ,
               being
               too
               much
               addicted
               to
               the
               Principles
               of
               his
               Predecessor
               Aristippus
               ,
               Pleasure
               ,
               and
               Contempt
               of
               Wealth
               .
            
             
               My
               Readers
               are
               not
               to
               expect
               any
               Discoveries
               of
               Thefts
               ,
               for
               this
               Author
               had
               no
               occasion
               to
               practice
               Plagiary
               ,
               having
               so
               large
               a
               Fond
               of
               Wit
               of
               his
               own
               ,
               that
               he
               needed
               not
               to
               borrow
               from
               others
               ;
               and
               therefore
               I
               may
               justly
               say
               ,
               with
               a
               Friend
               of
               his
               ,
               
                 
                   With
                   what
                   an
                   Extasie
                   shall
                   we
                   behold
                
                 
                   This
                   Book
                   ?
                   which
                   is
                   no
                   Ghost
                   of
                   any
                   old
                
                 
                   Worm-eaten
                   Author
                   ;
                   here
                   's
                   no
                   Jest
                   ,
                   or
                   Hint
                   ,
                
                 
                   But
                   had
                   his
                   Head
                   both
                   for
                   its
                   Oar
                   ,
                   and
                   Mint
                   .
                
                 
                   Wer
                   't
                   not
                   for
                   some
                   Translations
                   none
                   could
                   know
                
                 
                   Whether
                   he
                   had
                   e're
                   look'd
                   in
                   Book
                   or
                   no.
                   
                
              
               Of
               this
               Nature
               ,
               are
               not
               only
               his
               several
               Versions
               ,
               as
               the
               Second
               Epod
               of
               Horace
               ,
               several
               Pieces
               out
               of
               
                 Claudian
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               but
               likewise
               a
               Dramatick
               Piece
               from
               Aristophanes
               ,
               called
               in
               the
               Original
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               but
               by
               our
               Translator
               ,
            
             
               
                 Hey
                 for
                 Honesty
                 ,
                 Down
                 with
                 Knavery
              
               ;
               a
               pleasant
               Comedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1651.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               first
               translated
               by
               our
               Author
               ;
               and
               afterwards
               augmented
               and
               published
               by
               
                 F.
                 J.
              
               I
               shall
               not
               pretend
               to
               determine
               ,
               whether
               this
               Translation
               ,
               for
               that
               published
               in
               octavo
               be
               better
               ;
               but
               leave
               it
               to
               those
               more
               vers'd
               in
               the
               Original
               
               than
               I
               pretend
               to
               .
               Permit
               me
               therefore
               to
               conclude
               all
               with
               the
               following
               Lines
               ,
               writ
               by
               One
               of
               St.
               
               John's
               ,
               in
               Memory
               of
               our
               Author
               .
            
             
               
                 Immortal
                 Ben
                 is
                 dead
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 that
                 Ball
              
               
                 On
                 Ida
                 toss'd
                 ,
                 so
                 is
                 his
                 Crown
                 ,
                 by
                 all
              
               
                 The
                 Infantry
                 of
                 Wit.
                 Vain
                 Priests
                 !
                 That
                 Chair
              
               
                 Is
                 only
                 fit
                 for
                 his
                 true
                 Son
                 and
                 Hen.
              
               
                 Reach
                 here
                 thy
                 Laurel
                 :
                 Randolph
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 thy
                 praise
                 :
              
               
                 Thy
                 naked
                 Skull
                 shall
                 well
                 become
                 the
                 Bays
                 .
              
               
                 See
                 ,
                 Daphne
                 courts
                 thy
                 Ghost
                 :
                 and
                 spite
                 of
                 Fate
                 ,
              
               
                 Thy
                 Poems
                 shall
                 be
                 Poet
                 Laureate
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Edward
               RAVENSCROFT
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               now
               living
               ,
               and
               One
               that
               was
               sometime
               a
               Member
               of
               the
               Middle-Temple
               .
               One
               who
               with
               the
               Vulgar
               passes
               for
               a
               Writer
               :
               tho'
               I
               hope
               he
               will
               pardon
               me
               ,
               if
               I
               rather
               stile
               him
               in
               the
               Number
               of
               Wit-Collectors
               ;
               for
               I
               cannot
               allow
               all
               the
               Wit
               in
               his
               Plays
               to
               be
               his
               own
               :
               I
               hope
               he
               will
               not
               be
               angry
               ,
               for
               transcribing
               the
               Character
               which
               he
               has
               given
               of
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               and
               which
               
                 mutato
                 nomine
              
               belongs
               to
               himself
               .
               'T
               is
               not
               that
               I
               any
               ways
               abet
               Mr.
               Dryden
               for
               his
               falling
               upon
               his
               Mamamouchi
               ;
               but
               that
               I
               may
               maintain
               the
               Character
               of
               Impartial
               ,
               to
               which
               I
               pretend
               ,
               I
               must
               pull
               off
               his
               Disguise
               ,
               and
               discover
               the
               Politick
               Plagiary
               ,
               that
               lurks
               under
               it
               .
               I
               know
               he
               has
               endeavoured
               to
               shew
               himself
               Master
               of
               the
               Art
               of
               Swift-writing
               ;
               and
               would
               perswade
               the
               World
               ,
               that
               what
               he
               writes
               is
               
                 ex
                 tempore
              
               Wit
               ,
               and
               written
               
                 currente
                 calamo
              
               .
               But
               I
               doubt
               not
               to
               shew
               ,
               That
               tho'
               he
               would
               be
               thought
               to
               imitate
               the
               Silk-worm
               ,
               that
               spins
               its
               Web
               from
               its
               own
               Bowels
               ;
               
               yet
               I
               shall
               make
               him
               appear
               like
               the
               Leech
               ,
               that
               lives
               upon
               the
               Blood
               of
               Men
               ,
               drawn
               from
               the
               Gums
               ;
               and
               when
               he
               is
               rubb'd
               with
               Salt
               ,
               spues
               it
               up
               again
               .
               To
               prove
               this
               ,
               I
               shall
               only
               give
               an
               Account
               of
               his
               Plays
               ;
               and
               by
               that
               little
               of
               my
               own
               Knowledge
               which
               I
               shall
               discover
               ,
               't
               will
               be
               manifest
               ,
               that
               this
               Ricketty-Poet
               (
               tho'
               of
               so
               many
               Years
               )
               cannot
               go
               without
               others
               Assistance
               :
               For
               take
               this
               Prophecy
               ,
               from
               your
               humble
               Servant
               ,
               or
               Mr.
               
               Ravenscroft's
               Mamamouchi
               ,
               which
               you
               please
               ,
               
                 
                   When
                   once
                   our
                   Poets
                   translating
                   Vein
                   is
                   past
                   ,
                
                 
                   From
                   him
                   you
                   can't
                   expect
                   new
                   Plays
                   in
                   hast
                   .
                
              
               To
               prove
               this
               ,
               I
               need
               only
               give
               you
               an
               Account
               of
               what
               he
               has
               already
               publish'd
               ;
               and
               from
               thence
               you
               may
               judge
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               old
               Adage
               ,
               
                 Expede
                 Herculem
              
               ,
               what
               is
               like
               to
               follow
               .
            
             
               
                 Careless
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1673.
               
               The
               Epistle
               to
               this
               Play
               was
               written
               against
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               and
               his
               Prologue
               levell'd
               against
               Almanzor
               ;
               and
               his
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Love
                 in
                 Nunnery
              
               .
               The
               truth
               is
               ,
               Mr.
               Dryden
               had
               fallen
               first
               upon
               his
               Mamamouchi
               ,
               as
               we
               have
               said
               ;
               and
               therefore
               on
               that
               Account
               ,
               our
               Poet
               was
               excusable
               ;
               but
               to
               accuse
               him
               for
               borrowing
               ,
               and
               translating
               ,
               as
               he
               faith
               :
               
                 
                   Till
                   then
                   he
                   borrowed
                   from
                   Romance
                   ,
                   and
                   did
                   translate
                   ,
                
              
               was
               unreasonable
               ,
               when
               our
               Poet
               knew
               his
               own
               Guilt
               ;
               for
               notwithstanding
               he
               writes
               in
               the
               same
               Prologue
               ,
               
                 
                   `
                   That
                   all
                   that
                   's
                   in
                   it
                   is
                   
                     ex
                     tempore
                  
                   Wit.
                   
                
              
               
               Yet
               I
               must
               take
               the
               Liberty
               to
               contradict
               him
               ,
               and
               acquaint
               my
               Reader
               ,
               That
               the
               Sham-Scene
               in
               the
               4.
               
               Act
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               most
               diverting
               in
               the
               Play
               ;
               where
               Mrs.
               Breedwell
               ,
               and
               Clapham
               bring
               in
               their
               Children
               ,
               and
               challenge
               Marriage
               of
               the
               L
               d
               
                 De
                 Boastado
              
               ,
               is
               stollen
               from
               
               Molliere's
               
                 M.
                 De
                 Pourceaugnac
              
               .
               Act
               2.
               
               Sc.
               7.
               and
               8.
               
               As
               to
               the
               rest
               of
               
                 the
                 French
              
               Play
               ,
               he
               has
               inserted
               it
               into
               his
               Mamamouchi
               .
               The
               Author
               in
               his
               Epistle
               acknowledges
               ,
               That
               the
               Reason
               why
               there
               are
               such
               continual
               Picques
               amongst
               the
               Poets
               ,
               is
               the
               same
               with
               that
               of
               Whores
               ,
               
                 Two
                 of
                 a
                 Trade
                 can
                 never
                 agree
                 :
              
               and
               therefore
               Mr.
               Dryden
               and
               Mr.
               Ravenscroft
               ,
               being
               profest
               Plagiaries
               ,
               and
               having
               both
               laid
               claim
               to
               Molliere
               ,
               no
               wonder
               if
               they
               fell
               out
               ,
               like
               the
               two
               Travellers
               in
               AEsop
               about
               the
               Ass
               ;
               tho'
               at
               the
               same
               time
               a
               third
               Poet
               ran
               away
               with
               the
               prize
               ;
               at
               least
               the
               greatest
               part
               .
            
             
               
                 Dame
                 Dobson
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Cunning
                 Woman
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1684.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               translated
               from
               a
               French
               Comedy
               ,
               call'd
               
                 La
                 Devineresse
                 ,
                 ore
                 Les
                 faux
                 Enchantements
                 .
              
               Notwithstanding
               this
               Play
               was
               so
               followed
               and
               applauded
               in
               France
               ,
               as
               the
               Epistle
               to
               the
               Original
               informs
               me
               ;
               yet
               it
               was
               damned
               in
               its
               Action
               at
               the
               Theatre
               at
               London
               .
               I
               pretend
               not
               to
               give
               the
               Reason
               of
               it
               ;
               only
               I
               have
               Mr.
               
               Dryaen's
               e
               Testimony
               ,
               That
               
               Corneille's
               
                 Le
                 Menteur
              
               ,
               (
               since
               published
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 The
                 Mistaken
                 Beauty
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Lyer
              
               )
               was
               notwithstanding
               Mr.
               
               Hart's
               acting
               Dorant
               to
               Admiration
               ,
               judg'd
               far
               Inferiour
               
               to
               many
               Plays
               writ
               by
               Fletcher
               ,
               and
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               :
               and
               I
               question
               not
               but
               this
               last
               will
               obtain
               the
               preference
               from
               the
               other
               ,
               if
               they
               are
               read
               by
               unbyass'd
               Judges
               .
            
             
               
                 English
                 Lawyer
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1678.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               written
               originally
               in
               Latin
               ,
               by
               Mr.
               
                 R.
                 Ruggles
              
               ,
               sometime
               Master
               of
               Arts
               in
               Clare
               Hall
               in
               Cambridge
               ;
               and
               was
               acted
               several
               times
               with
               extraordinary
               applause
               ,
               before
               King
               James
               the
               First
               by
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               that
               University
               .
               There
               was
               a
               Version
               done
               by
               a
               Master
               of
               Arts
               of
               Magdalen
               Colledge
               in
               Oxford
               ,
               printed
               near
               thirty
               Years
               ago
               ,
               tho'
               translated
               some
               Years
               before
               :
               and
               I
               believe
               Mr.
               Ravenscroft
               made
               more
               use
               of
               that
               ,
               than
               the
               Original
               ;
               at
               leastwise
               they
               who
               understand
               not
               the
               Latin
               ,
               and
               yet
               would
               see
               a
               true
               Copy
               ,
               (
               this
               of
               our
               Author
               being
               drawn
               in
               Miniature
               )
               may
               read
               it
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               Ignoramus
               .
            
             
               King
               Edgar
               ,
               and
               Alphreda
               ;
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1677.
               
               This
               Play
               I
               suppose
               (
               if
               any
               )
               to
               be
               of
               the
               Author
               's
               own
               Minerva
               ;
               tho'
               the
               Story
               of
               it
               be
               sufficiently
               Famous
               ,
               not
               only
               in
               Novels
               both
               French
               and
               Italian
               :
               but
               in
               almost
               all
               the
               Historians
               of
               those
               Times
               .
               For
               Novels
               ,
               see
               the
               
                 Annals
                 of
                 Love
                 octavo
              
               :
               For
               Historians
               ,
               see
               
                 W.
                 Malmesbury
                 ,
                 H.
                 Huntingdon
                 ,
                 Rog.
                 Hoveden
                 ,
                 Ingulfus
                 ,
                 Ranulph
                 Higden
                 ,
                 M.
                 Westminster
                 ,
                 Pol.
                 Virgil.
                 Grafton
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 Baker
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Ubaldino
                 Le
                 Vite
                 delle
                 Donne
                 Illustri
                 ,
                 p.
              
               28.
               
            
             
               London
               Cuckolds
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1683
               
               This
               Play
               ,
               tho'
               the
               most
               diverting
               of
               any
               that
               he
               has
               writ
               ,
               is
               patcht
               up
               from
               several
               Novels
               .
               I
               may
               truly
               aver
               ,
               that
               Wise-acre
               and
               Peggy
               ,
               are
               borrowed
               from
               
               Scarron's
               
                 Fruitless
                 Precaution
              
               ,
               Nov.
               first
               ;
               at
               least
               that
               part
               of
               it
               where
               Peggy
               in
               Armour
               watcheth
               her
               Husband's
               Night-cap
               .
               Tho'
               possibly
               these
               two
               Characters
               were
               drawn
               from
               Arnolphe
               and
               Agnes
               ,
               in
               
               Molliere's
               
                 L'Escole
                 des
                 Femmes
                 :
                 Loveday's
              
               Discovering
               
               Eugenia's
               Intrigue
               ,
               and
               pretending
               to
               conjure
               for
               a
               Supper
               ,
               is
               borrowed
               from
               
                 Les
                 Contes
                 d'Ouville
                 ,
                 part
              
               .
               2.
               pag.
               235.
               
               
               Eugenia's
               Contrivance
               to
               have
               Jane
               lye
               in
               her
               place
               by
               her
               Husband
               ,
               whilst
               she
               went
               to
               Ramble
               ;
               is
               borrowed
               possibly
               from
               the
               
                 Mescolanza
                 dolce
                 Cap.
              
               16.
               at
               the
               End
               of
               
               Torriano's
               Grammar
               :
               or
               else
               from
               
               Scarron's
               
                 Fruitless
                 Precaution
              
               ,
               where
               is
               such
               a
               like
               passage
               .
               The
               Contrivance
               of
               Eugenia
               to
               bring
               off
               Ramble
               ,
               and
               Loveday
               ,
               by
               obliging
               the
               former
               to
               draw
               his
               Sword
               ,
               and
               counterfeit
               a
               Passion
               ,
               is
               borrowed
               from
               
                 Les
                 Contes
                 d'Ouville
                 ,
                 2.
                 part
                 .
                 page
              
               257.
               or
               from
               Boccace
               Day
               7.
               
               Nov.
               6.
               
               
               Doodle's
               Obliging
               his
               Wife
               Arabella
               to
               answer
               nothing
               but
               No
               in
               his
               Absence
               ,
               and
               the
               Consequence
               of
               that
               Intrigue
               with
               Townly
               ,
               is
               borrowed
               from
               
                 Les
                 Contes
                 d'Ouville
                 ,
                 2.
                 part
                 .
                 page
                 121
              
               Eugenia's
               making
               a
               false
               Confidence
               to
               her
               Husband
               Dashwell
               ,
               and
               sending
               him
               into
               the
               Garden
               to
               Loveday
               ,
               in
               her
               Habit
               ,
               where
               he
               is
               beaten
               by
               him
               ,
               is
               borrowed
               from
               
                 Les
                 Contes
                 d'Ouville
                 ,
                 2.
                 part
                 .
                 page
              
               250.
               
               The
               same
               Story
               is
               in
               Baccace
               ,
               Day
               7.
               
               Nov.
               7.
               and
               in
               
                 Les
                 Contes
                 de
                 M.
                 de
                 la
                 Fontaine
                 ,
              
               Nov.
               2.
               p.
               21.
               and
               is
               the
               Subject
               of
               several
               Plays
               ;
               as
               
                 City
                 Night-cap
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               This
               is
               sufficient
               
               to
               shew
               how
               much
               our
               Author
               borrows
               in
               his
               Plots
               ,
               and
               that
               his
               own
               Genius
               is
               either
               lazy
               ,
               or
               very
               barren
               of
               Invention
               .
            
             
               Mamamouchi
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Citizen
                 turn'd
                 Gentleman
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1675.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Highness
               Prince
               Rupert
               .
               Our
               Author
               had
               that
               good
               Opinion
               of
               
               Molliere's
               
                 Monsieur
                 de
                 Pourceaugnac
              
               ,
               that
               what
               he
               left
               untoucht
               in
               that
               Play
               when
               he
               writ
               
                 The
                 Careless
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               he
               has
               taken
               into
               this
               :
               So
               that
               his
               
                 Sir
                 Simon
                 Soft-head
              
               ,
               is
               
                 M.
                 de
                 Pourceaugnac
              
               in
               an
               English
               Dress
               ;
               and
               the
               rest
               of
               his
               Play
               is
               stollen
               from
               
                 Le
                 Bourgeois
                 Gentilhomme
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               writ
               by
               the
               same
               Author
               .
               So
               that
               here
               is
               a
               whole
               Play
               borrow'd
               ,
               and
               yet
               nothing
               own'd
               by
               the
               Author
               ;
               a
               procedure
               which
               savours
               of
               the
               highest
               Ingratitude
               ,
               and
               which
               (
               as
               I
               have
               elsewhere
               observ'd
               )
               has
               been
               long
               ago
               thus
               inveigh'd
               against
               by
               the
               Excellent
               Pliny
               f
               ,
               
                 Obnoxii
                 profecto
                 Animi
                 ,
                 &
                 infelicis
                 Ingenii
                 est
                 ,
                 deprehendi
                 in
                 furto
                 malle
                 ,
                 quam
                 mutuum
                 reddere
                 ,
                 cum
                 praesertim
                 sors
                 fiat
                 ex
                 usurâ
                 .
              
            
             
               Scaramouch
               a
               Philsopher
               ,
               Harlequin
               a
               School-Boy
               ,
               Bravo
               ,
               Merchant
               ,
               and
               Magician
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               after
               the
               Italian
               Manner
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1677.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               fore-stall'd
               in
               the
               Action
               ,
               by
               the
               Duke's
               House
               ,
               they
               having
               brought
               upon
               the
               Stage
               the
               
                 Cheats
                 of
                 Scapin
              
               ;
               as
               the
               Author
               complains
               in
               the
               Prologue
               .
               Our
               Author
               would
               be
               thought
               to
               have
               taken
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               pains
               in
               
               this
               Play
               ,
               and
               to
               have
               brought
               a
               new
               sort
               of
               Comedy
               on
               our
               Stage
               :
               as
               he
               says
               ,
               
                 
                   The
                   Poet
                   does
                   a
                   dang'rous
                   tryal
                   make
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   all
                   the
                   common
                   ways
                   of
                   Plays
                   forsake
                   .
                
                 
                   Upon
                   the
                   Actors
                   it
                   depends
                   too
                   much
                   ;
                
                 
                   And
                   who
                   can
                   hope
                   ever
                   to
                   see
                   two
                   such
                   ,
                
                 
                   As
                   the
                   fam'd
                   Harlequin
                   ,
                   and
                   Scaramouch
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   he
                   well
                   knew
                   —
                
                 
                   Yet
                   rather
                   chose
                   in
                   New
                   Attempts
                   to
                   fail
                   ,
                
                 
                   Than
                   in
                   the
                   Old
                   indifferently
                   prevail
                   .
                
              
               But
               notwithstanding
               our
               Author's
               Boasting
               ,
               he
               is
               but
               a
               Dwarf
               drest
               up
               in
               a
               Giant
               's
               Coat
               stufft
               out
               with
               Straw
               :
               for
               I
               believe
               he
               cannot
               justly
               challenge
               any
               Part
               of
               a
               Scene
               as
               the
               Genuine
               Off-spring
               of
               his
               own
               Brain
               ;
               and
               may
               rather
               be
               reckon'd
               the
               Midwife
               than
               the
               Parent
               of
               this
               Play.
               This
               Author
               has
               followed
               his
               old
               Custom
               of
               sweeping
               clean
               ,
               and
               leaving
               nothing
               behind
               him
               ;
               for
               what
               he
               left
               of
               
                 Le
                 Bourgeois
                 Gentilhomme
              
               ,
               he
               has
               taken
               into
               this
               Play
               ;
               as
               will
               appear
               to
               them
               that
               will
               compare
               the
               first
               Act
               with
               that
               Dramma
               .
               Almost
               all
               
                 Le
                 Marriage
                 forcé
              
               ,
               is
               taken
               into
               this
               Play
               likewise
               ;
               and
               for
               the
               
                 Cheats
                 of
                 Scapin
              
               ,
               I
               suppose
               our
               Author
               has
               not
               only
               seen
               that
               Play
               ,
               but
               borrow'd
               from
               thence
               ;
               I
               have
               already
               taken
               notice
               ,
               that
               part
               of
               it
               resembles
               
               Terence's
               Phormio
               .
            
             
               
                 Wrangling
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Invisible
                 Mistress
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1677.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               upon
               a
               Spanish
               Romance
               in
               8
               
               o.
               translated
               and
               
               called
               
                 Deceptio
                 visûs
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Seeing
                 and
                 Believing
                 are
                 two
                 things
                 .
                 Th.
                 Corneille
              
               has
               a
               Play
               writ
               on
               the
               same
               Subject
               ,
               called
               
                 Les
                 Engagements
                 du
                 Hazard
              
               .
            
             
               I
               know
               nothing
               else
               of
               our
               Author
               's
               Writing
               ,
               without
               I
               should
               reckon
               his
               Alteration
               of
               
                 Titus
                 Andronicus
              
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               shall
               speak
               by
               and
               by
               ,
               in
               the
               Account
               of
               Shakespear
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               RAWLINS
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               who
               was
               well
               acquainted
               with
               most
               of
               the
               Poets
               of
               his
               time
               .
               He
               was
               the
               Cheif
               Graver
               of
               the
               Mint
               to
               both
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               and
               Second
               ,
               and
               died
               in
               that
               Employment
               in
               1670.
               
               He
               writ
               a
               Play
               for
               his
               Diversion
               only
               ,
               not
               for
               profit
               ;
               as
               he
               tells
               the
               Reader
               in
               his
               Preface
               :
               
                 Take
                 no
                 notice
                 of
                 my
                 Name
                 ,
                 for
                 a
                 second
                 Work
                 of
                 this
                 Nature
                 shall
                 hardly
                 bear
                 it
                 .
                 I
                 have
                 no
                 desire
                 to
                 be
                 known
                 by
                 a
                 Thread-bare
                 Cloak
                 ,
                 having
                 a
                 Calling
                 that
                 will
                 maintain
                 it
                 Woolly
                 .
              
               His
               Play
               is
               called
               ,
            
             
               Rebellion
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               Nine
               Days
               together
               ;
               and
               divers
               times
               since
               with
               good
               applause
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Company
               of
               Revels
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
               'T
               is
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Kinsman
               ,
               
                 Robert
                 Ducie
              
               of
               Aston
               ,
               in
               the
               County
               of
               Stafford
               
                 Esq
              
               and
               is
               accompanied
               with
               Verses
               ,
               to
               the
               number
               of
               eleven
               Copies
               ;
               amongst
               which
               are
               several
               writ
               by
               the
               Dramatick
               Poets
               his
               Contemporaries
               .
               He
               was
               very
               young
               when
               he
               writ
               this
               Tragedy
               ,
               as
               appears
               
               from
               the
               following
               Lines
               of
               Mr.
               Chamberlain
               ,
               publisht
               with
               the
               Play.
               
            
             
               
                 To
                 see
                 a
                 Springot
                 of
                 thy
                 tender
                 Age
                 ,
              
               
                 With
                 such
                 a
                 lofty
                 Straine
                 to
                 word
                 a
                 Stage
                 ;
              
               
                 To
                 see
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 from
                 thee
                 in
                 Print
                 ,
              
               
                 With
                 such
                 a
                 World
                 of
                 fine
                 Meanders
                 in
                 't
                 ,
              
               
                 Pusles
                 my
                 wondring
                 soul
                 :
                 for
                 there
                 appeares
              
               
                 Such
                 disproportion
                 'twixt
                 thy
                 Lines
                 ,
                 and
                 Yeares
                 :
              
               
                 That
                 when
                 I
                 read
                 thy
                 Lines
                 ,
                 methinks
                 I
                 see
              
               
                 The
                 sweet
                 tongu'd
                 Ovid
                 fall
                 upon
                 his
                 Knee
                 ,
              
               
                 With
                 
                   Parce
                   precor
                
                 ;
                 —
              
            
             
               The
               Scene
               of
               this
               Play
               lyes
               in
               Sevile
               ;
               but
               I
               cannot
               direct
               you
               to
               any
               particular
               History
               ,
               because
               I
               know
               not
               in
               what
               King
               of
               
               Spain's
               Reign
               this
               Action
               happened
               :
               All
               I
               can
               tell
               you
               is
               ,
               That
               I
               believe
               this
               Taylor
               was
               fitted
               upon
               
               Crispin's
               Last
               ;
               and
               that
               
               Webster's
               Shoomaker
               gave
               Birth
               to
               our
               Poet's
               Don
               Sebastiano
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               speaks
               of
               other
               small
               Pieces
               that
               he
               wrote
               ,
               tho'
               I
               know
               of
               none
               ,
               except
               some
               commendatory
               Verses
               ,
               publisht
               with
               his
               Friends
               Plays
               ;
               as
               with
               Mr.
               
               Chamberlain's
               
                 Swaggering
                 Damsel
              
               ;
               Mr.
               
               Richards's
               
                 Messalina
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               Edward
               REVET
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               of
               our
               Time
               ,
               who
               published
               a
               Play
               ,
               called
            
             
               
                 Town
                 Shifts
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Suburb
                 Justice
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               Acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1671.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Stephen
                 Mosedelf
              
               
                 Esq
              
               Give
               me
               leave
               
               so
               far
               to
               commend
               this
               Comedy
               ,
               to
               say
               that
               it
               is
               Instructive
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               Author's
               Protagonist
               Lovewel
               ,
               tho'
               reduced
               to
               poverty
               ,
               yet
               entertains
               not
               only
               an
               Innate
               Principle
               of
               Honesty
               ,
               but
               advises
               his
               two
               Comrades
               ,
               Friendly
               and
               Faithful
               ,
               to
               the
               practice
               of
               it
               ;
               and
               it
               succeeds
               happily
               to
               them
               .
               I
               mention
               this
               ,
               because
               few
               of
               our
               Modern
               Characters
               are
               so
               nicely
               drawn
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nathaniel
               RICHARDS
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               lived
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ;
               of
               whom
               I
               can
               give
               no
               further
               Account
               ,
               than
               that
               he
               writ
               one
               Tragedy
               ,
               publisht
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               our
               late
               Troubles
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Messalina
                 the
              
               Roman
               Empress
               ,
               her
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               with
               general
               applause
               divers
               times
               ,
               by
               the
               Company
               of
               his
               Majesty's
               Revels
               ,
               and
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               
                 John
                 Cary
              
               ,
               Viscount
               Rochsord
               :
               and
               is
               ushered
               into
               the
               Light
               by
               six
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               ;
               two
               of
               which
               were
               writ
               by
               our
               Dramatick
               Authors
               ,
               Davenport
               and
               Rawlins
               ;
               two
               by
               two
               Actors
               in
               his
               Play
               ,
               Robinson
               and
               Jordan
               ;
               and
               a
               fifth
               Latin
               Copy
               ,
               by
               One
               
                 Thomas
                 Combes
              
               ,
               which
               may
               deserve
               a
               place
               in
               our
               Account
               :
               after
               having
               acquainted
               the
               Reader
               ,
               that
               for
               the
               Story
               he
               may
               consult
               
                 Tacitus
                 ,
                 Suetonius
                 ,
                 Pliny
                 ,
                 Plutarch
                 ,
              
               and
               Juvenal
               ;
               all
               which
               have
               given
               a
               Character
               of
               the
               Insatiate
               Messalina
               ;
               as
               the
               following
               Verses
               do
               of
               her
               Vices
               ,
               and
               the
               Virtues
               of
               her
               Mother
               Lepida
               .
            
             
               
                 
                 
                   Carissimo
                   Amico
                   Auctori
                   in
                   eximiam
                   Missalinae
                   Tragoediam
                   .
                
                 
                   Ridentem
                   Venerem
                   veteres
                   pinxere
                   ;
                   sed
                   ecce
                
                 
                   Apparet
                   Venus
                   hic
                   sanguinolenta
                   ;
                   nigra
                   .
                
                 
                   Lascivos
                   amplexa
                   viros
                   amplectitur
                   ensem
                   :
                
                 
                   Effera
                   quae
                   vita
                   ,
                   est
                   baec
                   furibunda
                   nece
                   .
                
                 
                   Sic
                   eadem
                   Victrix
                   ,
                   eademque
                   Libidinis
                   Ultrix
                   ,
                
                 
                   Messalina
                   ,
                   altrix
                   quae
                   fuit
                   ,
                   ipsa
                   fuit
                   ,
                
                 
                   Dū
                   moritur
                   mala
                   pars
                   ,
                   oritur
                   pars
                   conjungis
                   illa
                   ,
                
                 
                   Quae
                   superat
                   quamvis
                   mors
                   in
                   utramque
                   furit
                   .
                
                 
                   Casta
                   parens
                   toties
                   ,
                   quoties
                   fit
                   adultera
                   proles
                   ,
                
                 
                   Pugnat
                   ,
                   &
                   adversa
                   cum
                   pie
                   tate
                   scelus
                   :
                
                 
                   Dumque
                   scelus
                   fugiens
                   dat
                   terga
                   ,
                   stat
                   altera
                   lugēs
                   ,
                
                 
                   Et
                   nituit
                   niveo
                   pectore
                   purus
                   Honor
                   ,
                
                 
                   Haec
                   ubi
                   sunt
                   verbis
                   aptata
                   ,
                   Tragoedia
                   digna
                
                 
                   Illa
                   est
                   in
                   primis
                   Laudis
                   ,
                   &
                   illa
                   tua
                   est
                   .
                
                 
                   Thomas
                   Combes
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               William
               RIDER
               .
            
             
               This
               Writer
               (
               as
               I
               suppose
               by
               the
               Date
               of
               his
               Play
               )
               flourish'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ;
               and
               was
               a
               Master
               of
               Arts
               ,
               tho'
               of
               which
               University
               or
               Colledge
               ,
               is
               to
               me
               unknown
               .
               All
               I
               can
               inform
               my
               Reader
               is
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               called
            
             
               Twins
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               private
               House
               at
               
                 Salisbury
                 Court
              
               with
               general
               applause
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1655.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               not
               contemptible
               ,
               either
               as
               to
               the
               Language
               ,
               or
               Oeconomy
               of
               it
               ,
               tho'
               I
               judge
               it
               older
               far
               than
               the
               the
               Date
               of
               it
               imports
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               William
               ROWLY
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               flourish'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ;
               and
               was
               sometime
               a
               Member
               of
               Pembroke
               Hall
               in
               Cambridge
               .
               I
               can
               say
               nothing
               further
               of
               his
               Life
               or
               Country
               ;
               but
               as
               to
               his
               Poetry
               ,
               and
               his
               intimate
               Acquaintance
               with
               the
               prime
               Poets
               of
               that
               Age
               ,
               I
               can
               speak
               at
               large
               .
               He
               was
               not
               only
               beloved
               by
               those
               Great
               Men
               ,
               
                 Shakespear
                 ,
                 Fletcher
              
               ,
               and
               Johnson
               ;
               but
               likewise
               writ
               with
               the
               former
               ,
               
                 The
                 Birth
                 of
                 Merlin
              
               .
               Besides
               what
               he
               joyned
               in
               writing
               with
               Poets
               of
               the
               second
               Magnitude
               ,
               as
               
                 Heywood
                 ,
                 Middleton
                 ,
                 Day
              
               and
               Webster
               ;
               as
               you
               may
               see
               under
               each
               of
               their
               Names
               ;
               our
               Author
               has
               four
               Plays
               in
               print
               of
               his
               own
               Writing
               ,
               of
               which
               take
               the
               following
               Account
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 All
                 's
                 lost
                 by
                 Lust
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               divers
               times
               acted
               by
               the
               Lady
               Elizabeth's
               Servants
               ;
               and
               with
               great
               applause
               at
               the
               Phoenix
               in
               Drury-Lane
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1633.
               
               This
               is
               a
               good
               old
               Play
               ,
               and
               the
               Story
               it self
               may
               be
               read
               in
               the
               Spanish
               Histories
               :
               See
               Mariana
               Lib.
               21
               ,
               22
               ,
               23.
               
               
               Suritta's
               
                 Annales
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               Lib.
               1.
               
               C.
               1.
               
               Turquet
               ,
               L.
               5.
               
               C.
               30.
               
               As
               to
               
               Margaretta's
               Design'd
               Revenge
               on
               her
               Husband
               Antonio
               ,
               read
               the
               
                 Unfortunate
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               Novel
               the
               3.
               
            
             
               
                 Match
                 at
                 Midnight
              
               ,
               a
               pleasant
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               the
               Revels
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1633.
               
               The
               Plot
               of
               Alexander
               Blood-hound's
               being
               hid
               by
               Jarvis
               under
               the
               Widow's
               Bed
               ,
               is
               founded
               on
               an
               old
               Story
               inserted
               in
               the
               
                 English
                 Rogue
              
               ,
               part
               4.
               
               Ch.
               19.
               
            
             
             
               
                 Shoomaker
                 's
                 a
                 Gentleman
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               —
               Not
               having
               this
               Play
               by
               me
               at
               present
               ,
               I
               cannot
               inform
               my
               Reader
               where
               It
               was
               acted
               ,
               or
               when
               printed
               .
               But
               this
               I
               know
               ,
               that
               it
               has
               not
               many
               Years
               since
               been
               revived
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               Dorset-Garden
               ,
               and
               been
               formerly
               acted
               abroad
               in
               the
               Country
               :
               and
               the
               Comical
               part
               of
               it
               ,
               is
               an
               usual
               Entertainment
               at
               Bartholomew
               and
               Southwarke
               Fairs
               ;
               it
               being
               a
               Copy
               to
               which
               all
               Stroling
               Companies
               lay
               claim
               to
               .
               The
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               stitcht
               Pamphlet
               in
               quarto
               ,
               called
               
                 The
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 Gentle-Craft
              
               .
               The
               Reader
               may
               find
               an
               Epilogue
               printed
               in
               
               Duffet's
               Poems
               ,
               p.
               60.
               writ
               for
               this
               Play
               ,
               when
               't
               was
               revived
               .
            
             
               
                 New
                 Wonder
                 ,
                 a
                 Woman
                 never
                 vext
              
               ;
               a
               pleasant
               Comedy
               ,
               sundry
               times
               acted
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1632.
               
               That
               passage
               of
               the
               Widows
               finding
               her
               Wedding-Ring
               ,
               which
               she
               dropp'd
               in
               crossing
               the
               Thames
               ,
               in
               the
               Belly
               of
               a
               Fish
               which
               her
               Maid
               bought
               accidentally
               in
               the
               Market
               ,
               is
               founded
               either
               upon
               the
               Story
               of
               Polycrates
               of
               Samos
               ,
               as
               the
               Author
               may
               read
               at
               large
               in
               Herodotus
               ,
               Lib.
               3.
               
                 sive
                 Thalia
              
               ;
               or
               upon
               the
               like
               Story
               related
               of
               one
               Anderson
               of
               Newcastle
               ,
               by
               Doctor
               Fuller
               ,
               in
               his
               
                 Worthies
                 of
              
               England
               .
            
             
               I
               know
               of
               nothing
               else
               written
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               neither
               can
               I
               tell
               the
               time
               of
               his
               Death
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               must
               leave
               it
               to
               Persons
               of
               better
               Information
               to
               acquaint
               the
               World
               ,
               with
               more
               particulars
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               whilst
               I
               hasten
               to
               an
               Account
               of
               his
               Names
               sake
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Samuel
               ROWLEY
               .
            
             
               Whether
               this
               Author
               was
               related
               to
               as
               well
               as
               Contemporary
               with
               the
               former
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               :
               only
               this
               I
               know
               ,
               that
               he
               writ
               himself
               a
               Servant
               to
               the
               Prince
               of
               Wales
               .
               He
               is
               the
               Author
               of
               two
               Historical
               Plays
               ,
               of
               which
               we
               are
               to
               give
               an
               Account
               in
               their
               Alphabetical
               Order
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               Noble
               Spanish
               Souldier
               ,
               or
               
                 A
                 Contract
                 broken
                 justly
                 revenged
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1634.
               
               This
               is
               a
               Posthumous
               Piece
               ;
               and
               if
               we
               believe
               the
               
               Printer's
               Preface
               ,
               has
               received
               applause
               in
               Action
               .
               Where
               it
               was
               acted
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               nor
               the
               Foundation
               of
               the
               Story
               ,
               it
               not
               being
               mentioned
               what
               King
               of
               Spain
               it
               was
               ,
               that
               committed
               that
               act
               of
               Perjury
               with
               Onaelia
               .
            
             
               
                 When
                 you
                 see
                 me
                 ,
                 you
                 know
                 me
              
               ;
               or
               The
               Famous
               Chronical
               History
               of
               Henry
               the
               Eighth
               ;
               with
               the
               Birth
               ,
               and
               Virtuous
               Life
               of
               Edward
               Prince
               of
               Wales
               :
               being
               play'd
               by
               the
               High
               and
               Mighty
               Prince
               of
               
               Wale's
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1632.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               the
               L
               d
               
               Herbert's
               Life
               of
               Hen.
               the
               VIII
               .
               and
               other
               Writers
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               as
               
                 Polydore
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Hall
                 ,
                 Grafton
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 Martin
                 ,
                 Baker
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Joseph
               RUTTER
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               .
               He
               belong'd
               to
               the
               Earl
               of
               
               Dorset's
               Family
               ;
               and
               attended
               on
               his
               Son
               ,
               the
               
               Father
               of
               the
               present
               Earl.
               At
               the
               Command
               of
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Edward
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               ,
               and
               Lord
               Chamberlain
               to
               the
               Queen
               ,
               he
               undertook
               the
               Translation
               of
               the
               Cid
               ,
               out
               of
               French
               :
               and
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               ascribes
               another
               Play
               to
               him
               besides
               ;
               of
               both
               which
               I
               shall
               speak
               in
               their
               Order
               .
            
             
               Cid
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               before
               their
               Majesties
               at
               Court
               ,
               and
               on
               the
               Cock-pit
               Stage
               in
               Drury-Lane
               ,
               by
               the
               Servants
               to
               both
               their
               Majesties
               ,
               and
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1637.
               
               This
               first
               Part
               is
               dedicated
               to
               Edward
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               aforesaid
               ,
               part
               of
               it
               being
               translated
               by
               the
               young
               Lord
               his
               Son
               ,
               on
               whom
               our
               Author
               attended
               .
            
             
               Cid
               ,
               Part
               the
               second
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Lady
               
                 Theophila
                 Cook.
              
               This
               Part
               was
               undertaken
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               at
               his
               Majesties
               Command
               ,
               who
               was
               pleas'd
               to
               think
               it
               worth
               the
               translating
               ;
               and
               commanded
               it
               to
               be
               put
               into
               our
               Author's
               Hands
               .
               Both
               these
               Plays
               are
               usually
               bound
               together
               in
               actavo
               .
            
             
               As
               to
               these
               Plays
               in
               the
               Original
               ,
               they
               are
               much
               commended
               ,
               tho'
               I
               never
               saw
               but
               the
               first
               Part
               in
               French.
               I
               shall
               not
               here
               transcribe
               the
               Author
               's
               own
               Sentiments
               of
               it
               ;
               but
               leave
               it
               to
               those
               who
               understand
               the
               French
               to
               peruse
               the
               Examen
               of
               the
               Second
               Part
               ;
               it
               being
               too
               long
               for
               this
               place
               .
               But
               what
               M.
               Boileau
               says
               of
               it
               ,
               in
               his
               9
               th
               Satyr
               ,
               may
               be
               sufficient
               to
               shew
               the
               Sentiments
               of
               the
               publick
               in
               its
               Favour
               :
               His
               Words
               are
               these
               :
               
                 
                 
                   En
                   vain
                   contre
                   le
                   Cid
                   un
                   g
                   Ministre
                   se
                   ligue
                   ,
                
                 
                   Tout
                   Paris
                   pour
                   h
                   Climene
                   a
                   les
                   yeux
                   de
                   i
                   Rodrigue
                   .
                
                 
                   k
                   L'
                   Academie
                   en
                   Corps
                   a
                   beau
                   le
                   censurer
                   ,
                
                 
                   Le
                   Public
                   revolté
                   s'obstine
                   à
                   l'admirer
                   .
                
              
            
             
               To
               speak
               of
               the
               Translation
               in
               general
               ,
               I
               think
               ,
               if
               the
               Time
               be
               considered
               when
               it
               was
               undertaken
               ,
               it
               may
               pass
               muster
               with
               candid
               Readers
               :
               The
               Author
               having
               at
               least
               so
               far
               improv'd
               it
               ,
               as
               to
               bring
               several
               things
               in
               Action
               ,
               which
               in
               the
               Original
               are
               delivered
               in
               Narration
               ;
               an
               Excellency
               commended
               by
               Horace
               ,
               in
               those
               Lines
               so
               well
               known
               to
               all
               Scholars
               .
            
             
               
                 Aut
                 agitur
                 res
                 in
                 Scenis
                 aut
                 Acta
                 refertur
                 :
              
               
                 Segnius
                 irritant
                 animos
                 demissa
                 per
                 aurem
                 ;
              
               
                 Quam
                 quae
                 sunt
                 oculis
                 subjecta
                 fidelibus
                 ,
                 &
                 quae
              
               
                 Ipse
                 sibi
                 tradit
                 spectator
                 —
              
            
             
               It
               is
               true
               our
               Author
               has
               altered
               in
               the
               Original
               ,
               some
               places
               ;
               but
               not
               many
               .
               Two
               Scenes
               he
               has
               left
               out
               ,
               as
               being
               Soliloquies
               ,
               and
               things
               little
               pertinent
               to
               the
               Business
               :
               and
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               observe
               by
               the
               by
               ,
               That
               the
               French
               are
               much
               addicted
               to
               bring
               in
               these
               Monologues
               ,
               in
               their
               serious
               Plays
               .
               Some
               
               things
               likewise
               our
               Author
               has
               added
               ,
               but
               scarce
               discernable
               :
               and
               where
               M.
               Corneille
               would
               give
               him
               leave
               ,
               he
               says
               he
               has
               follow'd
               close
               both
               his
               Sense
               and
               Words
               ;
               tho'
               ,
               as
               he
               has
               observed
               ,
               many
               things
               are
               received
               Wit
               in
               one
               Tongue
               ,
               which
               are
               not
               in
               another
               .
               As
               to
               the
               Play
               ,
               't
               is
               founded
               on
               true
               History
               ;
               and
               the
               Author
               has
               follow'd
               
                 Roderic
                 de
                 Tolede
              
               ,
               and
               Mariana
               .
               The
               Reader
               may
               consult
               other
               Historians
               ,
               that
               have
               writ
               of
               the
               Affairs
               of
               Don
               Fernando
               ,
               the
               First
               King
               of
               Castille
               .
            
             
               
                 Shepherds
                 Holyday
              
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               acted
               before
               their
               Majesties
               ,
               at
               Whitehall
               ,
               by
               the
               Queen's
               Servants
               ;
               and
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1635.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               ascrib'd
               by
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               ,
               to
               our
               Author
               ;
               tho'
               only
               J.R.
               is
               affix'd
               to
               the
               Title-page
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               of
               the
               Nobler
               sort
               of
               Pastorals
               ;
               and
               is
               writ
               in
               Blank
               Verse
               :
               At
               the
               End
               is
               a
               Pastoral
               Elegy
               ,
               on
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               Lady
               
                 Venetia
                 Digby
              
               ,
               in
               the
               Person
               of
               Sir
               
                 Kenelm
                 Digby
              
               ,
               her
               Husband
               ;
               and
               a
               Latin
               Epigram
               on
               her
               Tomb.
               
            
             
               I
               know
               nothing
               else
               of
               our
               Authors
               Writing
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               RYMER
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               This
               Gentleman
               is
               now
               living
               ,
               and
               was
               once
               (
               if
               he
               be
               not
               at
               present
               )
               a
               Member
               of
               the
               Honourable
               Society
               of
               Grays-Inn
               .
               He
               has
               excellent
               Talent
               towards
               Criticism
               ;
               as
               appears
               by
               his
               Preface
               to
               the
               Translation
               of
               
               Rapin's
               Reflections
               on
               
               Aristotle's
               
                 Treatise
                 of
                 Poetry
              
               8
               
               o.
               and
               his
               Tragedies
               of
               the
               last
               Age
               consider'd
               :
               but
               I
               
               think
               for
               
                 Dramatick
                 Poetry
              
               ,
               there
               are
               other
               Poets
               now
               alive
               ,
               that
               at
               least
               equal
               that
               Tragedy
               which
               he
               has
               publisht
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               Edgar
               ,
               or
               The
               English
               Monarch
               ;
               an
               Heroick
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1678.
               
               This
               Tragedy
               is
               dedicated
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               and
               written
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               .
               If
               it
               be
               compared
               with
               Mr.
               
               Ravenscroft's
               
                 King
                 Edgar
                 and
                 Alfreda
              
               ,
               it
               far
               exceeds
               it
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               the
               Historians
               before
               mentioned
               ;
               
                 viz.
                 Malmesbury
                 ,
                 Huntingdon
                 ,
                 Hoveden
                 ,
                 Ingulfus
                 ,
                 Higden
                 ,
                 &c.
                 Grafton
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             
               Thomas
               S
               
               t.
               SERF
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Tarugo's
                 Wiles
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Coffee-house
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               his
               Highnesses
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1668.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               George
               ,
               Marquess
               of
               Huntley
               .
               This
               Comedy
               if
               not
               equal
               with
               those
               of
               the
               first
               Rank
               ,
               yet
               exceeds
               several
               which
               pretend
               to
               the
               second
               ;
               especially
               the
               third
               Act
               ,
               which
               discovers
               the
               several
               Humours
               of
               a
               Coffee-house
               .
               As
               to
               the
               other
               part
               of
               the
               Play
               ,
               't
               is
               founded
               (
               as
               I
               suppose
               )
               on
               the
               Spanish
               Play
               
                 No
                 puedeser
              
               ,
               or
               
                 It
                 cannot
                 be
              
               ;
               but
               not
               having
               the
               Original
               ,
               I
               cannot
               be
               positive
               :
               but
               this
               I
               know
               ,
               That
               the
               Lord
               Bell-guard
               ,
               and
               Crack
               in
               Sir
               
                 Courtly
                 Nice
              
               ,
               extreamly
               resembles
               
                 Don
                 Patricio
              
               
               and
               Tarugo
               ,
               in
               this
               Play
               :
               Nay
               more
               ,
               the
               Plots
               of
               both
               are
               alike
               .
               I
               leave
               it
               to
               the
               Decision
               of
               Mr.
               Crown
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               who
               have
               seen
               the
               Spanish
               Play.
               In
               the
               mean
               time
               ,
               I
               desire
               no
               Man
               to
               rely
               upon
               my
               Judgment
               ;
               but
               if
               what
               I
               have
               said
               cannot
               save
               him
               ,
               excuse
               him
               upon
               his
               own
               Plea
               ,
               in
               his
               own
               Words
               .
            
             
               
                 If
                 this
                 prevail
                 not
                 ,
                 he
                 hopes
                 he
                 's
                 safe
                 from
                 danger
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 Wit
                 and
                 Malice
                 ought
                 not
                 to
                 reach
                 a
                 Stranger
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               William
               SAMPSON
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               :
               He
               was
               sometimes
               a
               Retainer
               to
               the
               Family
               of
               Sir
               
                 Henry
                 Willoughby
              
               ,
               of
               Richley
               in
               Derbyshire
               ;
               and
               was
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               Vow-breaker
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Fair
                 Maid
                 of
              
               Clifton
               ,
               in
               Nottinghamshire
               ;
               divers
               times
               acted
               by
               several
               Companies
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1633.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Mrs.
               
                 Anne
                 Willoughby
              
               ,
               Daugther
               to
               Sir
               Henry
               :
               in
               which
               Epistle
               ,
               the
               Author
               concludes
               thus
               ;
               
                 Heaven
                 keep
                 you
                 from
                 Fawning
                 Parasites
                 ,
                 and
                 busie
                 Gossips
                 ,
                 and
                 send
                 you
                 a
                 Husband
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 
                   Good
                   One
                
                 ;
                 or
                 else
                 may
                 you
                 never
                 make
                 a
                 Holyday
                 for
                 Hymen
                 .
                 As
                 much
                 Happiness
                 as
                 Tongue
                 can
                 speak
                 ,
                 Pen
                 can
                 write
                 ,
                 Heart
                 think
                 ,
                 or
                 Thoughts
                 imagine
                 ,
                 ever
                 attend
                 on
                 you
                 ,
                 your
                 Noble
                 Father
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 his
                 Noble
                 Family
                 ;
                 to
                 whom
                 I
                 ever
                 rest
                 ,
                 as
                 my
                 bounden
                 Duty
                 ,
                 a
                 Faithful
                 Servant
                 ,
                 
                   Will.
                   Sampson
                
                 .
              
               This
               Play
               seems
               founded
               upon
               Truth
               ;
               I
               have
               likewise
               ,
               in
               
               my
               younger
               Years
               ,
               read
               a
               Ballad
               compos'd
               upon
               the
               same
               Subject
               .
            
             
               Our
               Author
               besides
               this
               Play
               ,
               joyned
               with
               Mr.
               Markham
               in
               
                 Herod
                 and
                 Antipater
              
               ,
               which
               I
               forgot
               before
               .
               But
               as
               for
               the
               Valiant
               Scot
               ,
               and
               
                 How
                 to
                 chuse
                 a
                 Good
                 Wife
                 from
                 a
                 Bad
                 ,
              
               they
               are
               in
               my
               Judgment
               none
               of
               our
               Author's
               writing
               ;
               tho'
               Mr.
               Philips
               and
               his
               Follower
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               ,
               have
               ascribed
               them
               to
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               George
               SANDYS
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               who
               flourish'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Martyr
               ;
               if
               one
               may
               so
               say
               ,
               of
               a
               Person
               ,
               who
               sympathiz'd
               so
               deeply
               with
               his
               Prince
               and
               Country
               in
               their
               misfortunes
               .
               He
               was
               Son
               to
               his
               Grace
               Edwin
               ,
               Arch-bish
               .
               of
               York
               :
               and
               was
               born
               in
               the
               Year
               1577
               at
               Bishops-Thorp
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               County
               ,
               being
               his
               Father's
               youngest
               Child
               .
               He
               was
               sent
               to
               the
               University
               that
               memorable
               Year
               1588.
               being
               then
               eleven
               Years
               of
               Age
               ;
               and
               was
               enter'd
               of
               St.
               Mary
               Hall
               in
               Oxford
               .
               how
               long
               he
               stay'd
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               :
               but
               in
               the
               Year
               1610.
               memorable
               for
               the
               Murder
               of
               that
               Great
               Hero
               Henry
               the
               Fourth
               of
               France
               ,
               by
               that
               Villain
               Ravaillac
               ,
               he
               began
               his
               Travels
               thro'
               
                 France
                 ,
                 Italy
                 ,
                 Turky
                 ,
                 AEgypt
                 ,
                 Palestine
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               an
               Account
               of
               which
               you
               may
               read
               in
               his
               Travels
               ,
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1658.
               
               But
               't
               is
               not
               on
               this
               Account
               ,
               but
               his
               Poetry
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               here
               mentioned
               ;
               and
               therefore
               I
               shall
               hasten
               to
               speak
               of
               his
               Writings
               in
               that
               kind
               ,
               and
               first
               of
               that
               excellent
               Piece
               of
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               ,
               which
               he
               has
               left
               us
               ;
               and
               chiefly
               in
               this
               Account
               challenges
               a
               particular
               place
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
             
               
                 Christ's
                 Passion
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               with
               Annotations
               ,
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               translated
               from
               the
               Latin
               Original
               writ
               by
               
                 Hugo
                 Grotius
              
               .
               This
               Subject
               was
               handled
               before
               in
               Greek
               ,
               by
               that
               Venerable
               Person
               ,
               Apollinarius
               of
               Laodicea
               ,
               Bishop
               of
               Hierapolis
               ;
               and
               after
               him
               by
               
                 Gregory
                 Nazianzen
              
               :
               tho'
               this
               of
               
                 Hugo
                 Grotius
              
               ,
               (
               in
               our
               Author's
               Opinion
               )
               transcends
               all
               on
               this
               Argument
               .
               As
               to
               the
               Translator
               ,
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               he
               will
               be
               allow'd
               an
               Excellent
               Artist
               ,
               by
               Learned
               Judges
               ;
               and
               as
               he
               has
               follow'd
               
               Horace's
               Advice
               of
               Avoiding
               a
               servile
               Translation
               ,
               
                 
                   Nec
                   verbum
                   verbo
                   curabis
                   reddere
                   fidus
                
                 
                   Interpres
                   :
                
              
               So
               he
               comes
               so
               near
               the
               Sence
               of
               the
               Author
               ,
               that
               nothing
               is
               lost
               ,
               no
               Spirits
               evaporate
               in
               the
               decanting
               of
               it
               into
               English
               ;
               and
               if
               there
               be
               any
               Sediment
               ,
               it
               is
               left
               behind
               .
               This
               Book
               was
               reprinted
               with
               Figures
               ,
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1688.
               
            
             
               Nor
               are
               his
               other
               Translations
               less
               valu'd
               ,
               especially
               
               Ovid's
               Metamorphosis
               ,
               printed
               with
               Cuts
               ,
               Fol.
               Oxon.
               1632.
               
               This
               Translation
               was
               so
               much
               esteem'd
               in
               former
               times
               ,
               that
               I
               find
               two
               old
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               ,
               speaking
               in
               praise
               of
               our
               Author
               .
               In
               the
               first
               ,
               called
               
                 A
                 Censure
                 of
                 the
                 Poets
              
               ,
               are
               these
               Lines
               :
               
                 
                   Then
                   dainty
                   Sands
                   ,
                   that
                   hath
                   to
                   English
                   done
                
                 
                   Smooth
                   sliding
                   Ovid
                   ,
                   and
                   hath
                   made
                   him
                   One
                   ,
                
                 
                   With
                   so
                   much
                   sweetness
                   ,
                   and
                   unusual
                   Grace
                   ,
                
                 
                   As
                   tho'
                   the
                   neatness
                   of
                   the
                   English
                   Pace
                
                 
                 
                   Should
                   tell
                   your
                   setting
                   Latin
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   came
                
                 
                   But
                   slowly
                   after
                   ,
                   as
                   though
                   stiff
                   or
                   lame
                   .
                
              
               The
               other
               on
               the
               
                 Time
                 Poets
              
               ,
               sayes
               thus
               ,
               
                 
                   Sands
                   Metamorphos'd
                   so
                   into
                   another
                   ,
                
                 
                   We
                   know
                   not
                   Sands
                   ,
                   and
                   Ovid
                   from
                   each
                   other
                   .
                
              
            
             
               To
               this
               I
               may
               add
               the
               Translation
               of
               the
               first
               Book
               of
               
               Virgil's
               AEneis
               ;
               by
               which
               Specimen
               ,
               we
               may
               see
               how
               much
               he
               has
               excell'd
               Mr.
               Ogilby
               .
               For
               his
               other
               Divine
               Pieces
               ,
               as
               his
               
                 Paraphrase
                 on
                 the
                 Psalms
                 ,
                 Job
                 ,
                 Ecclesiastes
                 ,
                 Lamentatiöns
                 of
              
               Jeremiah
               ,
               &c.
               
               I
               have
               heard
               them
               much
               admired
               by
               Devout
               and
               Ingenious
               Persons
               ,
               and
               I
               believe
               very
               deservingly
               .
            
             
               Having
               done
               with
               his
               Translations
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               conclude
               with
               His
               to
               another
               World
               ,
               which
               happen'd
               at
               his
               Nephew
               ,
               Mr.
               
               Wiat's
               House
               ,
               at
               Boxley-Abbey
               in
               Kent
               :
               in
               the
               Chancel
               of
               which
               Parish-Church
               he
               lyes
               buried
               ,
               tho'
               without
               a
               Monument
               ;
               and
               therefore
               I
               shall
               follow
               my
               Author
               ,
               from
               whence
               I
               collected
               this
               Account
               ,
               by
               transcribing
               what
               deserves
               to
               be
               inscrib'd
               on
               a
               Monument
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               Georgius
               Sandys
               ,
               Poetarum
               Anglorum
               sui
               saecult
               Princeps
               ,
               sepultus
               fuit
               Martii
               70
               Stilo
               Anglico
               .
               A.D.
               1643.
               
            
          
           
             
               Charles
               SAUNDERS
               .
            
             
               A
               Young
               Gentleman
               ,
               whose
               Wit
               began
               to
               bud
               as
               early
               ,
               as
               that
               of
               the
               Incomparable
               Cowley
               ;
               and
               was
               like
               him
               a
               King's
               Scholar
               ,
               when
               he
               writ
               a
               Play
               call'd
            
             
             
               
                 Tamberlane
                 the
                 Great
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ;
               as
               likewise
               at
               Oxford
               ,
               before
               his
               late
               Majesty
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               at
               his
               meeting
               the
               Parliament
               there
               .
               'T
               was
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1681.
               and
               the
               Design
               was
               drawn
               (
               as
               the
               Author
               owns
               )
               from
               the
               Novel
               of
               
                 Tamerlane
                 and
                 Asteria
              
               ,
               in
               octavo
               :
               I
               have
               so
               great
               a
               value
               for
               this
               Author's
               Play
               ,
               that
               I
               cannot
               but
               wish
               well
               to
               his
               Muse
               ;
               but
               being
               no
               Poet
               ,
               I
               must
               set
               my
               Hand
               to
               another
               Man's
               Wishes
               :
               I
               mean
               Mr.
               Banks
               ,
               who
               has
               writ
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               on
               this
               Play
               ,
               part
               of
               which
               are
               as
               follow
               :
               
                 
                   Launch
                   out
                   young
                   Merchant
                   ,
                   new
                   set
                   up
                   of
                   Wit
                   ,
                
                 
                   The
                   World
                   's
                   before
                   thee
                   ,
                   and
                   thy
                   stock
                   is
                   great
                   ,
                
                 
                   Sail
                   by
                   thy
                   Muse
                   ,
                   but
                   never
                   let
                   her
                   guide
                   ,
                
                 
                   Then
                   without
                   danger
                   ,
                   you
                   may
                   safely
                   glide
                
                 
                   By
                   happier
                   Studies
                   steer'd
                   ,
                   and
                   quickly
                   gain
                
                 
                   The
                   promised
                   Indies
                   of
                   a
                   hopeful
                   Brain
                   ,
                
                 
                   Bring
                   home
                   a
                   Man
                   betimes
                   ,
                   that
                   may
                   create
                
                 
                   His
                   Country's
                   Glory
                   in
                   the
                   Church
                   ,
                   or
                   State.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Elkanah
               SETTLE
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               now
               living
               ,
               whose
               Muse
               is
               chiefly
               addicted
               to
               Tragedy
               ;
               and
               has
               been
               tragically
               dealt
               withal
               by
               a
               Tyranical
               Laureat
               ;
               which
               has
               somewhat
               eclips'd
               the
               glory
               he
               at
               first
               appeared
               in
               :
               But
               Time
               has
               her
               vicissitudes
               ;
               and
               he
               has
               lived
               to
               see
               his
               Enemy
               humbled
               ,
               if
               not
               justly
               punished
               ;
               for
               this
               Reason
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               afresh
               animadvert
               upon
               his
               fault
               ,
               but
               rather
               bury
               them
               in
               Oblivion
               ;
               and
               without
               any
               Reflections
               on
               his
               Poetry
               ,
               give
               a
               succinct
               Account
               
               of
               those
               Plays
               ,
               which
               he
               has
               published
               ,
               being
               Nine
               in
               Number
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Cambyses
                 King
                 of
              
               Persia
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               3
               d
               Edit
               .
               Lond.
               1675.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Illustrious
               Princess
               Anne
               ,
               Dutchess
               of
               Monmouth
               .
               This
               Tragedy
               is
               written
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               and
               founded
               on
               History
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               
                 Justin
                 ,
                 Herodotus
                 ,
                 Ammianus
                 Marcellinus
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Conquest
                 of
              
               China
               
                 by
                 the
                 Tartars
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1676.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Lord
               Castle-Rizing
               .
               This
               is
               also
               writ
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               and
               founded
               on
               History
               .
               See
               Signior
               Palafax
               his
               History
               of
               China
               ,
               translated
               in
               octavo
               ;
               
                 John
                 Gonzales
                 de
                 Mendoza
                 ,
                 Lewis
                 de
                 Guzman
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Empress
                 of
              
               Morocco
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ;
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               with
               Sculptures
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1673.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Henry
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Norwich
               ,
               and
               Earl-Marshal
               of
               England
               .
               This
               Play
               Mr.
               Dryden
               writ
               particularly
               against
               ,
               in
               a
               Pamphlet
               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
              
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1674.
               
               This
               (
               as
               I
               have
               already
               observ'd
               )
               was
               answered
               by
               another
               Pamphlet
               ,
               which
               shewed
               Mr.
               Dryden
               was
               not
               Infallible
               ;
               but
               that
               notwithstanding
               his
               Bravadoes
               ,
               he
               himself
               was
               as
               faulty
               as
               others
               :
               and
               that
               he
               had
               verified
               the
               Spanish
               Proverb
               ,
               
                 No
                 es
                 tan
                 bravo
                 el
                 Leon
                 come
                 le
                 pintan
                 ;
                 The
                 Lyon
                 is
                 not
                 so
                 fierce
                 as
                 they
                 paint
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
                 Fatal
                 Love
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 forc'd
                 Inconstancy
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1680.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Sir
               
                 Robert
                 Owen
              
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               
                 Achilles
                 Tatius
              
               his
               Romance
               ,
               called
               
                 Clitiphon
                 and
                 Leucippe
              
               ;
               see
               Book
               the
               fifth
               .
               The
               English
               Reader
               may
               peruse
               it
               translated
               in
               octavo
               printed
               Oxon.
               1638.
               
            
             
               
                 Female
                 Prelate
              
               ;
               being
               the
               History
               of
               the
               Life
               and
               Death
               of
               Pope
               Joan
               :
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1680.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               the
               late
               Earl
               of
               Shaftsbury
               .
               This
               Play
               being
               founded
               on
               History
               ,
               see
               
                 Marianus
                 Scotus
                 ,
                 Sigibert
                 ,
                 Sabellicus
                 :
              
               and
               for
               the
               English
               ,
               he
               may
               read
               Platina
               translated
               in
               Fol.
               by
               Sir
               
                 Paul
                 Ricault
              
               ;
               and
               the
               Life
               and
               Death
               of
               Pope
               Joan
               ,
               written
               heretofore
               in
               a
               Dialogue
               ,
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Alexander
                 Cooke
              
               ,
               a
               Gentleman
               formerly
               a
               Fellow
               of
               University
               Colledge
               in
               Oxford
               :
               a
               Piece
               so
               much
               cry'd
               up
               ,
               and
               admir'd
               in
               those
               Times
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               translated
               into
               French
               by
               
                 J.
                 De
                 la
                 Montaigne
              
               .
               'T
               is
               now
               published
               in
               a
               set
               Discourse
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1675.
               
               The
               Reader
               will
               find
               there
               a
               List
               of
               those
               Authors
               who
               affirm
               ,
               and
               those
               who
               deny
               the
               truth
               of
               this
               Story
               .
            
             
               
                 Heir
                 of
              
               Morocco
               ,
               with
               the
               Death
               of
               Gayland
               ;
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1682.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Lady
               
                 Henrietta
                 Wentworth
              
               ,
               Baroness
               of
               Nettlested
               .
            
             
               
                 Ibraim
                 ,
                 the
                 Illustrious
                 Bassa
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1677.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Dutchess
               of
               Albermarle
               .
               The
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               M.
               
               Scudery's
               Romance
               so
               called
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Love
                 and
                 Revenge
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1675.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Late
               Duke
               of
               Newcastle
               .
               'T
               is
               a
               great
               part
               borrowed
               from
               a
               Play
               called
               
                 The
                 Fatal
                 Contract
              
               ;
               and
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               French
               Chronicles
               :
               see
               
                 Mezeray
                 ,
                 De
                 Serres
                 .
                 &c.
              
               'T
               is
               pitty
               our
               Author
               was
               so
               little
               considerate
               ,
               to
               fall
               upon
               Mr.
               Shadwell
               in
               his
               Postscript
               ,
               when
               he
               lay
               so
               open
               to
               an
               Attaque
               himself
               :
               and
               if
               our
               Laureat
               reply'd
               too
               severely
               upon
               him
               in
               his
               Preface
               to
               the
               Libertine
               ,
               't
               was
               but
               
                 se
                 defendendo
              
               ;
               and
               he
               being
               the
               Aggressor
               ,
               ought
               to
               forgive
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Pastor
                 Fido
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Faithful
                 Shepherd
              
               ;
               a
               Pastoral
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1677.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               the
               Lady
               
                 Elizabeth
                 Delaval
              
               .
               The
               Play
               was
               written
               in
               Italian
               by
               Guarini
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               translated
               by
               Sir
               
                 Ric.
                 Fanshaw
              
               .
               This
               Translation
               our
               Author
               has
               follow'd
               ,
               being
               a
               stranger
               to
               the
               Italian
               :
               tho'
               possibly
               it
               may
               by
               ill
               natur'd
               Criticks
               be
               thought
               a
               presumption
               ,
               to
               attempt
               to
               improve
               either
               the
               Original
               ,
               or
               the
               Copy
               .
            
             
               Our
               Author
               I
               think
               has
               several
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               in
               print
               ,
               besides
               Prose
               ;
               but
               because
               some
               of
               them
               will
               not
               advance
               his
               Reputation
               ;
               and
               of
               others
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               exactly
               which
               he
               writ
               ,
               I
               shall
               omit
               further
               mentioning
               of
               them
               in
               this
               place
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tho.
               SHADWELL
               ,
               
                 
                   Esq
                
                 Poet
              
               Laureat
               
                 to
                 their
                 present
                 Majesties
              
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               ,
               whose
               Dramatick
               Works
               are
               sufficiently
               known
               to
               the
               World
               ;
               but
               especially
               
               his
               Excellent
               Comedies
               ;
               which
               in
               the
               Judgment
               of
               some
               Persons
               ,
               have
               very
               deservedly
               advanced
               him
               to
               the
               Honour
               he
               now
               enjoys
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Poet
                 Laureat
              
               to
               their
               present
               Majesties
               .
               An
               Advancement
               which
               he
               ingeniously
               consesses
               ,
               is
               chiefly
               owing
               to
               the
               Patronage
               of
               the
               Noble
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               ,
               that
               Great
               Judge
               of
               Wit
               and
               Parts
               ;
               in
               whose
               Favour
               it
               has
               been
               Mr.
               
               Shadwell's
               particular
               Happiness
               sor
               several
               Years
               ,
               to
               have
               had
               an
               Eminent
               Share
               .
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               I
               dare
               presume
               ,
               little
               imagined
               ,
               when
               he
               writ
               that
               Satyr
               of
               Mack-Flecknoe
               ,
               that
               the
               Subject
               he
               there
               so
               much
               exposes
               and
               ridicules
               ,
               should
               have
               ever
               lived
               to
               have
               succeeded
               him
               in
               wearing
               the
               Bays
               .
            
             
               But
               I
               am
               willing
               to
               say
               the
               less
               of
               Mr.
               Shadwell
               ,
               because
               I
               have
               publickly
               profess'd
               a
               Friendship
               for
               him
               :
               and
               tho'
               it
               be
               not
               of
               so
               long
               date
               ,
               as
               some
               former
               Intimacy
               with
               others
               ;
               so
               neither
               is
               it
               blemished
               with
               some
               unhandsome
               Dealings
               ,
               I
               have
               met
               with
               from
               Persons
               ,
               where
               I
               least
               expected
               it
               .
               I
               shall
               therefore
               speak
               of
               him
               with
               the
               Impartiality
               that
               becomes
               a
               Critick
               ;
               and
               own
               I
               like
               His
               Comedies
               better
               than
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               ;
               as
               having
               more
               Variety
               of
               Characters
               ,
               and
               those
               drawn
               from
               the
               Life
               ;
               I
               mean
               Men's
               Converse
               and
               Manners
               ,
               and
               not
               from
               other
               Mens
               Ideas
               ,
               copyed
               out
               of
               their
               publick
               Writings
               :
               tho'
               indeed
               I
               cannot
               wholly
               acquit
               our
               
                 Present
                 Laureat
              
               from
               borrowing
               ;
               his
               Plagiaries
               being
               in
               some
               places
               too
               bold
               and
               open
               to
               be
               disguised
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               shall
               take
               Notice
               ,
               as
               I
               go
               along
               ;
               tho'
               with
               this
               Remark
               ,
               That
               several
               of
               them
               
               are
               observed
               to
               my
               Hand
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               great
               measure
               excused
               by
               himself
               ,
               in
               the
               publick
               Acknowledgment
               he
               makes
               in
               his
               several
               Prefaces
               ,
               to
               the
               Persons
               to
               whom
               he
               was
               obliged
               for
               what
               he
               borrowed
               .
            
             
               That
               Mr.
               Shadwell
               has
               propos'd
               
                 B.
                 Johnson
              
               for
               his
               Model
               ,
               I
               am
               very
               certain
               of
               ;
               and
               those
               who
               will
               read
               the
               Preface
               to
               the
               Humorists
               ,
               may
               be
               sufficiently
               satisfied
               what
               a
               value
               he
               has
               for
               that
               Great
               Man
               ;
               but
               how
               far
               he
               has
               succeeded
               in
               his
               Design
               ,
               I
               shall
               leave
               to
               the
               Reader
               's
               Examination
               .
               So
               far
               only
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               premise
               in
               our
               Laureat's
               Defence
               ,
               that
               the
               Reader
               is
               not
               to
               measure
               his
               Merit
               by
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               Standard
               ;
               since
               Socrates
               ,
               never
               was
               more
               persecuted
               by
               the
               Inhumane
               Aristophanes
               ,
               than
               Mr.
               Shadwell
               by
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               Pen
               ;
               and
               with
               the
               same
               injustice
               :
               tho'
               I
               think
               ,
               whoever
               shall
               peruse
               the
               Modest
               Defence
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               in
               his
               Epistle
               to
               the
               tenth
               Satyr
               of
               Juvenal
               ,
               will
               not
               only
               acquit
               him
               ,
               but
               love
               him
               for
               his
               good
               Humour
               and
               gentle
               Temper
               ,
               to
               One
               who
               endeavour'd
               to
               destroy
               his
               Reputation
               ,
               so
               dear
               to
               
                 All
                 Men
              
               ,
               but
               the
               very
               Darling
               of
               Poets
               ;
               as
               Ovid
               says
               k
               ,
               
                 
                   Quid
                   petitur
                   sacris
                   ,
                   nisi
                   tantum
                   fama
                   Poetis
                   ?
                
                 
                   Hoc
                   votum
                   nostri
                   summa
                   laboris
                   habet
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Mr.
               Shadwell
               has
               Fourteen
               Plays
               in
               print
               ,
               which
               we
               shall
               give
               an
               Account
               of
               in
               the
               Order
               we
               have
               begun
               ,
               viz.
               Alphabetically
               ;
               tho'
               by
               this
               means
               his
               last
               Play
               comes
               first
               upon
               our
               Stage
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
             
               
                 Amorous
                 Bigotte
              
               ,
               with
               the
               Second
               Part
               of
               
                 Tegue
                 O
                 Divelly
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1690.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Charles
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Shrewsbury
               .
            
             
               
                 Bury
                 Fair
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               his
               present
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1689.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               R
               
               t.
               Honourable
               Charles
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               and
               Middlesex
               ,
               the
               present
               Lord
               Chamberlain
               of
               his
               Majesty's
               Houshold
               .
               How
               difficult
               it
               is
               for
               Poets
               to
               find
               a
               continual
               Supply
               of
               new
               Humour
               ,
               this
               Poet
               has
               sufficiently
               shew'd
               in
               his
               Prologue
               ;
               and
               therefore
               he
               ought
               to
               be
               excus'd
               ,
               if
               
                 Old
                 Wit
              
               ,
               and
               Sir
               
                 Humphry
                 Noddy
              
               ,
               have
               some
               resemblance
               with
               
                 Justice
                 spoil
                 Wit
              
               ,
               and
               Sr.
               
                 John
                 Noddy
              
               ;
               in
               the
               
                 Triumphant
                 Widow
              
               .
               Skilfull
               Poets
               resemble
               excellent
               Cooks
               ,
               whose
               Art
               enables
               them
               to
               dress
               one
               Dish
               of
               Meat
               several
               ways
               ;
               and
               by
               the
               Assistance
               of
               proper
               Sawces
               ,
               to
               give
               each
               a
               different
               Relish
               ,
               and
               yet
               all
               grateful
               to
               the
               Palate
               .
               Thus
               the
               Character
               of
               
                 La
                 Roche
              
               ,
               tho'
               first
               drawn
               by
               Molliere
               ,
               in
               
                 Les
                 '
                 Precieuses
                 ridicules
              
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               copy'd
               by
               Sir
               
                 W.
                 D'
                 Avenant
              
               ,
               Mr.
               Betterton
               ,
               and
               Mrs.
               Behn
               ;
               yet
               in
               this
               Play
               has
               a
               more
               taking
               Air
               than
               in
               any
               other
               Play
               ,
               and
               there
               is
               something
               in
               his
               Jargon
               ,
               more
               diverting
               than
               in
               the
               Original
               it self
               .
            
             
               
                 Epsom
                 Wells
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1676.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Grace
               the
               Duke
               of
               Newcastle
               .
               This
               is
               so
               diverting
               ,
               and
               withal
               so
               true
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               that
               even
               Forreigners
               ,
               who
               are
               not
               generally
               the
               kindest
               to
               the
               Wit
               of
               our
               Nation
               ,
               have
               extreamly
               
               commended
               it
               :
               and
               it
               is
               no
               small
               credit
               to
               our
               Author
               ,
               that
               the
               
                 Sieur
                 De
                 Saint
                 Euvremont
              
               ,
               speaking
               of
               our
               English
               Comedies
               in
               his
               Essays
               ,
               has
               ranked
               this
               Play
               with
               Ben
               Johnson's
               
                 Bartholmew
                 Fair
              
               ,
               as
               two
               of
               our
               most
               diverting
               Comedies
               .
               'T
               is
               true
               that
               some
               endeavoured
               to
               fix
               a
               Calumny
               upon
               our
               Author
               ,
               alledging
               that
               this
               Play
               was
               not
               in
               Ingenious
               but
               this
               Stain
               was
               quickly
               wip'd
               off
               ,
               by
               the
               Plea
               he
               makes
               for
               himself
               in
               the
               Prologue
               ,
               spoken
               to
               the
               King
               and
               Queen
               at
               Whitehall
               ,
               where
               he
               says
               ,
               
                 
                   If
                   this
                   for
                   him
                   had
                   been
                   by
                   others
                   done
                   ,
                
                 
                   After
                   this
                   Honour
                   ,
                   sure
                   they
                   'd
                   claim
                   their
                   own
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Humorists
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               his
               Royal
               Highnesses
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1671.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               most
               Illustrious
               Margaret
               ,
               Dutchess
               of
               Newcastle
               .
               The
               Design
               of
               this
               Play
               was
               ,
               
                 To
                 reprehend
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Vices
                 and
                 Follies
                 of
                 the
                 Age
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 certainly
                 the
                 most
                 proper
                 and
                 most
                 useful
                 way
                 of
                 writing
                 Comedy
                 .
              
               But
               notwithstanding
               the
               Author
               's
               good
               Design
               ,
               it
               met
               with
               implacable
               Enemies
               ,
               who
               resolv'd
               to
               damn
               it
               right
               or
               wrong
               ;
               and
               the
               Author
               was
               forc'd
               to
               mutilate
               his
               Play
               ,
               by
               expunging
               the
               chief
               Design
               ,
               to
               prevent
               giving
               Offence
               .
               These
               and
               other
               Disadvantages
               (
               the
               particulars
               of
               which
               you
               may
               read
               in
               the
               Preface
               )
               the
               Poet
               met
               with
               :
               and
               yet
               I
               think
               a
               Candid
               Judge
               would
               let
               it
               pass
               without
               much
               Censure
               ;
               and
               pardon
               the
               faults
               of
               the
               Play
               ,
               for
               that
               Reparation
               that
               is
               made
               for
               it
               in
               the
               Preface
               .
            
             
               
                 Lancashire
                 Witches
                 ,
                 and
                 Teague
                 O
                 Divelly
                 ,
                 
                 the
              
               Irish
               Priest
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1682.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               written
               in
               the
               Times
               of
               Whig
               and
               Tory
               ,
               therefore
               was
               opposed
               by
               Papists
               and
               their
               Adherents
               ,
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               their
               Dear-Joy
               ,
               
                 Teague
                 O
                 Divelly
              
               :
               but
               nevertheless
               there
               appeared
               so
               numerous
               a
               party
               in
               the
               Play
               's
               Defence
               ,
               that
               the
               Play
               lived
               in
               spight
               of
               all
               their
               Malice
               .
               However
               ,
               I
               wish
               our
               Author
               for
               his
               own
               sake
               ,
               had
               left
               out
               the
               Character
               of
               Smirk
               ,
               notwithstanding
               and
               the
               Defence
               he
               makes
               for
               it
               in
               the
               Preface
               ,
               and
               his
               Protestation
               of
               having
               a
               true
               value
               for
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               :
               for
               't
               is
               evident
               that
               her
               Sons
               ,
               the
               Clergy
               ,
               are
               abused
               in
               that
               Character
               ;
               particularly
               in
               the
               first
               Scene
               of
               the
               second
               Act
               :
               and
               therefore
               Mr.
               Shadwell
               must
               allow
               me
               a
               little
               to
               distrust
               his
               sincerity
               ,
               when
               he
               makes
               such
               large
               Professions
               of
               Respect
               to
               Gowns-men
               ;
               to
               whom
               I
               believe
               his
               Obligations
               are
               greater
               than
               Kindness
               :
               otherwise
               ,
               he
               would
               not
               have
               suffer'd
               such
               reflections
               to
               have
               passed
               his
               Pen
               ,
               as
               are
               to
               be
               met
               with
               in
               his
               
                 Squire
                 of
                 Alsatia
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Epilogue
               to
               the
               
                 Amorous
                 Bigotte
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               If
               Mr.
               Shadwell
               would
               therefore
               take
               a
               Friend's
               Counsel
               ,
               I
               would
               advise
               him
               to
               treat
               serious
               things
               with
               due
               Respect
               ;
               and
               not
               to
               make
               the
               Pulpit
               truckle
               to
               the
               Stage
               ;
               or
               Preface
               a
               Play
               ,
               with
               a
               a
               Treatise
               of
               Religion
               :
               every
               Man
               has
               his
               Province
               ,
               and
               I
               think
               the
               Stating
               of
               Passive
               Obedience
               ,
               and
               Non-Resistance
               ,
               is
               none
               of
               Mr.
               
               Shadwell's
               :
               He
               may
               remember
               ,
               that
               Mr.
               Dryden
               never
               miscarried
               more
               ,
               than
               when
               he
               inter-meddled
               with
               Church
               Matters
               ;
               and
               that
               all
               
               the
               Art
               and
               Beauty
               of
               his
               
                 Absalom
                 and
                 Achitophel
              
               ,
               will
               hardly
               make
               Amends
               for
               the
               Spots
               and
               Blemishes
               that
               are
               to
               be
               found
               in
               his
               
                 Hind
                 and
                 Panther
              
               .
               But
               to
               return
               to
               our
               Subject
               :
               Mr.
               Heywood
               and
               Mr.
               Brome
               have
               writ
               a
               Play
               on
               the
               same
               Story
               with
               our
               Author
               ;
               but
               how
               much
               this
               exceeds
               it
               ,
               will
               be
               evident
               to
               unbyassed
               Judges
               .
               As
               to
               the
               Magick
               in
               the
               Play
               ,
               our
               Author
               has
               given
               a
               very
               good
               Account
               in
               his
               Notes
               ,
               from
               the
               Writings
               of
               
                 Delrio
                 ,
                 Bodinus
                 ,
                 Wierus
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               and
               I
               know
               nothing
               that
               we
               have
               in
               this
               Nature
               ,
               in
               Dramatick
               Poetry
               ,
               except
               Ben.
               Johnson's
               
                 Masque
                 of
                 Queens
              
               ,
               which
               is
               likewise
               explained
               by
               Annotations
               .
            
             
               Libertine
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               by
               his
               Royal
               Highnesses
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1676.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               William
               Duke
               of
               Newcastle
               .
               This
               Play
               ,
               if
               not
               regular
               ,
               is
               at
               least
               diverting
               :
               which
               according
               to
               the
               Opinion
               of
               some
               of
               our
               First-Rate
               Poets
               ,
               is
               the
               End
               of
               Poetry
               .
               The
               Play
               is
               built
               upon
               a
               Subject
               which
               has
               been
               handled
               by
               
                 Spanish
                 ,
                 Italian
              
               ,
               and
               French
               Authors
               :
               there
               being
               four
               Plays
               extant
               (
               says
               my
               Author
               )
               on
               this
               Story
               .
               I
               have
               never
               seen
               but
               one
               ,
               viz.
               Molliere's
               
                 L'Athée
                 Foundroyé
              
               ,
               which
               it
               appear'd
               our
               Author
               has
               read
               .
               There
               is
               a
               Character
               in
               Sir
               Aston
               Cockain's
               Ovid
               ;
               I
               mean
               that
               of
               Captain
               Hannibal
               ,
               whose
               Catastrophe
               is
               like
               that
               of
               Don
               John
               ,
               which
               (
               as
               I
               have
               said
               )
               may
               possibly
               be
               borrowed
               from
               
                 Il
                 Atheisto
                 fulminato
              
               .
            
             
               Miser
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1672.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               
               Charles
               ,
               L
               d
               Buckhurst
               ,
               the
               present
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               .
               This
               Play
               the
               Author
               confesses
               is
               founded
               on
               
               Molliere's
               L'Avare
               ;
               which
               by
               the
               way
               is
               it self
               founded
               on
               Plautus
               his
               Autularia
               .
               'T
               was
               the
               last
               Play
               that
               was
               acted
               at
               the
               King's
               House
               ,
               before
               the
               fatal
               Fire
               there
               :
               Whoever
               will
               peruse
               this
               Play
               ,
               will
               find
               more
               than
               half
               writ
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               and
               the
               French
               part
               much
               improved
               .
            
             
               Psyche
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1675.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               late
               James
               ,
               Duke
               of
               Monmouth
               .
               This
               was
               the
               first
               Play
               that
               our
               Author
               writ
               in
               Rhime
               ;
               and
               on
               that
               Account
               he
               found
               most
               of
               the
               Crambo-Poets
               up
               in
               Arms
               against
               it
               ,
               who
               look'd
               upon
               our
               Author
               ,
               as
               an
               Incroacher
               on
               their
               Territories
               ;
               and
               Were
               (
               as
               he
               says
               )
               
                 very
                 much
                 offended
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 for
                 leaving
                 his
                 own
                 Province
                 of
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 to
                 invade
                 their
                 Dominion
                 of
              
               Rhime
               :
               But
               as
               our
               Author
               never
               valu'd
               himself
               upon
               this
               Play
               ,
               so
               his
               Design
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               was
               to
               entertain
               the
               Town
               with
               variety
               of
               Musick
               ,
               curious
               Dancing
               splendid
               Scenes
               ,
               and
               Machines
               ;
               and
               not
               with
               fine
               Poetry
               ,
               the
               Audience
               being
               not
               at
               leisure
               to
               mind
               the
               Writing
               .
               The
               foundation
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               is
               Apuleius
               his
               
                 Aureus
                 Asinus
              
               ;
               which
               the
               Reader
               may
               read
               in
               English
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 The
                 Golden
                 Ass
              
               ,
               translated
               by
               
                 W.
                 Adlington
              
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1639.
               
               How
               far
               he
               has
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               
                 French
                 Psyche
              
               ,
               he
               tells
               you
               in
               the
               Preface
               ,
               and
               I
               leave
               it
               to
               those
               which
               have
               seen
               it
               (
               which
               I
               have
               not
               )
               to
               give
               Judgment
               to
               whom
               the
               preference
               belongs
               .
               How
               much
               this
               Opera
               takes
               ,
               every
               Body
               that
               
               is
               acquainted
               with
               the
               Theatre
               knows
               ;
               and
               with
               reason
               ,
               since
               the
               greatest
               Masters
               in
               Vocal
               Musick
               ,
               Dancing
               ,
               and
               Painting
               ,
               were
               concern'd
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Royal
                 Shepherdess
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               by
               his
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Servants
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1669.
               
               This
               Play
               (
               as
               our
               Poet
               owns
               )
               was
               originally
               Mr.
               
               Fountain's
               of
               Devonshire
               ;
               and
               without
               descanting
               on
               the
               Play
               ,
               I
               shall
               refer
               the
               Reader
               to
               the
               view
               of
               Mr.
               
               Shadwell's
               Epistle
               to
               the
               Reader
               ,
               and
               the
               Comparison
               of
               both
               Plays
               ,
               which
               are
               in
               print
               ,
               for
               his
               satisfaction
               .
            
             
               
                 Squire
                 of
              
               Alsatia
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1688.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               and
               Middlesex
               .
               The
               Ground
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               is
               from
               Terence
               his
               Adelphi
               ;
               especially
               the
               two
               Characters
               of
               Mitio
               and
               Demea
               ,
               which
               I
               think
               are
               improv'd
               .
               If
               he
               has
               not
               taken
               notice
               of
               having
               borrowed
               these
               Characters
               ,
               't
               is
               because
               he
               is
               not
               beholding
               to
               the
               French
               ,
               or
               English
               for
               his
               Model
               ;
               and
               that
               those
               for
               whom
               he
               chiefly
               writes
               ,
               are
               Persons
               that
               are
               well
               acquainted
               with
               Poets
               of
               Antiquity
               ,
               and
               need
               not
               be
               informed
               .
               'T
               is
               sufficient
               for
               the
               vulgar
               Audience
               ,
               that
               the
               Play
               is
               taking
               and
               divertive
               ,
               without
               troubling
               their
               Heads
               whence
               't
               is
               borrowed
               :
               and
               all
               People
               must
               allow
               that
               no
               Comedy
               has
               found
               better
               success
               than
               this
               ,
               since
               the
               Restauration
               of
               the
               Theatre
               .
            
             
               
                 Sullen
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Impertinents
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               his
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1670.
               and
               dedicated
               
               to
               the
               late
               Duke
               of
               Newcastle
               .
               The
               Author
               owns
               that
               he
               receiv'd
               a
               hint
               from
               the
               Report
               of
               
               Molliere's
               
                 Les
                 Fâcheux
              
               ,
               upon
               which
               he
               wrote
               a
               great
               part
               of
               his
               Play
               ,
               before
               he
               saw
               it
               .
               The
               Play
               is
               regular
               and
               diverting
               ,
               and
               the
               Author
               himself
               has
               better
               defended
               it
               than
               I
               am
               able
               to
               do
               ,
               nor
               doth
               he
               at
               any
               time
               need
               a
               Second
               ;
               and
               therefore
               I
               refer
               you
               to
               his
               Preface
               for
               Satisfaction
               .
            
             
               
                 Timon
                 of
                 Athens
                 ,
                 the
                 Man-hater
                 ,
              
               his
               History
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               made
               into
               a
               Play
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1678.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               late
               Duke
               of
               Buckingham
               .
               The
               Play
               is
               originally
               
               Shakespear's
               ;
               but
               so
               imperfectly
               printed
               ,
               that
               't
               is
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts.
               How
               much
               our
               Author
               has
               added
               ,
               or
               expung'd
               ,
               I
               must
               leave
               to
               the
               Examination
               of
               the
               less
               busie
               Reader
               ;
               I
               not
               having
               time
               at
               present
               to
               enquire
               into
               particulars
               .
            
             
               
                 True
                 Widow
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1679.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Sir
               
                 Charles
                 Sidley
              
               .
               This
               Play
               I
               take
               to
               be
               as
               true
               Comedy
               ;
               and
               the
               Characters
               and
               Humours
               to
               be
               as
               well
               drawn
               ,
               as
               any
               of
               this
               Age.
               
            
             
               Virtuoso
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1676.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Grace
               the
               late
               Duke
               of
               Newcastle
               .
               I
               think
               there
               is
               no
               Body
               will
               deny
               this
               Play
               its
               due
               Applause
               ;
               at
               least
               I
               know
               ,
               that
               the
               University
               of
               Oxford
               ,
               who
               may
               be
               allowed
               Competent
               Judges
               of
               Comedy
               ,
               (
               especially
               of
               such
               Characters
               ,
               as
               Sir
               
                 Nicholas
                 Gimcrack
              
               ,
               and
               Sir
               
                 Formal
                 Trisle
              
               )
               applauded
               it
               :
               and
               as
               no
               Man
               ever
               undertook
               to
               discover
               the
               Frailties
               of
               such
               Pretenders
               
               tenders
               to
               this
               kind
               of
               Knowledge
               ,
               before
               Mr.
               Shadwell
               ;
               so
               none
               since
               Mr.
               
               Johnson's
               Time
               ,
               ever
               drew
               so
               many
               different
               Characters
               of
               Humours
               ,
               and
               with
               such
               Success
               .
            
             
               Woman-Captain
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highnesses
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               167
               —
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Henry
               ,
               Lord
               Ogle
               ,
               Son
               to
               his
               Grace
               Henry
               ,
               Duke
               of
               Newcastle
               .
               If
               this
               Play
               falls
               short
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               at
               least
               it
               wants
               not
               variety
               of
               Characters
               ,
               which
               have
               gained
               it
               a
               Reputation
               above
               what
               is
               written
               by
               pitiful
               Poets
               of
               the
               Fourth-Rate
               ,
               our
               Author
               's
               perpetual
               Enemies
               ,
               who
               are
               no
               more
               to
               be
               regarded
               ,
               than
               the
               buzzing
               of
               Flies
               ,
               and
               Insects
               in
               hot
               Weather
               ;
               which
               tho'
               troublesome
               ,
               are
               inoffensive
               ,
               and
               without
               Stings
               :
               and
               for
               his
               greatest
               Enemy
               ;
               he
               has
               imitated
               the
               Bee
               ,
               that
               with
               his
               Malice
               ,
               has
               left
               his
               Sting
               behind
               him
               .
               I
               hope
               now
               ,
               our
               Author
               is
               advanced
               to
               a
               Station
               ,
               wherein
               he
               will
               endeavour
               to
               exert
               his
               Muse
               ;
               and
               having
               found
               Encouragement
               from
               Majesty
               it self
               ,
               aim
               at
               writing
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               ,
               equal
               to
               those
               of
               Antiquity
               :
               which
               however
               applauded
               ,
               have
               been
               paralelled
               (
               I
               was
               about
               to
               say
               excelled
               )
               by
               the
               Comedies
               of
               the
               Admirable
               Johnson
               .
            
             
               I
               must
               do
               Mr.
               Dryden
               so
               much
               Justice
               ,
               as
               to
               acknowledge
               ,
               that
               in
               
                 Epick
                 Poetry
              
               ,
               he
               far
               exceeds
               not
               only
               Mr.
               Shadwell
               ,
               but
               most
               ,
               if
               not
               all
               the
               Poets
               of
               our
               Age
               :
               and
               I
               could
               wish
               our
               present
               Laureat
               ,
               would
               not
               give
               his
               predecessor
               such
               frequent
               Advantages
               over
               him
               ;
               but
               rather
               confine
               himself
               within
               his
               own
               Sphere
               of
               Comedy
               .
            
             
             
               He
               has
               several
               Poems
               extant
               ,
               but
               because
               his
               Name
               is
               not
               affix'd
               to
               them
               ,
               I
               shall
               mention
               but
               Three
               ;
               
                 viz.
                 The
                 tenth
                 Satyr
                 of
              
               Juvenal
               ,
               translated
               with
               Notes
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1687.
               
               
                 A
                 Congratulatory
                 Poem
                 on
                 his
                 Highness
                 the
                 Prince
                 of
              
               Orange
               ,
               
                 coming
                 into
              
               England
               :
               and
               another
               to
               the
               most
               Illustrious
               Q.
               Mary
               ,
               upon
               her
               Arrival
               ;
               both
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1689.
               
            
          
           
             
               William
               SHAKESPEAR
               .
            
             
               One
               of
               the
               most
               Eminent
               Poets
               of
               his
               Time
               ;
               he
               was
               born
               at
               Stratford
               upon
               Avon
               in
               Warwickshire
               ;
               and
               flourished
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               and
               King
               James
               the
               First
               .
               His
               Natural
               Genius
               to
               Poetry
               was
               so
               excellent
               ,
               that
               like
               those
               Diamonds
               l
               ,
               which
               are
               found
               in
               Cornwall
               ,
               Nature
               had
               little
               ,
               or
               no
               occasion
               for
               the
               Assistance
               of
               Art
               to
               polish
               it
               .
               The
               Truth
               is
               ,
               't
               is
               agreed
               on
               by
               most
               ,
               that
               his
               Learning
               was
               not
               extraordinary
               ;
               and
               I
               am
               apt
               to
               believe
               ,
               that
               his
               Skill
               in
               the
               French
               and
               Italian
               Tongues
               ,
               exceeded
               his
               Knowledge
               in
               the
               Roman
               Language
               :
               for
               we
               find
               him
               not
               only
               beholding
               to
               
                 Cynthio
                 Giraldi
              
               and
               Bandello
               ,
               for
               his
               Plots
               ,
               but
               likewise
               a
               Scene
               in
               Henry
               the
               Fifth
               ,
               written
               in
               French
               ,
               between
               the
               Princess
               Catherine
               and
               her
               Governante
               :
               Besides
               Italian
               Proverbs
               scatter'd
               up
               and
               down
               in
               his
               Writings
               .
               Few
               Persons
               that
               are
               acquainted
               with
               
                 Dramatick
                 Poetry
              
               ,
               but
               are
               convinced
               of
               the
               Excellency
               of
               his
               Compositions
               ,
               in
               all
               Kinds
               of
               it
               :
               and
               as
               it
               would
               be
               superfluous
               in
               me
               to
               endeavour
               
               to
               particularise
               what
               most
               deserves
               praise
               in
               him
               ,
               after
               so
               many
               Great
               Men
               that
               have
               given
               him
               their
               several
               Testimonials
               of
               his
               Merit
               ;
               so
               I
               should
               think
               I
               were
               guilty
               of
               an
               Injury
               beyond
               pardon
               to
               his
               Memory
               ,
               should
               I
               so
               far
               disparage
               it
               ,
               as
               to
               bring
               his
               Wit
               in
               competition
               with
               any
               of
               our
               Age.
               'T
               is
               true
               Mr.
               Dryden
               m
               has
               censured
               him
               very
               severely
               ,
               in
               his
               Postscript
               to
               Granada
               ;
               but
               in
               cool
               Blood
               ,
               and
               when
               the
               Enthusiastick
               Fit
               was
               past
               ,
               he
               has
               acknowledged
               him
               [
               in
               his
               
                 Dramatick
                 Essay
              
               ]
               Equal
               at
               least
               ,
               if
               not
               Superiour
               ,
               to
               Mr.
               Johnson
               in
               Poesie
               .
               I
               shall
               not
               here
               repeat
               what
               has
               been
               before
               urged
               in
               his
               behalf
               ;
               in
               that
               Common
               Defence
               of
               the
               Poets
               of
               that
               Time
               ,
               against
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               Account
               of
               
                 Ben.
                 Johnson
              
               ;
               but
               shall
               take
               the
               Liberty
               to
               speak
               my
               Opinion
               ,
               as
               my
               predecessors
               have
               done
               ,
               of
               his
               Works
               ;
               which
               is
               this
               ,
               That
               I
               esteem
               his
               Plays
               beyond
               any
               that
               have
               ever
               been
               published
               in
               our
               Language
               :
               and
               tho'
               I
               extreamly
               admire
               Johnson
               ,
               and
               Fletcher
               ;
               yet
               I
               must
               still
               aver
               ,
               that
               when
               in
               competition
               with
               Shakespear
               ,
               I
               must
               apply
               to
               them
               what
               
                 Justus
                 Lipsius
              
               writ
               in
               his
               Letter
               to
               
                 Andraeas
                 Schottus
              
               ,
               concerning
               Terence
               and
               Plautus
               ,
               when
               compar'd
               ;
               
                 Terentium
                 amo
                 ,
                 admiror
                 ,
                 sed
                 Plautum
                 magis
                 .
              
            
             
               He
               has
               writ
               about
               Forty
               six
               Plays
               ,
               all
               which
               except
               three
               ,
               are
               bound
               in
               one
               Volume
               in
               Fol.
               printed
               Lond.
               1685.
               
               The
               whole
               Book
               is
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Earls
               of
               Pembroke
               and
               Montgomery
               :
               being
               usher'd
               into
               the
               World
               with
               several
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               ;
               but
               none
               more
               valued
               
               than
               those
               Lines
               made
               by
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               ;
               which
               being
               too
               long
               to
               be
               here
               transcribed
               ,
               I
               shall
               leave
               them
               to
               be
               perus'd
               by
               the
               Reader
               ,
               with
               his
               Works
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               shall
               give
               some
               Account
               as
               follows
               .
            
             
               
                 All
                 's
                 well
                 ,
                 that
                 ends
                 well
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Novel
               written
               by
               
                 Jean
                 Boccacio
              
               ;
               see
               his
               Nov.
               Day
               the
               3.
               
               Nov.
               the
               9.
               concerning
               Juliet
               of
               Narbona
               ,
               and
               Bertrand
               Count
               of
               Rossilion
               .
            
             
               
                 Anthony
                 and
                 Cleopatra
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               .
               The
               Ground
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               :
               see
               
               Plutarch's
               Life
               of
               
                 Anthony
                 ;
                 Appian
                 ,
                 Dion
                 Cassius
                 ,
                 Diodorus
                 ,
                 Florus
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 As
                 you
                 like
                 it
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Comedy
                 of
                 Errors
              
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               Plautus
               his
               Maenechmi
               :
               and
               if
               it
               be
               not
               a
               just
               Translation
               ,
               't
               is
               at
               least
               a
               Paraphrase
               :
               and
               I
               think
               far
               beyond
               the
               Translation
               ,
               call'd
               Menechmus
               ,
               which
               was
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1595.
               
            
             
               Coriolanus
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               .
               This
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               :
               see
               
                 Livy
                 ,
                 Dionysius
                 Hallicarnassaeus
              
               ;
               Plutarch's
               Life
               of
               
                 Coriolanus
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               Part
               of
               this
               Play
               appear'd
               upon
               the
               Stage
               seven
               Years
               since
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Ingratitude
                 of
                 a
                 Common-Wealth
              
               .
            
             
               Cromwell
               ,
               (
               Thomas
               L
               
               d.
               )
               the
               History
               of
               his
               Life
               and
               Death
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               likewise
               founded
               on
               History
               :
               See
               
               Fox's
               Martyrology
               ;
               Fuller's
               
                 Church
                 History
                 ;
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Herbert
                 ,
                 Baker
                 ,
              
               Dr.
               
                 Burnet
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               The
               Story
               of
               Cromwell
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Frescobald
               the
               Merchant
               ,
               is
               related
               in
               Dr.
               
               Hakewell's
               Apology
               ,
               and
               
               Wanley's
               
                 History
                 of
                 Man
              
               ,
               Book
               3.
               
               Ch.
               20
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Cymbeline
                 his
                 Tragedy
              
               .
               This
               Play
               ,
               tho'
               the
               Title
               bear
               the
               Name
               of
               a
               King
               of
               
               Brute's
               Linage
               ;
               yet
               I
               think
               ows
               little
               to
               the
               Chronicles
               of
               those
               Times
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               I
               can
               collect
               ,
               from
               
                 Graston
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Milton
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               But
               the
               Subject
               is
               rather
               built
               upon
               a
               Novel
               in
               
                 Boccace
                 ,
                 viz.
              
               Day
               2.
               
               Nov.
               9.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               reviv'd
               by
               Durfey
               about
               seven
               Years
               since
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 The
                 Injured
                 Princess
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Fatal
                 Wager
              
               .
            
             
               Henry
               the
               Fourth
               ,
               the
               First
               part
               ;
               with
               the
               Life
               of
               
                 Henry
                 Percy
              
               ,
               sirnamed
               Hot-spur
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               built
               upon
               our
               English
               History
               :
               see
               the
               four
               former
               Years
               of
               his
               Reign
               ,
               in
               
                 Harding
                 ,
                 Buchanan
                 ,
                 Caxton
                 ,
                 Walsingham
                 ,
                 Fabian
                 ,
                 Polydore
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 Hall
                 ,
                 Grafton
                 ,
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Heyward
                 ,
                 Trussel
                 ,
                 Martin
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 Baker
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               As
               to
               the
               Comical
               part
               ,
               't
               is
               certainly
               our
               Author
               's
               own
               Invention
               ;
               and
               the
               Character
               of
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Falstaff
              
               ,
               is
               owned
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               to
               be
               the
               best
               of
               Comical
               Characters
               :
               and
               the
               Author
               himself
               had
               so
               good
               an
               Opinion
               of
               it
               ,
               that
               he
               continued
               it
               in
               no
               less
               than
               four
               Plays
               .
               This
               part
               used
               to
               be
               play'd
               by
               Mr.
               Lacy
               ,
               and
               never
               fail'd
               of
               universal
               applause
               .
            
             
               Henry
               the
               Fourth
               ,
               the
               Second
               part
               ;
               containing
               his
               Death
               ,
               and
               the
               Coronation
               of
               King
               Henry
               the
               Fifth
               .
               For
               the
               Historical
               part
               ,
               consult
               the
               fore-mentioned
               Authors
               .
               The
               Epilogue
               to
               this
               Play
               is
               writ
               in
               Prose
               ,
               and
               shews
               that
               't
               was
               writ
               in
               the
               Time
               of
               Q.
               Elizabeth
               .
            
             
               Henry
               the
               Fifth
               his
               Life
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               likewise
               writ
               and
               founded
               on
               History
               ,
               with
               a
               Mixture
               of
               Comedy
               .
               The
               Play
               is
               continued
               from
               the
               beginning
               of
               his
               Reign
               ,
               to
               his
               Marriage
               
               with
               Katherine
               of
               France
               .
               For
               Historians
               ,
               see
               as
               before
               ,
               
                 Harding
                 ,
                 Caxton
                 ,
                 Walsingham
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               This
               Play
               was
               writ
               during
               the
               time
               that
               Essex
               was
               General
               in
               Ireland
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               first
               Act
               ;
               where
               our
               Poet
               by
               a
               pretty
               Turn
               ,
               compliments
               Essex
               ,
               and
               seems
               to
               foretell
               Victory
               to
               Her
               Majesties
               Forces
               against
               the
               Rebels
               .
            
             
               Henry
               the
               Sixth
               ,
               the
               First
               part
               .
            
             
               Henry
               the
               Sixth
               ,
               the
               Second
               part
               ,
               with
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               Good
               Duke
               Humphrey
               .
            
             
               Henry
               the
               Sixth
               ,
               the
               Third
               part
               ,
               with
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
               York
               .
               These
               three
               Plays
               contain
               the
               whole
               length
               of
               this
               Kings
               Reign
               ,
               viz.
               Thirty
               eight
               Years
               ,
               six
               Weeks
               ,
               and
               four
               Days
               .
               Altho'
               this
               be
               contrary
               to
               the
               strict
               Rules
               of
               
                 Dramatick
                 Poetry
              
               ;
               yet
               it
               must
               be
               own'd
               ,
               even
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               n
               himself
               ,
               That
               this
               Picture
               in
               Miniature
               ,
               has
               many
               Features
               ,
               which
               excell
               even
               several
               of
               his
               more
               exact
               Strokes
               of
               Symmetry
               ,
               and
               Proportion
               .
               For
               the
               Story
               ,
               consult
               the
               Writers
               of
               those
               Times
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Caxton
                 ,
                 Fabian
                 ,
                 Pol.
                 Virgil.
                 Hall
                 ,
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Grafton
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               Henry
               the
               Eighth
               ,
               the
               Famous
               History
               of
               his
               Life
               .
               This
               Play
               frequently
               appears
               on
               the
               present
               Stage
               ;
               the
               part
               of
               Henry
               being
               extreamly
               well
               acted
               by
               Mr.
               Betterton
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               likewise
               .
               
                 Hollingsh
                 .
                 Hall
                 ,
                 Grafton
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 Herbert
                 ,
                 Martin
                 ,
                 Baker
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               Hamlet
               ,
               Prince
               of
               Denmark
               ,
               his
               Tragedy
               .
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               this
               Story
               be
               true
               or
               false
               ;
               but
               I
               cannot
               find
               in
               the
               List
               given
               by
               Dr.
               Heylin
               ,
               
               such
               a
               King
               of
               Denmark
               ,
               as
               Claudius
               .
               All
               that
               I
               can
               inform
               the
               Reader
               ,
               is
               the
               Names
               of
               those
               Authors
               that
               have
               written
               of
               the
               Affairs
               of
               Denmark
               and
               Norway
               ;
               and
               must
               leave
               it
               to
               their
               further
               search
               :
               such
               are
               
                 Saxo-Grammaticus
                 ,
                 Idacius
                 ,
                 Crantzius
                 ,
                 Pontanus
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               This
               Play
               was
               not
               many
               Years
               ago
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ;
               all
               being
               mark'd
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Custom
               of
               the
               Stage
               ,
               which
               was
               cut
               out
               in
               the
               Action
               .
            
             
               John
               King
               of
               England
               ,
               his
               Life
               and
               Death
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               
                 Matth.
                 Paris
                 ,
                 R.
                 Higden
                 ,
                 Walsingham
                 ,
                 Westminster
                 ,
                 Fabian
                 ,
                 Pol.
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Grafton
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Julius
                 Caesar
              
               his
               Tragedy
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               ;
               see
               
                 Livy
                 ,
                 Plutarch
                 ,
                 Suetonius
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               This
               Play
               was
               reviv'd
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               about
               fifteen
               Years
               ago
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1684.
               
               There
               is
               an
               Excellent
               Prologue
               to
               it
               ,
               printed
               in
               
                 Covent
                 Garden
                 Drollery
              
               ,
               p.
               9.
               
            
             
               Lear
               King
               of
               England
               ,
               his
               Tragedy
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               ;
               see
               such
               Authors
               as
               have
               written
               concerning
               Brutes
               History
               ,
               as
               
                 Leland
                 ,
                 Glocester
                 ,
                 Huntingdon
                 ,
                 Monmouth
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               But
               the
               Subject
               of
               this
               Story
               may
               be
               read
               succinctly
               in
               
               Milton's
               History
               of
               England
               ,
               4
               
               o.
               Book
               1.
               p.
               17.
               &c.
               
               This
               Play
               about
               eight
               Years
               since
               was
               reviv'd
               with
               Alterations
               ,
               by
               Mr.
               Tate
               .
            
             
               Locrine
               Eldest
               Son
               to
               King
               Brutus
               ,
               his
               Tragedy
               .
               This
               Tragedy
               contains
               his
               Reign
               ,
               with
               the
               loss
               of
               Estrildis
               and
               Sabra
               ;
               which
               according
               to
               
               Isaacson's
               Chronology
               ,
               was
               twenty
               Years
               .
               For
               the
               Authors
               ,
               consult
               those
               aforemention'd
               ,
               
               particularly
               Milton
               ,
               Book
               1.
               p.
               14.
               
               Supplement
               to
               
                 Theatre
                 of
                 Gods
                 Judgments
              
               ,
               Ch.
               6
               .
               
                 Ubaldino
                 Le
                 vite
                 delle
                 Donne
                 Illustri
                 ,
              
               p.
               7.
               
            
             
               London
               Prodigal
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
               This
               is
               One
               of
               the
               Seven
               Plays
               which
               are
               added
               to
               this
               Volume
               ;
               which
               tho'
               printed
               all
               of
               them
               in
               4
               
               o.
               were
               never
               in
               Folio
               ,
               till
               1685.
               
               Two
               of
               these
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Cromwell
              
               and
               Locrine
               ,
               we
               have
               already
               handled
               ;
               the
               Remaining
               four
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Old-castle
                 ,
                 Pericles
                 ,
                 Puritan
                 Widow
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Yorkshire
                 Tragedy
              
               ,
               shall
               be
               treated
               in
               their
               order
               .
            
             
               
                 Loves
                 Labour
                 lost
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               :
               the
               Story
               of
               which
               I
               can
               give
               no
               Account
               of
               .
            
             
               
                 Measure
                 for
                 Measure
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               founded
               on
               a
               Novel
               in
               
                 Cynthio
                 Giraldi
                 :
                 viz.
                 Deca
                 Ottava
                 ,
                 Novella
              
               51
               The
               like
               Story
               is
               in
               
               Goulart's
               
                 Histoires
                 Admirables
                 de
                 nôtre
                 temps
                 ,
                 Tome
              
               1.
               page
               216.
               and
               in
               
                 Lipsii
                 Monita
              
               L.2
               .
               C.
               9
               .
               p.
               125.
               
               This
               Play
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               observed
               ,
               was
               made
               use
               of
               with
               the
               Comedy
               
                 Much
                 ado
                 about
                 nothing
              
               ,
               by
               Sir
               
                 William
                 D'
                 Avenant
              
               ,
               in
               his
               
                 Law
                 against
                 Lovers
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Merchant
                 of
              
               Venice
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Merry
                 Wives
                 of
              
               Windsor
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ;
               which
               Mr.
               Dryden
               o
               allows
               to
               be
               exactly
               form'd
               ;
               and
               it
               was
               regular
               before
               any
               of
               Ben.
               Johnson's
               .
               This
               is
               not
               wholly
               without
               the
               Assistance
               of
               Novels
               ;
               witness
               Mrs.
               
               Ford's
               conveying
               out
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Falstaff
              
               in
               the
               Basket
               of
               Foul
               Clothes
               ;
               and
               his
               declaring
               all
               the
               Intrigue
               to
               her
               Husband
               ,
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               Mr.
               Broom
               ;
               which
               Story
               is
               related
               in
               the
               first
               Novel
               of
               
                 The
                 Fortunate
                 Deceived
                 ,
                 and
                 Unfortunate
                 Lovers
                 :
              
               which
               
               Book
               ,
               tho'
               written
               since
               
               Shakespear's
               Time
               ,
               I
               am
               able
               to
               prove
               several
               of
               those
               Novels
               are
               translated
               out
               of
               
                 Cynthio
                 Giraldi
              
               ,
               others
               from
               Mallespini
               ;
               and
               I
               believe
               the
               whole
               to
               be
               a
               Collection
               from
               old
               Novelists
               .
            
             
               Mackbeth
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ;
               which
               was
               reviv'd
               by
               the
               Dukes
               Company
               ,
               and
               re-printed
               with
               Alterations
               ,
               and
               New
               Songs
               ,
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1674.
               
               The
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               History
               of
               Scotland
               .
               The
               Reader
               may
               consult
               these
               Writers
               for
               the
               Story
               :
               
                 viz.
                 Hector
                 Boetius
                 ,
                 Buchanan
                 ,
                 Du
                 chesne
                 ,
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               The
               same
               Story
               is
               succinctly
               related
               in
               Verse
               ,
               in
               
               Heywood's
               
                 Hierarchy
                 of
                 Angels
              
               ,
               B.
               1.
               p.
               508.
               and
               in
               Prose
               in
               
               Heylin's
               Cosmography
               ,
               Book
               1.
               in
               the
               Hist
               of
               Brittain
               ,
               where
               he
               may
               read
               the
               Story
               at
               large
               .
               At
               the
               Acting
               of
               this
               Tragedy
               ,
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               I
               saw
               a
               real
               one
               acted
               in
               the
               Pit
               ;
               I
               mean
               the
               Death
               of
               Mr.
               Scroop
               ,
               who
               received
               his
               death's
               wound
               from
               the
               late
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Armstrong
              
               ,
               and
               died
               presently
               after
               he
               was
               remov'd
               to
               a
               House
               opposite
               to
               the
               Theatre
               ,
               in
               Dorset-Garden
               .
            
             
               
                 Midsummer
                 Nights
                 Dream
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
               The
               Comical
               part
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               is
               printed
               separately
               in
               4
               
               o.
               and
               used
               to
               be
               acted
               at
               Bartholomew
               Fair
               ,
               and
               other
               Markets
               in
               the
               Country
               by
               Strolers
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Bottom
                 the
                 Weaver
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Much
                 ado
                 about
                 nothing
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
               I
               have
               already
               spoke
               of
               Sir
               
                 William
                 D'
              
               Avenant's
               making
               use
               of
               this
               Comedy
               .
               All
               that
               I
               have
               to
               remark
               is
               ,
               That
               the
               contrivance
               of
               Borachio
               ,
               in
               behalf
               of
               John
               the
               Bastard
               to
               make
               Claudio
               jealous
               of
               Hero
               ,
               by
               the
               Assistance
               of
               her
               Waiting-Woman
               Margaret
               ,
               is
               borrowed
               from
               
               Ariosto's
               
               
                 Orlando
                 Furioso
              
               :
               see
               Book
               the
               fifth
               in
               the
               Story
               of
               
                 Lurcanio
                 ,
                 and
                 Geneuza
              
               :
               the
               like
               Story
               is
               in
               
               Spencer's
               
                 Fairy
                 Queen
              
               ,
               Book
               2.
               
               Canto
               4.
               
            
             
               Oldcastle
               ,
               
                 the
                 good
                 Lord
              
               Cobham
               
                 his
                 History
              
               .
               The
               Protagonist
               in
               this
               Play
               ,
               is
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Oldcastle
              
               ,
               who
               was
               executed
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Henry
               the
               Fifth
               :
               See
               his
               Life
               at
               large
               in
               Fox
               his
               Martyrology
               ;
               Dr.
               Fuller
               ,
               and
               other
               Writers
               of
               Church
               History
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Chronologers
               .
            
             
               Othello
               ,
               
                 the
                 Moor
                 of
              
               Venice
               
                 his
                 Tragedy
              
               .
               This
               is
               reckoned
               an
               Admirable
               Tragedy
               ;
               and
               was
               reprinted
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1680.
               and
               is
               still
               an
               Entertainment
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               .
               Our
               Author
               borrowed
               the
               Story
               from
               
               Cynthio's
               Novels
               ,
               Dec.
               3.
               
               Nov.
               7.
               
               The
               truth
               is
               ,
               
                 Salustio
                 Picolomini
              
               in
               his
               Letter
               to
               the
               Author
               ,
               extreamly
               applauds
               these
               Novels
               ,
               as
               being
               most
               of
               them
               fit
               Subjects
               for
               Tragedy
               ;
               as
               you
               may
               see
               by
               the
               following
               Lines
               .
               
                 
                   Gli
                   Heccatomithi
                   vostri
                   ,
                   Signor
                
                 Cynthio
                 ,
                 
                   mi
                   sono
                   maravigliosa
                   mente
                   piaciuti
                   .
                   Et
                   fra
                   le
                   altre
                   cose
                   io
                   ci
                   ho
                   veduti
                   i
                   più
                   belli
                   argomente
                   di
                   Tragedie
                   ,
                   che
                   si
                   possano
                   imaginare
                   ,
                   &
                   quanto
                   a
                   i
                   nodi
                   ,
                   &
                   quanto
                   alle
                   solutioni
                   ,
                   tanto
                   felicemente
                   ho
                   viste
                   legate
                   le
                   difficulta
                   ,
                   che
                   pure
                   ano
                   impossibili
                   ad
                   essere
                   slegate
                   .
                
              
               Mr.
               Dryden
               says
               p
               ,
               That
               most
               of
               
               Shakespear's
               Plots
               ,
               he
               means
               the
               Story
               of
               them
               ;
               are
               to
               be
               found
               in
               this
               Author
               .
               I
               must
               confess
               ,
               that
               having
               with
               great
               difficulty
               obtained
               the
               Book
               from
               London
               ,
               I
               have
               found
               but
               two
               of
               those
               mentioned
               by
               him
               ,
               tho'
               I
               have
               read
               the
               Book
               carefully
               over
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Pericles
                 Prince
                 of
                 Tyre
              
               ;
               with
               the
               true-Relation
               of
               the
               whole
               History
               ,
               Adventures
               ,
               and
               Fortunes
               of
               the
               said
               Prince
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               publish'd
               in
               the
               Author's
               Life-time
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               The
               much
               Admired
               Play
               of
               Pericles
               ;
               by
               which
               you
               may
               guess
               the
               value
               the
               Auditors
               and
               Spectators
               of
               that
               Age
               had
               for
               it
               .
               I
               know
               not
               whence
               our
               Author
               fetch'd
               his
               Story
               ,
               not
               meeting
               in
               History
               with
               any
               such
               Prince
               of
               Tyre
               ;
               nor
               remembring
               any
               of
               that
               Name
               ,
               except
               the
               Famous
               Athenian
               ,
               whose
               Life
               is
               celebrated
               by
               Plutarch
               .
            
             
               Puritan
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Widow
                 of
                 Wattling-street
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               sufficiently
               diverting
               .
            
             
               Richard
               
                 the
                 Second
                 his
                 Life
                 and
                 Death
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               which
               is
               extreamly
               commended
               even
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               in
               his
               Grounds
               of
               Criticisme
               in
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               before
               
                 Troilus
                 and
                 Cressida
              
               :
               and
               Mr.
               Tate
               ,
               who
               altered
               this
               Play
               in
               1681.
               says
               ,
               That
               there
               are
               some
               Master-touches
               in
               this
               Play
               ,
               that
               will
               vye
               with
               the
               best
               Roman
               Poets
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               consult
               the
               Chronicles
               of
               
                 Harding
                 ,
                 Caxton
                 ,
                 Walsingham
                 ,
                 Fabian
                 ,
                 Pol.
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 Grafton
                 ,
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               Richard
               
                 the
                 Third
                 his
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 landing
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
              
               Richmond
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
                 Battle
                 of
              
               Bosworth
               Field
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               also
               founded
               on
               History
               .
               See
               
                 Fabian
                 ,
                 Caxton
                 ,
                 Pol.
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Grafton
                 ,
                 Trussel
                 ,
                 stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 Baker
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Romeo
                 and
                 Juliet
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               accounted
               amongst
               the
               best
               of
               our
               Author's
               Works
               .
               Mr.
               Dryden
               says
               ,
               That
               he
               has
               read
               the
               Story
               of
               it
               in
               the
               Novels
               of
               Cynthio
               ;
               which
               
               as
               yet
               I
               cannot
               find
               ,
               but
               set
               it
               down
               in
               my
               former
               Catalogue
               ,
               relying
               upon
               his
               Knowledge
               .
               But
               I
               have
               since
               read
               it
               in
               French
               ,
               translated
               by
               M.
               
                 Pierre
                 Boisteau
              
               ,
               whose
               Sir-name
               was
               Launay
               ;
               who
               says
               it
               was
               writ
               by
               Bandello
               ;
               but
               not
               having
               as
               yet
               met
               with
               Bandello
               in
               the
               Original
               ,
               I
               must
               acquiesce
               in
               his
               Word
               .
               The
               French
               Reader
               may
               peruse
               it
               in
               the
               first
               Tome
               of
               
                 Les
                 Histoires
                 Tragicques
                 ,
                 extraictes
                 des
                 oeuvres
                 Italiennes
                 de
                 Bandello
                 ,
                 imprimé
              
               8
               
               o.
               
                 à
                 Turin
              
               157c
               .
            
             
               
                 Taming
                 of
                 the
                 Shrew
              
               ,
               a
               very
               diverting
               Comedy
               .
               The
               Story
               of
               the
               Tinker
               ,
               is
               related
               by
               
                 Pontus
                 Heuteras
                 ,
                 Rerum
                 Burdicarum
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               4.
               and
               by
               Goulart
               ,
               in
               his
               
                 Hist.
                 Admirables
              
               ,
               Tom.
               1.
               p.
               360
            
             
               Tempest
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               How
               much
               this
               Play
               is
               now
               in
               Esteem
               ,
               tho'
               the
               Foundation
               were
               
               Shakespear's
               ,
               all
               People
               know
               .
               How
               it
               took
               at
               the
               Black-fryars
               ,
               let
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               Preface
               speak
               .
               For
               his
               Opinion
               of
               Caliban
               ,
               the
               Monster
               's
               Character
               ,
               let
               his
               Preface
               to
               
                 Troilus
                 and
                 Cressida
              
               explain
               .
               
                 No
                 Man
                 except
                 Shakespear
                 ,
                 ever
                 drew
                 so
                 many
                 Charactars
                 ,
                 or
                 generally
                 distinguish'd
                 them
                 better
                 from
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 except
                 only
                 Johnson
                 :
                 I
                 will
                 instance
                 but
                 in
                 one
                 ,
                 to
                 shew
                 the
                 copiousness
                 of
                 his
                 Invention
                 ;
                 t
                 is
                 that
                 of
                 Caliban
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Monster
                 in
                 the
                 Tempest
                 :
                 He
                 seems
                 here
                 to
                 have
                 created
                 a
                 Person
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 not
                 in
                 Nature
                 ;
                 a
                 boldness
                 which
                 at
                 first
                 sight
                 would
                 appear
                 intolerable
                 :
                 For
                 he
                 makes
                 him
                 a
                 species
                 of
                 himself
                 begotten
                 by
                 an
                 Incubus
                 on
                 a
                 Witch
                 ;
                 but
                 this
                 is
                 not
                 wholly
                 beyond
                 the
                 bounds
                 of
                 Credibility
                 ;
                 at
                 least
                 ,
                 the
                 Vulgar
                 (
                 I
                 suppose
                 )
                 still
                 believe
                 it
                 .
              
               
               But
               this
               is
               not
               the
               only
               Character
               of
               this
               Nature
               that
               Mr.
               Shakespear
               has
               written
               ;
               for
               Merlin
               ,
               as
               he
               introduces
               him
               ,
               is
               cozen-German
               to
               Caliban
               by
               Birth
               ;
               as
               those
               may
               observe
               ,
               who
               will
               read
               that
               Play.
               As
               to
               the
               Foundation
               of
               this
               Comedy
               ,
               I
               am
               ignorant
               whether
               it
               be
               the
               Author
               's
               own
               Contrivance
               ,
               or
               a
               Novel
               built
               up
               into
               a
               Play.
               
            
             
               
                 Titus
                 Andronicus
              
               his
               Lamentable
               Tragedy
               :
               This
               Play
               was
               first
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1594.
               and
               acted
               by
               the
               Earls
               of
               
                 Derby
                 ,
                 Pembroke
              
               ,
               and
               Essex
               ,
               their
               Servants
               .
               'T
               was
               about
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Popish-plot
               revived
               and
               altered
               by
               Mr.
               Ravenscroft
               .
               In
               his
               Preface
               to
               the
               Reader
               ,
               he
               says
               q
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 thinks
                 it
                 a
                 greater
                 theft
                 to
                 rob
                 the
                 Dead
                 of
                 their
                 Praise
                 ,
                 than
                 the
                 Living
                 of
                 their
                 Money
                 :
              
               Whether
               his
               Practice
               agree
               with
               his
               Protestation
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               the
               Comparison
               of
               his
               Works
               ,
               with
               those
               of
               Molliere
               :
               and
               whether
               Mr.
               
               Shadwell's
               Opinion
               of
               Plagiaries
               ,
               reach
               not
               Mr.
               Ravenscroft
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               the
               Reader
               .
               
                 I
                 (
                 says
                 he
                 r
                 ingeniously
                 )
                 freely
                 confess
                 my
                 Theft
                 ,
                 and
                 am
                 asham'd
                 on
                 't
                 ;
                 tho'
                 I
                 have
                 the
                 Example
                 of
                 some
                 that
                 never
                 yet
                 wrote
                 a
                 Play
                 ,
                 without
                 stealing
                 most
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 (
                 like
                 Men
                 that
                 Lye
                 so
                 long
                 ,
                 till
                 they
                 believe
                 themselves
                 )
                 at
                 length
                 by
                 continual
                 Thieving
                 ,
                 reckon
                 their
                 stollen
                 Goods
                 their
                 own
                 too
                 :
                 which
                 is
                 so
                 Ignoble
                 a
                 thing
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 cannot
                 but
                 believe
                 that
                 he
                 that
                 makes
                 a
                 common
                 practice
                 of
                 stealing
                 other
                 Men's
                 Wit
                 ,
                 would
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 could
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 Safety
                 ,
                 steal
                 any
                 thing
                 else
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Ravenscroft
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Epistle
                 
                 to
                 Titus
                 ,
                 says
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Play
                 was
                 not
                 originally
                 
                 Shakespear's
                 ,
                 but
                 brought
                 by
                 a
                 private
                 Author
                 to
                 be
                 acted
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 only
                 gave
                 some
                 Master-touches
                 to
                 one
                 or
                 two
                 of
                 the
                 principal
                 Parts
                 or
                 Characters
                 :
                 afterwards
                 he
                 boasts
                 his
                 own
                 pains
                 ;
                 and
                 says
                 ,
                 That
                 if
                 the
                 Reader
                 compare
                 the
                 Old
                 Play
                 with
                 his
                 Copy
                 ,
                 he
                 will
                 find
                 that
                 none
                 in
                 all
                 that
                 Author's
                 Works
                 ever
                 receiv'd
                 greater
                 Alterations
                 ,
                 or
                 Additions
                 ;
                 the
                 Language
                 not
                 only
                 refined
                 ,
                 but
                 many
                 Scenes
                 entirely
                 new
                 :
                 Besides
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 principal
                 Characters
                 heightened
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Plot
                 much
                 encreased
                 .
              
               I
               shall
               not
               engage
               in
               this
               Controversy
               ;
               but
               leave
               it
               to
               his
               Rivals
               in
               the
               Wrack
               of
               that
               Great
               Man
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Dryden
                 ,
                 Shadwell
                 ,
                 Crown
                 ,
                 Tate
                 ,
              
               and
               Durfey
               .
               But
               to
               make
               Mr.
               Ravenscroft
               some
               Reparation
               ,
               I
               will
               here
               furnish
               him
               with
               part
               of
               his
               Prologue
               ,
               which
               he
               has
               lost
               ;
               and
               if
               he
               desire
               it
               ,
               send
               him
               the
               whole
               .
            
             
               
                 To
                 day
                 the
                 Poet
                 does
                 not
                 fear
                 your
                 Rage
                 ,
              
               
                 Shakespear
                 by
                 him
                 reviv'd
                 now
                 treads
                 the
                 Stage
                 :
              
               
                 Under
                 his
                 sacred
                 Lawrels
                 he
                 sits
                 down
              
               
                 Safe
                 ,
                 form
                 the
                 blast
                 of
                 any
                 Criticks
                 Frown
                 .
              
               
                 Like
                 other
                 Poets
                 ,
                 he
                 'll
                 not
                 proudly
                 scorn
              
               
                 To
                 own
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 but
                 winnow'd
                 
                 Shakespear's
                 Corn
                 ;
              
               
                 So
                 far
                 he
                 was
                 from
                 robbing
                 him
                 of
                 's
                 Treasure
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 he
                 did
                 add
                 his
                 own
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 full
                 Measure
                 .
              
            
             
               Timon
               of
               Athens
               
                 his
                 Life
              
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               thought
               fit
               to
               be
               presented
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               with
               some
               Alterations
               by
               Mr.
               Shadwell
               ,
               in
               the
               Year
               1678.
               
               I
               shall
               say
               more
               of
               it
               in
               the
               Accounts
               of
               his
               Works
               .
               The
               Foundation
               of
               the
               Story
               
               may
               be
               read
               in
               
               Plutarch's
               Life
               of
               
                 M.
                 Anthony
              
               ;
               see
               besides
               
               Lucian's
               
                 Dialogues
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Troilus
                 and
                 Cressida
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               .
               Of
               this
               Play
               I
               have
               already
               given
               an
               Account
               :
               see
               the
               Name
               ,
               in
               the
               Remarks
               on
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               who
               altered
               this
               Play
               ,
               in
               the
               Year
               1679.
               
            
             
               Twelfth-Night
               ,
               or
               
                 What
                 you
                 will
              
               ;
               a
               comedy
               .
               I
               know
               not
               whence
               this
               Play
               was
               taken
               ;
               but
               the
               Resemblance
               of
               Sebastian
               to
               his
               Sister
               Viola
               ,
               and
               her
               change
               of
               Habit
               ,
               occasioning
               so
               many
               mistakes
               ,
               was
               doubtless
               first
               borrowed
               (
               not
               only
               by
               Shakespear
               ,
               but
               all
               our
               succeeding
               Poets
               )
               from
               Plautus
               ,
               who
               has
               made
               use
               of
               it
               in
               several
               Plays
               ,
               as
               
                 Amphitruo
                 ,
                 Maenechmi
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Two
                 Gentlemen
                 of
              
               Verona
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Winter's
                 Tale
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               .
               The
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               may
               be
               read
               in
               a
               little
               Stitcht-pamphlet
               ,
               which
               is
               call'd
               ,
               as
               I
               remember
               ,
               
                 The
                 Delectable
                 History
                 of
              
               Dorastus
               and
               Fawnia
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               —
            
             
               Yorkshire
               
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 not
                 so
                 new
                 ,
                 as
                 lamentable
                 and
                 true
                 .
              
               This
               may
               rather
               deserve
               the
               Old
               Title
               of
               an
               Interlude
               ,
               than
               a
               Tragedy
               ;
               it
               being
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts
               ;
               and
               being
               far
               too
               short
               for
               a
               Play.
               
            
             
               These
               are
               all
               that
               are
               in
               Folio
               ;
               there
               rest
               yet
               three
               Plays
               to
               be
               taken
               notice
               of
               ,
               which
               are
               printed
               in
               quarto
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Birth
                 of
              
               Merlin
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Child
                 has
                 lost
                 his
                 Father
              
               ;
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               several
               times
               acted
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1662.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               writ
               by
               our
               Author
               and
               Mr.
               
                 W.
                 Rowly
              
               ;
               of
               which
               we
               have
               already
               spoken
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               consult
               the
               Authors
               of
               those
               times
               :
               
               such
               as
               
                 Ethelwerd
                 ,
                 Bede
                 ,
                 G.
                 Monmouth
                 ,
                 Fabian
                 ,
                 Pol.
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 &
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Ubaldino
                 ,
                 Le
                 Vite
                 delle
                 Donne
                 Illustri
                 ,
                 p.
              
               18.
               
            
             
               John
               
                 King
                 of
              
               England
               
                 his
                 troublesome
                 Reign
              
               ;
               the
               First
               and
               Second
               Part
               ,
               with
               Discovery
               of
               King
               
                 Richard
                 Coeur
                 de
              
               lyon's
               Base
               Son
               ,
               (
               vulgarly
               named
               the
               
                 Bastard
                 Fawconbridge
              
               .
               )
               Also
               the
               Death
               of
               King
               John
               at
               Swinstead
               Abbey
               .
               As
               they
               were
               sundry
               times
               acted
               by
               the
               Queens
               Majesties
               Players
               ,
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1611.
               
               These
               Plays
               are
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts
               ,
               neither
               are
               the
               same
               with
               that
               in
               Folio
               ,
               I
               am
               apt
               to
               conjecture
               that
               these
               were
               first
               writ
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               revised
               and
               reduced
               into
               one
               Play
               by
               him
               :
               that
               in
               the
               Folio
               ,
               being
               far
               the
               better
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               I
               refer
               you
               to
               the
               Authors
               aforementioned
               ,
               in
               that
               Play
               which
               bears
               the
               same
               Title
               .
            
             
               Besides
               these
               Plays
               ,
               I
               know
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               ascribes
               ,
               another
               Pastoral
               to
               him
               ;
               
                 viz.
                 The
                 Arraignment
                 of
              
               Paris
               :
               but
               having
               never
               seen
               it
               ,
               I
               dare
               not
               determine
               whether
               it
               belongs
               to
               him
               or
               no.
               Certain
               I
               am
               ,
               that
               our
               Author
               has
               writ
               two
               small
               Poems
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Venus
                 and
                 Adonis
              
               ,
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1602.
               and
               
                 The
                 Rape
                 of
              
               Lucrece
               ,
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1655.
               publish'd
               by
               Mr.
               Quarles
               ,
               with
               a
               little
               Poem
               annext
               of
               his
               own
               production
               ,
               which
               bear
               the
               Title
               of
               Tarquin
               banished
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Reward
                 of
                 Lust.
              
               Sr.
               
                 John
                 Sucklin
              
               had
               so
               great
               a
               Value
               for
               our
               Author
               ,
               that
               (
               as
               Mr.
               Dryden
               observes
               in
               his
               
                 Dramatick
                 Essay
              
               )
               he
               preferred
               him
               to
               Iohnson
               :
               and
               what
               value
               he
               had
               for
               this
               small
               Piece
               of
               Lucrece
               ,
               may
               appear
               from
               his
               Supplement
               which
               he
               writ
               ,
               and
               
               which
               he
               has
               publisht
               in
               his
               Poems
               :
               which
               because
               it
               will
               give
               you
               a
               taste
               of
               both
               their
               Muses
               ,
               I
               shall
               transcribe
               .
            
             
               
                 I.
                 
              
               
                 One
                 of
                 her
                 Hands
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 her
                 Cheeks
                 lay
                 under
                 ,
              
               
                 Cozening
                 the
                 Pillow
                 of
                 a
                 lawfull
                 Kiss
                 ,
              
               
                 Which
                 therefore
                 swell'd
                 ,
                 &
                 seem'd
                 to
                 part
                 asunder
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 angry
                 to
                 be
                 robb'd
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 Bliss
                 :
              
               
                 The
                 One
                 lookt
                 pale
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 Revenge
                 did
                 long
                 ,
              
               
                 Whilst
                 t'
                 other
                 blusht
                 ,
                 'cause
                 it
                 had
                 done
                 the
                 wrong
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 II.
                 
              
               
                 Out
                 of
                 the
                 Bed
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 fair
                 Hand
                 was
              
               
                 On
                 a
                 green
                 Sattin
                 Quilt
                 ,
                 whose
                 perfect
                 white
                 ,
              
               
                 Lookt
                 like
                 a
                 Dazie
                 in
                 a
                 field
                 of
                 Grass
                 ,
              
               
                 s
                 And
                 shew'd
                 like
                 unmelt
                 snow
                 unto
                 the
                 sight
                 :
              
               
                 There
                 lay
                 this
                 pretty
                 perdue
                 :
                 safe
                 to
                 keep
              
               
                 The
                 rest
                 o'
                 th'
                 Body
                 that
                 lay
                 fast
                 asleep
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 III.
                 
              
               
                 Her
                 Eyes
                 (
                 and
                 therefore
                 it
                 was
                 Night
                 )
                 close
                 laid
                 ,
              
               
                 Strove
                 to
                 imprison
                 Beauty
                 till
                 the
                 Morn
                 :
              
               
                 But
                 yet
                 the
                 Doors
                 ,
                 were
                 of
                 such
                 fine
                 stuff
                 made
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 it
                 broke
                 through
                 &
                 shew'd
                 it self
                 in
                 scorn
                 ;
              
               
                 Throwing
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 light
                 about
                 the
                 place
                 ,
              
               
                 Which
                 turn'd
                 to
                 smiles
                 ,
                 still
                 as
                 't
                 came
                 near
                 her
                 Face
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               have
               now
               no
               more
               to
               do
               ,
               but
               to
               close
               up
               all
               ,
               with
               an
               Account
               of
               his
               Death
               ;
               which
               was
               on
               the
               23
               d
               of
               
                 April
                 ,
                 Anno
                 Dom.
              
               1616.
               
               He
               
               lyeth
               Buried
               in
               the
               Great
               Church
               in
               Strasford
               upon
               Avon
               ,
               with
               his
               Wife
               and
               Daughter
               Susanna
               ;
               the
               Wife
               of
               Mr.
               
                 John
                 Hall.
              
               In
               the
               North
               Wall
               of
               the
               Chancel
               ,
               is
               a
               Monument
               fixed
               which
               represents
               his
               true
               Effigies
               ,
               leaning
               upon
               a
               Cushion
               ,
               with
               the
               following
               Inscription
               .
            
             
               
                 Ingenio
                 Pylum
                 ,
                 genio
                 Socratem
                 ,
                 arte
                 Maronem
                 ,
              
               
                 Terra
                 tegit
                 ,
                 Populus
                 moeret
                 ,
                 Olympus
                 habet
                 .
              
               
                 Stay
                 ,
                 Passenger
                 ,
                 why
                 dost
                 thou
                 go
                 so
                 fast
                 ?
              
               
                 Read
                 ,
                 if
                 thou
                 canst
                 ,
                 whom
                 envious
                 Death
                 has
                 plac't
              
               
                 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
               where
               this
               Monument
               is
               Erected
               ,
               lyeth
               a
               plain
               Free-stone
               ,
               underneath
               which
               ,
               his
               Body
               is
               Buried
               ,
               with
               this
               Epitaph
               .
            
             
               
                 Good
                 Friend
                 ,
                 for
                 Jesus
                 sake
                 ,
                 forbear
              
               
                 To
                 dig
                 the
                 Dust
                 enclosed
                 here
                 .
              
               
                 Blest
                 be
                 the
                 Man
                 that
                 spares
                 these
                 Stones
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 curs'd
                 be
                 he
                 that
                 moves
                 my
                 Bones
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Lewis
               SHARPE
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Martyr
               ,
               stiled
            
             
             
               
                 Noble
                 Stranger
              
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               private
               House
               in
               Salisbury
               Court
               ,
               by
               her
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Sir
               
                 Edmund
                 Williams
              
               .
               'T
               is
               commended
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               ,
               writ
               by
               
                 Rich.
                 Woolfall
              
               ;
               of
               which
               these
               are
               part
               :
               
                 
                   —
                   Yet
                   do
                   not
                   fear
                   the
                   danger
                
                 
                   Of
                   Critick
                   Readers
                   ,
                   since
                   thy
                   
                     Noble
                     Stranger
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   With
                   pleasing
                   straines
                   has
                   smooth'd
                   rugged
                   Fate
                
                 
                   Of
                   oft-cramn'd
                   Theaters
                   ,
                   and
                   prov'd
                   Fortunate
                   :
                
                 
                   Smile
                   at
                   their
                   frowns
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   dare
                   boldly
                   say
                   ,
                
                 
                   Who
                   ere
                   dislikes
                   it
                   ,
                   cannot
                   mend
                   thy
                   Play.
                   
                
              
               If
               this
               Play
               be
               look'd
               upon
               with
               mild
               Eyes
               ,
               it
               will
               weigh
               against
               some
               Plays
               writ
               in
               our
               Time.
               There
               is
               somewhat
               in
               the
               Characters
               of
               Pupillus
               and
               Mercutio
               ,
               which
               might
               take
               in
               this
               Age
               :
               and
               I
               believe
               old
               Lacy
               had
               read
               this
               Play
               ,
               before
               he
               writ
               the
               Character
               of
               several
               Poets
               of
               his
               
                 Poetical
                 Squire
                 Buffon
              
               .
               In
               the
               fourth
               Act
               ,
               he
               has
               given
               the
               Characters
               of
               several
               Poets
               ;
               particularly
               of
               
                 Ben.
                 Johnson
              
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               a
               
                 Confident
                 Poetical
                 Wit
              
               ;
               as
               may
               be
               guessed
               from
               the
               Epilogue
               ,
               to
               
               Cynthia's
               Revels
               ;
               
                 
                   This
                   from
                   our
                   Author
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   bid
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                
                 
                   By
                   Jove
                   't
                   is
                   good
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   you
                   'l
                   lik
                   't
                   you
                   may
                   .
                
              
               But
               I
               leave
               this
               to
               the
               Judgment
               of
               the
               Curious
               Reader
               ;
               and
               hasten
               to
               the
               next
               Poet.
               
            
          
           
             
               Edward
               SHARPHAM
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               of
               the
               Middle-Temple
               ,
               who
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               He
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               called
            
             
             
               Fleire
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               often
               paly'd
               in
               the
               Black-fryars
               ,
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               the
               Revels
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1615.
               
               I
               take
               the
               Character
               of
               Antifront
               the
               Duke
               of
               Florence
               ,
               to
               be
               a
               pattern
               taken
               from
               Hercules
               Duke
               of
               Ferrara
               :
               and
               
               Marston's
               Fawne
               ,
               to
               be
               the
               Father
               of
               
               Sharpham's
               Fleire
               ;
               but
               this
               I
               leave
               to
               the
               Judgment
               of
               others
               ,
               to
               decide
               they
               please
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               SHEPHEARD
               .
            
             
               One
               who
               lived
               in
               the
               time
               of
               the
               late
               Unhappy
               Civil
               Wars
               ;
               and
               whose
               Loyalty
               seems
               to
               have
               been
               far
               better
               than
               his
               Poetry
               .
               He
               writ
               in
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Prohibition
               of
               the
               Stage
               ,
               two
               Pamphlets
               ,
               which
               he
               stiles
               Comedies
               ;
               but
               indeed
               are
               no
               longer
               than
               one
               single
               Act
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               seen
               .
               His
               Comedies
               are
               stiled
               .
            
             
               
                 Committee-man
                 curried
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               in
               two
               parts
               ,
               represented
               to
               the
               View
               of
               all
               men
               .
               A
               piece
               discovering
               the
               Corruption
               of
               Committee-men
               ,
               and
               Excise-men
               ;
               the
               unjust
               Sufferings
               of
               the
               Royal-party
               ;
               the
               devilish
               Hypocrisy
               of
               some
               Roundheads
               ;
               the
               Revolt
               for
               Gain
               of
               some
               Ministers
               .
               Not
               without
               pleasant
               Mirth
               and
               Variety
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1647.
               
               This
               Title-page
               led
               me
               to
               great
               Expectations
               ;
               but
               I
               soon
               found
               
               Horace's
               Observation
               true
               ,
               
                 
                   Parturient
                   Montes
                   ,
                   nascetur
                   ridiculus
                   Mus.
                   
                
              
               The
               Author
               indeed
               has
               shew'd
               his
               Reading
               ,
               if
               not
               his
               Fancy
               :
               for
               there
               is
               scrace
               a
               piece
               of
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Suckling
              
               that
               he
               has
               not
               plundered
               .
               
               His
               
                 Aglaura
                 ,
                 Goblins
                 ,
                 Brenoralt
              
               ,
               all
               have
               pay'd
               tribute
               to
               our
               Excise-Poet
               :
               neither
               his
               Verses
               ,
               nor
               Prose
               have
               escaped
               him
               .
               This
               with
               what
               he
               has
               borrow'd
               from
               Sir
               Robert
               Stapleton's
               Translation
               of
               Juvenal
               Sat.
               1.
               and
               3.
               make
               up
               the
               greatest
               part
               of
               the
               two
               Comedies
               .
               But
               however
               I
               am
               so
               far
               oblig'd
               by
               my
               Charity
               ,
               and
               Respect
               ,
               and
               good
               Intention
               ,
               of
               asserting
               Loyalty
               ,
               to
               set
               down
               his
               own
               Apology
               ,
               in
               the
               Prologue
               to
               the
               Second
               part
               .
               
                 
                   The
                   Author
                   prays
                   you
                   ,
                   for
                   to
                   think
                   the
                   Store
                
                 
                   Of
                   Wit
                   is
                   wasted
                   by
                   those
                   went
                   before
                   :
                
                 
                   And
                   that
                   the
                   Fatness
                   of
                   the
                   Soil
                   being
                   spent
                   ,
                
                 
                   Men's
                   Brains
                   grown
                   barren
                   ,
                   you
                   'd
                   not
                   raise
                   the
                   Rent
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Edward
               SHERBURN
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               (
               as
               I
               suppose
               )
               still
               living
               ,
               and
               Famous
               for
               his
               Versions
               ,
               particularly
               of
               Manilius
               his
               Sphere
               ,
               or
               Five
               Books
               of
               Astronomy
               ,
               in
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1675.
               
               Besides
               that
               famous
               Work
               ,
               he
               has
               translated
               two
               of
               
               Seneca's
               Tragedies
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               Medea
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               with
               Annotations
               ;
               Printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               1648.
               to
               which
               is
               added
               
               Seneca's
               Answer
               to
               Lucilius
               his
               Query
               ,
               
                 Why
                 Good
                 Men
                 suffer
                 misfortunes
              
               .
               On
               this
               Play
               ,
               see
               Mr.
               
               Stanley's
               Vindication
               of
               the
               Author
               ,
               in
               his
               Poems
               octavo
               ,
               p.
               75.
               
            
             
               Troades
               .
               or
               
                 The
                 Royal
                 Captives
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               with
               Annotations
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1679.
               
            
             
               These
               Tragedies
               I
               look
               upon
               as
               the
               best
               
               Versions
               we
               have
               extant
               ,
               of
               any
               of
               
               Seneca's
               ;
               and
               shew
               the
               Translator
               a
               Gentleman
               of
               Learning
               ,
               and
               Judgment
               .
               What
               he
               writ
               besides
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ;
               tho'
               there
               was
               the
               16
               th
               Idillium
               of
               Theocritus
               ,
               printed
               in
               
               Tate's
               Miscellanies
               ,
               and
               ascribed
               to
               Sir
               
                 Edw.
                 Sherburn
              
               :
               whether
               the
               same
               Person
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               SHIPMAN
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               not
               many
               Years
               since
               deceas'd
               ,
               who
               (
               as
               a
               Friend
               of
               his
               says
               t
               ,
               )
               was
               a
               Man
               every
               way
               accomplish'd
               :
               To
               the
               advantage
               of
               his
               Birth
               ,
               his
               Education
               had
               added
               whatsoever
               was
               necessary
               to
               fit
               him
               for
               Conversation
               ,
               and
               render
               him
               (
               as
               he
               was
               )
               desirable
               by
               the
               best
               Wits
               of
               the
               Age.
               He
               was
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               called
            
             
               Henry
               
                 the
                 Third
                 of
              
               France
               ,
               
                 stabb'd
                 by
                 a
                 Fryar
                 ;
                 with
                 the
                 Fall
                 of
                 the
              
               Guises
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1678.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Henry
               ,
               Lord
               Marquess
               of
               Dorchester
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               
                 Davila
                 ,
                 M.
                 Girard
                 D.
              
               of
               
               Espernon's
               Life
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Besides
               this
               Play
               ,
               he
               has
               a
               Book
               call'd
               Carolina
               ,
               or
               
                 Loyal
                 Poems
              
               ,
               printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               1683.
               which
               sufficiently
               evince
               the
               Ingenuity
               and
               Parts
               of
               the
               Author
               .
            
          
           
             
               Henry
               SHIRLEY
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               who
               flourisht
               in
               the
               time
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Martyr
               :
               of
               whom
               I
               can
               give
               
               no
               further
               Account
               ,
               than
               that
               he
               was
               the
               Author
               of
               One
               Play
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Martyred
                 Souldier
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               sundry
               times
               acted
               with
               great
               Applause
               ,
               at
               the
               private
               House
               in
               Drury-lane
               ,
               and
               at
               other
               publick
               Theatres
               ,
               by
               Her
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1638.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Famous
               Sir
               
                 Kenelm
                 Digby
              
               :
               by
               the
               Publisher
               
                 J.
                 K.
              
               who
               gave
               it
               to
               the
               Press
               ,
               after
               the
               Author's
               Decease
               ;
               and
               in
               his
               Epistle
               to
               the
               Reader
               ,
               speaks
               thus
               of
               both
               .
               
                 For
                 the
                 Man
                 ,
                 his
                 Muse
                 was
                 much
                 courted
                 ,
                 but
                 no
                 common
                 Mistress
                 ;
                 and
                 tho'
                 but
                 seldom
                 abroad
                 ,
                 yet
                 ever
                 much
                 admired
                 at
                 .
                 This
                 Work
                 not
                 the
                 meanest
                 of
                 his
                 Labours
                 ,
                 has
                 much
                 adorned
                 not
                 only
                 One
                 ,
                 but
                 many
                 Stages
                 ,
                 with
                 such
                 general
                 Applause
                 ;
                 as
                 it
                 has
                 drawn
                 even
                 the
                 Rigid
                 Stoicks
                 of
                 the
                 Time
                 ;
                 who
                 tho'
                 not
                 for
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 yet
                 for
                 profit
                 ,
                 have
                 gathered
                 something
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 plentiful
                 Vineyard
                 .
              
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               ,
               during
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Eighth
               Persecution
               ;
               see
               
                 Victor
                 Episc.
                 Uticensis
                 de
                 Vandalica
                 ,
                 Persecutione
                 ,
                 Isodorus
                 Hispalensis
                 ,
                 Baronius
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               James
               SHIRLEY
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               ,
               of
               the
               same
               Name
               and
               Age
               with
               the
               former
               ;
               and
               was
               (
               if
               not
               
                 Poet
                 Laureat
              
               ,
               yet
               )
               Servant
               to
               her
               Majesty
               .
               One
               of
               such
               Incomparable
               parts
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               the
               Chief
               of
               the
               Second-rate
               Poets
               :
               and
               by
               some
               has
               been
               thought
               even
               equal
               to
               Fletcher
               himself
               .
               He
               had
               a
               great
               Veneration
               for
               his
               Predecessors
               ,
               as
               may
               be
               seen
               by
               his
               Prologue
               to
               the
               Sisters
               ;
               and
               particularly
               for
               Mr.
               Johnson
               ,
               whom
               in
               an
               
               Epistle
               to
               the
               Earl
               of
               Rutland
               ,
               he
               stiles
               ,
               
                 Our
                 acknowledg'd
                 Master
                 ,
                 the
                 Learned
              
               Johnson
               :
               and
               in
               all
               his
               Writings
               shews
               a
               Modesty
               unusual
               ,
               seldom
               found
               in
               our
               Age
               ;
               and
               in
               this
               ,
               I
               cannot
               refrain
               from
               comparing
               his
               Carriage
               ,
               to
               the
               Civil
               and
               Obliging
               Gentleman
               of
               Rome
               ;
               I
               mean
               Ovid
               ,
               who
               speaking
               of
               Virgil
               ,
               in
               the
               first
               of
               his
               two
               Epigrams
               (
               if
               at
               least
               they
               are
               his
               which
               Heinsius
               questions
               )
               says
               thus
               :
               
                 
                   Quantum
                   Virgilius
                   magno
                   concessit
                   Homero
                   :
                
                 
                   Tantum
                   ego
                   Virgilio
                   Naso
                   Poëta
                   meo
                   .
                
                 
                   Nec
                   me
                   praelatum
                   cupio
                   tibi
                   ferre
                   poëtäm
                   :
                
                 
                   Ingenio
                   si
                   te
                   subsequor
                   ,
                   hoc
                   satis
                   est
                   .
                
              
               I
               need
               not
               take
               pains
               to
               shew
               his
               Intimacy
               ,
               not
               only
               with
               the
               Poets
               of
               his
               Time
               ;
               but
               even
               the
               Value
               and
               Admiration
               that
               Persons
               of
               the
               first
               Rank
               had
               for
               him
               ;
               since
               the
               Verses
               before
               several
               of
               his
               Works
               ,
               and
               his
               Epistles
               Dedicatory
               sufficiently
               shew
               it
               .
               He
               has
               writ
               several
               
                 Dramatick
                 Pieces
              
               ,
               to
               the
               Number
               of
               37.
               which
               are
               in
               print
               :
               besides
               others
               which
               are
               in
               Manuscript
               .
               Of
               these
               I
               have
               seen
               four
               since
               my
               Remembrance
               ,
               two
               of
               which
               were
               acted
               at
               the
               King's
               House
               ;
               and
               the
               other
               two
               presented
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               in
               Little
               Lincolns-Inn
               Fields
               :
               
                 viz.
                 Court
                 Secret
                 ,
                 Chances
                 ,
                 Grateful
                 Servant
                 ,
                 School
                 of
                 Compliments
                 :
              
               with
               what
               success
               ,
               I
               leave
               it
               to
               the
               Players
               now
               in
               being
               .
               Permit
               me
               to
               bring
               you
               the
               Testimonium
               of
               an
               Old
               Writer
               on
               the
               Time-Poets
               ,
               in
               behalf
               of
               our
               Author
               ,
               who
               delivers
               this
               Distich
               in
               his
               praise
               u
               .
               
                 
                 
                   Shirley
                   (
                   the
                   Morning
                   Child
                   )
                   the
                   Muses
                   bred
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   sent
                   him
                   born
                   with
                   Bays
                   upon
                   his
                   Head.
                   
                
              
               But
               I
               shall
               cease
               any
               further
               Enlargement
               on
               his
               Commendation
               ,
               and
               leave
               you
               to
               the
               perusal
               of
               his
               Works
               ,
               which
               will
               shew
               him
               in
               his
               Native
               Excellence
               ,
               far
               better
               than
               I
               am
               able
               to
               describe
               him
               ,
               or
               them
               :
               however
               ,
               take
               the
               following
               Account
               ,
               for
               want
               of
               a
               better
               ;
               and
               first
               of
               those
               in
               Quarto
               ,
               which
               are
               Twenty
               Nine
               .
            
             
               Arcadia
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               acted
               by
               Her
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Phoenix
               in
               Drury-lane
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               incomparable
               Romance
               written
               by
               Sir
               
                 Philip
                 Sidney
              
               ,
               and
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Arcadia
              
               .
            
             
               Ball
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               presented
               by
               Her
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               in
               the
               private
               House
               in
               Drury-lane
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1539.
               
               In
               this
               Play
               our
               Author
               was
               assisted
               by
               
                 Geo.
                 Chapman
              
               ,
               as
               likewise
               another
               (
               which
               in
               its
               Order
               )
               I
               forgot
               in
               his
               Account
               to
               take
               notice
               of
               .
            
             
               
                 Bird
                 in
                 a
                 Cage
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               presented
               at
               the
               Phoenix
               ,
               in
               Drury-lane
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               16
               —
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               an
               Excellent
               Old
               Comedy
               ,
               and
               is
               dedicated
               by
               an
               Ironical
               Epistle
               ,
               to
               the
               Famous
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Prinne
              
               ,
               that
               Great
               Antagonist
               to
               Plays
               .
               Amongst
               other
               Sentences
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               transcribe
               One
               ,
               which
               may
               give
               the
               Reader
               a
               taste
               of
               the
               whole
               .
               
                 Proceed
                 (
                 
                   Inimitable
                   Mecaenas
                
                 ,
                 )
                 and
                 having
                 such
                 convenient
                 Leisure
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 indefatigable
                 Pegasus
                 ,
                 I
                 mean
                 your
                 Prose
                 (
                 which
                 scorneth
                 the
                 Road
                 of
                 Common
                 Sence
                 ,
                 and
                 despiseth
                 any
                 
                 Stile
                 in
                 his
                 Way
                 )
                 travel
                 still
                 in
                 the
                 pursuit
                 of
                 New
                 Discoveries
                 ;
                 which
                 you
                 may
                 publish
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 please
                 ,
                 in
                 your
                 next
                 Book
                 of
                 Digressions
                 .
                 If
                 you
                 do
                 not
                 happen
                 presently
                 to
                 convert
                 the
                 Organs
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 in
                 time
                 confute
                 the
                 Steeple
                 ;
                 and
                 bring
                 every
                 Parish
                 to
                 one
                 Bell.
                 —
              
            
             
               Changes
               ,
               or
               
                 Love
                 in
                 a
                 Maze
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               presented
               at
               the
               private
               House
               in
               Salisbury
               Court
               ,
               by
               the
               Company
               of
               His
               Majesty's
               Revels
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1632.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Honourable
               the
               Lady
               
                 Dorothy
                 Shirley
              
               ,
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               .
               The
               passage
               in
               the
               first
               Act
               ,
               where
               Goldsworth
               examining
               his
               Daughters
               Chrysolina
               and
               Aurelia
               ,
               find
               them
               both
               in
               Love
               with
               Gerard
               ,
               is
               better
               manag'd
               in
               the
               Maiden-Queen
               :
               tho'
               this
               Play
               has
               been
               received
               with
               Success
               (
               as
               I
               said
               )
               in
               our
               Time
               ;
               and
               as
               I
               remember
               ,
               the
               deceas'd
               Mr.
               Lacy
               acted
               
                 Jonny
                 Thump
              
               ,
               Sir
               Gervase
               Simple's
               Man
               ,
               with
               general
               Applause
               .
            
             
               
                 Chabot
                 (
                 Philip
                 )
                 Admiral
                 of
              
               France
               
                 his
                 Tragedy
              
               ;
               presented
               by
               Her
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               private
               House
               in
               Drury-lane
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1639.
               
               This
               is
               the
               Second
               Play
               in
               which
               Mr.
               Chapman
               joyn'd
               with
               our
               Author
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               the
               French
               Chronologers
               ,
               and
               Historians
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Francis
               the
               First
               ;
               such
               as
               
                 Paulus
                 Jovius
                 ,
                 Arnoldus
              
               his
               Continuation
               of
               
                 Paulus
                 AEmilius
                 ,
                 Mart.
                 Longeus
                 ,
                 De
                 serres
                 ,
                 Mezeray
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Constant
                 Maid
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Love
                 will
                 find
                 out
                 the
                 way
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               New
               Play-house
               ,
               called
               
                 The
                 Nursery
              
               ,
               in
               Hatton-Garden
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1667.
               
               Hardwell
               Courting
               Mrs.
               Bellamy
               
               the
               Widow
               ,
               by
               the
               Advice
               of
               his
               Friend
               Play-fair
               ,
               is
               the
               Subject
               of
               several
               Plays
               Old
               and
               New
               ;
               as
               I
               might
               instance
               ,
               were
               it
               material
               :
               tho'
               I
               mention
               it
               here
               ,
               because
               it
               occasions
               most
               of
               the
               business
               in
               the
               Play.
               
            
             
               
                 Contention
                 for
                 Honour
                 and
                 Riches
              
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1633.
               
               I
               know
               not
               what
               to
               call
               this
               ,
               whether
               Interlude
               ,
               or
               Entertainment
               ;
               but
               I
               think
               I
               may
               call
               it
               
                 A
                 Useful
                 Moral
              
               ;
               and
               which
               being
               enlarged
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Honoria
                 and
                 Mammon
              
               ,
               I
               shall
               speak
               more
               of
               anon
               .
               'T
               is
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Edward
                 Golding
              
               ,
               of
               Colston
               in
               Nottinghamshire
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Coronation
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               which
               tho'
               printed
               in
               the
               Folio
               Edition
               of
               
               Fletcher's
               Works
               ,
               was
               writ
               by
               Shirley
               ;
               as
               the
               Reader
               may
               see
               by
               the
               Catalogue
               of
               his
               Six
               Plays
               ,
               octavo
               Lond.
               1653.
               
            
             
               
                 Cupid
                 and
                 Death
              
               ,
               a
               private
               Entertainment
               ,
               represented
               with
               Scenes
               and
               Musick
               ,
               Vocal
               and
               Instrumental
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1659.
               
               I
               cannot
               call
               to
               Mind
               at
               present
               ,
               whence
               the
               Poet
               took
               originally
               his
               History
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               Changing
               of
               Arrows
               between
               them
               ,
               which
               produce
               dismal
               Effects
               :
               but
               the
               English
               Reader
               may
               read
               the
               same
               Story
               in
               
               Ogilby's
               
               AEsop's
               Fables
               ,
               Vol.
               1.
               
               Fab.
               39.
               
            
             
               
                 Dukes
                 Mistress
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               presented
               by
               Her
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Drury-lane
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1638.
               
            
             
               Example
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               presented
               by
               Her
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Drury-lane
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1637.
               
            
             
               Gamester
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               presented
               by
               Her
               Majesty's
               
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Drury-lane
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1637.
               
               The
               Intrigue
               between
               Wilding
               and
               his
               Kinswoman
               ,
               his
               Wife
               and
               Hazard
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
                 Ducento
                 Novelle
                 del
                 Signor
                 Celio
                 Malespini
                 secunda
                 parte
                 ,
              
               Nov.
               96.
               
               The
               same
               Story
               in
               Q.
               
               Margaret's
               Novels
               Day
               first
               ,
               Nov.
               8.
               tho'
               manag'd
               to
               greater
               Advantage
               by
               our
               Poet
               ;
               and
               I
               must
               do
               Mr.
               Shirley
               this
               Justice
               ,
               to
               say
               in
               his
               behalf
               ,
               That
               whatever
               he
               borrowes
               from
               Novels
               ,
               
                 Loses
                 nothing
                 in
                 his
                 Hands
              
               ,
               any
               more
               than
               in
               in
               Mr.
               Dryden
               x
               ;
               tho'
               our
               modest
               Author
               would
               never
               have
               said
               so
               much
               ,
               were
               he
               living
               .
            
             
               
                 Gentleman
                 of
              
               Venice
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               presented
               at
               the
               Private-house
               ,
               in
               Salisbury
               Court
               ,
               by
               Her
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ;
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1655.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Honourable
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Nightinghale
              
               ,
               Baronet
               ;
               and
               the
               Intrigue
               between
               
                 Florelli
                 ,
                 Cornari
              
               ,
               and
               Claudiana
               ,
               is
               borrowed
               (
               as
               I
               suppose
               )
               from
               a
               Novel
               out
               of
               
               Gayton's
               Festivous
               Notes
               on
               
                 Don
                 Quixote
              
               :
               see
               Book
               4.
               
               Chap.
               6
               ,
               7
               ,
               8.
               
            
             
               
                 Grateful
                 Servant
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               presented
               with
               good
               Applause
               ,
               in
               the
               Private
               ,
               house
               in
               Drury-lane
               ,
               by
               Her
               Majesty's
               Servants
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Francis
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Rutland
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               —
               
               Lodowik's
               Contrivance
               to
               have
               Piero
               ,
               tempt
               his
               Wife
               Artella
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               be
               Divorc'd
               ,
               is
               the
               same
               with
               
               Contarini's
               Humour
               and
               Contrivance
               Giotto
               ,
               in
               the
               
                 Humorous
                 Courtier
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Hide
                 Park
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               presented
               by
               Her
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Drury-lane
               ;
               
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1637.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Henry
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Holland
               .
               This
               was
               the
               first
               Earl
               of
               that
               Name
               ,
               created
               in
               23.
               
               
                 Jac.
                 Apr.
              
               3.
               and
               was
               Beheaded
               with
               Duke
               Hamilton
               ,
               and
               the
               Lord
               
                 Capel
                 ,
                 March
              
               the
               ninth
               ,
               dying
               a
               Martyr
               to
               retrive
               his
               former
               forfeited
               Loyalty
               to
               his
               Prince
               .
               To
               this
               Earl
               ,
               I
               presume
               ,
               
                 Hide
                 Park
              
               once
               might
               belong
               ,
               since
               the
               Title
               was
               occasion'd
               by
               his
               Command
               to
               the
               Author
               .
            
             
               
                 Humorous
                 Courtier
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               presented
               with
               good
               Applause
               ,
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Drury-lane
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
            
             
               
                 Lady
                 of
                 Pleasure
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               Her
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Drury-lane
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1637.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Richard
               ,
               Lord
               Lovelace
               of
               Hurley
               .
               The
               Plot
               of
               
                 Alex.
                 Kickshaw
              
               his
               Enjoying
               of
               Aretina
               ,
               and
               thinking
               her
               the
               Devil
               ,
               resembles
               Lodowick
               ,
               in
               
                 Grateful
                 Servant
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Love
                 Tricks
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 School
                 of
                 Compliments
              
               ;
               acted
               by
               His
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               Little
               Lincolns-Inn
               Fields
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1667.
               
            
             
               
                 Love's
                 Cruelty
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               presented
               by
               Her
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Drury-lane
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Cornet
               
                 George
                 Porter
              
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
                 Charles
                 Porter
              
               .
               The
               Concealment
               of
               Hyppolito
               ,
               and
               
               Chariana's
               Adultery
               from
               her
               Servant
               by
               her
               Husband
               
               Bellamente's
               Contrivance
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               Queen
               
               Margaret's
               Novels
               ,
               Day
               4.
               
               Nov.
               6.
               
               
               The
               like
               Story
               is
               related
               in
               
               Cynthio's
               
                 Heccatomithi
                 ,
                 Dec.
                 terza
                 ,
                 Novella
                 sesta
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Maid's
                 Revenge
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               with
               good
               Applause
               ,
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Drury-lane
               ,
               by
               Her
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1639.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Henry
                 Osborn
              
               ,
               Esquire
               .
               The
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               History
               ,
               in
               Mr.
               Reynolds
               his
               
                 God's
                 Revenge
                 against
                 Murther
              
               ;
               see
               Book
               2.
               
               Hist.
               7.
               
            
             
               Opportunity
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               presented
               by
               her
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Drury-lane
               ;
               printed
               Lond.
               —
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Captain
               
                 Richard
                 Owen
              
               .
               The
               Resemblance
               of
               Aurelio
               to
               Borgia
               ,
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               same
               ,
               with
               
                 Measure
                 for
                 measure
              
               ,
               and
               other
               English
               Plays
               ;
               all
               which
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               observ'd
               ,
               took
               their
               Original
               from
               Plautus
               .
            
             
               Politician
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               presented
               at
               Salisbury
               Court
               ,
               by
               Her
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1655.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Walter
                 Moyle
              
               ,
               Esquire
               .
               A
               Story
               resembling
               this
               ,
               I
               have
               read
               in
               the
               first
               Book
               of
               the
               Countess
               of
               
               Montgomery's
               Urania
               ,
               concerning
               the
               King
               of
               Romania
               ,
               the
               Prince
               Antissius
               ,
               and
               his
               Mother-in-Law
               .
            
             
               
                 Royal
                 Master
              
               ;
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               in
               the
               New
               Theatre
               in
               Dublin
               ;
               and
               before
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Lord
               Deputy
               of
               Ireland
               ,
               in
               the
               Castle
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1638.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               George
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Kildare
               ;
               and
               is
               accompanied
               with
               Ten
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               ,
               in
               its
               Commendation
               .
            
             
               Traytor
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               by
               Her
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1635.
               and
               dedicated
               
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               William
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Newcastle
               ;
               afterwards
               Marquess
               ,
               and
               Duke
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               recommended
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               ,
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Atkins
              
               ,
               a
               Gentleman
               of
               the
               Worthy
               Society
               of
               Grays-Inn
               .
            
             
               
                 Triumph
                 of
                 Peace
              
               ,
               a
               Masque
               presented
               by
               the
               Four
               Honourable
               Houses
               ,
               or
               
                 Inns
                 of
                 Court
              
               ,
               before
               the
               King
               and
               Queen's
               Majesties
               ,
               in
               the
               Banquetting-house
               at
               
                 Whitehal
                 ,
                 Feb.
              
               the
               third
               1633.
               
               The
               Scene
               and
               Ornament
               was
               the
               Contrivance
               of
               Mr.
               
                 Inigo
                 Jones
              
               :
               the
               Musick
               was
               Composed
               by
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Laws
              
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
                 Simon
                 Ives
              
               .
               The
               Masque
               is
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Four
               Equal
               Honourable
               Societies
               of
               the
               
                 Inns
                 of
                 Court
              
               ;
               Mr.
               Shirley
               being
               at
               that
               time
               of
               Grays-Inn
               .
               The
               Masquers
               went
               in
               a
               Solemn
               Cavalcade
               ,
               from
               Ely
               House
               to
               Whitehall
               ,
               and
               the
               Author
               himself
               says
               ,
               That
               this
               Masque
               ,
               for
               the
               Variety
               of
               the
               Shews
               ,
               and
               the
               Richness
               of
               the
               Habits
               ,
               was
               the
               most
               Magnificent
               that
               hath
               been
               brought
               to
               Court
               in
               his
               Time.
               'T
               is
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1633.
               
               I
               have
               a
               little
               Piece
               by
               me
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Inns
                 of
                 Court
                 Anagrammatist
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Masquers
                 masqued
                 in
                 Anagrammes
              
               ;
               written
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Francis
                 Lenton
              
               ,
               One
               of
               Her
               Majesty's
               Poets
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1634.
               
               This
               Piece
               not
               only
               names
               the
               Masquers
               ,
               and
               of
               what
               House
               they
               were
               ;
               but
               commends
               each
               in
               an
               Epigram
               .
            
             
               Saint
               Patrick
               for
               Ireland
               ,
               
                 the
                 First
                 part
              
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
               Tho'
               our
               Title-page
               calls
               it
               the
               First
               part
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               there
               was
               ever
               a
               Second
               part
               printed
               ;
               tho'
               the
               Prologue
               seems
               to
               promise
               one
               ,
               in
               the
               following
               Lines
               :
               
                 
                 
                   Saint
                   Patrick
                   ,
                   whose
                   large
                   Story
                   cannot
                   be
                
                 
                   Bound
                   in
                   the
                   limits
                   of
                   One
                   Play
                   ,
                   if
                   Ye
                
                 
                   First
                   welcome
                   this
                   ,
                   you
                   'l
                   grace
                   our
                   Poets
                   Art
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   give
                   him
                   courage
                   for
                   a
                   Second
                   Part.
                   
                
              
               For
               the
               Story
               ,
               see
               
               Bede's
               Life
               of
               St.
               
                 Patrick
                 ;
                 Sigebert
                 ,
                 Baronius
                 ,
                 Balaeus
                 ,
                 Seven
                 Champions
                 of
                 Christendom
                 :
              
               His
               Life
               in
               English
               in
               Twelves
               ,
               Lond.
               16
               —
            
             
               Wedding
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               by
               Her
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Phoenix
               in
               Drury-lane
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1690.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               
                 William
                 Gowre
              
               ,
               Esquire
               .
               This
               is
               an
               Excellent
               Comedy
               ,
               considering
               the
               Time
               in
               which
               't
               was
               writ
               .
            
             
               
                 Witty
                 Fair
                 One
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               presented
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Drury-lane
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1633.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               dedicated
               to
               Sir
               
                 Edmund
                 Bushel
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Young
                 Admiral
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               presented
               by
               Her
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Drury-lane
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1637.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               George
               ,
               Lord
               Barkley
               ,
               of
               Barkley-Castle
               .
            
             
               These
               are
               all
               the
               Plays
               that
               our
               Author
               has
               in
               print
               in
               Quarto
               ;
               we
               are
               now
               to
               give
               an
               Account
               of
               Nine
               Dramatick
               pieces
               printed
               in
               Octavo
               .
               We
               shall
               begin
               with
               Six
               Plays
               ,
               which
               are
               printed
               together
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               Brothers
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Black-fryars
               ;
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1652.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Noble
               Friend
               
                 Thomas
                 Stanley
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Cardinal
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Private-house
               
               in
               Black-fryars
               ;
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1652.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Friend
               
                 G.
                 B.
              
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Court
                 Secret
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               prepared
               for
               the
               Scene
               at
               Black-fryars
               ,
               but
               not
               acted
               till
               after
               it
               appeared
               in
               print
               ;
               it
               being
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1653.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               William
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Strafford
               ,
               Son
               and
               Heir
               to
               that
               Great
               Soul
               of
               Honour
               ,
               Thomas
               Lord
               Lieutenant
               of
               Ireland
               ,
               and
               the
               Proto-martyr
               for
               Religion
               and
               Loyalty
               ,
               in
               the
               Year
               1641.
               
            
             
               
                 Doubtful
                 Heir
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Black-fryars
               ;
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1652.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Worthily
               Honoured
               Friend
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Edmund
                 Bowyer
              
               .
               The
               Queen
               's
               Courting
               Rosania
               ,
               under
               the
               Disguise
               of
               a
               Page
               ,
               and
               the
               King
               's
               Surprizing
               them
               ,
               has
               Resemblance
               to
               a
               Story
               in
               the
               
                 English
                 Adventures
              
               ,
               8
               
               o.
               part
               3.
               between
               King
               
                 Henry
                 ,
                 Izabella
              
               ,
               and
               Horatio
               .
            
             
               Imposture
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Black-fryars
               ,
               and
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1652.
               
               'T
               is
               dedicated
               to
               Sir
               
                 Robert
                 Bolles
              
               ,
               Baronet
               .
            
             
               Sisters
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Black-fryars
               ,
               and
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1652.
               
               'T
               is
               dedicated
               to
               
                 William
                 Paulet
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Having
               given
               an
               Account
               of
               these
               Six
               Plays
               ,
               I
               am
               now
               to
               speak
               of
               Two
               others
               ,
               which
               are
               printed
               together
               in
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               16
               —
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Honoria
                 and
                 Mammon
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               which
               is
               built
               upon
               that
               Entertainment
               before
               mentioned
               ,
               called
               
                 Contention
                 for
                 Honour
                 and
                 Riches
              
               .
               I
               shall
               refer
               my
               Reader
               to
               the
               Author's
               Epistle
               ,
               for
               further
               Satisfaction
               of
               the
               Reason
               of
               his
               Undertakings
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Contention
                 of
              
               Ajax
               and
               Ulysses
               ,
               
                 for
                 the
                 Armour
                 of
              
               Achilles
               .
               This
               Interlude
               was
               nobly
               represented
               (
               says
               the
               Author
               )
               by
               Young
               Gentlemen
               of
               Quality
               ,
               at
               a
               private
               Entertainment
               of
               some
               Persons
               of
               Honour
               .
               The
               Design
               is
               taken
               from
               
                 Ovid's
                 Metamorphosis
              
               ,
               Book
               the
               13.
               
               See
               the
               beginning
               .
            
             
               There
               rests
               only
               his
               Poems
               to
               be
               spoken
               of
               ,
               printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               1646.
               to
               which
               is
               added
               a
               Masque
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Triumph
                 of
                 Beauty
              
               ,
               personated
               by
               some
               Young
               Gentlemen
               ,
               for
               whom
               it
               was
               intended
               ,
               at
               a
               private
               Recreation
               .
               The
               Subject
               of
               this
               Masque
               ,
               is
               that
               known
               Story
               of
               the
               Judgment
               of
               Paris
               ,
               upon
               the
               Golden-Ball
               ;
               which
               you
               may
               read
               in
               
                 Lucians
                 Dialogues
              
               :
               But
               our
               Author
               has
               imitated
               Shakespear
               ,
               in
               the
               Comical
               part
               of
               his
               
                 Midsummer
                 Nights
                 Dream
              
               ;
               and
               
               Shirley's
               Shepheard
               Bottle
               ,
               is
               but
               a
               Copy
               of
               
               Shakespear's
               
                 Bottom
                 ,
                 the
                 Weaver
              
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               conclude
               this
               Account
               ,
               with
               Four
               Lines
               writ
               in
               our
               Author's
               Commendation
               ,
               by
               One
               Mr.
               Hall
               ;
               who
               in
               the
               Title
               of
               his
               Panegyrick
               stiles
               him
               ,
               The
               Surviving
               Honour
               and
               Ornament
               of
               the
               English
               Scene
               :
               and
               in
               the
               End
               ,
               concludes
               thus
               :
               
                 
                   Yet
                   this
                   I
                   dare
                   assert
                   ,
                   when
                   Men
                   have
                   nam'd
                
                 
                   Johnson
                   (
                   the
                   Nations
                   Laureat
                   ,
                   )
                   the
                   fam'd
                
                 
                   Beaumont
                   ,
                   and
                   Fletcher
                   ,
                   he
                   ,
                   that
                   cannot
                   see
                
                 
                   Shirley
                   ,
                   the
                   fourth
                   ,
                   must
                   forfeit
                   his
                   best
                   Eye
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               Charles
               SIDLEY
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               whose
               Name
               speaks
               a
               greater
               
               Panegyrick
               ,
               than
               I
               am
               able
               to
               express
               ;
               and
               whose
               Wit
               is
               so
               well
               known
               to
               this
               Age
               ,
               that
               I
               should
               but
               tarnish
               its
               Lustre
               ,
               by
               my
               Endeavouring
               to
               deliver
               it
               over
               to
               the
               next
               :
               His
               Wit
               is
               too
               Noble
               a
               Subject
               to
               need
               any
               Herald
               to
               proclaim
               its
               Titles
               and
               Pedigree
               ;
               or
               if
               it
               did
               ,
               my
               Voice
               and
               Skill
               are
               too
               weak
               ,
               to
               sound
               out
               his
               Praises
               in
               their
               due
               measures
               .
               I
               shall
               therefore
               only
               content
               my self
               ,
               as
               the
               Vallys
               ,
               that
               have
               no
               Voice
               of
               their
               own
               ,
               to
               eccho
               out
               his
               Merits
               at
               the
               Second-hand
               ;
               and
               give
               you
               part
               of
               his
               Character
               ,
               from
               a
               Person
               whose
               Honour
               and
               Pride
               it
               is
               ,
               to
               have
               a
               considerable
               share
               in
               his
               Friendship
               :
               I
               mean
               Mr.
               Shadwell
               ,
               who
               in
               his
               Epistle
               Dedicatory
               to
               
                 The
                 True
                 Widow
              
               ,
               says
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 has
                 heard
                 him
                 speak
                 more
                 Wit
                 at
                 a
                 Supper
                 ,
                 than
                 all
                 his
                 Adversaries
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 Heads
                 joyn'd
                 together
                 ,
                 could
                 write
                 in
                 a
                 Year
                 .
                 That
                 his
                 Writings
                 are
                 not
                 unequal
                 to
                 any
                 Man
                 's
                 of
                 this
                 Age
                 ,
                 (
                 not
                 to
                 speak
                 of
                 Abundance
                 of
                 Excellent
                 Copies
                 of
                 Verses
                 )
                 .
                 That
                 he
                 has
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Mulberry
                   Garden
                
                 ,
                 shown
                 the
                 true
                 Wit
                 ,
                 Humour
                 ,
                 and
                 Satyr
                 of
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 
                   Anthony
                   and
                   Cleopatra
                
                 ,
                 the
                 true
                 Spirit
                 of
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 .
              
               But
               least
               this
               might
               be
               thought
               Partiality
               or
               Flattery
               in
               our
               Laureat
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               transcribe
               another
               part
               of
               his
               Character
               ,
               from
               an
               Unquestionable
               Judge
               of
               Poetry
               ,
               the
               great
               Ornament
               of
               the
               Muses
               ,
               the
               Lord
               Rochester
               ,
               in
               his
               Imitation
               of
               Horace's
               Tenth
               Satyr
               of
               the
               First
               Book
               .
            
             
               
                 Sidley
                 ,
                 has
                 that
                 prevailing
                 gentle
                 Art
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 can
                 with
                 a
                 resistless
                 Charm
                 impart
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 loosest
                 Wishes
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 chastest
                 Heart
                 ,
              
               
               
                 Raise
                 such
                 a
                 Conflict
                 ,
                 kindle
                 such
                 a
                 Fire
                 ,
              
               
                 Betwixt
                 declineing
                 Virtue
                 ,
                 and
                 Desire
                 ;
              
               
                 Till
                 the
                 poor
                 vanquisht
                 Maid
                 dissolves
                 away
                 ,
              
               
                 In
                 Dreams
                 all
                 Night
                 ,
                 in
                 sighs
                 ,
                 and
                 tears
                 all
                 Day
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Plays
               this
               Great
               Wit
               has
               oblig'd
               the
               World
               with
               ,
               are
               but
               three
               ;
               all
               which
               appear
               to
               be
               writ
               with
               Design
               (
               at
               least
               they
               may
               serve
               to
               be
               )
               Patterns
               for
               succeeding
               Poets
               Imitation
               ;
               which
               I
               shall
               only
               mention
               in
               their
               Alphabetical
               Order
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Anthony
                 and
                 Cleopatra
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1677.
               
               For
               the
               History
               ,
               see
               
               Plutarch's
               Life
               of
               
                 Anthony
                 ,
                 Appian
                 ,
                 Dion
                 Cassius
                 ,
                 Diodorus
                 ,
                 Florus
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               Bellamira
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Mistress
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               Lond.
               1687.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               an
               Imitation
               (
               as
               the
               Author
               informs
               us
               )
               of
               
               Terence's
               Eunucbus
               .
            
             
               
                 Mulberry
                 Garden
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1668.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Her
               Grace
               ,
               the
               Dutchess
               of
               Richmond
               and
               Lenox
               :
               which
               Epistle
               is
               not
               the
               least
               Ornament
               to
               the
               Play
               ,
               and
               shews
               the
               Neatness
               of
               his
               Stile
               in
               Prose
               .
               I
               dare
               not
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               Character
               of
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Everyoung
              
               ,
               and
               Sir
               
                 Samuel
                 Fore-cast
              
               ,
               are
               Copies
               of
               Sganarelle
               and
               Ariste
               ,
               in
               
               Molliere's
               
                 L'Escole
                 des
                 Maris
              
               ;
               but
               I
               may
               say
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               some
               Resemblance
               :
               tho'
               whoever
               understands
               both
               Languages
               ,
               will
               readily
               ,
               and
               with
               Justice
               give
               our
               English
               Wit
               the
               preference
               :
               and
               Sir
               Charles
               is
               not
               to
               learn
               to
               Copy
               Nature
               from
               the
               French.
               
            
             
             
               Give
               me
               Leave
               to
               conclude
               ,
               with
               what
               the
               Learned
               Mr.
               Evelyn
               has
               said
               ,
               with
               no
               less
               Truth
               than
               Ingenuity
               ,
               (
               in
               his
               Imitation
               of
               
               Ovid's
               Fifteenth
               Elegy
               )
               of
               this
               Excellent
               Poet
               ,
               and
               his
               Friend
               Sir
               
                 George
                 Etheridge
              
               :
               
                 
                   While
                   Fathers
                   are
                   severe
                   ,
                   and
                   Servants
                   cheat
                   ,
                
                 
                   Till
                   Bawds
                   and
                   Whores
                   can
                   live
                   without
                   deceit
                   ,
                
                 
                   Sidley
                   and
                   easy
                   Etheridge
                   shall
                   be
                   Great
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               John
               SMITH
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               (
               as
               I
               suppose
               )
               now
               living
               at
               Snenton
               in
               Yorkshire
               ,
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               call'd
               Cytherea
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Enamouring
                 Girdle
              
               ;
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1677.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               refused
               to
               be
               acted
               by
               the
               Players
               of
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               by
               the
               Epistle
               Dedicatory
               to
               the
               
                 Northern
                 Gentry
              
               .
               I
               leave
               the
               Play
               to
               the
               Judgment
               of
               those
               that
               have
               read
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               William
               SMITH
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               lived
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               ,
               who
               publish'd
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Hector
                 of
                 Germany
              
               ,
               or
               The
               Palsgrave
               
                 Prime
                 Elector
              
               ;
               an
               Honourable
               History
               ,
               publickly
               acted
               at
               the
               Red-bull
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               Curtain
               ,
               by
               a
               Company
               of
               Young
               Men
               of
               this
               City
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1615.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Worshipful
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Swinnerton
              
               ,
               Lord
               Mayor
               of
               London
               ,
               in
               the
               Year
               1611.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts
               :
               I
               am
               not
               certain
               where
               this
               Story
               is
               to
               be
               found
               ;
               tho'
               possibly
               
               
                 Albertus
                 Argentinensis
              
               ,
               or
               Henry
               Monk
               of
               Rebdorf
               ,
               may
               make
               some
               Mention
               of
               this
               Palatin
               .
            
             
               Our
               Author
               writ
               another
               Play
               ,
               called
               
                 The
                 Freeman's
                 Honour
                 ,
                 to
                 dignify
                 the
                 Worthy
                 Company
                 of
                 Taylors
              
               ;
               but
               whether
               ever
               it
               was
               printed
               or
               no
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               .
            
             
               This
               Author
               joyned
               with
               One
               
                 W.
                 Webbe
              
               ,
               in
               writing
               a
               Book
               ,
               called
               The
               Description
               of
               the
               Counry
               Palatine
               of
               
                 Chester
                 ,
                 Lond.
              
               1656.
               
               Hieronymo
               is
               ascribed
               by
               Mr.
               Philips
               and
               Winstanley
               ,
               thro'
               their
               old
               Mistake
               ,
               to
               our
               Author
               ;
               it
               being
               an
               Anonymous
               Play.
               
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               SOUTHERN
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               of
               whom
               I
               can
               give
               no
               further
               Account
               ,
               than
               that
               he
               has
               two
               Plays
               in
               print
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               Disappointment
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Mother
                 in
                 Fashion
              
               ;
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1684.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               James
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Ossory
               ,
               the
               present
               Duke
               of
               Ormond
               .
               This
               has
               somewhat
               of
               the
               Story
               of
               
                 The
                 Curious
                 Impertinent
              
               ,
               in
               Don
               Quixot
               .
            
             
               
                 Loyal
                 Brother
              
               ,
               or
               The
               Persian
               Prince
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1682.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Grace
               ,
               the
               Duke
               of
               Richmond
               .
               The
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Novel
               ,
               called
               
                 Tachmas
                 Prince
                 of
              
               Persia
               ,
               octavo
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               STANLEY
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               who
               flourish'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               at
               Camberloe-Green
               ,
               in
               
               Hertfordshire
               .
               One
               ,
               who
               is
               sufficiently
               known
               to
               all
               Learned
               Men
               ,
               not
               only
               for
               his
               Skill
               in
               Languages
               ,
               as
               appears
               by
               his
               several
               Versions
               ;
               but
               by
               his
               Great
               Learning
               ,
               Exquisite
               Fancy
               ,
               and
               Admirable
               Judgment
               .
               For
               the
               One
               ,
               
                 to
                 wit
              
               ,
               his
               Fancy
               ,
               he
               is
               here
               mention'd
               in
               Quality
               of
               a
               Poet
               ;
               and
               the
               rather
               because
               we
               owe
               to
               him
               the
               Version
               of
               an
               Excellent
               Piece
               of
               Antiquity
               ,
               which
               he
               calls
            
             
               Clouds
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               which
               he
               translated
               from
               Aristophanes
               his
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
               This
               Play
               ,
               as
               AElian
               observes
               ,
               in
               his
               
                 Various
                 History
              
               ,
               was
               writ
               at
               the
               Instigation
               of
               Anytas
               ,
               purposely
               to
               abuse
               Socrates
               ;
               and
               is
               subjoyn'd
               by
               our
               Author
               to
               the
               Life
               of
               that
               Excellent
               Philosopher
               ,
               (
               not
               as
               a
               Comical
               Divertisement
               for
               the
               Reader
               ,
               who
               can
               expect
               little
               in
               that
               Kind
               ,
               from
               a
               Subject
               so
               ancient
               and
               particular
               ;
               but
               )
               as
               a
               Necessary
               Supplement
               to
               the
               Life
               of
               Socrates
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               printed
               with
               Mr.
               
               Stanley's
               History
               of
               Philosophy
               ,
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1687.
               
               Second
               Edit
               .
               a
               Work
               which
               will
               always
               be
               valued
               by
               all
               Learned
               Men
               :
               In
               which
               the
               Reader
               will
               find
               also
               translated
               a
               Dramma
               of
               Ausonins
               ,
               inscribed
               
                 Ludus
                 Septem
                 Sapientum
              
               .
            
             
               His
               Translation
               of
               AEschylus
               his
               Tragedies
               into
               Latin
               ,
               with
               his
               Excellent
               Comment
               ,
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1664.
               deserves
               the
               highest
               Commendation
               :
               and
               for
               his
               Poems
               in
               English
               ;
               not
               only
               those
               which
               are
               properly
               his
               own
               ,
               sufficiently
               shew
               his
               Genius
               for
               Poetry
               :
               But
               even
               his
               various
               Translations
               from
               the
               Greek
               of
               
                 Anacreon
                 ,
                 Moschus
              
               ;
               from
               the
               Latin
               of
               
                 Ausonius
                 ,
                 Catullus
                 ,
                 Bion
                 ,
                 Secundus
                 ,
                 Barclaius
                 ,
              
               to
               which
               I
               may
               
               add
               
                 Picus
                 Mirandula
              
               his
               Discourse
               of
               
                 Platonick
                 Love
              
               ;
               from
               the
               
                 Spanish
                 of
                 Lope
                 de
                 Vega
                 ,
                 Gongora
                 ,
              
               and
               Montalvan
               ;
               the
               Italian
               of
               
                 Guarini
                 ,
                 Marino
                 ,
                 Tasso
                 ,
                 Petrarch
                 ,
                 Cassone
                 ,
                 Preti
                 ,
                 Boscan
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               the
               French
               of
               
                 St.
                 Amant
                 ,
                 Tristan
                 ,
                 Ronsard
                 ,
                 Theophile
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 De
                 Voiture
              
               ;
               shew
               how
               much
               he
               was
               vers'd
               in
               those
               Languages
               .
               His
               Poems
               receiv'd
               several
               Editions
               ;
               that
               which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               the
               best
               was
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1651.
               
            
             
               Besides
               these
               Poems
               ,
               he
               has
               in
               print
               two
               little
               Romances
               ,
               or
               Novels
               ,
               translated
               from
               the
               Spanish
               of
               
                 Don
                 Juan
                 Perez
                 de
                 Montalvan
              
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Aurora
                 ,
                 Ismenia
              
               ,
               and
               
                 The
                 Prince
              
               ;
               which
               with
               the
               Poem
               of
               Oronta
               ,
               translated
               from
               the
               Italian
               of
               
                 Signor
                 Girolamo
                 Preti
              
               ,
               are
               printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               1655.
               
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               Robert
               STAPLETON
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               ,
               who
               I
               presume
               is
               still
               living
               .
               He
               was
               well
               known
               at
               Court
               ,
               by
               the
               Honourable
               Station
               he
               was
               in
               ,
               being
               One
               of
               the
               Gentlemen-Ushers
               of
               his
               Majesty
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second's
               most
               Honourable
               Privy-Chamber
               :
               But
               his
               Writings
               have
               made
               him
               not
               only
               Known
               ,
               but
               Admired
               throughout
               all
               England
               ;
               and
               whilst
               Musaeus
               and
               Juvenal
               are
               in
               Esteem
               with
               the
               Learned
               ,
               Sir
               
               Robert's
               Fame
               will
               still
               survive
               :
               the
               Translation
               of
               those
               two
               Famous
               Authors
               ,
               having
               plac'd
               his
               Name
               in
               the
               Temple
               of
               Immortality
               .
               As
               to
               Musaeus
               ,
               he
               had
               so
               great
               a
               Value
               for
               him
               ,
               that
               after
               he
               had
               translated
               him
               ,
               he
               built
               the
               Story
               into
               a
               Dramatick
               Poem
               ,
               call'd
            
             
             
               
                 Hero
                 and
                 Leander
                 their
                 Tragedy
              
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1669.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Dutchess
               of
               Monmouth
               .
               Whether
               this
               Play
               were
               ever
               acted
               or
               no
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               or
               where
               ;
               tho'
               the
               Prologue
               and
               Epilogue
               ,
               seem
               to
               imply
               that
               it
               had
               appeared
               on
               the
               Stage
               .
            
             
               
                 Slighted
                 Maid
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               written
               likewise
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               and
               acted
               with
               great
               Applause
               ,
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               Little
               Lincolns-Inn
               Fields
               ,
               by
               his
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1663.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               late
               Duke
               of
               Monmouth
               .
               The
               Epitaph
               made
               by
               Decio
               upon
               Iberio
               and
               Pyramena
               ,
               is
               borrowde
               from
               
                 Arria
                 and
                 Petus
              
               ;
               see
               
                 Martial
                 Epigr.
              
               L.
               1.
               
               Ep.
               L.
               4.
               
            
             
               
               Stapleton's
               Juvenal
               ,
               the
               best
               Edition
               with
               Cuts
               ,
               is
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1663.
               and
               his
               Musaeus
               ,
               or
               
                 Hero
                 and
                 Leander
              
               in
               Verse
               ,
               is
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1647.
               to
               which
               is
               added
               
               Leander's
               Letter
               to
               Hero
               ,
               and
               her
               Answer
               translated
               from
               
               Ovid's
               Epistles
               .
               Besides
               these
               ,
               he
               Englished
               
                 Strada
                 de
                 Bello
                 Belgich
              
               ,
               printed
               Lond.
               1650.
               
               Of
               these
               Pieces
               ,
               
                 Jo.
                 Leigh
              
               
                 Esq
              
               in
               his
               Verses
               on
               Carthwright
               ,
               says
               thus
               ;
               
                 
                   Brave
                   Stapleton
                   translates
                   Old
                   Wit
                   and
                   New
                   ;
                
                 
                   
                     Musaeus
                     ,
                     Juvenal
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Strada
                   too
                   .
                
              
            
             
               I
               know
               nothing
               else
               that
               our
               Author
               has
               extant
               ,
               but
               a
               Translation
               from
               the
               French
               of
               Mr.
               
                 De
                 Marmet
              
               ,
               L
               d
               of
               Valcroisant
               ;
               call'd
               
                 Entertainments
                 of
                 the
                 Course
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Academical
                 Conversations
              
               ,
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1658.
               and
               Mr.
               De
               Bergerac's
               History
               of
               the
               World
               in
               the
               Moon
               ,
               in
               twelves
               Lond.
               —
            
          
           
             
             
               John
               STEPHENS
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               ,
               who
               has
               published
               a
               Play
               ,
               called
            
             
               
                 Cynthia's
                 Revenge
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1613.
               
               This
               is
               One
               of
               the
               longest
               Plays
               that
               I
               ever
               read
               ,
               and
               withall
               the
               most
               tedious
               .
               The
               Author
               seems
               to
               have
               a
               great
               Value
               for
               Lucan
               :
               for
               he
               not
               only
               makes
               King
               Menander
               repeat
               part
               in
               the
               Original
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               Fourth
               Act
               he
               makes
               him
               speak
               a
               Speech
               containing
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               First
               Book
               of
               Lucan
               ,
               to
               the
               24
               th
               Verse
               ;
               but
               how
               far
               short
               he
               falls
               of
               Mr.
               May
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               the
               Readers
               Judgment
               .
               In
               the
               Fifth
               Act
               ,
               the
               Poet
               introduces
               an
               Interlude
               of
               the
               Contention
               of
               Ajax
               and
               Ulysses
               ,
               for
               the
               Armour
               of
               Achilles
               ,
               which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               but
               Indifferent
               .
            
             
               He
               has
               writ
               besides
               a
               Piece
               ,
               called
               
                 Satyrical
                 Essays
              
               ,
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1615.
               
            
             
               This
               Play
               was
               in
               former
               Catalogues
               ascrib'd
               to
               
                 John
                 Swallow
              
               ;
               but
               I
               believe
               this
               to
               be
               the
               Genuine
               Author
               .
            
          
           
             
               William
               STRODE
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               flourish'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Martyr
               ,
               of
               a
               Good
               Family
               in
               Devonshire
               ;
               being
               Countryman
               and
               Collegiate
               with
               the
               Witty
               Dr.
               Main
               .
               He
               was
               enter'd
               in
               Christ-Church
               Colledge
               in
               Oxford
               ,
               at
               Nineteen
               Years
               of
               Age
               ;
               and
               soon
               after
               was
               elected
               Student
               .
               He
               took
               his
               several
               Degrees
               ,
               and
               was
               
               chosen
               for
               his
               Excellent
               Parts
               ,
               Oratour
               of
               the
               University
               .
               Tho'
               he
               was
               in
               Orders
               ,
               he
               was
               sent
               for
               by
               the
               Dean
               and
               Chapter
               ,
               to
               write
               a
               Play
               ,
               for
               the
               Diversion
               and
               Entertainment
               of
               their
               Majesties
               ,
               which
               was
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Floating
                 Island
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               before
               his
               Majesty
               at
               
                 Oxf.
                 Aug.
              
               1639.
               by
               the
               Students
               of
               Christ-Church
               .
               The
               Airs
               and
               Songs
               ,
               were
               set
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Henry
                 Laws
              
               ,
               Servant
               to
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               in
               publick
               and
               private
               Musick
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               not
               printed
               till
               Eleven
               Years
               after
               the
               Author's
               Death
               ,
               and
               above
               Eighteen
               Years
               after
               't
               was
               acted
               ;
               being
               printed
               Lond.
               1655.
               and
               dedicated
               even
               in
               Manuscript
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Author's
               Life-time
               ,
               to
               his
               most
               Honoured
               Patron
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Helle
              
               ,
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               too
               full
               of
               Morality
               ,
               to
               please
               the
               Court
               ;
               tho'
               at
               the
               same
               time
               't
               was
               commended
               by
               the
               King
               ;
               as
               was
               apparent
               by
               his
               bestowing
               a
               
               Cannon's
               Dignity
               upon
               him
               ,
               not
               long
               after
               ;
               at
               which
               time
               he
               took
               the
               Degree
               of
               Doctor
               of
               Divinity
               .
            
             
               'T
               was
               then
               that
               he
               employ'd
               his
               Pen
               in
               more
               Serious
               Studies
               ;
               and
               those
               Three
               Sermons
               of
               his
               which
               are
               extant
               ,
               shew
               him
               a
               Solid
               Divine
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               an
               Excellent
               Oratour
               .
            
             
               He
               died
               the
               Eleventh
               of
               March
               1644.
               and
               was
               Buried
               at
               Christ-Church
               .
            
          
           
             
               John
               STUDLEY
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               and
               who
               contributed
               with
               the
               other
               Four
               Translators
               already
               mention'd
               ,
               (
               
                 viz.
                 Heywood
                 ,
                 
                 Nuce
                 ,
                 Newton
                 ,
              
               and
               Nevile
               )
               to
               perfect
               the
               Version
               of
               
               Seneca's
               Tragedies
               .
               Our
               Author
               had
               the
               largest
               Share
               in
               the
               Work
               ,
               he
               having
               rendred
               Four
               into
               
                 English
                 ;
                 viz.
              
               
            
             
               Agamemnon
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               of
               which
               says
               
                 Heinsius
                 ,
                 Est
                 frugis
                 bonae
                 haec
                 Tragoedia
                 .
              
               I
               shall
               not
               pretend
               to
               determine
               of
               the
               oeconomy
               of
               this
               Tragedy
               ,
               but
               leave
               it
               to
               the
               Criticks
               ;
               nor
               take
               upon
               me
               to
               discover
               how
               much
               ,
               or
               how
               little
               Seneca
               has
               borrowed
               from
               Ion
               and
               AEschylus
               ;
               but
               refer
               the
               Reader
               to
               Delrio
               ,
               and
               others
               .
               'T
               is
               sufficient
               for
               me
               to
               observe
               ,
               That
               the
               Translator
               has
               taken
               upon
               him
               to
               add
               a
               whole
               Scene
               at
               the
               End
               of
               the
               Fifth
               Act
               :
               tho'
               upon
               what
               Reason
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               except
               it
               be
               to
               give
               an
               Account
               of
               the
               Death
               of
               Cassandra
               ,
               the
               Imprisonment
               of
               Electra
               ,
               and
               the
               Flight
               of
               Orestes
               ;
               all
               which
               was
               made
               known
               before
               .
               However
               ,
               for
               this
               purpose
               the
               Translator
               makes
               choice
               of
               Euribates
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Third
               Act
               ,
               brings
               notice
               to
               Clitemnestra
               ,
               of
               
               Agamemnon's
               Return
               ;
               possibly
               to
               comply
               with
               the
               Poet
               ,
               who
               throughout
               makes
               no
               use
               of
               a
               Nuntius
               in
               this
               Play
               ;
               tho'
               the
               Death
               of
               Agamemnon
               be
               to
               be
               discovered
               by
               a
               Narration
               ,
               but
               leaves
               it
               to
               Cassandra
               and
               Electra
               ,
               in
               the
               Fifth
               Act.
               
            
             
               Hippolytus
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               that
               is
               extreamly
               regular
               in
               the
               Three
               Unities
               ,
               of
               
                 Place
                 ,
                 Time
              
               and
               Action
               :
               and
               Heinsius
               ,
               that
               great
               Critick
               ,
               has
               not
               stuck
               to
               give
               it
               the
               Title
               of
               Divine
               :
               How
               near
               our
               Translator
               has
               approacht
               the
               Sense
               of
               the
               Author
               ,
               I
               shall
               leave
               to
               others
               Determination
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Hercules
                 Oetaeus
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               which
               by
               some
               is
               thought
               to
               be
               an
               Imitation
               of
               Sophocles
               his
               TRAXINIAI
               .
            
             
               Medea
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               in
               which
               Seneca
               has
               imitated
               Euripides
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               Opinion
               of
               some
               ,
               even
               excelled
               his
               Copy
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               stiled
               by
               One
               ,
               
                 Alta
                 Medea
                 Senecae
              
               ,
               and
               is
               likewise
               regular
               ;
               as
               indeed
               are
               all
               
               Seneca's
               Tragedies
               ,
               except
               his
               Thebais
               .
               Our
               English
               Translator
               ,
               (
               I
               know
               not
               for
               what
               Reason
               )
               has
               alter'd
               the
               Chorus
               of
               the
               First
               Act
               :
               whether
               it
               was
               that
               he
               thought
               the
               Description
               of
               an
               Epithalamium
               ,
               which
               the
               Corinthian
               Women
               sing
               ,
               before
               the
               design'd
               Wedding
               of
               Jason
               and
               Creusa
               ,
               were
               too
               light
               a
               Subject
               for
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               or
               what
               other
               Motive
               he
               had
               to
               substitute
               his
               own
               Thoughts
               instead
               of
               
               Seneca's
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ;
               but
               must
               leave
               him
               and
               his
               Works
               to
               the
               Judgment
               and
               Censure
               of
               the
               Criticks
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               John
               SUCKLING
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               ,
               whose
               Admirable
               Parts
               made
               him
               sufficiently
               Famous
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               to
               whom
               he
               was
               Comptroller
               .
               He
               was
               born
               at
               Witham
               ,
               in
               the
               County
               of
               Middlesex
               in
               the
               Year
               1631.
               and
               which
               was
               Extraordinary
               ,
               (
               according
               to
               his
               Mother's
               Reckoning
               )
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Eleventh
               Month.
               Nor
               was
               his
               Life
               less
               Remarkable
               ,
               than
               his
               Birth
               :
               for
               he
               had
               so
               pregnant
               a
               Genius
               that
               he
               spoke
               Latin
               at
               Five
               Years
               Old
               ,
               and
               writ
               it
               at
               Nine
               Years
               of
               Age.
               His
               Skill
               in
               Languages
               ,
               and
               Musick
               ,
               was
               Remarkable
               ;
               but
               above
               all
               
               his
               Poetry
               ,
               took
               with
               all
               the
               People
               ,
               whose
               Souls
               were
               polished
               by
               the
               Charms
               of
               the
               Muses
               :
               And
               tho'
               War
               did
               not
               so
               well
               agree
               with
               his
               Constitution
               ;
               yet
               in
               his
               Travels
               he
               made
               a
               Campaign
               under
               the
               Famous
               Gustavus
               ,
               where
               he
               was
               present
               at
               three
               Battles
               ,
               five
               Sieges
               ,
               and
               as
               many
               Skirmishes
               :
               and
               if
               his
               Valour
               was
               not
               so
               Remarkable
               ,
               in
               the
               North
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Wars
               ;
               yet
               his
               Loyalty
               was
               conspicuous
               ,
               by
               his
               Expence
               in
               the
               Troop
               of
               Horse
               ,
               which
               he
               rais'd
               ,
               whose
               Equipage
               ,
               viz.
               Horses
               ,
               Arms
               and
               Clothes
               ,
               were
               provided
               all
               at
               his
               own
               Charge
               ,
               and
               stood
               him
               in
               12000
               l.
               But
               these
               passages
               being
               at
               present
               forreign
               to
               my
               Subject
               ,
               I
               shall
               return
               to
               his
               Poetry
               ;
               and
               begin
               with
               his
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               ,
               which
               are
               Four
               in
               Number
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               Aglaura
               ,
               presented
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Black-fryars
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               first
               printed
               in
               Fol.
               upon
               which
               an
               Anonymous
               Satyrist
               (
               
                 i.
                 e.
              
               Mr.
               
                 Rich.
                 Brome
              
               ,
               see
               at
               the
               Entrance
               of
               
                 Covent
                 Garden
                 weeded
              
               )
               made
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               ;
               which
               being
               too
               large
               to
               be
               transcrib'd
               ,
               I
               shall
               refer
               my
               Reader
               to
               a
               Small
               Book
               of
               Poems
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Musarum
                 Deliciae
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Muses
                 Recreation
              
               ,
               where
               he
               may
               find
               them
               in
               the
               51
               st
               .
               page
               .
               Only
               by
               this
               we
               may
               observe
               the
               truth
               of
               that
               saying
               of
               Ovid
               y
               :
               
                 
                   Pascitur
                   in
                   vivis
                   livor
                   :
                   post
                   fata
                   quieseit
                   ,
                
                 
                   Cum
                   suus
                   ex
                   merito
                   quemque
                   tuetur
                   Honos
                   .
                
              
            
             
               This
               Play
               is
               much
               priz'd
               at
               this
               Day
               ,
               and
               has
               this
               Remarkable
               ,
               That
               the
               last
               Act
               is
               so
               altered
               ,
               
               that
               't
               is
               at
               the
               pleasure
               of
               the
               Actors
               ,
               to
               make
               it
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               or
               Tragi-comedy
               :
               which
               was
               so
               well
               approv'd
               of
               by
               that
               Excellent
               Poet
               Sir
               
                 Robert
                 Howard
              
               ,
               that
               he
               has
               followed
               this
               president
               ,
               in
               his
               
                 Vestal
                 Virgin.
              
               
            
             
               Brenoralt
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Discontented
                 Colonel
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               presented
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Blackfryars
               ,
               by
               His
               Majesty's
               Servants
               .
            
             
               Goblings
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               presented
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Blackfryars
               ,
               by
               His
               Majesty's
               Servants
               .
            
             
               
                 Sad
                 One
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               .
               This
               Piece
               was
               never
               finish'd
               .
               'T
               is
               not
               to
               be
               expected
               that
               I
               should
               give
               any
               Account
               of
               the
               Plots
               ,
               or
               Thefts
               in
               this
               Author's
               Works
               ;
               for
               his
               Muse
               was
               Young
               ,
               and
               Vigorous
               enough
               ,
               had
               she
               not
               so
               soon
               been
               cut
               off
               by
               Death
               ,
               to
               have
               brought
               forth
               many
               more
               Children
               ,
               without
               any
               Assistance
               ,
               but
               that
               of
               the
               proper
               Parent
               :
               All
               that
               I
               have
               further
               to
               say
               is
               ,
               That
               these
               Plays
               ,
               with
               the
               rest
               of
               his
               Works
               ,
               are
               printed
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Fragmenta
                 Aurea
              
               ;
               or
               
                 A
                 Collection
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Incomparable
                 Pieces
                 ,
                 written
                 by
                 Sir
              
               John
               Suckling
               ,
               8
               
               o.
               There
               are
               several
               Editions
               of
               his
               Works
               :
               and
               the
               last
               (
               as
               I
               think
               )
               was
               printed
               8O
               .
               Lond.
               1676.
               to
               which
               are
               added
               several
               Poems
               ,
               and
               other
               Pieces
               ,
               which
               were
               by
               his
               Sisters
               Permission
               allowed
               to
               be
               published
               .
               I
               shall
               not
               pretend
               to
               give
               a
               Character
               of
               his
               Works
               ,
               but
               subscribe
               to
               One
               already
               printed
               *
               ;
               viz.
               That
               his
               Poems
               are
               Clean
               ,
               Sprightly
               ,
               and
               Natural
               ;
               his
               Discourses
               Full
               and
               Convincing
               ;
               his
               Plays
               well
               humor'd
               and
               Taking
               ;
               his
               Letters
               Fragrant
               ,
               
               and
               Sparking
               :
               only
               his
               Thoughts
               were
               not
               so
               loose
               as
               his
               Expression
               ,
               witness
               his
               Excellent
               Discourse
               to
               My
               Lord
               Dorset
               ,
               about
               Religion
               .
            
             
               This
               Ingenious
               Gentleman
               died
               of
               a
               Feaver
               ,
               
                 A.
                 D.
              
               164
               —
               being
               about
               29.
               
               Years
               of
               Age
               :
               What
               Excellent
               Advice
               he
               left
               to
               his
               Friends
               about
               him
               ,
               may
               be
               read
               in
               Mr.
               
               Lloyd's
               Memoirs
               ;
               nor
               can
               I
               forbear
               transcribing
               what
               that
               Author
               writ
               upon
               that
               Subject
               .
            
             
               
                 Ne
                 hae
                 zelantis
                 animae
                 sacriores
              
               
                 Scintillulae
                 ipsum
                 unde
                 deciderant
                 spirantes
              
               
                 Coelum
                 ,
                 &
                 Author
                 magnus
                 ipsa
                 quam
              
               
                 Aliis
                 dedit
                 careret
                 memoria
                 ;
                 Interesse
              
               
                 Posteris
                 putavimus
                 brevem
                 Honoratissimi
              
               
                 Viri
                 
                   Johannis
                   Sucklingii
                
                 vitam
                 Historia
              
               
                 esse
                 perennandam
                 .
              
            
             
               Utpote
               qui
               Nobilissima
               Sucklingiorum
               Familia
               Oriundus
               ,
               cui
               tantum
               reddidit
               ,
               quantum
               accepit
               honorem
               ;
               Nat.
               Cal.
               
                 Apr.
                 1613.
                 
                 Withamiae
              
               in
               Agro
               Middles
               .
               Renatus
               ibid.
               
                 Maii
                 70.
              
               and
               Denatus
               164
               —
               haud
               jam
               Trigessimus
               ,
               &
               Scriptu
               dignissima
               fecit
               &
               factu
               dignissima
               scripsit
               .
               Calamo
               pariter
               &
               Gladio
               celebris
               ,
               pacis
               artium
               gnarus
               &
               belli
               .
            
          
           
             
               Gilbert
               SWINHOE
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               ,
               who
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               and
               Second
               ;
               a
               North-country
               Man
               by
               Birth
               ,
               (
               being
               Born
               in
               Northumberland
               )
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Unhappy
                 fair
              
               Irene
               
                 her
                 Tragedy
              
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1658.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               accompany'd
               with
               three
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               in
               its
               Commendation
               ;
               
               tho'
               I
               think
               it
               scarce
               deserve
               them
               .
               The
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               :
               see
               Knolles
               his
               Turkish
               History
               ,
               in
               the
               Life
               of
               Mahomet
               the
               First
               ;
               which
               Story
               is
               the
               Subject
               of
               a
               Novel
               in
               Bandello
               ,
               which
               is
               translated
               into
               French
               by
               
                 Pierre
                 Boisteau
              
               ;
               see
               
                 Histoires
                 Tragicques
                 ,
                 tome
                 premier
              
               Nov.
               2.
               
               The
               same
               is
               translated
               into
               English
               ,
               by
               
                 Wil.
                 Painter
              
               in
               his
               
                 Palace
                 of
                 Pleasure
              
               ,
               in
               quarto
               ,
               Nov.
               4
               
               o.
            
          
        
         
           
             T.
             
          
           
             
               Nathaniel
               TATE
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               now
               living
               ;
               who
               tho'
               he
               be
               allow'd
               to
               be
               a
               Man
               of
               Wit
               and
               Parts
               ,
               yet
               for
               
                 Dramatick
                 Poetry
              
               ,
               he
               is
               not
               above
               the
               common
               Rank
               :
               What
               he
               has
               extant
               ,
               for
               the
               most
               part
               is
               borrow'd
               ;
               at
               least
               we
               may
               say
               ,
               That
               generally
               he
               follows
               other
               Mens
               Models
               ,
               and
               builds
               upon
               their
               Foundations
               :
               for
               of
               Eight
               Plays
               that
               are
               printed
               under
               his
               Name
               ,
               Six
               of
               them
               owe
               their
               Original
               to
               other
               Pens
               ;
               as
               we
               shall
               shew
               in
               the
               following
               Account
               .
            
             
               
                 Brutus
                 of
                 Alba
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 enchanted
                 Lovers
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1678.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Charles
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               and
               Middlesex
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               
               Virgil's
               AEneids
               ,
               Book
               the
               4
               th
               ;
               and
               
                 was
                 finished
                 under
                 the
                 Names
                 of
              
               Dido
               and
               AEneas
               ,
               
                 but
                 by
                 the
                 Advice
                 of
                 some
                 Friends
                 ,
                 was
                 transformed
                 to
                 the
                 Dress
                 it
                 now
                 wears
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
                 Cuckold's
                 Haven
              
               ,
               or
               
                 An
                 Alderman
                 no
                 Conjurer
              
               ;
               a
               Farce
               acted
               at
               the
               Queen's
               Theatre
               ,
               in
               Dorset
               Garden
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1685.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Colonel
               
                 Edmund
                 Ashton
              
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
                 Johnson's
                 Eastward-hoe
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Devil
                 is
                 an
                 Ass.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Duke
                 and
                 no
                 Duke
              
               ,
               a
               Farce
               acted
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               with
               the
               several
               Songs
               set
               to
               Musick
               ,
               with
               Thorough-Basses
               for
               the
               Theorbo
               ,
               or
               Bass-Viol
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1685.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Sir
               
                 George
                 Hewyt
              
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               Sir
               Aston
               Cockain's
               
                 Trappolin
                 suppos'd
                 a
                 Prince
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Ingratitude
                 of
                 a
                 Common-wealth
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Fall
                 of
              
               Caius
               Martius
               Coriolanus
               ;
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1682.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Charles
               ,
               Lord
               Herbert
               ,
               Marquess
               of
               Worcester
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               borrowed
               from
               
               Shakespear's
               Coriolanus
               .
            
             
               
                 Island
                 Princess
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               :
               revived
               with
               Alterations
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1687.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Henry
               ,
               Lord
               Walgrave
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               
               Fletcher's
               Originally
               .
            
             
               
                 Loyal
                 General
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1680.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Edward
                 Taylor
              
               Esquire
               .
            
             
               
                 Lear
                 King
                 of
              
               England
               
                 his
                 History
              
               ;
               acted
               at
               the
               Dukes
               Theatre
               :
               revived
               with
               Alterations
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1687.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Thomas
                 Boteler
              
               
                 Esq
              
               This
               Play
               in
               the
               Original
               ,
               was
               writ
               by
               
                 W.
                 Shakespear
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 the
                 Third
              
               ,
               a
               History
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               
                 The
                 Sicilian
                 
                 Usurper
              
               :
               with
               a
               Prefatory
               Epistle
               ,
               in
               Vindication
               of
               the
               Author
               ;
               occasioned
               by
               the
               Prohibition
               of
               this
               Play
               on
               the
               Stage
               :
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1681.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               
                 George
                 Raynford
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               This
               Play
               owns
               its
               Birth
               likewise
               to
               Shakespear
               .
            
             
               Besides
               these
               Plays
               ,
               our
               Author
               has
               two
               Volumes
               of
               Poems
               in
               print
               .
               One
               wholy
               writ
               by
               him
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Poems
                 writ
                 on
                 several
                 Occasions
                 ,
                 second
                 Edit
                 enlarg'd
                 printed
              
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1684.
               
               The
               other
               call'd
               
                 Poems
                 by
                 several
                 Hands
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 several
                 Occasions
                 ,
              
               collected
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               and
               printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               1685.
               
            
          
           
             
               John
               TATEHAM
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               flourish'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ;
               and
               was
               (
               says
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               )
               the
               City
               Poet.
               If
               he
               was
               not
               an
               Extraordinary
               Wit
               ,
               at
               least
               he
               was
               Loyal
               in
               the
               highest
               Degree
               ,
               as
               may
               appear
               by
               his
               Plays
               ;
               and
               equally
               hated
               the
               Rump
               and
               the
               Scots
               .
               He
               has
               Four
               Plays
               in
               print
               ;
               Three
               in
               quarto
               ,
               and
               One
               printed
               with
               his
               Poems
               in
               octavo
               .
            
             
               
                 Distracted
                 State
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               written
               in
               the
               Year
               1641.
               but
               not
               printed
               till
               1651.
               4
               
               o.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               
                 John
                 Sidley
              
               .
               This
               Play
               suited
               well
               with
               the
               Times
               ;
               and
               his
               Hatred
               to
               the
               Scots
               appears
               in
               this
               Play
               ,
               where
               he
               introduces
               a
               Scotch
               Mountebank
               (
               in
               the
               fourth
               Act
               )
               to
               poyson
               Archias
               the
               Elected
               King
               ,
               at
               the
               Instigation
               of
               Cleander
               .
               This
               I
               take
               to
               be
               the
               best
               of
               our
               Author's
               Writings
               .
            
             
             
               Rump
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Mirrour
                 of
                 the
                 late
                 Times
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               many
               times
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Dorset
               Court
               ;
               printed
               (
               the
               second
               Edit
               .
               )
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1661.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Walter
                 James
              
               ,
               of
               Rambden-House
               ,
               in
               Smarden
               ,
               in
               the
               County
               of
               Kent
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               This
               Play
               has
               lately
               been
               reviv'd
               on
               our
               Stage
               ,
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               
                 The
                 Roundheads
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Scots
                 Figaries
              
               ,
               or
               
                 A
                 Knot
                 of
                 Knaves
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1652.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Robert
                 Dormer
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Most
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               writ
               in
               the
               Scotch
               Dialect
               ,
               and
               displays
               them
               to
               the
               Life
               .
            
             
               
                 Love
                 crowns
                 the
                 End
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               by
               the
               Scholars
               of
               Bingham
               ,
               in
               the
               County
               of
               Nottingham
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts
               ,
               and
               is
               much
               shorter
               than
               most
               usually
               are
               ;
               being
               fitted
               purposely
               ,
               as
               I
               suppose
               ,
               for
               those
               Youths
               than
               acted
               it
               .
               'T
               is
               printed
               with
               his
               Poems
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Mirrour
                 of
                 Fancies
              
               ,
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1657.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Winter
              
               ,
               Secretary
               of
               State
               to
               his
               Majesty
               in
               his
               Exile
               .
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               TAYLOUR
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               ,
               to
               whose
               Person
               and
               Writings
               I
               am
               wholy
               a
               Stranger
               ;
               only
               I
               find
               in
               former
               Catalogues
               a
               Comedy
               ascribed
               to
               him
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Hog-huth
                 lost
                 his
                 Pearl
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               THOMSON
               .
            
             
               Another
               Author
               of
               the
               meanest
               Rank
               ,
               and
               a
               great
               Plagiary
               ;
               if
               One
               of
               the
               Plays
               be
               
               own'd
               by
               him
               ,
               which
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               has
               ascribed
               to
               him
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 English
                 Rogue
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               before
               several
               Persons
               of
               Honour
               with
               great
               applause
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1668.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Mrs.
               
                 Alice
                 Barret
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Mother
                 Shipton
              
               her
               Life
               ,
               acted
               Nine
               Days
               together
               with
               great
               applause
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               16
               —
               I
               suppose
               the
               Occasion
               of
               the
               Success
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               was
               from
               what
               he
               stole
               ;
               for
               all
               the
               Characters
               ,
               except
               what
               relate
               to
               Shipton
               ,
               are
               borrow'd
               ;
               as
               the
               Characters
               of
               
                 Shift-hose
                 ,
                 Monylack
              
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Oliver
                 ,
                 Whore-hound
                 ,
                 David
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               are
               stollen
               verbatim
               from
               
               Massinger's
               
                 City
                 Madam
              
               ,
               and
               
               Middleton's
               
                 Chast
                 Maid
                 in
                 Cheapside
              
               .
               This
               Play
               has
               not
               the
               Author's
               Name
               to
               it
               ,
               but
               the
               two
               first
               Letters
               :
               it
               may
               be
               he
               was
               asham'd
               to
               set
               his
               Name
               to
               other
               Mens
               Labours
               .
               As
               to
               the
               Story
               of
               Shipton
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               how
               to
               direct
               the
               Reader
               ,
               except
               to
               an
               old
               Book
               in
               quarto
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Life
                 and
                 Death
                 of
                 Mother
              
               Shipton
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nicholas
               TROTT
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               ,
               who
               writ
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               call'd
               Arthur
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               :
               neither
               can
               I
               give
               any
               Account
               of
               the
               Author
               himself
               ,
               or
               the
               time
               he
               liv'd
               in
               .
            
          
           
             
               Richard
               TUKE
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               ,
               of
               whom
               I
               can
               give
               no
               further
               Account
               ,
               than
               that
               he
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Divine
                 Comedian
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Right
                 Use
                 of
                 Plays
              
               ,
               
               improved
               in
               a
               Sacred
               Tragi-comedy
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1672.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               and
               no
               less
               Virtuous
               Mary
               ,
               Countess
               of
               Warwick
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               call'd
               first
               by
               the
               Author
               ,
               
                 The
                 Soul's
                 Warfare
              
               ;
               and
               is
               grounded
               on
               the
               Danger
               of
               the
               Soul
               in
               this
               World.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               TUKE
               .
            
             
               A
               Collonel
               now
               living
               (
               as
               I
               have
               been
               inform'd
               )
               in
               Sussex
               :
               the
               Author
               of
               One
               of
               the
               best
               Plays
               now
               extant
               ,
               for
               Oeconomy
               and
               Contrivance
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Adventures
                 of
                 five
                 Hours
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               the
               second
               Edition
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1662.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               
                 Henry
                 Howard
              
               ,
               of
               Norfolk
               :
               attended
               with
               Eight
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               ,
               writ
               by
               very
               Eminent
               Persons
               ;
               as
               Mr.
               
                 Cowley
                 ,
                 Evelyn
                 ,
                 Carlisle
              
               ,
               and
               others
               .
               This
               Play
               ,
               I
               believe
               ,
               ows
               its
               Foundation
               to
               one
               in
               Spanish
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cyril
               TURNEUR
               .
            
             
               This
               Author
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               published
               Two
               Tragedies
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Atheist's
                 Tragedy
              
               :
               Of
               the
               Date
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               or
               to
               whom
               dedicated
               ,
               I
               can
               give
               no
               Account
               ,
               the
               Title-page
               and
               Epistle
               ,
               (
               if
               there
               were
               any
               )
               of
               my
               Copy
               being
               lost
               .
               The
               Plot
               of
               Levidulcia
               ,
               her
               Conveying
               Sebastian
               and
               Fresco
               out
               of
               her
               Chamber
               ,
               when
               she
               was
               surpris'd
               by
               her
               Husband
               
               Belleforrest's
               Coming
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               Boccace
               ,
               Day
               the
               7.
               
               Nov.
               the
               6.
               
            
             
             
               
                 Revenger's
                 Tragedy
              
               ,
               sundry
               times
               acted
               by
               the
               Kings
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
            
             
               Of
               these
               two
               Plays
               ,
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               quotes
               a
               Distich
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               from
               what
               Author
               ,
               as
               follows
               .
            
             
               
                 His
                 Fame
                 unto
                 that
                 pitch
                 so
                 only
                 rais'd
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 despis'd
                 ,
                 nor
                 too
                 much
                 prais'd
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               John
               TUTCHIN
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               of
               our
               Times
               ;
               who
               has
               a
               Pastoral
               extant
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Unfortunate
                 Shepherd
              
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               ;
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1685.
               
               This
               Play
               with
               the
               rest
               of
               his
               Poems
               on
               several
               Occasions
               ,
               and
               a
               Piece
               in
               Prose
               ,
               call'd
               
                 A
                 Discourse
                 of
                 Life
              
               ,
               were
               all
               printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               1685.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             W.
             
          
           
             
               Lewis
               WAGER
               .
            
             
               A
               Learned
               Clerk
               ,
               living
               in
               the
               begining
               of
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ;
               who
               was
               the
               Author
               of
               an
               Interlude
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Mary
                 Magdalen
                 ,
                 her
                 Life
                 and
                 Repentance
              
               ;
               printed
               in
               a
               Black
               Letter
               ,
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1567.
               
               This
               Interlude
               may
               easily
               be
               acted
               by
               Four
               Persons
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               take
               an
               Account
               from
               the
               following
               Lines
               ;
               being
               part
               of
               the
               Prologue
               ,
               and
               will
               give
               you
               a
               Taste
               of
               the
               Author's
               Stile
               .
            
             
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Gospel
                 we
                 shall
                 rehearse
                 a
                 fruitful
                 Story
                 ,
              
               
                 Written
                 in
                 the
                 7th
                 of
                 Luke
                 with
                 words
                 plaine
                 ,
              
               
               
                 The
                 Story
                 of
                 a
                 Woman
                 that
                 was
                 right
                 sorry
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 that
                 she
                 had
                 spent
                 her
                 Life
                 in
                 sinne
                 vile
              
               
                 and
                 vaine
                 .
              
               
                 By
                 Christ's
                 preaching
                 she
                 was
                 converted
                 againe
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 be
                 truly
                 penitent
                 by
                 hir
                 fruictes
                 she
                 declared
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 to
                 shew
                 hir self
                 a
                 sinner
                 she
                 never
                 spared
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Edmund
               WALLER
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               not
               many
               Years
               deceas'd
               :
               whose
               Name
               will
               ever
               be
               dear
               to
               all
               Lovers
               of
               the
               Muses
               .
               His
               Compositions
               are
               universally
               applauded
               ;
               and
               they
               are
               thought
               fit
               to
               serve
               as
               a
               Standard
               ,
               for
               all
               succeeding
               Poems
               .
               He
               was
               a
               Friend
               to
               the
               Ingenious
               Fletcher
               ;
               as
               appears
               by
               his
               Verses
               ,
               printed
               at
               the
               beginning
               of
               those
               Plays
               ;
               and
               was
               so
               far
               a
               Lover
               of
               
                 Dramatick
                 Poetry
              
               ,
               that
               he
               translated
               part
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               and
               Middlesex
               ,
               was
               concerned
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Pompey
                 the
                 Great
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               by
               the
               Servants
               of
               His
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               York
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1664.
               
            
             
               Besides
               this
               Play
               ,
               he
               has
               a
               Volume
               of
               Poems
               extant
               ,
               which
               have
               been
               several
               times
               reprinted
               ;
               the
               Fourth
               Edition
               ,
               was
               printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               1682.
               
               There
               is
               newly
               publish'd
               a
               Second
               part
               ,
               containing
               his
               Alteration
               of
               
                 The
                 Maid's
                 Tragedy
              
               ,
               and
               whatsoever
               of
               his
               was
               left
               unprinted
               ,
               publisht
               octavo
               Lond.
               1690.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               George
               WAPUL
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               ,
               whose
               Writings
               are
               as
               unknown
               as
               any
               of
               the
               former
               ;
               to
               whom
               is
               ascribed
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Tide
                 tarrieth
                 for
                 no
                 Man.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               William
               WAYER
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               ,
               of
               whose
               Time
               and
               Writings
               I
               can
               give
               no
               further
               Account
               ,
               than
               that
               he
               is
               accounted
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               ,
               called
            
             
               
                 The
                 more
                 thou
                 liv'st
                 ,
                 the
                 more
                 Fool
                 thou
                 art
                 .
              
               There
               are
               two
               other
               Plays
               (
               whose
               Authors
               are
               unknown
               )
               ascribed
               by
               Mr.
               Philips
               and
               Winstanley
               ,
               to
               our
               Author
               ;
               
                 viz.
                 Tryal
                 of
                 Chivalry
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Tom
                 Tyler
                 and
                 his
                 Wife
              
               :
               tho'
               I
               believe
               they
               were
               never
               writ
               by
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               R.
               WAVER
               .
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               never
               seen
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Lusty
                 Juventus
              
               ;
               who
               ,
               or
               whence
               this
               Author
               was
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               .
            
          
           
             
               John
               WEBSTER
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               James
               the
               First
               ;
               and
               was
               in
               those
               Days
               accounted
               an
               Excellent
               Poet.
               He
               joyn'd
               with
               
                 Decker
                 ,
                 Marston
              
               ,
               and
               Rowley
               ,
               in
               several
               Plays
               ;
               and
               was
               likewise
               Author
               of
               others
               ,
               which
               have
               even
               in
               our
               Age
               gain'd
               Applause
               :
               As
               for
               Instance
               ,
               
                 Appius
                 and
                 Virginia
              
               ,
               Dutchess
               of
               Malfy
               ,
               and
               
                 Vittoria
                 Corrombona
              
               ;
               but
               I
               shall
               speak
               of
               these
               in
               their
               Order
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Appius
                 and
                 Virginia
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               (
               according
               to
               my
               Copy
               )
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1659.
               
               I
               suppose
               there
               may
               be
               an
               older
               Edition
               than
               mine
               ;
               but
               this
               is
               that
               which
               was
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               was
               alter'd
               (
               as
               I
               have
               heard
               by
               Mr.
               Carthwright
               )
               by
               Mr.
               Betterton
               :
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               consult
               
                 Livy
                 ,
                 Florus
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Devil's
                 Law-case
              
               ,
               or
               
                 When
                 Women
                 go
                 to
                 Làw
                 ,
                 the
                 Devil
                 is
                 full
                 of
                 business
              
               ;
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               approvedly
               well
               acted
               by
               Her
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1623.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Finch
              
               .
               An
               Accident
               like
               that
               of
               
               Romelio's
               stabbing
               Contarino
               out
               of
               Malice
               ,
               which
               turned
               to
               his
               preservation
               ,
               is
               (
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               )
               in
               Skenkius
               his
               Observations
               :
               At
               least
               I
               am
               sure
               ,
               the
               like
               happened
               to
               
                 Phaereus
                 Jason
              
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               
                 Q.
                 Val.
                 Maximus
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               1.
               cap.
               8.
               
               The
               like
               Story
               is
               related
               in
               
               Goulart's
               
                 Histoires
                 Admirables
                 ,
                 tome
              
               1.
               page
               178.
               
            
             
               
                 Dutchess
                 of
              
               Malfy
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               presented
               privately
               at
               the
               Black-fryars
               ,
               and
               publickly
               at
               the
               Globe
               ,
               by
               the
               King's
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ;
               and
               I
               have
               seen
               it
               since
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               .
               'T
               was
               first
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1623.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               George
               ,
               Lord
               Barkeley
               ,
               and
               since
               reprinted
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1678.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               consult
               
               Bandello's
               Novels
               in
               French
               ,
               by
               Belleforest
               ,
               N.
               19.
               
               
                 Beard
                 's
                 Theatre
                 of
                 God's
                 Judgments
              
               ,
               Book
               2.
               
               Ch.
               24.
               
               The
               like
               Story
               is
               related
               by
               Goulart
               ,
               in
               his
               
                 Histoires
                 admirables
                 de
                 nôtre
                 temps
              
               ,
               p.
               226.
               
            
             
               
                 White
                 Devil
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Tragedy
                 of
              
               Paulo
               Giordano
               Ursini
               ,
               
                 Duke
                 of
              
               Brachiano
               ;
               
                 with
                 the
                 Life
                 and
                 Death
                 of
              
               Vittoria
               Corombona
               ,
               
                 the
                 Famous
              
               
               Venetian
               Curtezan
               :
               acted
               by
               the
               Queen's
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Phoenix
               in
               Drury-lane
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1612.
               and
               since
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               and
               reprinted
               1665.
               
            
             
               Besides
               these
               Plays
               ,
               our
               Author
               has
               been
               assisted
               by
               Mr.
               Rowley
               in
               two
               others
               ;
               which
               because
               he
               had
               the
               least
               part
               in
               their
               Composition
               ,
               I
               place
               to
               our
               Author
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Cure
                 for
                 a
                 Cuckold
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               several
               times
               acted
               with
               great
               applause
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1661.
               
            
             
               
                 Thracian
                 Wonder
              
               ,
               a
               Comical
               History
               several
               times
               acted
               with
               great
               applause
               ;
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1661.
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Philips
               has
               committed
               a
               great
               Mistake
               ,
               in
               ascribing
               several
               Plays
               to
               our
               Author
               ,
               and
               his
               Associate
               Mr.
               Decker
               ;
               One
               of
               which
               belong
               to
               another
               Writer
               ,
               whose
               Name
               is
               annexed
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               are
               Anonymous
               :
               As
               for
               Instance
               ,
               
                 The
                 Noble
                 Stranger
              
               ,
               was
               writ
               by
               
                 Lewis
                 Sharpe
              
               ;
               and
               
                 The
                 New
                 Trick
                 to
                 cheat
                 the
                 Devil
                 ,
                 Weakest
                 goes
                 to
                 the
                 wall
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Woman
                 will
                 have
                 her
                 will
              
               ,
               to
               unknown
               Authors
               .
            
          
           
             
               John
               WATSON
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               An
               Author
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               writ
               a
               Play
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Amazon
                 Queen
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Amours
                 of
              
               Thalestris
               to
               Alexander
               
                 the
                 Great
              
               ;
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1667.
               
               The
               Story
               of
               Thalestris
               may
               be
               read
               in
               
                 Q.
                 Curtius
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               6.
               c.
               5.
               
               
                 Just.
                 lib.
              
               3.
               
               
                 Strabo
                 lib.
              
               5.
               &c.
               Tho'
               our
               Author
               makes
               her
               somewhat
               nice
               in
               her
               
               Amours
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               never
               acted
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               Author
               's
               hearing
               of
               two
               Plays
               besides
               on
               the
               same
               Subject
               ,
               that
               were
               intended
               for
               the
               Stage
               .
            
          
           
             
               —
               WHITAKER
               .
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               Conspiracy
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Change
                 of
                 Government
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               His
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1680.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               written
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               :
               as
               to
               its
               Character
               ,
               I
               shall
               leave
               it
               to
               the
               Judgment
               of
               abler
               Criticks
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dr.
               Robert
               WILD
               .
            
             
               A
               Doctor
               of
               the
               Presbyterian
               Leven
               ;
               but
               yet
               (
               who
               it
               seems
               )
               in
               his
               Juvenile
               Years
               ,
               was
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Benefice
              
               ;
               which
               was
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1689.
               
               His
               Opinion
               of
               the
               
                 Orthodox
                 Clergy
              
               ,
               may
               easily
               be
               collected
               from
               this
               Play
               ;
               tho'
               he
               is
               beholding
               to
               another
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Return
                 from
                 Pernassus
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Scourge
                 of
                 Simony
              
               ,
               for
               his
               Design
               .
               His
               Poems
               are
               well
               known
               ,
               octavo
               1605.
               
            
          
           
             
               Leonard
               WILLAN
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               flourish'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               .
               This
               Author
               publish'd
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               Astraea
               ,
               or
               
                 True
                 Loves
                 Mirrour
              
               ;
               a
               Pastoral
               in
               Verse
               ;
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1651.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Illustrious
               Princess
               Mary
               ,
               Dutchess
               of
               Richmond
               and
               Lenox
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               
               the
               Romance
               of
               Astraea
               ,
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               D'Urfé
               .
            
             
               On
               this
               Author
               ,
               Mr.
               Herrick
               has
               writ
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               ;
               which
               the
               Reader
               may
               peruse
               at
               leisure
               ,
               p.
               354.
               of
               his
               Poems
               in
               octavo
               .
            
          
           
             
               George
               WILKINS
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               who
               was
               the
               Writer
               of
               a
               single
               Comedy
               ;
               besides
               that
               in
               which
               he
               joyn'd
               with
               Day
               and
               Rowley
               ;
               I
               mean
               
                 The
                 Travels
                 of
                 three
              
               English
               Brothers
               .
               The
               Play
               I
               am
               speaking
               of
               ,
               is
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Miseries
                 of
                 Inforced
                 Marriage
              
               ,
               play'd
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1637.
               
               This
               Comedy
               has
               been
               a
               great
               part
               of
               it
               reviv'd
               by
               Mrs.
               Behn
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 The
                 Town
                 Fop
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Sir
                 Timothy
                 Tawdry
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               WILMOT
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               who
               at
               the
               desire
               of
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Inner-Temple
               ,
               compos'd
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Tancred
                 and
                 Gismund
                 their
                 Tragedy
              
               ,
               acted
               before
               Her
               Majesty
               ,
               by
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Temple
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1592.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Worshipful
               and
               Vertuous
               Ladies
               ,
               the
               Lady
               
                 Mary
                 Peter
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Lady
               
                 Anne
                 Grey
              
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Story
               in
               Boccace
               ;
               see
               Day
               the
               fourth
               ,
               Novel
               the
               first
               .
            
          
           
             
               John
               WILSON
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               if
               not
               still
               alive
               ;
               whose
               
               Muse
               has
               been
               applauded
               on
               the
               Stage
               .
               His
               Play
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Cheats
              
               ,
               having
               the
               general
               Approbation
               of
               being
               an
               Excellent
               Comedy
               .
               He
               has
               writ
               three
               Plays
               ;
               in
               Number
               of
               which
               take
               the
               following
               Account
               .
            
             
               
                 Andronicus
                 Comnenus
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ;
               printed
               Lond.
               1663.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               consult
               
                 Glycas
                 Leunclaius
                 ,
                 Chorriates
                 ,
                 Cantacusenus
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               Cheats
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               written
               in
               the
               Year
               1662.
               and
               printed
               2
               d
               Edit
               .
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1671.
               
               The
               Author
               has
               sufficiently
               Apologiz'd
               for
               this
               Play
               ,
               in
               his
               Preface
               ,
               to
               which
               I
               refer
               you
               .
            
             
               Projectors
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ;
               printed
               
                 40.
                 
                 Lond.
              
               1665.
               
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               WILSON
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               flourish'd
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ;
               and
               was
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 The
                 Coblers
                 Prophecy
              
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1655.
               
            
          
           
             
               Nathaniel
               WOODS
               .
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               was
               a
               Minister
               in
               Norwich
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ;
               and
               who
               writ
               an
               Old
               Comedy
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 Conflict
                 of
                 Conscience
              
               ;
               containing
               a
               most
               Lamentable
               Example
               of
               the
               doleful
               Desperation
               of
               a
               miserable
               Worldling
               ,
               by
               the
               Name
               of
               Philologus
               ;
               who
               forsook
               the
               Truth
               of
               God's
               Gospel
               ,
               for
               fear
               of
               the
               Loss
               of
               Life
               ,
               and
               worldly
               Goods
               .
               The
               Actors
               Names
               divided
               into
               six
               parts
               ,
               most
               convenient
               for
               such
               as
               be
               dispos'd
               either
               to
               shew
               this
               Comedy
               in
               private
               Houses
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1581.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               John
               WRIGHT
               .
            
             
               A
               Writer
               still
               living
               ,
               who
               has
               publisht
               two
               Plays
               ;
               the
               one
               being
               writ
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               disguis'd
               
                 En
                 Travesty
              
               .
               They
               both
               bear
               the
               same
               Title
               ,
               and
               are
               bound
               together
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               Thyestes
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               translated
               out
               of
               Seneca
               ;
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1674.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Bennet
               ,
               Lord
               Sherrard
               .
            
             
               
                 Mock
                 Thyestes
              
               ,
               a
               Farce
               in
               Burlesque
               Verse
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1674.
               
               In
               commendation
               of
               these
               two
               Plays
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               ,
               written
               by
               Mr.
               
                 O.
                 Salisbury
              
               ;
               which
               begins
               thus
               :
               
                 
                   Did
                   Seneca
                   now
                   live
                   ,
                   himself
                   would
                   say
                   ,
                
                 
                   That
                   your
                   Translation
                   has
                   not
                   wrong'd
                   his
                   Play
                   ;
                
                 
                   But
                   that
                   in
                   every
                   Page
                   ,
                   in
                   every
                   Line
                   ,
                
                 
                   Your
                   Language
                   does
                   with
                   equal
                   splendor
                   shine
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
               William
               WYTCHERLEY
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               ,
               whom
               I
               may
               boldly
               reckon
               amongst
               the
               Poets
               of
               the
               First
               Rank
               :
               no
               Man
               that
               I
               know
               ,
               except
               the
               Excellent
               Johnson
               ,
               having
               outdone
               him
               in
               Comedy
               ;
               in
               which
               alone
               he
               has
               imploy'd
               his
               Pen
               ,
               but
               with
               that
               Success
               ,
               that
               few
               have
               before
               ,
               or
               will
               hereafter
               match
               him
               .
               His
               Plays
               are
               four
               in
               Number
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 Country
                 Wife
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1683.
               
               This
               is
               reckon'd
               an
               Admirable
               Play.
               
            
             
               
                 Gentleman
                 Dancing-Master
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               and
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1673.
               
            
             
               
                 Love
                 in
                 a
                 Wood
              
               ,
               or
               Saint
               James's
               Park
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               by
               His
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1672.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Dutchess
               of
               Cleveland
               .
            
             
               
                 Plain
                 Dealer
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               by
               His
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1678.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Madam
               B
               —
               Of
               this
               Play
               and
               its
               Author
               ,
               Mr.
               Dryden
               says
               thus
               :
               
                 The
                 Author
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Plain
                   Dealer
                
                 ,
                 whom
                 I
                 am
                 proud
                 to
                 call
                 My
                 Friend
                 ,
                 has
                 oblig'd
                 all
                 Honest
                 and
                 Virtuous
                 Men
                 ,
                 by
                 One
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 Bold
                 ,
                 most
                 General
                 ,
                 and
                 most
                 Useful
                 Satyrs
                 ,
                 which
                 has
                 been
                 presented
                 on
                 the
                 English
                 Theatre
                 .
              
               But
               notwithstanding
               this
               Admirable
               Character
               ,
               I
               must
               take
               the
               Freedom
               to
               alledge
               ,
               That
               our
               Author
               has
               borrow'd
               his
               chief
               Characters
               of
               
                 Manly
                 and
                 Olivia
              
               ,
               from
               
               Molliere's
               
                 Le
                 Misanthrope
              
               ;
               that
               of
               Major
               Old-fox
               ,
               from
               
               Scarron's
               
                 City
                 Romance
              
               ;
               and
               that
               of
               Vernish
               his
               seizing
               Fidelia
               ,
               and
               discovering
               her
               Sex
               ,
               may
               possibly
               be
               founded
               on
               Silvia
               Molliere's
               Memoires
               .
               But
               notwithstanding
               all
               this
               ,
               the
               Play
               is
               Excellent
               in
               its
               kind
               ;
               and
               the
               Author's
               Character
               is
               justly
               drawn
               by
               Mr.
               Evelyn
               :
               
                 
                   As
                   long
                   as
                   Men
                   are
                   false
                   ,
                   and
                   Women
                   vain
                   ,
                
                 
                   While
                   Gold
                   continues
                   to
                   be
                   Virtues
                   bane
                   ,
                
                 
                   In
                   pointed
                   Satyr
                   Wycherley
                   shall
                   Reign
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Y.
             
          
           
             
               Robert
               YARRINGTON
               .
            
             
               An
               Ancient
               Writer
               in
               Queen
               
               Elizabeth's
               Time
               ;
               who
               has
               publisht
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Two
                 Tragedies
                 in
                 One.
              
               The
               One
               ,
               of
               the
               Murther
               of
               Mr.
               Beech
               a
               Chandler
               ,
               in
               Thames-street
               ,
               and
               his
               Boy
               ;
               done
               by
               
                 Thomas
                 Mern
              
               :
               The
               Other
               ,
               of
               a
               Young
               Child
               ,
               murther'd
               in
               a
               Wood
               by
               two
               Ruffins
               ,
               with
               the
               Consent
               of
               his
               Uncle
               ;
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1601.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Supposed
             Authors
             .
          
           
             WE
             are
             now
             arriv'd
             at
             those
             Authors
             ,
             whose
             Names
             are
             not
             certainly
             known
             ,
             who
             discover
             themselves
             only
             to
             their
             Friends
             in
             private
             ,
             and
             disguise
             themselves
             from
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             the
             World
             by
             Two
             Letters
             only
             :
             part
             of
             which
             we
             shall
             unriddle
             in
             the
             following
             Account
             .
          
           
             
               R.
               A.
               Gent.
               
            
             
               This
               Author
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Valiant
              
               Welchman
               ;
               or
               
                 The
                 True
                 Chronicle
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 Life
                 and
                 Valiant
                 Deeds
                 of
              
               Charadoc
               ,
               
                 the
                 Great
                 King
                 of
              
               Cambria
               ,
               
                 now
                 call'd
              
               Wales
               .
               This
               Play
               has
               been
               sundry
               times
               acted
               by
               the
               Prince
               of
               Wales
               his
               Servants
               ;
               but
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1663.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               't
               is
               founded
               on
               
               true
               History
               :
               see
               
                 Tacitus
                 Annals
              
               ,
               Milton's
               
                 History
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               See
               besides
               
                 Ubaldine
                 ,
                 Le
                 Vite
                 delle
                 Donne
                 Illustre
                 ,
                 p.
              
               6.
               
            
          
           
             
               H.
               H.
               B.
               
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 World's
                 Idol
              
               ,
               or
               Plutus
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               written
               in
               Greek
               by
               Aristophanes
               ,
               and
               translated
               by
               our
               Author
               ;
               together
               with
               his
               Notes
               ,
               and
               a
               short
               Discourse
               upon
               it
               ;
               printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               1650.
               
            
          
           
             
               P.
               B.
               
                 i.
                 e.
              
               Peter
               BELON
               ,
               Gent.
               
            
             
               An
               Author
               now
               living
               ,
               who
               is
               supposed
               to
               write
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Mock
                 Duellist
              
               ,
               or
               The
               French
               Vallet
               ;
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               by
               His
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1675.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Virtuous
               Accomplisht
               Lady
               ,
               Madam
               
                 S.
                 C.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               J.
               C.
               
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               a
               pleasant
               Comedy
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 two
                 Merry
                 Milk-maids
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 best
                 Words
                 wear
                 the
                 Garland
              
               ;
               acted
               before
               the
               King
               with
               General
               approbation
               ,
               by
               the
               Company
               of
               the
               Revels
               ;
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               16
               —
               Part
               of
               the
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               viz.
               Dorigene's
               promise
               to
               Dorillus
               ,
               of
               Enjoyment
               when
               he
               presented
               her
               with
               a
               Garland
               that
               should
               contain
               all
               sorts
               of
               Flowers
               in
               January
               ,
               and
               the
               Consequence
               ,
               is
               founded
               on
               Boccace
               Day
               10.
               
               N.
               5.
               and
               is
               the
               Foundation
               of
               other
               Plays
               ;
               as
               
               Fletcher's
               
                 Four
                 Plays
                 in
                 one
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
             
               R.
               C.
               
            
             
               There
               are
               two
               Plays
               ,
               which
               no
               otherwise
               discover
               the
               Author
               ,
               than
               by
               these
               two
               Letters
               :
               The
               first
               call'd
               
                 Alphonsus
                 King
                 of
                 Arragon
              
               ,
               a
               History
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               ;
               the
               other
               nam'd
               Ignoramus
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               several
               times
               acted
               with
               extraordinary
               applause
               ,
               before
               the
               Majesty
               of
               King
               James
               ;
               with
               a
               Supplement
               which
               (
               out
               of
               Respect
               to
               the
               Students
               of
               the
               
                 Common
                 Law
              
               )
               was
               hitherto
               wanting
               :
               Written
               in
               Latin
               by
               
                 R.
                 Ruggles
              
               ,
               sometimes
               Master
               of
               Arts
               in
               Clare
               Hall
               in
               Cambridge
               ,
               and
               translated
               by
               
                 R.
                 C.
              
               sometimes
               Master
               of
               Arts
               in
               Magdalen
               Colledge
               in
               Oxford
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1662.
               
            
          
           
             
               J.
               D.
               
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Mall
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Modish
                 Lovers
              
               ;
               acted
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1674.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               
                 William
                 Whitcom
              
               Junior
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               This
               Play
               is
               ascribed
               by
               Dr.
               Hyde
               (
               the
               Proto-Bibliothecarius
               to
               the
               University
               )
               to
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ;
               tho'
               methinks
               the
               Stile
               of
               the
               Epistle
               Dedicatory
               ,
               is
               not
               like
               the
               rest
               of
               his
               Writings
               .
            
          
           
             
               R.
               D.
               
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               
                 New
                 Trick
                 to
                 cheat
                 the
                 Devil
                 ,
              
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1639.
               
               The
               Plot
               of
               Fryar
               
               John's
               Discovering
               the
               Constable
               and
               the
               Woman
               's
               Intrigue
               ,
               and
               pretending
               to
               conjure
               for
               Victuals
               at
               the
               Husband's
               Return
               ,
               Act
               3.
               
               Sc.
               1.
               is
               the
               same
               with
               
               that
               made
               use
               of
               in
               the
               
                 London
                 Cuckolds
              
               ;
               and
               which
               is
               related
               since
               the
               Writing
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               by
               M.
               D'Ouville
               in
               his
               Tales
               ,
               part
               .
               2.
               page
               257.
               
               
               Slight-all's
               teaching
               the
               Art
               of
               Love
               ,
               to
               the
               two
               Gentlemen
               ,
               in
               the
               second
               Scene
               of
               the
               first
               Act
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
                 Ovid
                 De
                 Arte
                 Amandi
              
               ,
               Lib.
               2.
               
            
          
           
             
               T.
               D.
               
            
             
               Under
               these
               Letters
               ,
               is
               a
               Play
               in
               print
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Bloody
                 Banquet
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ;
               printed
               1620.
               
               This
               Play
               by
               some
               old
               Catalogues
               ,
               is
               ascrib'd
               to
               
                 Thomas
                 Basker
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               H.
               
            
             
               Concerning
               this
               Author
               was
               ,
               I
               know
               no
               more
               ,
               than
               that
               he
               was
               a
               Batchelor
               of
               Arts
               ,
               of
               Exeter
               Colledge
               in
               Oxford
               ;
               and
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Sicily
                 and
                 Naples
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Fatal
                 Union
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Oxon.
               1640.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               commended
               by
               Seven
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               ,
               which
               are
               prefix'd
               ,
               most
               of
               them
               being
               writ
               by
               Young
               Academics
               .
            
          
           
             
               B.
               J.
               
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Guy
                 of
                 Warwick
              
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               once
               seen
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               —
               and
               the
               Gentleman
               that
               shew'd
               it
               me
               ,
               told
               me
               it
               was
               writ
               by
               
                 Ben
                 Johnson
              
               ;
               tho'
               by
               that
               little
               I
               read
               ,
               I
               guess'd
               it
               to
               be
               writ
               by
               a
               Pen
               far
               inferiour
               to
               that
               Great
               Master
               in
               Poetry
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               E.
               M.
               
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Saint
                 Cecilie
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Converted
                 Twins
              
               ;
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1667.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               publish'd
               by
               Mr.
               Medbourn
               ,
               the
               Comedian
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Queen
               Katherine
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               consult
               Ecclesiastical
               Writers
               ,
               as
               
                 Epiphanius
                 ,
                 Eusebius
                 ,
                 Baronius
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               T.
               P.
               
            
             
               Under
               these
               Letters
               ,
               are
               printed
               two
               Plays
               ;
               One
               of
               which
               is
               call'd
               
                 The
                 French
                 Conjurer
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1678.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               two
               Stories
               in
               the
               Romance
               of
               Guzman
               ,
               the
               Spanish
               Rogue
               ;
               one
               call'd
               
                 Dorido
                 and
                 Clorinia
              
               :
               the
               other
               ,
               
                 The
                 Merchant
                 of
                 Sevil.
              
               The
               second
               Play
               is
               stiled
               ,
               
                 A
                 witty
                 Combat
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Female
                 Victor
              
               ;
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               by
               Persons
               of
               Quality
               ,
               in
               Whitson
               Week
               ,
               with
               great
               applause
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1663.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               Story
               of
               
                 Mary
                 Carleton
              
               ,
               the
               
                 German
                 Princess
              
               :
               See
               her
               Life
               in
               octavo
               .
            
          
           
             
               Monsieur
               P.
               P.
               
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               an
               Opera
               ,
               call'd
               Ariadne
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Marriage
                 of
              
               Bacchus
               :
               being
               a
               Vocal
               Representation
               ,
               translated
               out
               of
               French
               ,
               and
               put
               into
               Musick
               by
               Mr.
               Grabut
               ,
               Master
               of
               his
               Majesty's
               Musick
               ;
               and
               acted
               by
               the
               Royal-Academy
               of
               Musick
               ,
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               in
               
                 Covent
                 Garden
              
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1674.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
            
          
           
             
             
               S.
               P.
               
            
             
               An
               Author
               ,
               which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               
                 Samuel
                 Pordage
              
               ,
               who
               publish'd
               a
               Play
               of
               
               Seneca's
               ,
               with
               Notes
               ,
               call'd
               Troades
               ;
               to
               which
               is
               annex'd
               some
               Poems
               on
               several
               Occasions
               ;
               all
               which
               are
               printed
               together
               octavo
               Lond.
               1660.
               
            
          
           
             
               T.
               R.
               
            
             
               An
               Author
               that
               publisht
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Extravagant
                 Shepheard
              
               ;
               a
               Pastoral
               Comedy
               ,
               translated
               from
               the
               French
               of
               M.
               Corneille
               Junior
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1654.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Mrs.
               Thornhill
               ,
               Wife
               to
               Coll.
               
                 Rich.
                 Thornhill
              
               ,
               of
               Ollantigh
               in
               Kent
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Romance
               ,
               call'd
               Lysis
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Extravagant
                 Shepheard
              
               ,
               in
               Folio
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               R.
               
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               a
               Piece
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Three
                 Lords
                 and
                 Ladies
                 of
              
               London
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               S.
               Mr.
               of
               Arts.
               
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               a
               Right
               ,
               Pithy
               ,
               Pleasant
               ,
               and
               Merry
               Comedy
               ,
               Entituled
               
                 Gammer
                 Gorton's
                 Needle
              
               ;
               play'd
               on
               the
               Stage
               near
               a
               hundred
               Year
               ago
               ,
               in
               Christs
               Colledge
               in
               Cambridge
               ;
               printed
               in
               a
               Black
               Letter
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1661.
               
            
          
           
             
               J.
               S.
               
            
             
               Four
               Plays
               are
               printed
               under
               these
               Letters
               ;
               viz.
               a
               Masque
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Masquarade
                 du
                 Ciel
              
               ,
               presented
               to
               the
               Great
               Queen
               of
               the
               Little
               World
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1640.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               
               Queen
               .
               A
               Pastoral
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Phillis
                 of
                 Scyros
              
               ,
               translated
               from
               the
               Italian
               of
               
                 C.
                 Guidubaldo
                 di
                 Bonarelli
              
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1655.
               
               A
               Tragedy
               ,
               whose
               Name
               is
               Andromana
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Merchant's
                 Wife
              
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1660.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               Sr.
               Phil.
               Sidney's
               Romance
               ,
               call'd
               Arcadia
               ,
               in
               Fol.
               see
               the
               Story
               of
               Plangus
               ,
               p.
               155.
               
               And
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Prince
                 of
                 Priggs
                 Revels
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Practices
                 of
                 that
                 Grand
                 Thief
                 Captain
              
               James
               Hinde
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               16
               —
            
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
               
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Honest
                 Lawyer
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               the
               Queens
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1616.
               
            
          
           
             
               J.
               T.
               
            
             
               Under
               these
               Letters
               ,
               are
               two
               Plays
               ;
               the
               first
               call'd
               
                 Grim
                 the
                 Collier
                 of
              
               Croyden
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Devil
                 and
                 his
                 Dame
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Devil
                 and
                 St.
              
               Dunstan
               ;
               printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               1662.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               bound
               with
               two
               others
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Thorpy
                 Abby
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Marriage
                 Broker
              
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Gratiae
                 Theatrales
              
               ,
               or
               
                 A
                 Choice
                 of
                 Ternary
                 of
              
               English
               Plays
               .
               The
               second
               Play
               is
               ,
               
                 L.
                 Annaeus
              
               Seneca's
               Troas
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               translated
               from
               the
               Latin
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1686.
               
            
          
           
             
               C.
               W.
               i.e.
               Christopher
               WASE
               .
            
             
               An
               Ingenious
               Person
               ,
               lately
               deceas'd
               ;
               being
               one
               of
               the
               
                 Squire
                 Bedles
              
               in
               the
               University
               of
               Oxford
               .
               His
               Skill
               in
               Languages
               ,
               particularly
               in
               Latin
               and
               Greek
               ,
               is
               sufficiently
               known
               to
               the
               
               Learned
               World.
               He
               translated
               out
               of
               Greek
               the
               Electra
               of
               Sophocles
               ,
               and
               presented
               it
               to
               Her
               Highness
               the
               Lady
               Elizabeth
               ;
               printed
               120.
               at
               the
               Hague
               1649.
               
               Several
               Translations
               besides
               he
               has
               publish'd
               ,
               as
               Gratius
               his
               Cynegeticon
               ,
               printed
               8
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1654.
               and
               Prioli's
               Hist.
               of
               France
               :
               some
               of
               
               Tully's
               Orations
               ,
               and
               his
               Latin
               Dictionary
               ,
               besides
               other
               School-Books
               ;
               several
               of
               which
               have
               been
               often
               reprinted
               ,
               and
               all
               of
               them
               shew
               his
               Great
               Industry
               and
               Parts
               .
            
          
           
             
               E.
               W.
               
            
             
               A
               Person
               who
               was
               (
               tho'
               not
               the
               Author
               ,
               yet
               )
               the
               occasion
               of
               the
               Publication
               of
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Apollo
                 Shroving
              
               ,
               compos'd
               for
               the
               Scholars
               of
               the
               Free-School
               of
               Hadleigh
               ,
               in
               Suffolk
               ,
               and
               acted
               by
               them
               on
               
                 Shrove-Tuesday
                 ,
                 Feb.
              
               6.
               1626.
               written
               by
               the
               School-Master
               of
               Hadleigh
               ,
               and
               printed
               octavo
               1627.
               
            
          
           
             
               J.
               W.
               
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Valiant
                 Scot
              
               ;
               which
               was
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1637.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               James
               ,
               Marquess
               Hamilton
               ,
               by
               the
               Publisher
               or
               Promoter
               of
               the
               Copy
               to
               the
               Press
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Bowyer
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               W.
               
            
             
               The
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               Orgula
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Fatal
                 Error
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               wherunto
               is
               annexed
               a
               Preface
               ,
               discovering
               the
               true
               Nature
               of
               Poesie
               ,
               with
               the
               proper
               use
               and
               Intention
               of
               such
               publick
               Divertisements
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1658.
               
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               most
               accomplish'd
               Lady
               ,
               the
               Lady
               
                 Frances
                 Wildegoss
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               M.
               W.
               Master
               of
               Arts.
               
            
             
               Another
               Author
               ,
               whose
               Play
               is
               bound
               in
               the
               
                 Ternary
                 of
                 Plays
              
               :
               't
               is
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Marriage
                 Broker
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Pander
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               120.
               1662.
               
            
          
           
             
               T.
               W.
               
            
             
               The
               third
               Author
               concern'd
               in
               that
               Volume
               ,
               having
               writ
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               call'd
               Thornby-Abby
               ,
               or
               The
               London
               Maid
               .
               All
               these
               Plays
               are
               dedicated
               to
               
                 William
                 Austin
              
               
                 Esq
              
               by
               
                 R.
                 D.
              
               the
               Publisher
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               W.
               
            
             
               The
               Translator
               of
               a
               Comedy
               writ
               by
               Plausus
               ,
               call'd
               Manaechmi
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1515.
               
               This
               Author
               had
               translated
               several
               others
               in
               Manuscript
               ,
               tho'
               they
               were
               never
               permitted
               to
               come
               abroad
               in
               the
               World.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Unknown
             Authors
             .
          
           
             WE
             are
             now
             come
             to
             the
             last
             Division
             of
             Authors
             ,
             I
             mean
             those
             whose
             Modesty
             ,
             or
             other
             Reasons
             ,
             have
             hinder'd
             the
             publication
             of
             their
             Names
             :
             and
             as
             we
             have
             Decyphered
             some
             Authors
             in
             the
             foregoing
             Division
             ,
             upon
             Conjecture
             ,
             so
             we
             shall
             not
             pretermit
             to
             take
             Notice
             of
             such
             Plays
             ,
             whose
             Authors
             we
             can
             any
             ways
             guess
             at
             in
             this
             .
             I
             shall
             Rank
             these
             ,
             as
             I
             did
             the
             former
             ,
             in
             an
             Alphabetical
             Method
             .
          
           
             
             
               A.
               
            
             
               
                 Abdicated
                 Prince
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Adventures
                 of
                 Four
                 Years
              
               ;
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               lately
               acted
               at
               Alba-Regalis
               ,
               by
               several
               Persons
               of
               Great
               Quality
               ;
               and
               printed
               Lond.
               4
               o
               1690.
               
               This
               Play
               contains
               the
               Transactions
               of
               the
               Court
               and
               Nation
               ,
               during
               the
               Reign
               of
               the
               late
               King
               James
               ,
               under
               seigned
               Names
               :
               there
               needs
               no
               Clavis
               ,
               the
               Persons
               ,
               being
               obvious
               to
               all
               Intelligent
               Persons
               .
               The
               time
               of
               the
               Action
               is
               from
               the
               Coronation
               of
               King
               James
               ,
               to
               the
               Landing
               of
               his
               present
               Majesty
               .
            
             
               
                 Abraham's
                 Sacrifice
              
               ,
               a
               Play
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               ,
               but
               do
               believe
               that
               it
               may
               possibly
               be
               a
               Translation
               from
               
                 Theodore
                 Beza
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Alarum
                 for
              
               London
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Siege
                 of
              
               Antwerpe
               ;
               
                 with
                 the
                 Venturous
                 Acts
                 ,
                 and
                 Valiant
                 Deeds
                 of
                 the
                 Lame
                 Souldier
              
               ;
               play'd
               by
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               the
               Lord
               Chamberlain
               his
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               Lond.
               1602.
               
            
             
               Albion
               ,
               an
               Interlude
               mention'd
               by
               Kirkman
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
             
               
                 Albion's
                 Triumph
              
               ,
               personated
               in
               a
               Masque
               at
               Court
               ,
               by
               the
               King
               and
               Queens
               Majesties
               ,
               and
               the
               Lords
               ,
               the
               Sunday
               after
               Twelfth-Night
               ,
               1631.
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1631.
               
               Mr.
               
                 Inigo
                 Jones
              
               had
               a
               Share
               in
               the
               Contrivance
               of
               this
               Masque
               .
            
             
               Albumazar
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               presented
               before
               the
               King's
               Majesty
               at
               Cambridge
               ,
               by
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               Trinity
               Colledge
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1634.
               
               This
               was
               reviv'd
               at
               the
               King's
               House
               ,
               and
               a
               Prologue
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               :
               see
               
                 Miscellan
                 Poems
              
               publish'd
               by
               him
               8
               
               o.
               p.
               279.
               
            
             
             
               Aminta
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               translated
               from
               the
               Italian
               of
               
                 Torquato
                 Tasso
              
               ;
               to
               which
               is
               added
               
               Arriadne's
               Complaint
               ,
               in
               Imitation
               of
               Anguilara
               ,
               written
               by
               our
               Translator
               ;
               both
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               1628.
               
            
             
               
                 Amorous
                 Gallant
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Love
                 in
                 Fashion
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               acted
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1675.
               
               This
               Play
               has
               appeared
               abroad
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 The
                 Amorous
                 Orontus
              
               :
               It
               is
               translated
               from
               a
               French
               Play
               ,
               written
               by
               
                 Th.
                 Corneille
              
               ,
               and
               call'd
               
                 L'Amour
                 à
                 la
                 mode
              
               .
               It
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Spanish
               Play
               ,
               writ
               by
               
                 Ant.
                 de
                 Solis
              
               ,
               call'd
               by
               the
               same
               Name
               ,
               (
               towit
               )
               
                 El
                 Amor
                 al
                 uso
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Amorous
                 Old
                 Woman
              
               ,
               or
               
                 'T
                 is
                 well
                 if
                 it
                 take
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1684.
               
               I
               have
               been
               told
               this
               Play
               was
               writ
               by
               
                 Tho.
                 Duffet
              
               :
               't
               is
               printed
               with
               a
               New
               Title-page
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Fond
                 Lady
              
               .
            
             
               Arden
               of
               Feversham
               
                 his
                 True
                 and
                 Lamentable
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 most
                 wickedly
                 murthered
                 by
                 the
                 means
                 of
                 his
                 disloyal
                 Wife
                 ;
                 who
                 for
                 the
                 love
                 she
                 bare
                 to
                 one
              
               Mosebie
               ,
               
                 hired
                 two
                 desperate
                 Ruffins
              
               ,
               Black-will
               and
               Shak-bag
               ,
               
                 to
                 kill
                 him
              
               :
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1599.
               in
               a
               Black
               Letter
               .
               The
               Story
               is
               to
               be
               found
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Edward
               the
               Sixth
               ;
               see
               
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Goodwin
                 ,
                 Hayward
                 ,
                 Baker
                 ,
              
               Beard
               's
               
                 Theatre
                 of
                 God's
                 Judgment
              
               ,
               Book
               2.
               
               Ch.
               10.
               
               Edit
               .
               4.
               and
               the
               second
               part
               Chap.
               6.
               added
               by
               Dr.
               
                 Tho.
                 Taylour
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Arraignment
                 of
              
               Paris
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               ;
               but
               it
               is
               ascribed
               by
               Kirkman
               to
               Mr.
               
                 W.
                 Shakespear
              
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               B.
               
            
             
               
                 Battle
                 of
              
               Aliazar
               ,
               
                 fought
                 in
              
               Barbary
               ,
               between
               Sebastian
               
                 King
                 of
              
               Portugal
               ,
               and
               Abdelmelech
               
                 King
                 of
              
               Morocco
               ;
               
                 with
                 the
                 Death
                 of
                 Captain
              
               Stukeley
               :
               play'd
               sundry
               times
               by
               the
               Lord
               High
               Admiral
               's
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1594.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               several
               Authors
               mention
               the
               Story
               :
               the
               English
               Reader
               may
               find
               it
               in
               
               Heylin's
               Cosmography
               ,
               and
               
               Fuller's
               Worthies
               .
            
             
               
                 Band
                 ,
                 Ruff
                 ,
                 and
                 Cuff
              
               ;
               an
               Interlude
               ,
               which
               other
               Catalogues
               mention
               ,
               but
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
             
               Bastard
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1652.
               
               The
               Plot
               of
               this
               Tragedy
               ,
               and
               part
               of
               the
               Language
               ,
               concerning
               
                 Clare
                 ,
                 Rodriguez
                 ,
                 Balthazar
              
               and
               Mariana
               ,
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               Loves
               of
               Schiarra
               and
               Florelia
               ,
               in
               the
               
                 English
                 Lovers
              
               :
               and
               
               Catilina's
               Supplying
               her
               Mistress
               
               Mariana's
               Room
               on
               the
               Wedding
               Night
               ,
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               Story
               of
               Roberto
               and
               Isdaura
               ,
               in
               Gerardo
               the
               Unfortunate
               Spaniard
               ,
               p.
               87.
               
            
             
               
                 Bloody
                 Duke
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Adventures
                 for
                 a
                 Crown
              
               ;
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Court
               of
               
                 Alba
                 Regalis
              
               ,
               by
               several
               Persons
               of
               Great
               Quality
               ;
               by
               the
               Author
               of
               the
               
                 Abdicated
                 Prince
              
               ,
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1690.
               
               This
               Play
               comprises
               the
               publick
               Affairs
               ,
               from
               the
               first
               Discovery
               of
               the
               Popish-plot
               ,
               to
               the
               Death
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               .
               The
               Persons
               are
               as
               easily
               known
               as
               in
               the
               former
               .
            
          
           
             
               C.
               
            
             
               
                 Caesar's
                 Revenge
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Charles
                 the
                 First
                 King
                 of
              
               England
               
                 his
                 Tragedy
              
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1649.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               commended
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               .
            
             
               
                 Combat
                 of
                 Caps
              
               ,
               a
               Masque
               of
               which
               I
               can
               give
               no
               Account
               .
            
             
               
                 Commons
                 Condition
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
             
               
                 Constant
                 Nymph
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Rambling
                 Shepheard
              
               ;
               a
               Pastoral
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1678.
               
            
             
               
                 Costly
                 Whore
              
               ,
               a
               Comical
               History
               acted
               by
               the
               Company
               of
               Revels
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1633.
               
            
             
               
                 Contention
                 between
              
               York
               and
               Lancaster
               ,
               
                 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
              
               Jack
               Cade
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
              
               York's
               
                 first
                 Claim
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
              
               :
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1600.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               only
               the
               Second
               part
               of
               
               Shakespear's
               
                 Henry
                 the
                 Sixth
              
               ,
               with
               little
               or
               no
               Variation
               .
            
             
               Counterfeits
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1679.
               
               This
               Comedy
               is
               ascribed
               by
               some
               to
               Leanard
               ;
               but
               I
               believe
               it
               too
               good
               to
               be
               his
               Writing
               :
               't
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               translated
               Spanish
               Novel
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Trapanner
                 trapann'd
              
               ,
               octavo
               Lond.
               1655.
               and
               I
               presume
               the
               Author
               may
               have
               seen
               a
               French
               Comedy
               ,
               writ
               by
               
                 Tho.
                 Corneille
              
               ,
               on
               the
               same
               Subject
               ,
               call'd
               
                 D.
                 Caesar
                 D'Avalos
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Counterfeit
                 Bridegroom
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Defeated
                 Widow
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               His
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1677.
               
               
               This
               Play
               is
               only
               an
               Old
               Play
               of
               
               Middleton's
               ,
               call'd
               
                 No
                 Wit
                 like
                 a
                 Woman's
              
               ,
               printed
               octavo
               .
            
             
               
                 Cromwell's
                 Conspiracy
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
             
               
                 Cruel
                 Debtor
              
               ,
               a
               Play
               only
               nam'd
               by
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               .
            
             
               
                 Cupid's
                 Whirligig
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               sundry
               times
               acted
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               his
               Majesty's
               Revels
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1616.
               and
               dedicated
               by
               the
               Publisher
               ,
               to
               Mr.
               
                 Robert
                 Hayman
              
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               part
               founded
               on
               Boccace
               ;
               as
               for
               Instance
               ,
               the
               Conveyance
               of
               the
               Captain
               ,
               and
               Exhibition
               out
               of
               the
               Lady's
               Chamber
               ,
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               Sixth
               Novel
               ,
               of
               the
               Seventh
               Day
               ;
               and
               is
               the
               Ground-work
               of
               many
               other
               Plays
               .
            
             
               Cyrus
               
                 King
                 of
              
               Persia
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               mention'd
               by
               Kirkman
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
          
           
             
               D.
               
            
             
               
                 Damon
                 and
                 Pythias
              
               ,
               a
               History
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               can
               give
               no
               Account
               .
            
             
               Debauchee
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Credulous
                 Cuckold
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               his
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1677.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               by
               some
               ascrib'd
               to
               Mrs.
               Behn
               ;
               but
               is
               indeed
               only
               a
               Play
               of
               
               Brome's
               reviv'd
               ,
               call'd
               
                 A
                 mad
                 Couple
                 well
                 matcht
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Destruction
                 of
                 Jerusalem
              
               ,
               a
               Play
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               ;
               but
               in
               the
               Catalogue
               printed
               with
               the
               
                 Old
                 Law
              
               ,
               't
               is
               ascrib'd
               to
               one
               
                 Thomas
                 Legge
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Dick
                 Scorner
              
               ,
               a
               Play
               mention'd
               in
               Mr.
               
               Kirkman's
               Catalogue
               ,
               but
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               ;
               nor
               
               do
               I
               know
               what
               species
               of
               
                 Dramatick
                 Poetry
              
               it
               is
               .
            
             
               
                 Divine
                 Masque
              
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               Lond.
               —
               The
               Title-page
               of
               mine
               is
               lost
               ,
               but
               't
               is
               dedicated
               to
               General
               Monk
               ,
               by
               One
               
                 Anthony
                 Sadler
              
               ,
               who
               I
               take
               to
               be
               the
               Author
               .
            
          
           
             
               E.
               
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 the
                 Third
                 his
                 Reign
              
               ,
               a
               History
               sundry
               times
               play'd
               about
               the
               City
               of
               London
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1599.
               
               The
               Plot
               is
               founded
               on
               English
               Chronicles
               :
               See
               
                 Walsingham
                 ,
                 M.
                 Westminster
                 ,
                 Fabian
                 ,
                 Froissart
                 ,
                 Pol.
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               See
               besides
               
                 AEschasius
                 Major
              
               ,
               and
               a
               Novel
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Countess
                 of
              
               Salisbury
               octavo
               ,
               translated
               from
               the
               French.
               
            
             
               Elvira
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 worst
                 not
                 always
                 true
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               written
               by
               a
               Person
               of
               Quality
               ,
               (
               suppos'd
               to
               be
               the
               Lord
               Digby
               )
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1667.
               
            
             
               
                 Empress
                 of
              
               Morocco
               ,
               a
               Farce
               acted
               by
               His
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ;
               said
               to
               be
               writ
               by
               
                 Thomas
                 Duffet
              
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1674.
               
            
             
               
                 English
                 Princess
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Death
                 of
              
               Richard
               
                 the
                 Third
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               ascribed
               to
               Mr.
               
                 John
                 Carel
              
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1673.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               
                 Fabian
                 ,
                 Pol.
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Grafton
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 Baker
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 English-men
                 for
                 Money
                 ,
                 or
                 A
                 Woman
                 will
                 have
                 her
                 Will
              
               ;
               a
               pleasant
               Comedy
               divers
               times
               acted
               with
               great
               applause
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1626.
               
            
             
               
                 Enough
                 's
                 as
                 good
                 as
                 a
                 Feast
                 ,
              
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               ,
               but
               mentioned
               by
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Every
                 Woamn
                 in
                 her
                 Humour
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1609.
               
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               
                 Factious
                 Citizen
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Melancholy
                 Visioner
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1685.
               
            
             
               Fair
               Em
               ,
               
                 the
                 Miller's
                 Daughter
                 of
              
               Manchester
               ;
               
                 with
                 the
                 Love
                 of
                 William
                 the
                 Conqueror
              
               ;
               a
               pleasant
               Comedy
               sundry
               times
               publickly
               acted
               in
               the
               Honourable
               City
               of
               London
               ,
               by
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               the
               Lord
               Strange
               his
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1631.
               
            
             
               
                 Fair
                 Maid
                 of
              
               Bristow
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               play'd
               at
               Hampton
               ,
               before
               the
               King
               and
               Queen's
               most
               Excellent
               Majesties
               ;
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1605.
               in
               a
               Black
               Letter
               .
            
             
               
                 False
                 Favourite
                 disgrac'd
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Reward
                 of
                 Loyalty
              
               ;
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               never
               acted
               ,
               printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               1657.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               ascribed
               to
               
                 George
                 Gerbier
                 D'Ouvilly
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Fatal
                 Jealousie
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               ascribed
               by
               some
               to
               Mr.
               Pane
               ;
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1673.
               
               Part
               of
               the
               Plot
               is
               in
               
                 Johannes
                 Gigas's
                 Postills
              
               :
               See
               besides
               
                 Theatre
                 of
                 God's
                 Judgments
              
               ,
               2
               d
               part
               p.
               55.
               
               
                 Unfortunate
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               Nov.
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 Feigned
                 Astrologer
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               translated
               from
               the
               French
               of
               
                 Monsieur
                 Corneille
              
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1668.
               
               The
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               [
               which
               is
               borrow'd
               from
               
               Calderon's
               
                 El
                 Astrologo
                 fingido
              
               ]
               is
               made
               use
               of
               in
               the
               Story
               of
               the
               
                 French
                 Marquess
              
               ,
               in
               the
               
                 Illustrious
                 Bassa
              
               ,
               when
               he
               play'd
               the
               part
               of
               the
               
                 Feigned
                 Astrologer
              
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Fidele
                 and
                 Fortunatus
              
               :
               I
               know
               not
               what
               sort
               of
               Play
               it
               is
               ,
               whether
               Comedy
               or
               Tragedy
               ,
               having
               never
               seen
               it
               ;
               but
               in
               Old
               Catalogues
               't
               is
               ascribed
               to
               
                 Thomas
                 Barker
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Flora's
                 Vagaries
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               by
               His
               Majesty's
               Servants
               :
               ascribed
               to
               Mr.
               Rhodes
               ,
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1670.
               
               This
               Plot
               of
               
               Orante's
               making
               use
               of
               the
               Fryar
               ,
               to
               carry
               on
               her
               Intrigue
               with
               Ludovico
               ,
               is
               founded
               on
               Boccace
               ,
               Day
               3.
               
               Nov.
               3.
               
            
             
               Free-Will
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               which
               I
               know
               not
               where
               or
               when
               printed
               ,
               the
               Title-page
               of
               Mine
               being
               lost
               .
               'T
               was
               written
               Originally
               in
               Italian
               by
               
                 F.
                 N.
                 B.
              
               which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               
                 Franciscus
                 Niger
                 Bassentinus
              
               ,
               and
               was
               translated
               into
               English
               by
               
                 H.
                 C.
              
               that
               is
               
                 Henry
                 Cheek
              
               .
               'T
               is
               printed
               in
               an
               Old
               English
               Character
               .
            
             
               
                 Fulgius
                 and
                 Lucrelle
              
               ,
               a
               Piece
               of
               which
               I
               can
               give
               no
               Account
               having
               never
               seen
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               G.
               
            
             
               Ghost
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Woman
                 wears
                 the
                 Breeches
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               writ
               in
               the
               Year
               1640.
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1650.
               
            
          
           
             
               H.
               
            
             
               
                 Hell's
                 Higher
                 Court
                 of
                 Justice
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Tryal
                 of
                 the
                 Three
                 Politick
                 Ghosts
                 ,
              
               viz.
               Oliver
               Cromwell
               ,
               
                 King
                 of
              
               Sweden
               ,
               
                 and
                 Cardinal
              
               Mazarine
               ;
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1661.
               
            
             
               Histriomastix
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Player
                 whipt
              
               ;
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1610.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               writ
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               tho'
               not
               printed
               till
               afterwards
               ;
               as
               appears
               by
               the
               last
               Speech
               ,
               
               spoken
               by
               Peace
               to
               Astraea
               ,
               under
               which
               Name
               the
               Queen
               is
               shadowed
               .
            
             
               Henry
               
                 the
                 Fifth
                 his
                 Victories
                 ,
                 containing
                 the
                 Honourable
                 Battle
                 of
              
               Agin-court
               ;
               a
               History
               ,
               acted
               by
               the
               Kings
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1617.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               the
               English
               Chronicles
               ,
               as
               
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               Hector
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 False
                 Challenge
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               written
               in
               the
               Year
               1655.
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1656.
               
               I
               know
               not
               the
               Author
               of
               this
               Play
               ;
               but
               I
               think
               it
               may
               vye
               with
               many
               Comedies
               writ
               since
               the
               Restauration
               of
               the
               Stage
               .
            
             
               Hyppolitus
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               which
               (
               as
               I
               have
               been
               told
               )
               is
               printed
               in
               octavo
               ,
               and
               translated
               from
               Seneca
               by
               
                 Edmund
                 Prestwith
              
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               the
               Poets
               ,
               as
               
               Ovid's
               Epistle
               of
               Phaedra
               to
               Hyppolitus
               :
               his
               Metamorphosis
               ,
               Lib.
               6.
               
               
                 Virgil.
                 AEn
              
               .
               Lib.
               7.
               &c.
               
            
             
               Hoffman
               
                 his
                 Tragedy
              
               ,
               or
               
                 A
                 Revenge
                 for
                 a
                 Father
              
               ;
               acted
               divers
               times
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               at
               the
               Phoenix
               in
               Drury-lane
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1631.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               adopted
               by
               One
               
                 Hugh
                 Perry
              
               ,
               and
               by
               him
               sent
               to
               the
               Press
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               his
               Honoured
               Friend
               Mr.
               
                 Richard
                 Kilvert
              
               .
            
             
               
                 How
                 a
                 Man
                 may
                 chuse
                 a
                 Good
                 Wife
                 from
                 a
                 Bad
              
               ;
               a
               pleasant
               conceited
               Comedy
               ,
               sundry
               times
               acted
               by
               the
               Earl
               of
               
               Worcester's
               Servants
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1634.
               
               The
               Story
               of
               
               Anselme's
               saving
               of
               Young
               
               Arthur's
               Wife
               ,
               by
               taking
               her
               out
               of
               the
               Grave
               ,
               and
               carrying
               her
               to
               his
               Mother's
               House
               ,
               is
               the
               Subject
               of
               other
               
               Plays
               :
               and
               such
               a
               Story
               is
               related
               in
               several
               Novels
               ;
               see
               the
               9.
               
               Nov.
               of
               the
               
                 Pleasant
                 Companion
              
               (
               printed
               octavo
               Lond.
               1684.
               )
               call'd
               
                 Love
                 in
                 the
                 Grave
              
               .
               But
               the
               Novel
               which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               the
               foundation
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               is
               in
               
                 Cynthio
                 Giraldi
              
               ,
               Dec.
               3.
               
               Nov.
               5.
               
            
          
           
             
               I.
               
            
             
               
                 Jacob
                 and
                 Esau
              
               ,
               an
               Interlude
               mentioned
               in
               former
               Catalogues
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               :
               tho'
               't
               is
               easy
               to
               guess
               that
               't
               is
               founded
               on
               Scripture
               Story
               ;
               see
               Genesis
               Ch.
               25
               ,
               26
               ,
               &c.
               See
               besides
               Josephus
               Lib.
               1.
               
               
                 Tornelli
                 Annals
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Jack
                 Drum's
                 Entertainment
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Comedy
                 of
                 Pasquil
                 and
                 Katherine
              
               ;
               sundry
               times
               acted
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               
               Paul's
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1616.
               
               
               Mammon's
               poysoning
               
               Katherine's
               Face
               ,
               resembles
               the
               Usage
               of
               Demagoras
               to
               Parthenia
               ,
               in
               
                 Argalus
                 and
                 Parthenia
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Jack
                 Juggler
              
               ,
               stiled
               a
               Comedy
               by
               Old
               Catalogues
               ;
               of
               which
               (
               having
               never
               seen
               it
               )
               I
               can
               give
               no
               Account
               .
            
             
               
                 Jack
                 Straw's
                 Life
                 and
                 Death
                 ,
                 a
                 Notable
                 Rebel
                 in
              
               England
               ;
               
                 who
                 was
                 killed
                 in
              
               Smith-fields
               
                 by
                 the
                 Lord
                 Mayor
                 of
              
               London
               :
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1593.
               
               This
               Play
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               for
               what
               reason
               ,
               is
               divided
               into
               but
               four
               Acts.
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               the
               English
               Chronicles
               ,
               as
               
                 Pol.
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Richard
               the
               Second
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 the
                 Fourth
              
               ,
               a
               History
               mentioned
               in
               former
               Catalogues
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               ;
               but
               I
               suppose
               the
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               Story
               of
               the
               King
               of
               Scotland
               of
               that
               Name
               .
            
             
             
               Jeronymo
               ,
               the
               First
               part
               ;
               with
               the
               Wars
               of
               Portugal
               ,
               or
               The
               Spanish
               Tragedy
               ;
               containing
               the
               Life
               and
               Death
               of
               
                 Don
                 Andraea
              
               :
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1605.
               
            
             
               
                 Jeronymo
                 is
                 mad
                 again
              
               ,
               or
               The
               Spanish
               Tragedy
               ;
               containing
               the
               Lamentable
               End
               of
               
                 D.
                 Horatio
              
               ,
               and
               Bellimperia
               ;
               with
               the
               pittiful
               Death
               of
               Jeronymo
               :
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1623.
               
               This
               Play
               has
               been
               divers
               times
               acted
               ,
               and
               several
               Lines
               have
               been
               quoted
               out
               of
               it
               ,
               by
               several
               Authors
               ;
               as
               those
               may
               see
               that
               will
               read
               over
               
                 Every
                 man
                 in
                 his
                 Humour
                 ,
                 Bird
                 in
                 a
                 Cage
                 ,
                 Love
                 will
                 find
                 out
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Impatient
                 Poverty
              
               ,
               stiled
               a
               Comedy
               by
               some
               Catalogues
               .
               This
               Play
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
             
               
                 Imperial
                 Tragedy
              
               ;
               taken
               out
               of
               a
               Latin
               Play
               ,
               and
               very
               much
               altered
               ,
               by
               a
               Gentleman
               for
               his
               own
               Diversion
               ;
               who
               on
               the
               importunity
               of
               Friends
               ,
               consented
               to
               have
               it
               published
               ,
               but
               without
               his
               Name
               :
               Because
               many
               (
               says
               he
               )
               do
               censure
               Plays
               according
               to
               their
               Opinion
               of
               the
               Author
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1669.
               and
               has
               been
               acted
               (
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               )
               at
               the
               Nursery
               in
               Barbican
               .
               For
               the
               Story
               ,
               see
               Marcellinus
               ,
               and
               Cassiodorus
               ,
               in
               their
               Chronicles
               concerning
               Zenon
               .
               See
               besides
               
                 Zonaras
                 ,
                 Baronius
                 ,
                 Godeau
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Interlude
                 of
                 Youth
              
               ,
               an
               Old
               ,
               Serious
               ,
               Instructive
               Piece
               ;
               written
               in
               Verse
               ,
               and
               printed
               at
               London
               in
               quarto
               ,
               in
               an
               Old
               Character
               :
               As
               to
               the
               Date
               hereof
               ,
               or
               the
               Title-page
               ,
               I
               am
               ignorant
               ,
               mine
               being
               lost
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 the
                 Evangelist
              
               ,
               a
               Piece
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Joseph's
                 Afflictions
              
               ,
               another
               :
               tho'
               the
               Title-page
               of
               both
               shew
               the
               Subject
               Divine
               .
            
             
               
                 Tovial
                 Crew
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Devil
                 turned
                 Ranter
              
               ;
               an
               Interlude
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               ;
               tho'
               being
               mentioned
               in
               Mr.
               
               Kirkman's
               Catalogue
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               omit
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               K.
               
            
             
               
                 King
                 and
                 Queen's
                 Entertainment
                 at
              
               Richmond
               ,
               
                 after
                 their
                 Departure
                 from
              
               Oxford
               ;
               
                 in
                 a
                 Masque
                 presented
                 by
                 the
                 most
                 Illustrious
                 Prince
                 ,
                 Prince
              
               Charles
               ,
               Sept.
               12.
               1636.
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1636.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Majesty
               of
               the
               Queen
               of
               
                 Great
                 Britain
              
               ,
               by
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               of
               Ten
               Lines
               .
               The
               Occasion
               of
               the
               Masque
               was
               the
               Queen's
               Desire
               to
               see
               the
               Prince
               (
               not
               much
               above
               six
               Years
               of
               Age
               )
               dance
               .
               The
               Dances
               were
               compos'd
               by
               
                 Simon
                 Hopper
              
               ;
               the
               Musick
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Charles
                 Hopper
              
               :
               and
               the
               parts
               of
               the
               Captain
               and
               Druyd
               ,
               were
               acted
               so
               well
               by
               the
               then
               L
               
               d.
               Buckhurst
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
                 Edward
                 Sackvile
              
               ,
               that
               it
               proved
               that
               Genuine
               Action
               was
               not
               so
               much
               confined
               to
               the
               Stage
               ,
               but
               that
               a
               Gentleman
               might
               reach
               it
               ,
               if
               not
               transcend
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Knack
                 how
                 to
                 know
                 an
                 Honest
                 Man
                 ,
              
               a
               Comedy
               which
               I
               could
               never
               meet
               with
               .
            
             
               
                 Knack
                 how
                 to
                 know
                 a
                 Knave
                 ,
              
               a
               most
               pleasant
               and
               merry
               Comedy
               ,
               sundry
               times
               play'd
               by
               
                 Edw.
                 Allen
              
               ;
               with
               
               Kemp's
               Applauded
               Merriments
               of
               the
               Men
               of
               Goteham
               ,
               in
               Receiving
               the
               King
               into
               Goteham
               :
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1594.
               
               The
               Serious
               part
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               the
               Story
               of
               King
               
                 Edgar
                 ,
                 Ethenwald
              
               and
               Alfreda
               .
               See
               
                 Malmesbury
                 ,
                 Pol.
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 Walsingham
                 ,
                 Grafton
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
               The
               Play
               is
               printed
               in
               Old
               Black
               Letter
               ,
               and
               lays
               open
               the
               Vices
               of
               the
               Age
               ,
               being
               detected
               by
               Honesty
               .
            
             
               
                 Knave
                 in
                 grain
                 ,
                 new
                 vampt
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Fortune
               ,
               many
               Days
               together
               ,
               with
               great
               applause
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1640.
               
               This
               Play
               has
               given
               Subject
               to
               the
               late
               Novels
               ,
               as
               
               Julio's
               Cheating
               his
               Drunken
               Guests
               (
               Act
               3
               d
               )
               is
               repeated
               by
               Kirkman
               ,
               in
               the
               Third
               part
               of
               the
               
                 English
                 Rogue
              
               Ch.
               13.
               
               His
               Cheating
               the
               Countryman
               of
               the
               piece
               of
               Gold
               ,
               Act
               5
               th
               is
               revived
               in
               the
               Account
               of
               the
               last
               Frost
               1684.
               in
               octavo
               p.
               46.
               
            
             
               
                 Knavery
                 in
                 all
                 Trades
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Coffee-House
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               in
               the
               Christmas
               Holy-days
               ,
               by
               several
               Apprentices
               with
               great
               Applause
               ;
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1664.
               
               I
               know
               not
               with
               what
               Applause
               it
               might
               be
               acted
               privately
               ;
               but
               I
               presume
               it
               would
               not
               meet
               with
               Success
               on
               the
               Stage
               in
               
                 Dorset
                 Garden
              
               ,
               nay
               nor
               in
               the
               Nursery
               ,
               for
               I
               can
               find
               no
               Plot
               in
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               
            
             
               
                 Lady
                 Alimony
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Alimony-Lady
              
               ;
               an
               Excellent
               pleasant
               Comedy
               ;
               duly
               authorised
               ,
               daily
               acted
               ,
               and
               frequently
               followed
               :
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1659.
               
            
             
               
                 Late
                 Revolution
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Happy
                 Ghange
              
               ;
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               throughout
               the
               English
               Dominions
               ,
               in
               the
               Year
               1688.
               
               Written
               by
               a
               Person
               of
               Quality
               ,
               and
               printed
               Lond.
               1690.
               
               This
               Play
               begins
               from
               the
               Birth
               of
               the
               late
               
                 Prince
                 of
                 Wales
              
               ,
               to
               the
               Arrival
               of
               Our
               present
               
               Majesty
               at
               Exeter
               ;
               and
               concludes
               the
               whole
               Catastrophe
               of
               our
               late
               Affairs
               .
            
             
               
                 Laws
                 of
                 Nature
              
               ,
               a
               Play
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
             
               
                 Levellers
                 levelled
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Independents
                 Conspiracy
                 to
                 root
                 out
                 Monarchy
              
               ;
               an
               Interlude
               written
               by
               
                 Mercurius
                 Pragmaticus
              
               ;
               printed
               quarto
               1647.
               
               Who
               this
               Author
               is
               ,
               under
               this
               Disguise
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               :
               but
               't
               is
               easy
               to
               discover
               him
               a
               Royalist
               ,
               by
               his
               Dedication
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ;
               and
               an
               Enemy
               to
               Lilly
               ,
               the
               Almanack-maker
               ,
               whom
               he
               lashes
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               Orlotto
               .
            
             
               
                 Liberality
                 and
                 Prodigality
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               which
               I
               can
               give
               no
               Account
               .
            
             
               Lingua
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Combat
                 of
                 the
                 Tongue
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Five
                 Senses
                 for
                 Superiority
              
               ;
               a
               pleasant
               Comedy
               ,
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               —
               Mr.
               Winstanley
               says
               ,
               That
               the
               late
               Usurper
               Oliver
               ,
               acted
               the
               part
               of
               Tactus
               ,
               in
               Cambridge
               ,
               which
               first
               inspired
               him
               with
               Ambition
               :
               See
               his
               Account
               of
               
                 Ant.
                 Brewer
              
               ,
               to
               whom
               (
               through
               mistake
               )
               he
               ascribes
               this
               Play
               ,
            
             
               London
               Chanticleers
               ,
               a
               Witty
               Comedy
               ,
               full
               of
               Various
               and
               Delightful
               Mirth
               ;
               often
               acted
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1659.
               
               This
               Play
               ,
               or
               rather
               Interlude
               ,
               for
               't
               is
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts
               ,
               is
               of
               the
               Basse
               Comedy
               ,
               writ
               by
               the
               French
               ;
               the
               Scene
               lying
               entirely
               amongst
               Persons
               of
               the
               lowest
               Rank
               .
            
             
               
                 Look
                 about
                 you
              
               ,
               a
               pleasant
               Comedy
               ,
               played
               by
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               the
               Lord
               High
               Admiral
               's
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1600.
               
               For
               the
               Historical
               part
               ,
               see
               the
               Chronicles
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Henry
               the
               Second
               ;
               
                 viz.
                 Pol.
                 Virg.
                 Speed
                 ,
                 Baker
                 ,
                 Daniel
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
             
               
                 Love
                 in
                 its
                 Extasie
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 large
                 Prerogative
              
               ;
               a
               kind
               of
               Royal-Pastoral
               ,
               written
               long
               since
               by
               a
               Gentleman
               [
               supposed
               by
               Mr.
               Kirkman
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               on
               what
               ground
               ,
               to
               be
               One
               Peaps
               ]
               Student
               at
               Eaton
               ;
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1649.
               
               The
               Author
               was
               not
               seventeen
               Years
               of
               Age
               when
               this
               was
               writ
               ;
               on
               which
               Account
               I
               think
               the
               Play
               may
               pass
               Muster
               ,
               with
               others
               of
               those
               Times
               .
            
             
               
                 Lost
                 Lady
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               read
               ,
               or
               saw
               but
               once
               ,
               and
               which
               I
               remember
               was
               printed
               in
               Folio
               .
            
             
               
                 Love
                 a-la-mode
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               at
               Middlesex
               House
               ;
               written
               by
               a
               Person
               of
               Honour
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1663.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               justified
               by
               the
               Author
               ,
               in
               his
               Preface
               ,
               and
               ushered
               into
               the
               World
               by
               three
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               ;
               nor
               is
               the
               Play
               altogether
               undeserving
               Commendation
               .
            
             
               Luminalia
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Festival
                 of
                 Light
              
               ;
               personated
               in
               a
               Masque
               at
               Court
               ,
               by
               the
               Queen's
               Majesty
               and
               Her
               Ladies
               ,
               on
               Shrove-Tuesday
               Night
               1637.
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1637.
               
               The
               Famous
               Mr.
               
                 Inigo
                 Jones
              
               ,
               Surveyor
               of
               Her
               Majesty's
               Works
               ,
               had
               a
               Hand
               in
               the
               Contrivance
               of
               this
               Masque
               ,
               by
               Her
               Majesty's
               Command
               .
               The
               Invention
               consisting
               of
               Darkness
               and
               Light
               :
               the
               Night
               presented
               the
               first
               Antimasque
               ,
               and
               the
               Subject
               of
               the
               Main-masque
               ,
               is
               Light.
               But
               for
               the
               clearer
               Information
               of
               the
               Reader
               ,
               I
               refer
               him
               to
               the
               Masque
               it self
               .
            
          
           
             
               M.
               
            
             
               
                 Manhood
                 and
                 Wisdom
              
               ,
               a
               Play
               mentioned
               by
               
               other
               Authors
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               can
               give
               no
               Account
               ,
               never
               having
               seen
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Marcus
                 Tullius
                 Cicero
              
               ,
               that
               Famous
               Roman
               Orator
               ,
               his
               Tragedy
               ;
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1651.
               
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               even
               this
               Play
               was
               acted
               ;
               but
               it
               seems
               to
               me
               to
               be
               written
               in
               Imitation
               of
               Ben.
               Johnson's
               Cataline
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               Plutarch
               in
               his
               Life
               :
               See
               likewise
               his
               own
               Works
               ,
               
                 Hist.
                 Ciceroniana
                 ,
                 Lambin
              
               ;
               as
               also
               
                 Dion
                 ,
                 Appian
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Marriage
                 of
                 Wit
                 and
                 Science
              
               ,
               an
               Interlude
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
             
               
                 Masque
                 of
                 Flowers
              
               ;
               presented
               by
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               Grays-Inn
               ,
               at
               the
               Court
               at
               Whitehall
               ,
               in
               the
               Banquetting-house
               upon
               Twelfth-Night
               1631.
               
               Being
               the
               last
               of
               the
               Solemnities
               and
               Magnificences
               which
               were
               performed
               at
               the
               Marriage
               of
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               the
               Earl
               of
               Sommerset
               ,
               and
               the
               Lady
               Frances
               ,
               Daughter
               of
               the
               Earl
               of
               Suffolk
               ,
               Lord
               Chamberlain
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1614.
               
               This
               Masque
               is
               dedicated
               to
               Sir
               
                 Francis
                 Bacon
              
               ,
               Attorney
               General
               to
               King
               James
               the
               First
               .
            
             
               Massenello
               ,
               (
               but
               rightly
               
                 Tomaso
                 Amello
                 di
                 Malfa
              
               ,
               General
               of
               the
               Neopolitans
               )
               
                 his
                 Tragedy
              
               ;
               or
               
                 The
                 Rebellion
                 of
              
               Naples
               :
               printed
               in
               octavo
               Lond.
               1631.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               written
               by
               a
               Gentleman
               ,
               who
               was
               an
               Eye-witness
               where
               this
               was
               really
               acted
               ,
               upon
               that
               Bloody
               Stage
               ,
               the
               Streets
               of
               
                 Naples
                 ,
                 An.
                 D.
              
               1647.
               
               'T
               is
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Iohn
                 Caesar
              
               ,
               of
               Hyde-Hall
               ,
               in
               the
               County
               of
               Hertford
               Esquire
               ,
               by
               his
               Kinsman
               
                 T.
                 B.
              
               the
               Publisher
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               or
               rather
               the
               History
               ,
               read
               Alexander
               Giraffi's
               History
               of
               Naples
               ,
               
               translated
               by
               
                 J.
                 Howell
              
               :
               See
               besides
               
                 Du
                 Verdier
                 Histoire
                 Universelle
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Mercurius
                 Britannicus
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 English
                 Intelligencer
              
               ;
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               at
               Paris
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               printed
               1641.
               
               The
               Subject
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               about
               the
               Business
               of
               Ship-money
               ;
               the
               Judges
               being
               arraign'd
               under
               feigned
               Names
               :
               as
               for
               Example
               ,
               Justice
               Hutton
               ,
               is
               called
               Hortensius
               ;
               and
               Justice
               
                 Cook
                 ,
                 Corvus
                 Acilius
                 :
                 Prin
              
               is
               also
               introduced
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               Prinner
               .
               There
               are
               but
               Four
               Acts
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Fifth
               ,
               the
               Epilogue
               gives
               the
               following
               Account
               .
               
                 It
                 is
                 determined
                 by
                 the
                 AEdils
                 ,
                 the
                 Mistress
                 of
                 publick
                 Plays
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 next
                 Day
                 (
                 by
                 
                 Jove's
                 Permission
                 )
                 the
                 Fifth
                 Act
                 shall
                 be
                 acted
                 upon
                 Tyber
                 ;
                 I
                 should
                 say
                 Tyburne
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 New
                 Society
                 of
                 
                   Abalamites
                   .
                   Vive
                   le
                   Roy.
                
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Merry
                 Devil
                 of
              
               Edmonton
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               sundry
               times
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Globe
               on
               the
               Bank-side
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1655.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               said
               by
               Kirkman
               ,
               to
               be
               writ
               by
               Shakespear
               ;
               tho'
               finding
               no
               Name
               to
               it
               ,
               I
               have
               plac'd
               it
               amongst
               those
               that
               are
               Anonymous
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               History
               of
               One
               
                 Peter
                 Fabel
              
               ,
               of
               whom
               see
               
               Fuller's
               Worthies
               in
               Middlesex
               ,
               p.
               186.
               
               See
               other
               Chronicles
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Henry
               the
               Sixth
               .
            
             
               
                 Morning
                 Ramble
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Town
                 Humours
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1673.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               said
               to
               be
               written
               by
               One
               Mr.
               Pane
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               accounted
               a
               good
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Mucedorus
                 ,
                 the
                 King's
                 Son
                 of
              
               Valencia
               ,
               and
               Amadine
               
                 the
                 King's
                 Daughter
                 of
              
               Arragon
               ;
               
                 with
                 
                 the
                 Merry
                 Conceits
                 of
              
               Mouse
               :
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               his
               Highness's
               Servants
               at
               the
               Globe
               ,
               and
               before
               the
               King's
               Majesty
               at
               Whitehall
               on
               Shrove-Tuesday
               Night
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               1668.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               said
               by
               former
               Catalogues
               to
               have
               been
               writ
               by
               Shakespear
               ;
               and
               was
               ,
               I
               presume
               ,
               printed
               before
               this
               Edition
               .
               It
               has
               been
               frequently
               the
               Diversion
               of
               Country-people
               ,
               in
               Christmas
               Time.
               
            
             
               
                 Muse
                 of
              
               New-market
               ,
               containing
               Three
               Drolls
               ;
               
                 viz.
                 Merry
                 Milk-maids
                 of
              
               Islington
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Rambling
                 Gallants
                 defeated
                 :
                 Love
                 lost
                 in
                 the
                 Dark
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 The
                 Drunken
                 Couple
                 :
                 Politick
                 Whore
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 The
                 Conceited
                 Cuckold
              
               :
               acted
               at
               New-market
               ,
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1681.
               
               All
               these
               Three
               Drolls
               are
               stollen
               (
               as
               I
               remember
               )
               from
               Plays
               :
               but
               not
               having
               them
               by
               me
               ,
               I
               cannot
               tell
               the
               particulars
               .
            
             
               
                 Mistaken
                 Beauty
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Lyar
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1685.
               
               This
               Comedy
               is
               translated
               from
               a
               Play
               of
               
                 P.
                 Corneilles
              
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Le
                 Menteur
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               N.
               
            
             
               
                 Nero's
                 Tragedy
              
               ,
               printed
               Lond.
               in
               quarto
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               in
               former
               Catalogues
               call'd
               
                 Nero
                 newly
                 written
              
               ;
               because
               't
               was
               writ
               after
               that
               of
               
                 Claudius
                 Tiberius
                 Nero
              
               ;
               which
               through
               
               Kirkman's
               want
               of
               Knowledge
               in
               History
               ,
               he
               call'd
               
                 Nero's
                 Life
                 and
                 Death
              
               :
               which
               led
               me
               into
               the
               same
               Mistake
               ,
               till
               I
               came
               to
               read
               both
               Plays
               .
               I
               know
               not
               when
               either
               of
               them
               were
               printed
               or
               when
               printed
               ,
               the
               Title-pages
               of
               
               both
               my
               Plays
               being
               wanting
               .
               For
               the
               History
               of
               
                 Domitius
                 Nero
              
               ;
               consult
               
                 Suetonius
                 in
                 Vit.
                 Neronis
                 Aurelius
                 Victor
                 .
                 Tacitus
                 ,
                 Sulpitius
                 Severus
                 ,
                 Augustinus
                 de
                 Civit.
                 Dei
                 ,
                 Eusebius
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 New
                 Custom
              
               ,
               an
               Interlude
               no
               less
               witty
               (
               if
               we
               believe
               the
               Title-page
               )
               than
               pleasant
               ;
               printed
               in
               a
               Black
               Letter
               ,
               quarto
               Lond.
               1573.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               so
               contriv'd
               ,
               that
               Four
               Persons
               may
               act
               it
               ;
               and
               the
               Design
               of
               it
               is
               against
               Propery
               ,
               and
               to
               justify
               Reformation
               ,
               which
               then
               flourished
               in
               Queen
               
               Elizabeth's
               Reign
               .
               This
               Play
               consists
               of
               3.
               
               Acts
               ,
               but
               is
               written
               in
               Verse
               throughout
               :
               so
               that
               had
               Mr.
               Dryden
               a
               ever
               seen
               this
               Play
               ,
               he
               might
               better
               have
               quoted
               it
               than
               Gondibert
               ,
               (
               which
               besides
               being
               writ
               seventeen
               Years
               before
               this
               ,
               is
               not
               in
               Rime
               )
               to
               prove
               the
               Antiquity
               of
               Verse
               .
            
             
               
                 New-market
                 Fair
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               in
               Two
               parts
               ;
               the
               First
               of
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               :
               but
               the
               Second
               part
               I
               have
               by
               me
               ,
               and
               the
               Title
               of
               it
               is
               ,
               
                 New-market
                 Fair
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Mistress
                 Parliaments
                 New
                 Figaries
              
               ;
               written
               by
               the
               
                 Man
                 in
                 the
                 Moon
              
               ,
               and
               printed
               at
               
                 You
                 may
                 go
                 look
              
               ,
               in
               quarto
               1649.
               
               The
               Design
               of
               it
               is
               to
               expose
               the
               Rebels
               then
               in
               power
               .
            
             
               
                 Nice
                 Wanton
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
             
               
                 No
                 Body
                 ,
                 and
                 Some
                 Body
                 ;
                 with
                 the
                 true
                 Chronicle
                 History
                 of
              
               Elydure
               ,
               
                 who
                 was
                 fortunately
                 three
                 several
                 times
                 crown'd
                 King
                 of
              
               England
               :
               acted
               by
               the
               Queen's
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               —
               For
               the
               Historical
               part
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               consult
               
                 Grafton
                 ,
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Pol.
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 Lloyd
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               'T
               is
               not
               devided
               into
               Acts.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               O.
               
            
             
               
                 Old
                 Wives
                 Tale
              
               ,
               a
               Play
               of
               which
               I
               can
               say
               nothing
               ,
               having
               never
               seen
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Orlando
                 Furioso
                 ,
                 One
                 of
                 the
                 Twelve
                 Peers
                 of
              
               France
               ,
               
                 his
                 History
              
               :
               acted
               before
               the
               Queen's
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1594.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts
               ;
               but
               is
               founded
               upon
               the
               Epick
               Poem
               of
               Ariosto
               ,
               so
               called
               ,
               and
               translated
               into
               English
               by
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Harrington
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               P.
               
            
             
               
                 Pastor
                 Fido
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Faithful
                 Shepheard
              
               ;
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               translated
               out
               of
               Italian
               into
               English
               ,
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1602.
               
               This
               was
               the
               first
               Version
               of
               the
               Famous
               Guarini
               into
               English
               ;
               and
               was
               Excellent
               for
               those
               Times
               .
               The
               Author
               ,
               tho'
               his
               Name
               be
               unknown
               ,
               was
               nearly
               related
               to
               Sir
               
                 Edward
                 Demock
              
               ,
               Queen
               
               Elizabeth's
               Champion
               ;
               to
               whom
               after
               the
               Author's
               Decease
               ,
               the
               Bookseller
               dedicated
               it
               .
            
             
               Pathomachia
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Battle
                 of
                 Affections
                 ,
                 shadowed
                 by
                 a
                 Feigned
                 Siege
                 of
                 the
                 City
              
               Pathopolis
               :
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1630.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               written
               some
               Years
               before
               ;
               and
               published
               by
               
                 Fr.
                 Constable
              
               ,
               a
               Friend
               of
               the
               Deceas'd
               Author's
               ,
               and
               by
               him
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Lord
               Hundsdon
               .
               This
               is
               the
               same
               Play
               with
               that
               called
               
                 Love's
                 Loadstone
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Patient
                 Grissel
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               (
               say
               ancient
               Authors
               )
               which
               tho'
               I
               never
               saw
               ,
               I
               presume
               is
               founded
               on
               that
               Famous
               Story
               in
               Boccacio
               ,
               I
               mean
               the
               last
               Novel
               in
               his
               Book
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Pedlers
                 Prophecy
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               mentioned
               in
               former
               Catalogues
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               can
               give
               no
               Account
               .
            
             
               Philotus
               ,
               a
               very
               Excellent
               and
               Delectable
               Comedy
               (
               as
               we
               are
               told
               in
               the
               Preface
               )
               wherein
               we
               may
               perceive
               the
               great
               Inconveniencies
               that
               fall
               out
               in
               the
               Marriage
               between
               Old
               Age
               ,
               and
               Youth
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               printed
               at
               Edinburgh
               ,
               in
               an
               Old
               Black
               Letter
               ,
               
                 An.
                 Dom.
              
               1612.
               
               Some
               People
               have
               mistaken
               this
               Play
               for
               
               Daniel's
               Philotas
               ;
               but
               this
               is
               of
               a
               different
               Subject
               ,
               and
               kind
               of
               Verse
               ,
               and
               is
               printed
               in
               Stanzas
               .
            
             
               
                 Pinder
                 of
                 Wakefield
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               once
               seen
               ;
               printed
               in
               4
               
               o.
               (
               as
               I
               remember
               )
               Lond.
               1632.
               or
               thereabouts
               .
            
             
               
                 Piso's
                 Conspiracy
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1676.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               only
               the
               Tragedy
               of
               Nero
               (
               before
               mention'd
               )
               Reviv'd
               ,
               and
               printed
               verbatim
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               
                 Suetonius
                 ,
                 Tacitus
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Presbyterian
                 Lash
              
               ,
               or
               Noctroffe's
               
                 Maid
                 whipt
              
               ;
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               acted
               in
               the
               Great
               Room
               at
               the
               
                 Pye
                 Tavern
              
               at
               Algate
               ,
               by
               Noctroff
               the
               Priest
               ,
               and
               several
               of
               his
               Parishioners
               ,
               at
               the
               Eating
               of
               a
               Chine
               of
               Beef
               .
               The
               First
               part
               printed
               for
               the
               use
               of
               Mr.
               
               Noctroffe's
               Friends
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               dedicated
               to
               Mr.
               
                 Zach.
                 Noctroffe
              
               ,
               by
               F.K.
               which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               
                 Fr.
                 Kirkman
              
               .
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               ever
               there
               were
               a
               Second
               part
               extant
               ,
               or
               no.
               
            
             
               
                 Promises
                 of
                 God
                 manifested
              
               ;
               this
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
             
               
                 Promus
                 and
                 Cassandra
              
               ,
               in
               Two
               parts
               .
               These
               are
               mention'd
               in
               other
               Catalogues
               ,
               though
               I
               can
               give
               no
               Account
               of
               either
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Q.
               
            
             
               Queen
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Excellency
                 of
                 her
                 sex
              
               ;
               an
               Excellent
               Old
               Play
               ,
               found
               out
               by
               a
               Person
               of
               Honour
               ,
               and
               given
               to
               the
               Publisher
               ,
               
                 Alexander
                 Goughe
              
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1653.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               dedicated
               by
               him
               to
               the
               Lady
               
                 Katherine
                 Mohun
              
               ,
               Wife
               to
               Lord
               
                 Warwick
                 Mohun
              
               ,
               Baron
               of
               Oakehamton
               .
               This
               Publisher
               is
               applauded
               by
               two
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               before
               the
               Play.
               The
               Plot
               of
               
               Salassa's
               Swearing
               Velasco
               not
               to
               fight
               ,
               is
               founded
               on
               a
               Novel
               ,
               said
               to
               be
               
               Bandello's
               ,
               which
               the
               Reader
               may
               peruse
               in
               
                 Les
                 Dixhuit
                 Histoires
                 Tragicques
                 ,
                 par
                 Fr.
                 De
                 Belleforest
                 ,
              
               8
               
               o.
               Nov.
               13
               ,
               p.
               285.
               
            
          
           
             
               R.
               
            
             
               
                 Rampant
                 Alderman
              
               ,
               or
               
                 News
                 from
                 the
                 Exchange
              
               ;
               a
               Farce
               ,
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1685.
               
               This
               Farce
               is
               patcht
               up
               out
               of
               several
               Plays
               ,
               as
               
                 Fine
                 Companion
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               Reformation
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1673.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               ascribed
               to
               Mr.
               Arrowsmith
               ;
               and
               is
               a
               very
               good
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               Rehearsal
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ;
               printed
               [
               4
               th
               Edit
               .
               ]
               quarto
               Lond.
               1683.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               ascribed
               to
               the
               Late
               Duke
               of
               Buckingham
               ,
               and
               will
               ever
               be
               valued
               by
               Ingenious
               Men.
               There
               are
               some
               who
               pretend
               to
               furnish
               a
               Clavis
               to
               it
               ;
               my
               Talent
               not
               lying
               to
               Politicks
               ,
               I
               know
               no
               more
               of
               it
               ,
               than
               that
               the
               Author
               lashes
               several
               Plays
               of
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ;
               as
               
               
                 Conquest
                 of
                 Granada
                 ,
                 Tyranick
                 Love
                 ,
                 Love
                 in
                 a
                 Nunnery
              
               ;
               and
               some
               passages
               of
               other
               Plays
               ;
               as
               
                 The
                 Siege
                 of
                 Rhodes
                 ,
                 Virgin
                 Widow
                 ,
                 Slighted
                 Maid
                 ,
                 Villain
                 ,
                 English
                 Monsieur
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Religious
                 Rebel
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               in
               quarto
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               only
               once
               seen
               ;
               but
               can
               give
               no
               Account
               of
               .
            
             
               
                 Return
                 from
                 Parnassus
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Scourge
                 of
                 Simony
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               publickly
               acted
               by
               the
               Students
               of
               St.
               
               John's
               Colledge
               in
               Cambridge
               ,
               printed
               quarto
               Lond
               —
               In
               this
               Play
               ,
               the
               Poets
               of
               those
               times
               are
               censured
               :
               and
               this
               is
               the
               Original
               of
               Dr.
               
               Wild's
               Benefice
               ,
               which
               is
               now
               in
               print
               .
            
             
               Revenge
               ,
               or
               
                 A
                 Match
                 in
                 New-gate
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1680.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               ascribed
               to
               Mrs.
               Behn
               ;
               but
               is
               indeed
               a
               Play
               of
               
               Marston's
               revived
               ,
               and
               called
               
                 The
                 Dutch
                 Curtezan
              
               .
            
             
               Rivals
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               in
               quarto
               ,
               which
               at
               present
               I
               have
               not
               ;
               but
               have
               heard
               Mr.
               Cademan
               ,
               for
               whom
               (
               as
               I
               think
               )
               it
               was
               printed
               ,
               say
               it
               was
               writ
               by
               Sir
               
                 Will.
                 D'
                 Avenant
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robin
                 Hood's
                 Pastoral
                 May
                 Games
              
               ;
               which
               I
               know
               not
               .
            
             
               
                 Robin
                 Hood
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Crew
                 of
                 Souldiers
              
               ;
               of
               the
               same
               Stamp
               ,
               and
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
             
               
                 Romulus
                 and
                 Hersilia
              
               ,
               or
               The
               Sabine
               War
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1683.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               
                 Livy
                 ,
                 lib.
                 1.
                 
                 Ovidii
                 Met.
                 lib.
                 14.
                 
                 Plut.
                 in
                 Vit.
                 Romuli
                 ;
                 Florus
                 ,
                 Dionysius
                 Hallicarnassaeus
                 ,
                 Velleius
                 Paterculus
                 ,
                 Eutrop.
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Royal
                 Masque
              
               at
               Hampton-Court
               ,
               presented
               
               on
               Sunday
               Night
               ,
               being
               the
               Eighth
               of
               January
               1604.
               and
               personated
               by
               the
               Queen
               's
               Most
               Excellent
               Majesty
               ,
               attended
               by
               Eleven
               Ladies
               of
               Honour
               ;
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1604.
               
            
             
               
                 Royal
                 Voyage
              
               ,
               or
               The
               Irish
               Expedition
               ;
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1690.
               
               The
               Subject
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               known
               by
               the
               Title
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               
                 Salmacida
                 Spolia
              
               ,
               a
               Masque
               presented
               by
               the
               King
               and
               Queen's
               Majesties
               ,
               at
               Whitehall
               on
               Tuesday
               ,
               the
               21
               
               st
               of
               January
               1639.
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1639.
               
               The
               Invention
               ,
               Ornament
               ,
               Scenes
               ,
               and
               Machines
               ,
               with
               their
               Descriptions
               ,
               were
               made
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Inigo
                 Jones
              
               ,
               Surveyor
               General
               of
               His
               Majesty's
               Works
               .
               What
               was
               spoken
               ,
               or
               sung
               ,
               by
               Sir
               
                 Will.
                 D'Avenant
              
               ;
               and
               the
               Musick
               was
               compos'd
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Lewis
                 Richard
              
               ,
               Master
               of
               Her
               Majesties
               Musick
               .
            
             
               Sicelides
               ,
               a
               Piscatory
               ,
               acted
               in
               Kings
               Colledge
               in
               Cambridge
               ;
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1631.
               
               The
               Serious
               parts
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               are
               most
               writ
               in
               Verse
               ;
               with
               
               Chorus's
               between
               the
               Acts.
               Perindus
               ,
               telling
               to
               Armillus
               the
               Story
               of
               
                 Glaucus
                 ,
                 Scylla
              
               ,
               and
               Circe
               ,
               Act
               1.
               
               Sc.
               4.
               is
               taken
               from
               
                 Ovid's
                 Met.
                 lib.
              
               13.
               
               Atychus
               fighting
               with
               ,
               and
               killing
               the
               Ork
               ,
               that
               was
               to
               have
               devoured
               Olynda
               ,
               is
               an
               Imitation
               of
               
                 Perseus
                 &
                 Andromeda
                 ,
                 Ovid
                 ,
                 Met.
                 lib.
              
               4.
               or
               else
               
                 Orlando
                 Furioso
              
               ,
               Book
               eleventh
               .
            
             
               
                 Shoomaker
                 's
                 Holyday
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Gentle-Craft
                 ;
                 with
                 the
                 Humorous
                 Life
                 of
              
               Simon
               Eyre
               ,
               
                 Shoomaker
                 ,
                 and
                 Lord
                 Mayor
                 of
              
               London
               :
               a
               Comedy
               
               acted
               before
               the
               Queen's
               most
               Excellent
               Majesty
               ,
               on
               New-Year's
               Day
               at
               Night
               ,
               by
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Earl
               of
               Nottingham
               ,
               Lord
               High
               Admiral
               his
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1657.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               dedicated
               ,
               To
               all
               Good
               Fellows
               ,
               Professors
               of
               the
               Gentle-Craft
               ,
               of
               what
               Degree
               soever
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               I
               can
               direct
               you
               to
               no
               other
               but
               the
               Book
               of
               the
               Gentle-Craft
               ,
               in
               Quarto
               .
            
             
               
                 Siege
                 of
              
               Constantinople
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1675.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               see
               
                 Chalcocondylas
                 ,
                 Constantinopolis
                 a
                 Mahammada
                 ,
                 Secund.
                 Expugnata
                 .
                 Paulus
                 Jovius
                 ,
                 Hen.
                 Pantaleon
                 ,
                 Knolles
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               Sir
               Clyomon
               ,
               
                 Knight
                 of
                 the
                 Goledn-shield
                 ,
                 Son
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 of
              
               Denmark
               ;
               and
               Clamydes
               ,
               
                 the
                 White
                 Knight
                 ,
                 Son
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 of
              
               Swavia
               ,
               (
               
                 both
                 Valiant
                 Knights
              
               )
               
                 their
                 History
              
               :
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1599.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               written
               in
               Old
               Fashion'd
               Verse
               ,
               and
               is
               very
               heavy
               in
               Reading
               .
            
             
               Sir
               Gyles
               Goose-cappe
               ,
               Knight
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               at
               the
               Private-house
               in
               Salisbury
               Court
               ;
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               636.
               and
               dedicated
               by
               the
               Publisher
               
                 Hugh
                 Perry
              
               ,
               to
               
                 Rich.
                 Young
              
               
                 Esq
              
               of
               Wooley-Farm
               ,
               in
               the
               County
               of
               Berks.
               
            
             
               Sir
               Salomon
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Cautious
                 Coxcomb
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1671.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               Originally
               French
               ,
               being
               a
               Translation
               from
               
               Moliere's
               
                 L'Ecole
                 des
                 Femmes
              
               .
               It
               was
               translated
               (
               as
               I
               have
               heard
               )
               by
               
                 John
                 Carell
              
               ;
               and
               own'd
               in
               the
               Epilogue
               as
               a
               Translation
               .
            
             
               
               
                 What
                 we
                 have
                 brought
                 before
                 you
                 was
                 not
                 meant
              
               
                 For
                 a
                 New
                 Play
                 ,
                 but
                 a
                 new
                 Precedent
                 ;
              
               
                 For
                 we
                 with
                 modesty
                 our
                 Theft
                 avow
                 ,
              
               
                 (
                 There
                 is
                 some
                 Conscience
                 shewn
                 in
                 stealing
                 too
                 )
              
               
                 And
                 openly
                 declare
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 our
                 Cheere
              
               
                 Doth
                 hit
                 your
                 Palates
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 thank
                 Molliere
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               Play
               was
               frown'd
               and
               pelted
               at
               ,
               (
               to
               use
               the
               Author
               's
               own
               Expression
               )
               by
               many
               Persons
               ,
               who
               thought
               themselves
               Criticks
               :
               but
               notwithstanding
               it
               met
               with
               Success
               in
               the
               Action
               :
               And
               the
               Author
               has
               sufficiently
               justified
               his
               Play
               ,
               in
               his
               
                 La
                 Critique
                 de
                 L'Ecole
                 des
                 Femmes
                 ,
              
               to
               whom
               I
               refer
               the
               Reader
               .
            
             
               
                 Solyman
                 and
                 Perseda
                 ,
                 their
                 Tragedy
                 ;
                 wherein
                 is
                 laid
                 open
                 Love's
                 Constancy
                 ,
                 Fortune's
                 Inconstancy
                 ,
                 and
                 Death's
                 Triumphs
                 :
              
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1599.
               
               This
               Play
               ,
               I
               presume
               was
               never
               acted
               ,
               neither
               is
               it
               divided
               into
               Acts.
               
            
             
               Sophister
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               1638.
               
               I
               know
               not
               where
               this
               was
               acted
               ,
               or
               printed
               ,
               the
               Title-page
               of
               my
               Play
               being
               lost
               .
            
             
               
                 Spanish
                 Bawd
              
               ,
               represented
               in
               Celestina
               ;
               or
               
                 Calisto
                 and
                 Melibea
              
               ;
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               wherein
               is
               contained
               ,
               besides
               the
               Pleasantness
               and
               Sweetness
               of
               the
               Stile
               ,
               many
               Philosophical
               Sentences
               ,
               and
               profitable
               Instructions
               ,
               fit
               for
               the
               Younger
               Sort
               :
               Shewing
               the
               Deceits
               and
               Subtilties
               housed
               in
               the
               Bosom
               of
               false
               Servants
               ,
               and
               Cunny-catching
               Bawds
               :
               printed
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1631.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               originally
               Spanish
               ,
               and
               translated
               into
               English
               by
               a
               Spaniard
               ,
               One
               
                 Don
                 Diego
                 Puede-ser
              
               ;
               and
               by
               him
               dedicated
               to
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Richardson
              
               :
               the
               same
               Author
               translated
               
               
                 Miguel
                 de
                 Cervantes
              
               his
               Exemplary
               Novels
               ,
               Fol.
               Lond.
               1664.
               
            
             
               Step-mother
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               with
               great
               applause
               ,
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               Little
               
               Lincolns-Inn-Fields
               ,
               by
               his
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Servants
               ;
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1664.
               
            
             
               
                 Strange
                 Discovery
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               printed
               in
               quarto
               .
               I
               know
               not
               when
               this
               Play
               was
               acted
               ,
               or
               where
               printed
               ,
               mine
               having
               not
               the
               Title-page
               :
               but
               I
               know
               very
               well
               that
               both
               the
               Plot
               and
               the
               Language
               is
               borrowed
               from
               Heliodorus
               his
               AEthiopick
               History
               ;
               which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               One
               of
               the
               most
               Ancient
               (
               if
               not
               the
               first
               )
               Romances
               extant
               .
            
             
               
                 Susanna's
                 Tears
              
               ,
               a
               Play
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
             
               
                 Swetnam
                 ,
                 the
                 Woman-hater
                 ,
                 arraign'd
                 by
                 Women
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Red-Bull
               ,
               by
               the
               Queen's
               Servants
               ;
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1620.
               
               Tho'
               this
               Play
               seems
               designed
               chiefly
               as
               a
               Scourge
               for
               Joseph
               Swetnam's
               Scandalous
               Pamphlet
               against
               the
               Female
               Sex
               ,
               called
               
                 The
                 Arraignment
                 of
                 lew'd
                 ,
                 idle
                 ,
                 froward
                 ,
                 and
                 unconstant
                 Woman
                 ,
              
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1617.
               
               Yet
               the
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               Story
               much
               elder
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               read
               in
               Spanish
               in
               Twelves
               ,
               and
               is
               Intitled
               ,
               
                 Historia
                 de
                 Aurelia
                 ,
                 y
                 Isabella
                 Hija
                 del
                 Rey
                 de
                 Escotia
                 ,
                 donde
                 se
                 disputa
                 quien
                 da
                 mas
                 occasion
                 de
                 peccar
                 ,
                 el
                 Hombe
                 a
                 la
                 muger
                 ,
                 o
                 la
                 muger
                 al
                 Homber
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               T.
               
            
             
               
                 Tempe
                 restored
              
               ,
               a
               Masque
               presented
               by
               the
               Queen
               and
               Fourteen
               Ladies
               ,
               to
               the
               King's
               Majesty
               
               at
               Whitehall
               ;
               on
               Shrove-Tuesday
               1631.
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1631.
               
               This
               Masque
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               Story
               of
               ●irce
               :
               see
               
               Ovid's
               Metamorphosis
               ,
               Book
               14.
               
               The
               Verses
               were
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Aurelian
                 To
                 ●nsend
              
               :
               The
               Subject
               and
               Allegory
               of
               the
               Masque
               ,
               with
               the
               Descriptions
               and
               Apparatus
               of
               the
               Scenes
               ,
               were
               invented
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Inigo
                 Jones
              
               ,
               Surveyor
               of
               His
               Majesties
               Works
               .
            
             
               Thersites
               .
               an
               Interlude
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
             
               
                 Tom
                 Essence
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Modish
                 Wife
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               16
               —
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               two
               French
               Plays
               ,
               viz.
               Molliere's
               
                 Sganarelle
                 ,
                 ou
                 Le
                 Cocu
                 Imaginaire
              
               ;
               and
               Tho.
               Corneille's
               
                 D.
                 Caesar
                 D'Avalos
              
               ,
               in
               the
               part
               of
               
               Love-all's
               Intrigue
               with
               Luce
               :
               without
               the
               Reader
               will
               suppose
               that
               he
               follow'd
               a
               Spanish
               Novel
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Trapanner
                 trapann'd
              
               :
               and
               for
               the
               Business
               of
               
                 Tom
                 Essence
              
               and
               his
               Wife
               ,
               copyed
               Sir
               William
               D'Avenant's
               
                 Play-House
                 to
                 be
                 Let
              
               ,
               Act
               fifth
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               Translation
               from
               the
               former
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               said
               to
               be
               writ
               by
               One
               Mr.
               Rawlins
               .
            
             
               Tiberius
               (
               
                 Claudius
                 Nero
              
               )
               
                 his
                 Tragical
                 Life
                 and
                 Death
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               in
               quarto
               .
               This
               Play
               used
               to
               be
               placed
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Nero's
                 Life
                 and
                 Death
              
               ;
               which
               made
               People
               mistake
               it
               for
               the
               Life
               of
               
                 Nero
                 Caesar
              
               ,
               who
               was
               the
               Sixth
               Emperour
               of
               Rome
               :
               this
               being
               the
               Third
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               when
               this
               Play
               was
               printed
               ,
               or
               where
               acted
               ,
               mine
               wanting
               the
               Title-page
               :
               but
               for
               the
               Plot
               ,
               read
               
                 Suetonius
                 ,
                 Tacitus
                 ,
                 Dion
                 ,
                 Victor
                 ,
                 Eutropius
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Tom
                 Tyler
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Wife
              
               ;
               an
               Excellent
               Old
               
               Play
               acted
               about
               a
               Hundred
               and
               thirty
               Years
               ago
               ,
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1661.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               printed
               in
               an
               Old
               English
               Letter
               ,
               and
               is
               writ
               in
               a
               kind
               of
               Burlesk
               Verse
               ,
               where
               the
               Author
               affects
               an
               odd
               sort
               of
               Chiming
               ,
               in
               the
               middle
               of
               each
               Line
               .
               The
               Design
               of
               the
               Play
               ,
               is
               to
               represent
               a
               Shrew
               ,
               and
               teach
               the
               way
               to
               humble
               her
               .
               The
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               has
               some
               Resemblance
               with
               Mr.
               
               Poisson's
               
                 Le
                 Sot
                 vengé
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Traytor
                 to
                 himself
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Man's
                 Heart
                 his
                 greatest
                 Enemy
              
               ;
               a
               Moral
               Interlude
               ,
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ;
               Representing
               the
               Careless
               ,
               Hardned
               ,
               Returning
               ,
               Despairing
               ,
               and
               Renewed
               Heart
               :
               with
               Intermasques
               at
               the
               Close
               of
               each
               several
               Act.
               Acted
               by
               the
               Boys
               of
               a
               Publick
               School
               at
               a
               Breaking-up
               ;
               and
               published
               so
               as
               it
               may
               be
               useful
               ,
               on
               the
               like
               Occasion
               :
               printed
               Oxon.
               1678.
               
               I
               find
               nothing
               Remarkable
               in
               this
               Play
               ,
               but
               that
               't
               is
               writ
               without
               Womens
               parts
               ;
               which
               the
               Author
               says
               he
               never
               thought
               fit
               to
               put
               on
               Boys
               .
               I
               remember
               not
               any
               Play
               ,
               but
               Plautus
               his
               Captivei
               ,
               that
               is
               thus
               writ
               ;
               and
               yet
               notwithstanding
               it
               is
               generally
               accounted
               an
               Admirable
               Play.
               
            
             
               
                 True
                 Trojans
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Fuimus
                 Troes
              
               ;
               being
               a
               Story
               of
               the
               Britains
               Valour
               at
               the
               Romans
               first
               Invasion
               :
               publickly
               presented
               by
               the
               Gentlemen
               Students
               of
               Magdalen
               Colledge
               in
               Oxford
               ;
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1633.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               or
               Story
               ,
               the
               Author
               has
               follow'd
               
                 Livy
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               3.
               
               
               Caesar's
               
                 Commentaries
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               4.
               &
               5
               ,
               and
               
                 Galfridus
                 Monumetensis
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               4.
               as
               you
               may
               see
               by
               the
               perusal
               of
               the
               
                 Drammatis
                 Personae
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Tryal
                 of
                 Chivalry
              
               ;
               a
               Play
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               can
               
               give
               no
               Account
               ,
               having
               never
               seen
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Tryal
                 of
                 Treasure
              
               ;
               a
               Play
               ,
               to
               which
               I
               am
               as
               much
               a
               stranger
               .
            
             
               
                 Tunbridge
                 Wells
              
               ,
               or
               
                 A
                 Days
                 Courtship
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1678.
               
               This
               is
               said
               (
               in
               the
               Title-page
               )
               to
               be
               writ
               by
               a
               Person
               of
               Quality
               :
               tho'
               I
               have
               been
               told
               it
               was
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Rawlins
               :
               But
               whoever
               was
               the
               Author
               ,
               't
               is
               certainly
               inferiour
               to
               
                 Epsom
                 Wells
              
               ,
               in
               point
               of
               Humour
               and
               Repartee
               .
            
             
               
                 Tyrannical
                 Government
              
               ,
               another
               Play
               ,
               which
               I
               never
               saw
               .
            
          
           
             
               U.
               
            
             
               
                 Unfortunate
                 Usurper
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1663.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               dedicated
               by
               the
               Author
               (
               who
               ever
               he
               was
               )
               to
               his
               Honoured
               and
               Highly
               Esteemed
               Friend
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Edward
                 Umfreville
              
               .
               Fox
               the
               Plot
               ,
               't
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               ;
               being
               the
               Story
               of
               
                 Andronicus
                 Comnenus
              
               :
               See
               
                 Glycas
                 ,
                 Leunclaius
                 ,
                 Choniates
                 ,
                 Cantacusenus
                 ,
                 Nicetas
                 ,
                 Baronius
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               This
               Play
               is
               short
               of
               that
               of
               
               Willson's
               on
               the
               same
               Subject
               :
               but
               in
               the
               Fifth
               Act
               Sc.
               3
               .
               there
               is
               a
               paralel
               between
               those
               Times
               and
               Ours
               ,
               in
               Reference
               to
               the
               Late
               Rebellion
               ;
               which
               I
               take
               to
               be
               the
               best
               thing
               in
               the
               Play.
               
            
             
               
                 Ungrateful
                 Favourite
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               written
               by
               a
               Person
               of
               Honour
               ;
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1664.
               
               The
               Scene
               of
               this
               Play
               lies
               in
               Naples
               ;
               but
               in
               what
               King
               's
               Reign
               this
               happened
               ,
               I
               am
               not
               able
               to
               guess
               ;
               so
               that
               whether
               it
               be
               founded
               on
               Romance
               or
               History
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               the
               Enquiry
               
               of
               those
               who
               have
               read
               
                 Pandulphus
                 Collenuctius
                 ,
                 Jov.
                 Pontanus
                 ,
                 Guicciardine
                 ,
              
               or
               others
               Writers
               of
               the
               Affairs
               of
               Naples
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               
            
             
               
                 Warning
                 for
                 Fair
                 Women
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               containing
               the
               most
               Tragical
               and
               Lamentable
               Murther
               of
               Mr.
               
                 George
                 Sanders
              
               ,
               of
               London
               ,
               Merchant
               ,
               near
               
                 Shooters
                 Hill
              
               ;
               consented
               unto
               by
               his
               own
               Wife
               ;
               acted
               by
               Capt.
               
                 George
                 Brown
              
               ,
               Mrs
               Drury
               ,
               and
               
                 Trusty
                 Roger
              
               ,
               Agents
               therein
               ,
               with
               their
               several
               Ends.
               This
               Play
               was
               in
               Vogue
               in
               Queen
               
               Elizabeth's
               Time
               :
               and
               divers
               times
               acted
               by
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               the
               L
               d
               Chamberlain's
               Servants
               .
               'T
               is
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts
               ,
               and
               full
               of
               Dumb-shews
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Mode
               of
               those
               Times
               ;
               the
               Prologue
               and
               Epilogue
               ,
               being
               spoken
               by
               Tragedy
               .
               'T
               is
               printed
               in
               a
               Black
               Letter
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1599.
               
            
             
               
                 Wealth
                 and
                 Health
              
               ,
               a
               Play
               of
               which
               I
               can
               give
               no
               Account
               .
            
             
               
                 Weakest
                 goes
                 to
                 the
                 Wall
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               played
               sundry
               times
               by
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Earl
               of
               Oxenford
               ,
               Lord
               Great
               Chamberlain
               of
               
               England's
               Servants
               ;
               and
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1618.
               
            
             
               
                 Wily
                 beguiled
              
               ,
               a
               pleasant
               Comedy
               ;
               wherein
               the
               Chiefest
               Actors
               be
               these
               ;
               a
               Poor
               Scholar
               ,
               a
               Rich
               Fool
               ,
               and
               a
               Knave
               at
               a
               Shift
               :
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               16
               —
            
             
               
                 Wine
                 ,
                 Beer
                 ,
                 Ale
                 ,
                 and
                 Tobacco
                 contending
                 for
                 Superiority
              
               ;
               a
               Dialogue
               ,
               (
               tho'
               in
               other
               Catalogues
               stiled
               an
               Interlude
               )
               printed
               4
               
               o.
               Lond.
               1658.
               
            
             
             
               
                 Wisdom
                 of
                 Dr.
                 Dodipol
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               Pauls
               ;
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1600.
               
               The
               Earl
               
               Cassimeere's
               Friendship
               ,
               in
               marrying
               Deformed
               Cornelia
               ,
               and
               Sharing
               his
               Estate
               with
               her
               Father
               Flores
               ,
               when
               he
               was
               in
               Affliction
               ,
               and
               Arrested
               by
               the
               Duke's
               Order
               ,
               is
               copy'd
               from
               
               Lucian's
               Story
               of
               Zenothemis
               and
               Menecrates
               .
            
             
               Wits
               ,
               or
               
                 Sport
                 upon
                 Sport
              
               ;
               a
               Collection
               of
               Drolls
               and
               Farces
               ,
               presented
               at
               Fairs
               by
               Stroling
               Players
               ;
               and
               printed
               last
               Edition
               octavo
               Lond.
               1675.
               
               These
               are
               most
               of
               them
               taken
               out
               of
               the
               Plays
               of
               
                 Shakespear
                 ,
                 Fletcher
                 ,
                 Shirley
                 ,
                 Marston
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               There
               is
               a
               former
               Edition
               ,
               that
               has
               a
               Table
               prefixed
               ,
               which
               shews
               from
               what
               Play
               each
               Droll
               is
               borrowed
               .
            
             
               
                 Wit
                 of
                 a
                 Woman
              
               ,
               a
               pleasant
               merry
               Comedy
               ;
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1604.
               
               Tho'
               the
               Author
               stiles
               it
               so
               ,
               I
               think
               it
               no
               ways
               answers
               the
               Title
               .
            
             
               
                 Wit
                 led
                 by
                 the
                 Nose
              
               ,
               or
               
                 A
                 Poet's
                 Revenge
              
               ;
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre-Royal
               ,
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1678.
               
               The
               greatest
               part
               of
               this
               Play
               (
               except
               a
               Scene
               or
               two
               )
               is
               stollen
               from
               
                 Chamberlain's
                 Love's
                 Victory
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Woman
                 turn'd
                 Bully
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               and
               printed
               quarto
               Lond.
               1675.
               
               This
               I
               take
               to
               be
               a
               very
               Diverting
               Comedy
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           An
           Alphabetical
           INDEX
           of
           PLAYS
           ,
           Referring
           to
           the
           AUTHORS
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             
               A.
               
            
             
               ABdelazer
               .
            
             
               18
            
             
               Abdicated
               Prince
               .
            
             
               525
            
             
               Abrahams
               Sacrifice
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Acolastus
               .
            
             
               400
            
             
               Actaeon
               and
               Diana
               .
            
             
               89
            
             
               Adelphi
               .
            
             
               25
               ,
               273
            
             
               Adrasta
               .
            
             
               281
            
             
               Adventures
               of
               5
               hours
               .
            
             
               505
            
             
               Agamemnon
               .
            
             
               495
            
             
               Aglaura
               .
            
             
               497
            
             
               Agrippa
               K.
               of
               Alba.
               
            
             
               98
            
             
               Alaham.
               
            
             
               38
            
             
               Alarum
               for
               Lond.
               
            
             
               525
            
             
               All
               Fools
               .
            
             
               58
            
             
               —
               for
               Love.
               
            
             
               152
            
             
               —
               for
               Money
               .
            
             
               334
            
             
               —
               mistaken
               .
            
             
               276
            
             
               All
               's
               lost
               by
               Lust.
               
            
             
               428
            
             
               All
               's
               well
               that
               ends
               well
               .
            
             
               455
            
             
               Albion
               .
            
             
               525
            
             
               Albion
               and
               Alban
               .
            
             
               151
            
             
               Albion's
               Triumph
               .
            
             
               525
            
             
               Albertus
               Wallenst
               .
            
             
               232
            
             
               Albovine
               .
            
             
               107
            
             
               Albumazar
               .
            
             
               525
            
             
               Alchimist
               .
            
             
               287
            
             
               Alcibiades
               .
            
             
               396
            
             
               Alexander
               and
               Campaspe
               .
            
             
               328
            
             
               Alexandrian
               Tragedy
               .
            
             
               2
            
             
               Alphonsus
               Emperour
               of
               Germany
               .
            
             
               59
            
             
               Alphonsus
               King
               of
               Arragon
               .
            
             
               518
            
             
               Amazon
               Queen
               .
            
             
               510
            
             
               Ambitious
               Statesm
               .
            
             
               91
            
             
               Amboyna
               .
            
             
               153
            
             
               Amends
               for
               Ladies
               .
            
             
               198
            
             
               Amorous
               Bigotte
               .
            
             
               445
            
             
               —
               Fantasm
               .
            
             
               332
            
             
               —
               Gallant
               .
            
             
               526
            
             
               —
               Old
               Woman
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               —
               Prince
               .
            
             
               18
            
             
               
               Amourous
               War.
               
            
             
               337
            
             
               Amynta
               .
            
             
               98
               ,
               224
            
             
               Andraea
               .
            
             
               25
               ,
               273
            
             
               Andromache
               .
            
             
               91
            
             
               Andromana
               .
            
             
               522
            
             
               Andronicus
               Comn
               .
            
             
               513
            
             
               Anthony
               and
               Cleopatra
               .
            
             
               455
               ,
               487
            
             
               Antigone
               .
            
             
               363
            
             
               Antipodes
               .
            
             
               35
            
             
               Antiquary
               .
            
             
               346
            
             
               Antonio
               &
               Melida
               .
            
             
               348
            
             
               Antonius
               .
            
             
               402
            
             
               Any
               thing
               for
               a
               quiet
               Life
               .
            
             
               371
            
             
               Apocryphal
               Ladies
               .
            
             
               392
            
             
               Apollo
               Shroving
               .
            
             
               523
            
             
               Appius
               and
               Virg.
               
            
             
               509
            
             
               Arcadia
               .
            
             
               476
            
             
               Arden
               of
               Feversh
               .
            
             
               526
            
             
               Argalus
               and
               Parthethenia
               .
            
             
               232
            
             
               Ariadne
               .
            
             
               520
            
             
               Aristippus
               .
            
             
               414
            
             
               Arraignment
               of
               Paris
               .
            
             
               526
            
             
               Arthur
               .
            
             
               504
            
             
               Arviragus
               and
               Phil.
               
            
             
               46
            
             
               As
               you
               like
               it
               .
            
             
               455
            
             
               Assignation
               .
            
             
               154
            
             
               Astraea
               .
            
             
               511
            
             
               Atheist
               .
            
             
               505
               ,
               396
            
             
               Atheist's
               Tragedy
               .
            
             
               505
            
             
               Aurengzebe
               .
            
             
               156
            
          
        
         
           
             
               B.
               
            
             
               BAll
               .
            
             
               476
            
             
               Band
               ,
               Ruff
               ,
               and
               Cuff.
               
            
             
               527
            
             
               Banditti
               .
            
             
               179
            
             
               Bartholmew
               Fair.
               
            
             
               287
            
             
               Bashful
               Lover
               .
            
             
               354
            
             
               Bastard
               .
            
             
               527
            
             
               Battle
               of
               Alcazer
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Begger
               's
               Bush.
               
            
             
               207
            
             
               Bell
               in
               Campo
               .
            
             
               392
            
             
               Bellamira
               her
               Dream
               .
            
             
               312
            
             
               Bellamira
               ,
               or
               The
               Mistress
               .
            
             
               487
            
             
               Benefice
               .
            
             
               511
            
             
               Bird
               in
               a
               Cage
               .
            
             
               476
            
             
               Birth
               of
               Merlin
               .
            
             
               466
            
             
               Black
               Prince
               .
            
             
               27
            
             
               Blazing
               World.
               
            
             
               392
            
             
               Blind
               Begger
               of
               Alexandria
               .
            
             
               60
            
             
               Blind
               Begger
               of
               Bednal-Green
               .
            
             
               118
            
             
               Blind
               Lady
               .
            
             
               276
            
             
               Bloody
               Banquet
               .
            
             
               519
            
             
               —
               Brother
               .
            
             
               207
            
             
               —
               Duke
               .
            
             
               527
            
             
               Blurt
               Mr.
               Constab.
               
            
             
               371
            
             
               Bondman
               .
            
             
               354
            
             
               Bonduca
               .
            
             
               207
            
             
               Brazen
               Age.
               
            
             
               260
            
             
               Brenoralt
               .
            
             
               498
            
             
               Bridals
               .
            
             
               392
            
             
               
               Bride
               .
            
             
               380
            
             
               Broken
               Heart
               .
            
             
               219
            
             
               Brothers
               .
            
             
               483
            
             
               Brutus
               of
               Alba.
               
            
             
               500
            
             
               Bury
               Fair.
               
            
             
               445
            
             
               Bussy
               D'Amboyse
               .
            
             
               60
            
             
               Byron's
               Conspiracy
               and
               Tragedy
               .
            
             
               61
            
          
        
         
           
             
               C.
               
            
             
               CAEsar
               Borgia
               .
            
             
               321
            
             
               Caesar
               &
               Pomp.
               
            
             
               62
            
             
               Caesar's
               Revenge
               .
            
             
               527
            
             
               Caius
               Marius
               .
            
             
               397
            
             
               Calisto
               .
            
             
               92
            
             
               Cambyses
               K.
               of
               Persia.
               
            
             
               440
            
             
               Captain
               .
            
             
               207
            
             
               Cardinal
               .
            
             
               483
            
             
               Careless
               Lovers
               .
            
             
               418
            
             
               —
               Shepheardess
               .
            
             
               234
            
             
               Carnival
               .
            
             
               407
            
             
               Case
               is
               alter'd
               .
            
             
               298
            
             
               Cataline's
               Conspiracy
               .
            
             
               288
            
             
               Chabot
               Admiral
               of
               France
               .
            
             
               477
            
             
               Challenge
               at
               Tilt.
               
            
             
               288
            
             
               —
               for
               Beauty
               .
            
             
               262
            
             
               Chances
               .
            
             
               207
            
             
               Changes
               .
            
             
               477
            
             
               Changling
               .
            
             
               371
            
             
               Charles
               the
               First
               .
            
             
               528
            
             
               —
               the
               Eighth
               of
               France
               .
            
             
               92
            
             
               Chast
               Maid
               in
               Cheapside
               .
            
             
               371
            
             
               Cheats
               .
            
             
               513
            
             
               —
               of
               Scapin
               .
            
             
               397
            
             
               Christ's
               Passion
               .
            
             
               437
            
             
               Christian
               turn'd
               Turk
               .
            
             
               117
            
             
               Christmass
               Masque
               .
            
             
               288
            
             
               Cicilia
               and
               Clorinda
               .
            
             
               312
            
             
               Cid
               .
            
             
               431
            
             
               Circe
               .
            
             
               116
            
             
               Citizen
               turn'd
               Gentleman
               .
            
             
               422
            
             
               City
               Heiress
               .
            
             
               19
            
             
               —
               Madam
               .
            
             
               354
            
             
               —
               Match
               .
            
             
               337
            
             
               —
               Night-cap
               .
            
             
               116
            
             
               —
               Politicks
               .
            
             
               93
            
             
               —
               Wit.
               
            
             
               35
            
             
               Claricilla
               .
            
             
               312
            
             
               Cleopatra
               .
            
             
               101
               ,
               363
            
             
               Cloridia
               .
            
             
               288
            
             
               Clouds
               .
            
             
               490
            
             
               Cobler's
               Prophecy
               .
            
             
               513
            
             
               Coelum
               Britannicū
               .
            
             
               43
            
             
               Colas
               Fury
               .
            
             
               41
            
             
               Combat
               of
               Caps
               .
            
             
               528
            
             
               —
               of
               Love
               and
               Friendship
               .
            
             
               365
            
             
               Comedy
               of
               Errors
               .
            
             
               455
            
             
               Committee
               .
            
             
               276
            
             
               Committee-man
               curried
               .
            
             
               471
            
             
               
               Commons
               condit
               .
            
             
               528
            
             
               Common-wealth
               of
               Women
               .
            
             
               180
            
             
               Conflict
               of
               Conscience
               .
            
             
               513
            
             
               Conquest
               of
               China
               .
            
             
               440
            
             
               —
               of
               Granada
               .
            
             
               157
            
             
               Conspiracy
               .
            
             
               309
               ,
               511
            
             
               Constant
               Maid
               .
            
             
               477
            
             
               —
               Nymph
               .
            
             
               528
            
             
               Constantine
               the
               Great
               .
            
             
               322
            
             
               Contention
               betw
               .
               York
               and
               Lancaster
               .
            
             
               528
            
             
               —
               of
               Ajax
               and
               Ulysses
               .
            
             
               485
            
             
               —
               for
               Honour
               and
               Riches
               .
            
             
               478
            
             
               Coriolanus
               .
            
             
               455
            
             
               Cornelia
               .
            
             
               316
            
             
               Coronation
               .
            
             
               208
               ,
               478
            
             
               Costly
               Whore.
               
            
             
               528
            
             
               Covent
               Garden
               .
            
             
               380
            
             
               Covent
               Garden
               weeded
               .
            
             
               35
            
             
               Covent
               of
               Pleas.
               
            
             
               392
            
             
               Coūterfeit
               Bridegr
               .
            
             
               528
            
             
               Counterfeits
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Countess
               of
               Pembroke's
               Ivy-church
               .
            
             
               224
            
             
               Country
               Captain
               .
            
             
               386
            
             
               —
               Girl
               .
            
             
               31
            
             
               —
               Innocence
               .
            
             
               319
            
             
               —
               Wife
               .
            
             
               514
            
             
               —
               Wit.
               
            
             
               94
            
             
               Couragious
               Turk
               .
            
             
               234
            
             
               Court
               Beggar
               .
            
             
               36
            
             
               —
               Secret.
               
            
             
               484
            
             
               Coxcomb
               .
            
             
               208
            
             
               Croesus
               .
            
             
               3
            
             
               Cromwell's
               Hist.
               
            
             
               529
            
             
               Cruel
               Brother
               .
            
             
               107
            
             
               —
               Debtor
               .
            
             
               529
            
             
               Cuckolds
               Haven
               .
            
             
               501
            
             
               Cunning
               Lover
               .
            
             
               32
            
             
               Cupid
               and
               Death
               .
            
             
               478
            
             
               Cupid's
               Revenge
               .
            
             
               208
            
             
               —
               Whirligig
               .
            
             
               529
            
             
               Cure
               for
               a
               Cuckold
               .
            
             
               510
            
             
               Custom
               of
               the
               Country
               .
            
             
               208
            
             
               Cutter
               of
               Coleman-street
               .
            
             
               81
            
             
               Cymbeline
               .
            
             
               456
            
             
               Cynthia's
               Revels
               .
            
             
               289
            
             
               —
               Revenge
               .
            
             
               493
            
             
               Cyrus
               K.
               of
               Persia.
               
            
             
               529
            
             
               Cytherea
               .
            
             
               488
            
          
        
         
           
             
               D.
               
            
             
               DAme
               Dobson
               .
            
             
               419
            
             
               Damoiselle
               .
            
             
               36
            
             
               Damoiselles
               a-la-mode
               .
            
             
               200
            
             
               Damon
               &
               Pythias
               .
            
             
               529
            
             
               Darius
               his
               Tragedy
            
             
               3
            
             
               —
               K.
               of
               Persia.
               
            
             
               94
            
             
               David
               and
               Bethsabe
               .
            
             
               401
            
             
               
               Debauchee
               .
            
             
               529
            
             
               Deorum
               Dona.
               
            
             
               11
            
             
               Deserving
               Favourite
               .
            
             
               47
            
             
               Destruction
               of
               Jerusalem
               .
            
             
               95
               ,
               529
            
             
               Destruction
               of
               Troy.
               
            
             
               7
            
             
               Devil
               's
               an
               Ass.
               
            
             
               289
            
             
               Devil's
               Charter
               .
            
             
               9
            
             
               Devil's
               Law-case
               .
            
             
               509
            
             
               Devil
               of
               a
               Wife
               .
            
             
               280
            
             
               Dick
               Scorner
               .
            
             
               529
            
             
               Dido
               Q.
               of
               Carthage
               .
            
             
               383
            
             
               Disappointment
               .
            
             
               489
            
             
               Disobedient
               Child
               .
            
             
               280
            
             
               Distracted
               State.
               
            
             
               502
            
             
               Distresses
               .
            
             
               107
            
             
               Divine
               Comedian
               .
            
             
               504
            
             
               Divine
               Masque
               .
            
             
               530
            
             
               Doctor
               Dodipole
               .
            
             
               556
            
             
               Doctor
               Faustus
               .
            
             
               342
            
             
               Don
               Carlos
               .
            
             
               398
            
             
               Don
               Sebastian
               .
            
             
               161
            
             
               Double
               Marriage
               .
            
             
               208
            
             
               Doubtful
               Heir
               .
            
             
               484
            
             
               Duke
               &
               no
               Duke
               .
            
             
               501
            
             
               Duke
               of
               Guise
               .
            
             
               163
            
             
               Duke
               of
               Lerma
               .
            
             
               276
            
             
               Duke
               of
               Millain
               .
            
             
               355
            
             
               Duke's
               Mistress
               .
            
             
               478
            
             
               Dumb
               Knight
               .
            
             
               334
            
             
               Dumb
               Lady
               .
            
             
               318
            
             
               Dutch
               Courtezan
               .
            
             
               348
            
             
               Dutch
               Lover
               .
            
             
               19
            
             
               Dutchess
               of
               Malfy
               .
            
             
               609
            
             
               Dutchess
               of
               Suff.
               
            
             
               262
            
          
        
         
           
             
               E.
               
            
             
               EAstward-hoe
               .
            
             
               66
            
             
               Edgar
               .
            
             
               434
            
             
               Edward
               the
               First
               .
            
             
               401
            
             
               —
               Second
               .
            
             
               343
            
             
               —
               Third
               .
            
             
               530
            
             
               —
               Fourth
               .
            
             
               262
            
             
               Elder
               Brother
               .
            
             
               208
            
             
               Electra
               .
            
             
               522
            
             
               Elizabeth's
               Troubles
               .
            
             
               265
            
             
               Elvira
               .
            
             
               530
            
             
               Emperor
               of
               the
               East
               .
            
             
               355
            
             
               —
               Moon
               .
            
             
               440
            
             
               Empress
               of
               Morocco
               .
            
             
               530
            
             
               Enchanted
               Lovers
               .
            
             
               333
            
             
               Endymion
               .
            
             
               228
            
             
               English
               Fryar
               .
            
             
               95
            
             
               —
               Lawyer
               .
            
             
               420
            
             
               —
               Monsieur
               .
            
             
               276
            
             
               —
               Moor.
               
            
             
               36
            
             
               —
               Princess
               .
            
             
               530
            
             
               —
               Rogue
               .
            
             
               504
            
             
               —
               Traveller
               .
            
             
               262
            
             
               Enough
               's
               as
               good
               as
               a
               Feast
               .
            
             
               530
            
             
               Entertainment
               at
               King
               James's
               Coronat
               .
            
             
               289
            
             
               —
               at
               RutlandH
               .
            
             
               107
            
             
               
               Entertainment
               of
               King
               James
               and
               Q.
               Anne
               at
               Theobalds
               .
            
             
               289
            
             
               —
               of
               the
               K.
               and
               Q.
               at
               High-gate
               .
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               —
               of
               the
               K.
               of
               Engl.
               and
               Denmark
               at
               Theobalds
               .
            
             
               290
            
             
               —
               of
               the
               Q.
               and
               Pr.
               at
               Althrop
               .
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Epsom
               Wells
               .
            
             
               445
            
             
               Erminia
               .
            
             
               201
            
             
               Evening's
               Love.
               
            
             
               163
            
             
               Every
               man
               in
               his
               Humour
               .
            
             
               290
            
             
               —
               out
               of
               his
               Humour
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               —
               Woman
               in
               her
               Humour
               .
            
             
               531
            
             
               Eunuchus
               .
            
             
               25
               ,
               273
            
             
               Example
               .
            
             
               478
            
             
               Excommunicated
               Prin.
               
            
             
               15
            
             
               Extravagant
               Shepherd
               .
            
             
               521
            
          
        
         
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               FActious
               Citiz.
               
            
             
               531
            
             
               Fair
               Emm.
               
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               —
               Favourite
               .
            
             
               108
            
             
               —
               Irene
               .
            
             
               499
            
             
               —
               Maid
               of
               Brist
               .
            
             
               531
            
             
               —
               of
               the
               Exchange
               .
            
             
               262
            
             
               —
               Inn.
               
            
             
               208
            
             
               —
               West
               .
            
             
               263
            
             
               Fair
               Quarrel
               .
            
             
               371
            
             
               Faithful
               Shepheardess
               .
            
             
               208
            
             
               False
               Favourite
               .
               disgrac'd
               .
            
             
               531
            
             
               —
               Count.
               
            
             
               20
            
             
               —
               One.
               
            
             
               209
            
             
               Family
               of
               Love.
               
            
             
               372
            
             
               Fancies
               .
            
             
               320
            
             
               Fancies
               Festivals
               .
            
             
               306
            
             
               Fatal
               Contract
               .
            
             
               247
            
             
               —
               Dowry
               .
            
             
               355
            
             
               —
               Jealousie
               .
            
             
               531
            
             
               —
               Love.
               
            
             
               441
            
             
               Fawn
               .
            
             
               350
            
             
               Feign'd
               Astrologer
               .
            
             
               531
            
             
               —
               Courtezans
               .
            
             
               20
            
             
               Female
               Academy
               .
            
             
               392
            
             
               —
               Prelate
               .
            
             
               441
            
             
               Fidele
               and
               Fortunatus
               .
            
             
               532
            
             
               Fine
               Companion
               .
            
             
               346
            
             
               Fleire
               .
            
             
               471
            
             
               Floating
               Island
               .
            
             
               494
            
             
               Flora's
               Vagaries
               .
            
             
               532
            
             
               Fond
               Husband
               .
            
             
               180
            
             
               Fool
               turn'd
               Critick
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               —
               would
               be
               a
               Favourite
               .
            
             
               47
            
             
               Fools
               Preferment
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Forc'd
               Marriage
               .
            
             
               20
            
             
               Fortunate
               Isles
               .
            
             
               291
            
             
               Fortunatus
               .
            
             
               122
            
             
               
               Fortune
               by
               Land
               and
               Sea.
               
            
             
               265
            
             
               Fortune-Hunters
               .
            
             
               49
            
             
               Four
               Lond.
               Prentices
               .
            
             
               265
            
             
               —
               P's
               .
            
             
               254
            
             
               —
               Plays
               in
               one
               .
            
             
               209
            
             
               Fox
               .
            
             
               297
            
             
               Free-will
               .
            
             
               532
            
             
               French
               Conjurer
               .
            
             
               520
            
             
               Friendship
               in
               Fashion
               .
            
             
               398
            
             
               Fryar
               Bacon
               .
            
             
               242
            
             
               Fulgius
               and
               Lucrelle
               .
            
             
               532
            
          
        
         
           
             
               G.
               
            
             
               GAlathea
               .
            
             
               329
            
             
               Game
               at
               Chess
               .
            
             
               372
            
             
               Gamester
               .
            
             
               478
            
             
               Gam
               .
               Gurton's
               Needle
               .
            
             
               521
            
             
               Generous
               Enemies
               .
            
             
               73
            
             
               Gentle-Craft
               .
            
             
               548
            
             
               Gentleman
               Dancing-Master
               .
            
             
               514
            
             
               —
               of
               Venice
               .
            
             
               479
            
             
               —
               of
               Verona
            
             
               466
            
             
               —
               Usher
               .
            
             
               63
            
             
               Ghost
               .
            
             
               532
            
             
               Glass
               of
               Government
               .
            
             
               228
            
             
               Gloriana
               .
            
             
               322
            
             
               Goblins
               .
            
             
               498
            
             
               Golden
               Age.
               
            
             
               259
            
             
               Golden
               Age
               restored
               .
            
             
               291
            
             
               Grateful
               Servant
               .
            
             
               479
            
             
               Great
               Duke
               of
               Florence
               .
            
             
               356
            
             
               Green's
               
                 Tu
                 quoque
              
               .
            
             
               72
            
             
               Grim
               the
               Colier
               of
               Croyden
               .
            
             
               522
            
             
               Gripus
               and
               Hegio
               .
            
             
               11
            
             
               Guardian
               .
            
             
               80
               ,
               356
            
             
               Guy
               of
               Warwick
               .
            
             
               519
            
          
        
         
           
             
               H.
               
            
             
               HAmlet
               Prince
               of
               Denmark
               .
            
             
               457
            
             
               Hannibal
               and
               Scipio
               .
            
             
               380
            
             
               Heautontimorumenos
               .
            
             
               25
               ,
               273
            
             
               Hector
               of
               Germany
               .
            
             
               488
            
             
               Hectors
               .
            
             
               533
            
             
               Hecyra
               .
            
             
               25
               ,
               273
            
             
               Heir
               .
            
             
               363
            
             
               —
               of
               Morocco
               .
            
             
               441
            
             
               Hell
               's
               High
               Court
               of
               Justice
               .
            
             
               533
            
             
               Henry
               the
               Third
               of
               France
               .
            
             
               473
            
             
               Henry
               the
               Fourth
               .
            
             
               456
            
             
               —
               Fifth
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               —
               Sixth
               .
            
             
               457
            
             
               —
               Eighth
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Heraclius
               .
            
             
               48
            
             
               Hercules
               Furens
               .
            
             
               250
            
             
               —
               Oetus
               .
            
             
               496
            
             
               
               Hero
               and
               Leander
               .
            
             
               492
            
             
               Herod
               and
               Antipater
               .
            
             
               340
            
             
               —
               and
               Mariamne
               .
            
             
               406
            
             
               Hey
               for
               Honesty
               .
            
             
               416
            
             
               Hic
               &
               Ubique
               .
            
             
               246
            
             
               Histriomastix
               .
            
             
               532
            
             
               Hoffman
               .
            
             
               533
            
             
               Hog
               hath
               lost
               his
               Pearl
               .
            
             
               503
            
             
               Hollander
               .
            
             
               232
            
             
               Holland's
               Leaguer
               .
            
             
               349
            
             
               Honest
               Lawyer
               .
            
             
               522
            
             
               —
               Man's
               Fortune
               .
            
             
               209
            
             
               —
               Whore.
               
            
             
               122
            
             
               Honoria
               and
               Mammon
               .
            
             
               484
            
             
               Honour
               of
               Wales
               .
            
             
               294
            
             
               Horace
               .
            
             
               74
               ,
               404
            
             
               Horatius
               .
            
             
               333
            
             
               How
               to
               chuse
               a
               Good
               Wife
               from
               a
               Bad.
               
            
             
               533
            
             
               Humorous
               Courtier
               .
            
             
               480
            
             
               —
               Days
               Mirth
               .
            
             
               63
            
             
               —
               Lieutenant
               .
            
             
               209
            
             
               —
               Lovers
               .
            
             
               387
            
             
               Humorists
               .
            
             
               446
            
             
               Humour
               out
               of
               Breath
               .
            
             
               119
            
             
               Hyde
               Park
               .
            
             
               479
            
             
               Hymenaei
               .
            
             
               291
            
             
               Hymen's
               Triumph
               .
            
             
               102
            
             
               Hyppolitus
               .
            
             
               409
               ,
               495
            
          
        
         
           
             
               I.
               
            
             
               JAck
               Drum's
               Entertainment
               .
            
             
               534
            
             
               —
               Jugler
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               —
               Straw's
               Life
               and
               Death
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Jacob
               and
               Esau.
               
            
             
               534
            
             
               James
               the
               Fourth
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Ibrahim
               .
            
             
               441
            
             
               Jealous
               Lovers
               .
            
             
               414
            
             
               Jeronymo
               .
            
             
               535
            
             
               Jew
               of
               Malta
               .
            
             
               343
            
             
               Jew's
               Tragedy
               .
            
             
               248
            
             
               If
               this
               ben't
               a
               good
               Play
               ,
               the
               Devil
               's
               in
               't
               .
            
             
               122
            
             
               Ignoramus
               .
            
             
               518
            
             
               Impatient
               Poverty
               .
            
             
               533
            
             
               Imperial
               Tragedy
               .
            
             
               315
            
             
               Imperiale
               .
            
             
               226
            
             
               Imposture
               .
            
             
               484
            
             
               Indian
               Emperor
               .
            
             
               165
            
             
               —
               Queen
               .
            
             
               276
            
             
               Ingratitude
               of
               a
               Common-wealth
               .
            
             
               501
            
             
               Injured
               Lovers
               .
            
             
               378
            
             
               —
               Princess
               .
            
             
               182
            
             
               Inner-Temple
               Masque
               .
            
             
               372
            
             
               Insatiate
               Countess
               .
            
             
               348
            
             
               Interlude
               of
               Youth
               .
            
             
               44
            
             
               Jocasta
               .
            
             
               208
            
             
               John
               the
               Evangel
               .
            
             
               535
            
             
               —
               K.
               of
               England
               .
            
             
               458
            
             
               
               John
               and
               Matilda
               .
            
             
               117
            
             
               Joseph
               .
            
             
               238
            
             
               Joseph's
               Afflictions
               .
            
             
               536
            
             
               Jovial
               Crew
               .
            
             
               36
            
             
               Irish
               Masque
               .
            
             
               291
            
             
               Iron
               Age.
               
            
             
               260
            
             
               Island
               Princess
               .
            
             
               210
            
             
               Isle
               of
               Gulls
               .
            
             
               119
            
             
               Juliana
               Princess
               of
               Poland
               .
            
             
               96
            
             
               Julius
               Caesar.
               
            
             
               4
               ,
               458
            
             
               Just
               General
               .
            
             
               339
            
             
               —
               Italian
               .
            
             
               108
            
          
        
         
           
             
               K.
               
            
             
               KInd
               Keeper
               .
            
             
               164
            
             
               King
               and
               no
               King.
               
            
             
               210
            
             
               —
               Edgar
               and
               Alfreda
               .
            
             
               420
            
             
               —
               Lear
               and
               his
               three
               Daughters
               .
            
             
               501
            
             
               —
               and
               Queen's
               Entertainment
               at
               Richmond
               .
            
             
               536
            
             
               King's
               Entertainment
               at
               Welbeck
               .
            
             
               261
            
             
               Knack
               to
               know
               an
               Honest
               Man.
               
            
             
               536
            
             
               —
               a
               Knave
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Knave
               in
               Grain
               .
            
             
               537
            
             
               Knavery
               in
               all
               Trades
               .
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Knight
               of
               the
               Burning
               Pestle
               .
            
             
               210
            
             
               —
               Golden-shield
               .
            
             
               594
            
             
               —
               of
               Malta
               .
            
             
               210
            
          
        
         
           
             
               L.
               
            
             
               LAdy
               Alimony
               .
            
             
               573
            
             
               —
               Contemplation
               .
            
             
               392
            
             
               —
               Errant
               .
            
             
               53
            
             
               —
               of
               Pleasure
               .
            
             
               480
            
             
               Ladies
               Priviledge
               .
            
             
               233
            
             
               —
               Tryal
               .
            
             
               220
            
             
               Lancash
               .
               Witches
               .
            
             
               266
            
             
               Landgartha
               .
            
             
               42
            
             
               Late
               Revolution
               .
            
             
               537
            
             
               Law
               against
               Lovers
               .
            
             
               108
            
             
               —
               Tricks
               .
            
             
               119
            
             
               Laws
               of
               Candy
               .
            
             
               210
            
             
               —
               Nature
               .
            
             
               538
            
             
               Lear's
               Tragedy
               .
            
             
               458
            
             
               Levellers
               levelled
               .
            
             
               538
            
             
               Liberality
               and
               Prodigality
               .
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Libertine
               .
            
             
               448
            
             
               Like
               will
               to
               like
               ,
               quoth
               the
               Devil
               to
               the
               Collier
               .
            
             
               227
            
             
               Lingua
               .
            
             
               538
            
             
               Little
               French
               Lawyer
               .
            
             
               210
            
             
               Locrine
               .
            
             
               458
            
             
               London
               Chanticleers
               .
            
             
               538
            
             
               —
               Cuckolds
               .
            
             
               420
            
             
               —
               Prodigal
               .
            
             
               459
            
             
               
               Look
               about
               you
               .
            
             
               538
            
             
               Looking-glass
               for
               London
               .
            
             
               331
            
             
               Lost
               Lady
               .
            
             
               539
            
             
               Love
               a-la-mode
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Love
               and
               Honour
               .
            
             
               109
            
             
               —
               Revenge
               .
            
             
               442
            
             
               —
               War.
               
            
             
               368
            
             
               —
               Crowns
               the
               End.
               
            
             
               503
            
             
               —
               freed
               from
               Ignorance
               .
            
             
               291
            
             
               —
               in
               a
               Tub.
               
            
             
               187
            
             
               —
               in
               a
               Wood.
               
            
             
               515
            
             
               —
               in
               its
               Extasie
               .
            
             
               539
            
             
               —
               in
               the
               Dark
               .
            
             
               188
            
             
               —
               restored
               .
            
             
               291
            
             
               —
               sick
               Court.
               
            
             
               36
            
             
               —
               King.
               
            
             
               31
            
             
               —
               Tricks
               .
            
             
               480
            
             
               Love's
               Cruelty
               .
            
             
               480
            
             
               —
               Cure.
               
            
             
               211
            
             
               —
               Dominion
               .
            
             
               201
            
             
               —
               Kingdom
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               —
               Labour
               lost
               .
            
             
               459
            
             
               —
               Labyrinth
               .
            
             
               222
            
             
               —
               Loadstone
               .
            
             
               544
            
             
               Lover's
               Melancholy
               .
            
             
               220
            
             
               —
               Progress
               .
            
             
               221
            
             
               —
               Metamorphosis
               .
            
             
               329
            
             
               —
               Mistress
               .
            
             
               267
            
             
               —
               Pilgrimage
               .
            
             
               211
            
             
               —
               Riddle
               .
            
             
               82
            
             
               —
               Sacrifice
               .
            
             
               221
            
             
               —
               Triumph
            
             
               71
               ,
               291
            
             
               —
               Victory
               .
            
             
               57
            
             
               —
               Welcome
               .
            
             
               291
            
             
               Loving
               Enemies
               .
            
             
               335
            
             
               Loyal
               Brother
               .
            
             
               489
            
             
               —
               General
               .
            
             
               501
            
             
               —
               Lovers
               .
            
             
               339
            
             
               —
               Subject
               .
            
             
               211
            
             
               Lucius
               Junius
               Brutus
               .
            
             
               323
            
             
               Lucky
               Chance
               .
            
             
               20
            
             
               Luminalia
               .
            
             
               539
            
             
               Lusts
               Dominion
               .
            
             
               344
            
             
               Lusty
               Juventus
               .
            
             
               508
            
             
               Lyer
               .
            
             
               542
            
          
        
         
           
             
               M.
               
            
             
               MAckbeth
               .
            
             
               460
            
             
               Mad
               Couple
               well
               matcht
               .
            
             
               36
            
             
               —
               Lover
               .
            
             
               211
            
             
               Madam
               Fickle
               .
            
             
               102
            
             
               Magnetick
               Lady
               .
            
             
               292
            
             
               Maid
               of
               Honour
               .
            
             
               356
            
             
               —
               in
               the
               Mill.
               
            
             
               211
            
             
               Maiden
               Queen
               .
            
             
               169
            
             
               —
               head
               well
               lost
               .
            
             
               276
            
             
               Maid's
               Metamorphosis
               .
            
             
               329
            
             
               —
               of
               Moorclack
               .
            
             
               6
            
             
               —
               Revenge
               .
            
             
               481
            
             
               
               Maid's
               Tragedy
               .
            
             
               212
            
             
               Male-content
               .
            
             
               349
            
             
               Mall
               .
            
             
               518
            
             
               Mamamouchi
               .
            
             
               422
            
             
               Manhood
               and
               Wisdom
               .
            
             
               539
            
             
               Man
               of
               Mode
               .
            
             
               187
            
             
               —
               Newmarket
            
             
               274
            
             
               Man
               's
               the
               Master
               .
            
             
               109
            
             
               Marriage
               a
               la
               mode
            
             
               166
            
             
               —
               Broker
               .
            
             
               524
            
             
               —
               Night
               .
            
             
               197
            
             
               —
               of
               Oceanus
               and
               Britannia
               .
            
             
               203
            
             
               —
               of
               the
               Arts.
               
            
             
               271
            
             
               —
               of
               Wit
               and
               Science
               .
            
             
               540
            
             
               Mariam
               .
            
             
               43
            
             
               Marcelia
               .
            
             
               26
            
             
               Marcus
               Tullius
               Cicero
               .
            
             
               540
            
             
               Marius
               and
               Scilla
               .
            
             
               331
            
             
               Martyr
               .
            
             
               334
            
             
               Martyred
               Souldier
               .
            
             
               474
            
             
               Mary
               Magdalen's
               Repentance
               .
            
             
               506
            
             
               —
               Q.
               of
               Scotland
               .
            
             
               8
            
             
               Masque
               at
               Bretbie
               .
            
             
               68
            
             
               —
               at
               the
               L
               d
               Haddington's
               House
               .
            
             
               293
            
             
               —
               at
               Ludlow
               Castle
               .
            
             
               376
            
             
               —
               of
               Augurs
               .
            
             
               293
            
             
               —
               of
               Flowers
               .
            
             
               540
            
             
               Masque
               of
               Grays-Inn
               .
            
             
               212
            
             
               —
               of
               Owls
               .
            
             
               293
            
             
               —
               of
               Queens
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               —
               of
               the
               Middle-Temple
               and
               Lincoln's
               Inn.
               
            
             
               63
            
             
               Masquarade
               du
               Ciel
               .
            
             
               531
            
             
               Massacre
               at
               Paris
               .
            
             
               323
            
             
               —
               of
               Paris
               .
            
             
               344
            
             
               Massianello
               .
            
             
               540
            
             
               Master
               Anthony
               .
            
             
               28
            
             
               Match
               at
               Midnight
               .
            
             
               428
            
             
               —
               me
               in
               Lond.
               
            
             
               123
            
             
               Matrimonial
               Trouble
               .
            
             
               392
            
             
               May
               Day
               .
            
             
               64
            
             
               Mayor
               of
               Quinborough
            
             
               372
            
             
               Measure
               for
               Measure
               .
            
             
               459
            
             
               Medea
               .
            
             
               472
               ,
               496
            
             
               Menechmus
               .
            
             
               524
            
             
               Merchant
               of
               Venice
               .
            
             
               459
            
             
               Mercurius
               Britannicus
               .
            
             
               541
            
             
               Mercury
               vindicated
               .
            
             
               294
            
             
               Merry
               Devil
               of
               Edmonton
               .
            
             
               541
            
             
               —
               Milk-maids
               .
            
             
               517
            
             
               
               Merry
               Wives
               of
               Windsor
               .
            
             
               459
            
             
               Messalina
               .
            
             
               426
            
             
               Metamorphosed
               Gypsies
               .
            
             
               293
            
             
               Michaelmass
               Term.
               
            
             
               373
            
             
               Microcosmus
               .
            
             
               381
            
             
               Midas
               .
            
             
               329
            
             
               Midsummer
               Night's
               Dream
               .
            
             
               460
            
             
               Mirza
               .
            
             
               11
            
             
               Mizer
               .
            
             
               448
            
             
               Miseries
               of
               Civil
               War.
               
            
             
               96
            
             
               —
               Inforced
               Marriage
               .
            
             
               512
            
             
               Mistaken
               Husband
               .
            
             
               166
            
             
               Mithridates
               .
            
             
               324
            
             
               Mock
               Duellist
               .
            
             
               517
            
             
               —
               Tempest
               .
            
             
               177
            
             
               Monsieur
               D'Olive
               .
            
             
               64
            
             
               —
               Thomas
               .
            
             
               213
            
             
               Money
               is
               an
               Ass.
               
            
             
               307
            
             
               More
               Dissemblers
               besides
               Women
               .
            
             
               373
            
             
               Morning
               Ramble
               .
            
             
               541
            
             
               Mortimer's
               Fall.
               
            
             
               294
            
             
               Mother
               Bomby
               .
            
             
               329
            
             
               —
               Shipton's
               Life
               and
               Death
               .
            
             
               504
            
             
               Mucedorus
               .
            
             
               541
            
             
               Much
               ado
               about
               nothing
               .
            
             
               460
            
             
               Mulberry
               Garden
               .
            
             
               487
            
             
               Muleasses
               the
               Turk
               .
            
             
               352
            
             
               Muse
               of
               New-market
               .
            
             
               542
            
             
               Muses
               Looking-glass
               .
            
             
               415
            
             
               Mustapha
               .
            
             
               28
               ,
               39
            
          
        
         
           
             
               N.
               
            
             
               NAtures
               3
               Daughters
               .
            
             
               362
            
             
               Neptune's
               Triumph
               .
            
             
               294
            
             
               Nero's
               Life
               and
               Death
               .
            
             
               324
            
             
               New
               Custom
               .
            
             
               543
            
             
               —
               Exchange
               .
            
             
               36
            
             
               —
               Inn.
               
            
             
               299
            
             
               —
               Trick
               to
               cheat
               the
               Devil
               .
            
             
               518
            
             
               —
               Market
               Fair.
               
            
             
               543
            
             
               —
               Way
               to
               pay
               Old
               Debts
               .
            
             
               357
            
             
               —
               Wonder
               .
            
             
               429
            
             
               News
               from
               Plymouth
               .
            
             
               110
            
             
               —
               the
               World
               in
               the
               Moon
               .
            
             
               294
            
             
               Nice
               Valour
               .
            
             
               213
            
             
               —
               Wanton
               .
            
             
               543
            
             
               Nicomede
               .
            
             
               99
            
             
               Night-walker
               .
            
             
               213
            
             
               Noah's
               Flood
               .
            
             
               185
            
             
               Noble
               Gentleman
               .
            
             
               231
            
             
               
               Noble
               Ingratitude
               .
            
             
               333
            
             
               —
               Spanish
               Souldier
            
             
               430
            
             
               —
               Stranger
               .
            
             
               470
            
             
               No
               body
               ,
               and
               Some
               body
               .
            
             
               543
            
             
               No
               Wit
               No
               Help
               like
               a
               Woman's
               .
            
             
               373
            
             
               Northern
               Lass.
               
            
             
               36
            
             
               Northward-hoe
               .
            
             
               123
            
             
               Novella
               .
            
             
               37
            
          
        
         
           
             
               O.
               
            
             
               OBeron
               the
               Fairy
               Prince
               .
            
             
               294
            
             
               Obstinate
               Lady
               .
            
             
               69
            
             
               Octavia
               .
            
             
               395
            
             
               Oedipus
               .
            
             
               167
               ,
               384
            
             
               Old
               Castle
               's
               History
               .
            
             
               461
            
             
               —
               Couple
               .
            
             
               364
            
             
               —
               Law.
               
            
             
               357
            
             
               —
               Troop
               .
            
             
               318
            
             
               —
               Wives
               Tale.
               
            
             
               544
            
             
               Opportunity
               .
            
             
               481
            
             
               Ordinary
               .
            
             
               53
            
             
               Orestes
               .
            
             
               234
            
             
               Orgula
               .
            
             
               523
            
             
               Orlando
               Furioso
               .
            
             
               544
            
             
               Ormasdes
               .
            
             
               315
            
             
               Orphan
               .
            
             
               398
            
             
               Osmond
               the
               Gr.
               Turk
               .
            
             
               47
            
             
               Othello
               .
            
             
               461
            
             
               Ovid.
               
            
             
               69
            
          
        
         
           
             
               P.
               
            
             
               PAllantus
               and
               Eudora
               .
            
             
               310
            
             
               Pandora
               .
            
             
               315
            
             
               Pan's
               Anniversary
               .
            
             
               294
            
             
               Parliament
               of
               Bees
               .
            
             
               119
            
             
               Parson's
               Wedding
               .
            
             
               313
            
             
               Passionate
               Lover
               .
            
             
               48
            
             
               Pastor
               Fido.
               
            
             
               191
               ,
               442
            
             
               Patient
               Grissel
               .
            
             
               544
            
             
               Patrick
               for
               Ireland
               .
            
             
               482
            
             
               Pedlers
               Prophecy
               .
            
             
               545
            
             
               Peleus
               and
               Thetis
               .
            
             
               278
            
             
               Pericles
               Prince
               of
               Tyre
            
             
               462
            
             
               Perkin
               Warbeck
               .
            
             
               221
            
             
               Philaster
               .
            
             
               213
            
             
               Phillis
               of
               Scyros
               .
            
             
               522
            
             
               Philotas
               .
            
             
               102
            
             
               Philotus
               Scotch
               .
            
             
               545
            
             
               Phoenix
               .
            
             
               373
            
             
               —
               in
               her
               flames
               .
            
             
               333
            
             
               Phormio
               .
            
             
               25
               ,
               273
            
             
               Picture
               .
            
             
               357
            
             
               Pilgrim
               .
            
             
               213
            
             
               Pinder
               of
               Wakefield
               .
            
             
               545
            
             
               Piso's
               Conspiracy
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Pity
               she
               's
               a
               Whore.
               
            
             
               222
            
             
               Platonick
               Lovers
               .
            
             
               109
            
             
               Play-house
               to
               be
               Lett.
               
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Play
               between
               John
               the
               
               Husband
               ,
               and
               Tib
               his
               Wife
               .
            
             
               255
            
             
               —
               betwixt
               the
               Pardoner
               and
               the
               Fryar
               ,
               the
               Curate
               and
               Neighbour
               Prat.
               
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               —
               of
               Gentleness
               and
               Nobility
               .
            
             
               Ib
            
             
               —
               of
               Love.
               
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               —
               of
               the
               Weather
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Plain
               Dealer
               .
            
             
               515
            
             
               Pleasure
               at
               Kenelworth
               Castle
               .
            
             
               231
            
             
               —
               reconciled
               to
               Virtue
               .
            
             
               294
            
             
               Plutus
               .
            
             
               292
            
             
               Poetaster
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Politician
               .
            
             
               481
            
             
               —
               cheated
               .
            
             
               241
            
             
               Pompey
               .
            
             
               405
               ,
               507
            
             
               Poor
               Man's
               Comf
               .
            
             
               118
            
             
               —
               Scholar
               .
            
             
               385
            
             
               Pragmatical
               Jesuite
               .
            
             
               50
            
             
               Presbyterian
               Lash
               .
            
             
               545
            
             
               Presence
               .
            
             
               393
            
             
               Prince
               of
               Prigg's
               Revels
               .
            
             
               522
            
             
               Princess
               .
            
             
               313
            
             
               —
               of
               Cleves
               .
            
             
               324
            
             
               Prisoners
               .
            
             
               313
            
             
               Projectors
               .
            
             
               513
            
             
               Promises
               of
               God
               manifested
               .
            
             
               545
            
             
               Promus
               &
               Cassandra
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Prophetess
               .
            
             
               214
            
             
               Psyche
               .
            
             
               449
            
             
               —
               debauched
               .
            
             
               178
            
             
               Publick
               Wooing
               .
            
             
               393
            
             
               Puritan
               Widow
               .
            
             
               462
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Q.
               
            
             
               QUeen
               .
            
             
               546
            
             
               —
               and
               Concubine
               .
            
             
               37
            
             
               —
               of
               Arragon
               .
            
             
               244
            
             
               —
               of
               Corinth
               .
            
             
               214
            
             
               Queen
               's
               Arcadia
               .
            
             
               103
            
             
               —
               Exchange
               .
            
             
               37
            
             
               —
               Masque
               of
               Beauty
               .
            
             
               295
            
             
               —
               of
               Blackness
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Querer
               per
               solo
               querer
               .
            
             
               193
            
          
        
         
           
             
               R.
               
            
             
               RAging
               Turk
               .
            
             
               235
            
             
               Ram
               Alley
               .
            
             
               14
            
             
               Rambling
               Justice
               .
            
             
               230
            
             
               Rampant
               Alderman
               .
            
             
               546
            
             
               Rape
               of
               Lucrece
               .
            
             
               267
            
             
               Rebellion
               .
            
             
               424
            
             
               Reformation
               .
            
             
               546
            
             
               Rehearsal
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Religious
               .
            
             
               393
            
             
               —
               Rebel
               .
            
             
               547
            
             
               Renegado
               .
            
             
               358
            
             
               Return
               from
               Parnassus
               .
            
             
               547
            
             
               Revenge
               .
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               
               Revengers
               Tragedy
               .
            
             
               506
            
             
               Reward
               of
               Virtue
               .
            
             
               223
            
             
               Rhodon
               and
               Iris.
               
            
             
               316
            
             
               Richard
               the
               Second
               .
            
             
               462
            
             
               Rival
               Friends
               .
            
             
               245
            
             
               —
               Kings
               .
            
             
               8
            
             
               —
               Ladies
               .
            
             
               167
            
             
               —
               Queens
               .
            
             
               325
            
             
               Rivals
               .
            
             
               547
            
             
               Roaring
               Girl
               .
            
             
               373
            
             
               Robert
               Earl
               of
               Huntingdon's
               Downfal
               and
               Death
               .
            
             
               267
            
             
               —
               Hood's
               Pastoral
               May-games
               .
            
             
               547
            
             
               —
               and
               his
               Crew
               of
               Souldiers
               .
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Roman
               Actor
               .
            
             
               358
            
             
               —
               Empress
               .
            
             
               308
            
             
               —
               Generals
               .
            
             
               129
            
             
               Romeo
               and
               Juliet
               .
            
             
               462
            
             
               Romulus
               and
               Hersilia
               .
            
             
               547
            
             
               Roundheads
               .
            
             
               21
            
             
               Rover.
               
            
             
               20
            
             
               Royalist
               .
            
             
               183
            
             
               Royal
               King
               and
               Loyal
               Subject
               .
            
             
               268
            
             
               —
               Masque
               at
               Hampton-Court
               .
            
             
               547
            
             
               —
               Master
               .
            
             
               481
            
             
               —
               Shepherdess
               .
            
             
               450
            
             
               —
               Slave
               .
            
             
               43
            
             
               —
               Voyage
               .
            
             
               548
            
             
               Rule
               a
               Wife
               ,
               and
               have
               a
               Wife
               .
            
             
               214
            
             
               Rump
               .
            
             
               503
            
          
        
         
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               SAcrifice
               .
            
             
               184
            
             
               Sad
               One.
               
            
             
               498
            
             
               —
               Shepheard
               .
            
             
               295
            
             
               Saint
               Cicely
               .
            
             
               520
            
             
               Salmacida
               Spolia
               .
            
             
               548
            
             
               Sampson
               Agonistes
               .
            
             
               375
            
             
               Sapho
               and
               Phaon
               .
            
             
               329
            
             
               Scaramouch
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               429
            
             
               School
               of
               Complements
               .
            
             
               480
            
             
               Scornful
               Lady
               .
            
             
               214
            
             
               Scots
               Figaries
            
             
               503
            
             
               Sea
               Voyage
               .
            
             
               214
            
             
               Seven
               Champions
               of
               Christendom
               .
            
             
               315
            
             
               See
               me
               ,
               and
               see
               me
               not
               .
            
             
               24
            
             
               Sejanus
               .
            
             
               295
            
             
               Selimus
               .
            
             
               315
            
             
               Sertorius
               .
            
             
               6
            
             
               Several
               Wits
               .
            
             
               393
            
             
               Sforza
               Duke
               of
               Millain
            
             
               237
            
             
               Shepheards
               Holyday
               .
            
             
               433
            
             
               —
               Paradice
               .
            
             
               377
            
             
               Shoomaker
               's
               a
               Gentleman
               .
            
             
               429
            
             
               
               Sicelides
               .
            
             
               548
            
             
               Sicily
               and
               Naples
               .
            
             
               519
            
             
               Siege
               .
            
             
               54
               ,
               110
            
             
               —
               of
               Babylon
               .
            
             
               406
            
             
               —
               of
               Constantinople
               .
            
             
               549
            
             
               —
               of
               Memphis
               .
            
             
               183
            
             
               —
               of
               Rhodes
               .
            
             
               110
            
             
               —
               of
               Urbin
               .
            
             
               315
            
             
               Silent
               Woman
               .
            
             
               296
            
             
               Silver
               Age.
               
            
             
               259
            
             
               Sir
               Barnaby
               Whig
               .
            
             
               184
            
             
               —
               Courtly
               Nice
               .
            
             
               96
            
             
               —
               Giles
               Goose-cap
               .
            
             
               549
            
             
               —
               Hercules
               Buffon
               .
            
             
               318
            
             
               —
               Martin
               Mar-all
               .
            
             
               170
            
             
               —
               Patient
               Fancy
               .
            
             
               21
            
             
               —
               Solomon
               .
            
             
               549
            
             
               Sister
               .
            
             
               484
            
             
               Six
               Days
               Adventure
               .
            
             
               274
            
             
               Slighted
               Maid
               .
            
             
               492
            
             
               Sociable
               Companions
               .
            
             
               393
            
             
               Soliman
               and
               Perseda
               .
            
             
               550
            
             
               Sophister
               .
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Sophonisba
               .
            
             
               325
               ,
               351
            
             
               Sophy
               .
            
             
               128
            
             
               Souldiers
               Fortune
               .
            
             
               399
            
             
               Spanish
               Bawd.
               
            
             
               550
            
             
               —
               Curate
               .
            
             
               214
            
             
               —
               Fryar
               .
            
             
               170
            
             
               —
               Gypsies
               .
            
             
               373
            
             
               —
               Rogue
               .
            
             
               178
            
             
               Sparagus
               Garden
               .
            
             
               37
            
             
               Speeches
               at
               Pr.
               Henry's
               Barriers
               .
            
             
               296
            
             
               Spightful
               Sister
               .
            
             
               6
            
             
               Sport
               upon
               Sport.
               
            
             
               90
            
             
               Springs
               Glory
               .
            
             
               381
            
             
               Squire
               of
               Alsatia
               .
            
             
               450
            
             
               —
               Old
               Sap.
               
            
             
               183
            
             
               Staple
               of
               News
               .
            
             
               296
            
             
               State
               of
               Innocence
               .
            
             
               172
            
             
               Step-mother
               .
            
             
               551
            
             
               Strange
               Discovery
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Successful
               Strangers
               .
            
             
               378
            
             
               Sullen
               Lovers
               .
            
             
               450
            
             
               Summers's
               last
               Will
               and
               Testament
               .
            
             
               383
            
             
               Sun's
               Darling
               .
            
             
               221
            
             
               Supposes
               .
            
             
               231
            
             
               Surprisal
               .
            
             
               277
            
             
               Susanna's
               Tears
               .
            
             
               551
            
             
               Swaggering
               Damois
               .
            
             
               56
            
             
               Sweetnam
               the
               Woman-hater
               arraigned
               .
            
             
               551
            
          
        
         
           
             
               T.
               
            
             
               TAle
               of
               a
               Tub.
               
            
             
               297
            
             
               Tamberlain
               the
               Great
               .
            
             
               344
            
             
               Taming
               of
               the
               Shrew
               .
            
             
               463
            
             
               Tancred
               and
               Gismond
               .
            
             
               512
            
             
               
               Tartuff
               .
            
             
               367
            
             
               Tarugo's
               Wiles
               .
            
             
               434
            
             
               Tempe
               restor'd
               .
            
             
               551
            
             
               Tempest
               .
            
             
               172
               ,
               463
            
             
               Temple
               .
            
             
               64
            
             
               —
               of
               Love.
               
            
             
               110
            
             
               The
               longer
               thou
               liv'st
               ,
               the
               more
               fool
               thou
               art
               .
            
             
               508
            
             
               Thebais
               .
            
             
               394
            
             
               Theodosius
               .
            
             
               326
            
             
               Thersytes
               .
            
             
               552
            
             
               Thomaso
               .
            
             
               313
            
             
               Thornby
               Abby
               .
            
             
               524
            
             
               Thracian
               Wonder
               .
            
             
               510
            
             
               Three
               Lords
               and
               Ladies
               of
               London
               .
            
             
               521
            
             
               Thyerry
               and
               Theodoret
               .
            
             
               215
            
             
               Time
               vindicated
               to
               himself
               ,
               and
               to
               his
               Honours
               .
            
             
               297
            
             
               Timon
               of
               Athens
               .
            
             
               451
            
             
               Titus
               Andronicus
               .
            
             
               464
            
             
               Titus
               and
               Berenice
               .
            
             
               399
            
             
               Tom
               Essence
               .
            
             
               552
            
             
               —
               Tyler
               and
               his
               Wife
               .
            
             
               508
            
             
               Tottenham
               Court.
               
            
             
               381
            
             
               Town
               Fop.
               
            
             
               22
            
             
               —
               Shifts
               .
            
             
               425
            
             
               Trapolin
               supposed
               a
               Prince
               .
            
             
               70
            
             
               Travels
               of
               3
               English
               Brothers
               .
            
             
               119
            
             
               Traytor
               .
            
             
               481
            
             
               —
               to
               himself
               .
            
             
               553
            
             
               Treacherous
               Brother
               .
            
             
               407
            
             
               Trick
               for
               Trick
               .
            
             
               184
            
             
               —
               to
               catch
               the
               Old
               One.
               
            
             
               373
            
             
               Triumph
               of
               Beauty
               .
            
             
               485
            
             
               —
               Love
               and
               Antiquity
               .
            
             
               373
            
             
               —
               Peace
               .
            
             
               482
            
             
               —
               the
               Prince
               D'Amour
               .
            
             
               111
            
             
               Triumphant
               Widdow
            
             
               387
            
             
               Troades
               .
            
             
               472
               ,
               521
            
             
               Troas
               .
            
             
               251
            
             
               Troylus
               and
               Cressida
               .
            
             
               173
            
             
               True
               Trojans
               .
            
             
               553
            
             
               —
               Widdow
               .
            
             
               451
            
             
               Tryal
               of
               Chivalry
               .
            
             
               508
            
             
               —
               Treasure
               .
            
             
               554
            
             
               Tryphon
               .
            
             
               28
            
             
               Tunbridge
               Wells
               .
            
             
               554
            
             
               Twelfth
               Night
               .
            
             
               466
            
             
               Twins
               .
            
             
               427
            
             
               Two
               Angry
               Women
               of
               Abington
               .
            
             
               407
            
             
               —
               Noble
               Kinsmen
               .
            
             
               215
            
             
               
               Two
               Tragedies
               in
               One.
               
            
             
               516
            
             
               —
               Wise
               Men
               and
               all
               the
               rest
               Fools
               .
            
             
               64
            
             
               Tide
               tarrieth
               for
               no
               Man.
               
            
             
               508
            
             
               Tyranical
               Government
            
             
               554
            
             
               Tyranick
               Love.
               
            
             
               173
            
          
        
         
           
             
               V.
               
            
             
               VAlentinian
               .
            
             
               215
            
             
               Valiant
               Scot.
               
            
             
               523
            
             
               —
               Welchman
               .
            
             
               516
            
             
               Varieties
               .
            
             
               387
            
             
               Venice
               preserv'd
               .
            
             
               400
            
             
               Very
               Woman
               .
            
             
               359
            
             
               Vestal
               Virgin.
               
            
             
               277
            
             
               Vilain
               .
            
             
               407
            
             
               Virgin
               Martyr
               .
            
             
               359
            
             
               —
               Widow
               .
            
             
               410
            
             
               Virtuoso
               .
            
             
               451
            
             
               Virtuous
               Octavia
               .
            
             
               30
            
             
               —
               Wife
               .
            
             
               185
            
             
               Virtue
               betray'd
               .
            
             
               8
            
             
               Vision
               of
               Delight
               .
            
             
               297
            
             
               —
               the
               Twelve
               Goddesses
               .
            
             
               103
            
             
               Unfortunate
               Lovers
               .
            
             
               112
            
             
               —
               Mother
               .
            
             
               382
            
             
               —
               Shepheard
               .
            
             
               506
            
             
               —
               Usurper
               .
            
             
               554
            
             
               Ungrateful
               Favorite
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Unhappy
               Fair
               One.
               
            
             
               499
            
             
               —
               Favorite
               .
            
             
               9
            
             
               Unnatural
               Combat
               .
            
             
               359
            
             
               —
               Tragedy
               .
            
             
               393
            
             
               Untrussing
               the
               Humorous
               Poet.
               
            
             
               123
            
             
               Vow-breaker
               .
            
             
               437
            
             
               Usurper
               .
            
             
               274
            
          
        
         
           
             
               W.
               
            
             
               WAlks
               of
               Islington
               and
               Hogsden
               .
            
             
               307
            
             
               Wandring
               Lover
               .
            
             
               368
            
             
               Warning
               for
               fair
               Women
               .
            
             
               555
            
             
               Weakest
               goes
               to
               the
               wall
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Wealth
               and
               Health
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Wedding
               .
            
             
               483
            
             
               Westward-hoe
               .
            
             
               124
            
             
               What
               you
               will.
               
            
             
               351
            
             
               When
               you
               see
               me
               ,
               you
               know
               me
               .
            
             
               430
            
             
               White
               Devil
               .
            
             
               509
            
             
               Whore
               of
               Babylon
               .
            
             
               124
            
             
               Wiat's
               History
               .
            
             
               125
            
             
               Widow
               .
            
             
               298
            
             
               —
               Ranter
               .
            
             
               22
            
             
               —
               's
               Tears
               .
            
             
               65
            
             
               Wife
               for
               a
               Month.
               
            
             
               216
            
             
               Wild
               Gallant
               .
            
             
               174
            
             
               —
               Goose-chase
               .
            
             
               216
            
             
               Wily
               beguil'd
               .
            
             
               555
            
             
               
               Wine
               ,
               Beer
               ,
               Ale
               ,
               and
               Tobacco
               .
            
             
               555
            
             
               Winters
               Tale.
               
            
             
               466
            
             
               Wise
               Women
               of
               Hogsden
               .
            
             
               268
            
             
               Wit
               at
               several
               Weapons
               .
            
             
               216
            
             
               —
               of
               a
               Woman
               .
            
             
               556
            
             
               —
               in
               a
               Constable
               .
            
             
               233
            
             
               —
               without
               Money
            
             
               216
            
             
               Wits
               .
            
             
               111
            
             
               —
               Cabal
               .
            
             
               393
            
             
               —
               led
               by
               the
               Nose
            
             
               556
            
             
               Witty
               Combat
               .
            
             
               520
            
             
               —
               Fair
               One.
               
            
             
               483
            
             
               Woman
               Captain
               .
            
             
               452
            
             
               —
               Hater
               .
            
             
               216
            
             
               —
               in
               the
               Moon
            
             
               330
            
             
               —
               kill'd
               with
               Kindness
               .
            
             
               268
            
             
               —
               turn'd
               Bully
               .
            
             
               556
            
             
               Woman
               's
               a
               Weather-cock
               .
            
             
               198
            
             
               —
               Conquest
               .
            
             
               374
            
             
               —
               Prize
               .
            
             
               217
            
             
               Women
               beware
               Women
               .
            
             
               374
            
             
               —
               pleas'd
               .
            
             
               217
            
             
               Wonder
               a
               Woman
               never
               vex'd
               .
            
             
               429
            
             
               World
               lost
               at
               Tennis
               .
            
             
               374
            
             
               Wrangling
               Lovers
               .
            
             
               423
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Y.
               
            
             
               YOrkshire
               Tragedy
               .
            
             
               466
            
             
               Young
               Admiral
               .
            
             
               483
            
             
               —
               King.
               
            
             
               22
            
             
               Your
               five
               Gallants
               .
            
             
               375
            
             
               Youths
               Glory
               &
               Deaths
               Banquet
               .
            
             
               393
            
          
        
      
       
         
           The
           Plays
           in
           the
           Appendix
           .
        
         
         
           
             ALphonso
             King
             of
             Naples
             .
          
           
             Amphytryon
             .
          
           
             Banish'd
             Duke
             .
          
           
             Belphegor
             .
          
           
             Bragadocio
             .
          
           
             Distressed
             Innocence
             .
          
           
             Edward
             the
             Third
             .
          
           
             Ferrex
             and
             Porrex
             .
          
           
             Folly
             of
             Priestcraft
             .
          
           
             Gorboduc
             .
          
           
             Mad
             World
             my
             Masters
             .
          
           
             Mistakes
             .
          
           
             Robin
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             Royal
             Flight
             .
          
           
             Scowrers
             .
          
           
             Sir
             Anthony
             Love.
             
          
           
             Unfortunate
             Lovers
             .
          
           
             Witch
             of
             Edmonton
             .
          
           
             Woman
             will
             have
             her
             will.
             
          
           
             Wonder
             of
             a
             Kingdom
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           APPENDIX
           .
        
         
           THe
           Occasion
           of
           adding
           this
           following
           Appendix
           ,
           is
           to
           compleat
           the
           Account
           of
           all
           the
           Plays
           that
           have
           been
           printed
           as
           far
           as
           this
           present
           Time
           :
           since
           several
           new
           Ones
           have
           been
           publisht
           after
           the
           Fore-going
           Sheets
           were
           sent
           to
           the
           Press
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           thro'
           oversight
           omitted
           in
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Book
           ;
           I
           have
           chose
           rather
           to
           place
           them
           here
           ,
           than
           leave
           the
           whole
           imperfect
           .
           I
           shall
           follow
           the
           same
           Method
           ,
           as
           before
           ;
           beginning
           first
           with
           the
           
             Known
             Authors
          
           ,
           in
           an
           Alphabetical
           Order
           ;
           and
           afterwards
           mention
           those
           ,
           whose
           Authors
           are
           conceal'd
           .
           I
           begin
           with
        
         
           
             Sir
             William
             DAVENANT
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             already
             given
             an
             Account
             of
             this
             Author
             ,
             p.
             106
             ,
             &c.
             to
             which
             I
             refer
             my
             Reader
             ;
             only
             beg
             his
             Pardon
             for
             the
             Omission
             of
             a
             Play
             to
             be
             found
             in
             the
             Body
             of
             his
             Works
             ,
             nam'd
          
           
             
               Unfortunate
               Lovers
            
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             printed
             in
             Folio
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thomas
             DECKER
             .
          
           
             An
             Author
             already
             mention'd
             ,
             p.
             122.
             to
             have
             a
             hand
             in
             Twelve
             Plays
             ;
             tho'
             thro'
             mistake
             ,
             I
             have
             given
             an
             Account
             but
             of
             Ten
             of
             them
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             I
             referr'd
             the
             
               Reader
               p.
            
             125.
             
             to
             the
             Account
             of
             
               Will.
               Rowley
            
             ,
             for
             
               The
               Witch
               of
               Edmonton
            
             ;
             but
             quite
             forgot
             a
             Play
             ,
             which
             was
             writ
             wholly
             by
             our
             Author
             ,
             stil'd
          
           
             
               Wonder
               of
               a
               Kingdom
            
             ,
             a
             Tragi-comedy
             ;
             printed
             4
             
             o.
             Lond.
             1636.
             
             This
             I
             take
             to
             be
             a
             very
             diverting
             old
             Play.
             
          
        
         
           
             John
             DRYDEN
             ,
             
               Esq
            
          
           
             The
             Reader
             will
             find
             an
             Account
             of
             this
             Author's
             Writings
             ,
             p.
             130
             ,
             &c.
             but
             he
             having
             lately
             publisht
             a
             new
             Play
             ,
             I
             am
             here
             to
             give
             the
             Reader
             some
             Account
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Amphytryon
             ,
             or
             
               The
               Two
               Socias
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             acted
             at
             the
             Theatre-Royal
             ,
             to
             which
             is
             added
             the
             Musick
             of
             the
             Songs
             ,
             compos'd
             by
             Mr.
             
               Henry
               Purcel
            
             ;
             printed
             4
             
             o.
             Lond.
             1691.
             and
             dedicated
             to
             the
             Honourable
             Sir
             
               Levison
               Gower
            
             ,
             Baronet
             .
             This
             Play
             is
             founded
             on
             
             Plautus's
             Amphytruo
             ,
             and
             
             Molliere's
             Amphytryon
             ,
             as
             the
             Author
             himself
             acknowledges
             in
             his
             Epistle
             Dedicatory
             .
             The
             Reader
             that
             will
             take
             the
             pains
             to
             compare
             them
             ,
             will
             find
             that
             Mr.
             Dryden
             has
             more
             closely
             followed
             the
             French
             ,
             than
             the
             Latin
             Poet
             :
             but
             however
             it
             must
             with
             Justice
             be
             allowed
             ,
             that
             what
             he
             has
             borrowed
             ,
             he
             has
             improv'd
             throughout
             ;
             and
             Molliere
             is
             as
             much
             exceeded
             by
             Mr.
             Dryden
             ,
             as
             Rotrou
             is
             outdone
             by
             Molliere
             .
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             our
             Author
             so
             polishes
             and
             improves
             other
             Mens
             Thoughts
             ,
             that
             tho'
             they
             are
             mean
             in
             themselves
             ,
             yet
             by
             a
             
               New
               Turn
            
             which
             he
             gives
             them
             ,
             they
             appear
             Beautiful
             and
             Sparkling
             :
             Herein
             resembling
             Skillful
             Lapidaries
             ,
             that
             by
             
             their
             Art
             ,
             make
             a
             Bristol
             Stone
             appear
             with
             almost
             the
             same
             Lustre
             ,
             as
             a
             Natural
             Diamond
             .
          
        
         
           
             Joseph
             HARRIS
          
           
             A
             New
             Author
             ,
             who
             being
             infected
             with
             the
             Contagion
             of
             Poetry
             ,
             spread
             amongst
             his
             Fellow
             Actors
             ,
             is
             setting
             up
             for
             an
             Author
             ;
             but
             with
             what
             Success
             ,
             I
             leave
             to
             those
             who
             frequent
             the
             Theatre
             to
             decide
             .
             He
             has
             lately
             publisht
             a
             Play
             ,
             call'd
          
           
             Mistakes
             ,
             or
             
               The
               False
               Report
            
             ;
             a
             Tragi-comedy
             ,
             acted
             by
             their
             Majesties
             Servants
             ;
             printed
             quarto
             Lond.
             1690.
             and
             dedicated
             to
             
               Godfrey
               Kneller
            
             
               Esq
            
             This
             Young
             Author
             is
             beholding
             to
             the
             Poets
             to
             rig
             him
             out
             ;
             Mr.
             Dryden
             having
             bestowed
             a
             Prologue
             on
             his
             Play
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Tate
             an
             Epilogue
             ;
             and
             the
             ever
             Obliging
             and
             Compassionate
             Mr.
             Montford
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             Author
             with
             Gratitude
             acknowledges
             )
             
               Not
               only
               corrected
               the
               Tediousness
               of
               the
               Fifth
               Act
               ,
               by
               cutting
               out
               a
               whole
               Scene
               ;
               but
               to
               make
               the
               Plot
               more
               clear
               ,
               has
               put
               in
               one
               of
               his
               own
               ,
               which
               heightens
               his
               own
               Character
               ,
               and
               was
               very
               pleasing
               to
               the
               Audience
               .
            
          
           
             This
             Play
             seems
             to
             me
             to
             be
             of
             the
             same
             Stamp
             with
             several
             others
             lately
             written
             by
             his
             Fellow-Comedians
             ;
             tho'
             in
             my
             Opinion
             ,
             they
             had
             better
             confine
             themselves
             within
             their
             own
             Sphere
             of
             Action
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Thomas
             MIDDLETON
             .
          
           
             An
             Author
             of
             several
             Plays
             already
             mentioned
             p.
             370.
             but
             particularly
             One
             ,
             which
             by
             chance
             was
             omitted
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               Mad
               World
               my
               Masters
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             often
             acted
             at
             the
             Private-House
             in
             Salisbury
             Court
             ,
             by
             her
             Majesty's
             Servants
             ,
             and
             printed
             quarto
             Lond.
             1640.
             
             This
             Play
             was
             writ
             twenty
             Years
             before
             't
             was
             publish'd
             ,
             as
             the
             Printer
             and
             Stationer
             inform
             the
             Reader
             ;
             and
             appeared
             with
             Applause
             on
             the
             Stage
             .
             The
             Language
             and
             Plot
             of
             this
             Comedy
             are
             very
             diverting
             ;
             and
             the
             former
             is
             so
             little
             obsolete
             ,
             that
             Mrs.
             Behn
             has
             transplanted
             part
             of
             it
             into
             her
             
               City
               Heiress
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             George
             POWELL
             .
          
           
             An
             Author
             and
             Poet
             already
             mention'd
             ,
             p.
             107.
             who
             has
             publisht
             a
             new
             Play
             ,
             call'd
          
           
             
               Alphonso
               King
               of
               Naples
            
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             acted
             at
             the
             Theatre-Royal
             ,
             printed
             quarto
             Lond.
             1690.
             and
             dedicated
             to
             Her
             Grace
             the
             Dutchess
             of
             Ormond
             .
             The
             Prologue
             was
             written
             by
             Mr.
             
               John
               Haynes
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Epilogue
             by
             Mr.
             Durfey
             .
          
        
         
           
             William
             ROWLEY
             .
          
           
             An
             Author
             of
             whom
             I
             have
             already
             given
             an
             Account
             ,
             p.
             428.
             but
             forgot
             to
             speak
             of
             a
             Play
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             was
             chiefly
             concern'd
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               Witch
               of
               Edmonton
            
             ,
             a
             Known
             True
             Story
             ,
             compos'd
             into
             a
             Tragi-comedy
             ,
             by
             divers
             well
             esteem'd
             Poets
             ,
             
               William
               Rowley
               ,
               Thomas
               Decker
            
             ,
             
             and
             
               John
               Ford
            
             ;
             acted
             by
             the
             Prince's
             Servants
             often
             at
             the
             Cock-pit
             in
             Drury-lane
             ,
             and
             once
             at
             Court
             with
             singular
             Applause
             ;
             printed
             quarto
             Lond.
             1658.
             
          
        
         
           
             Tho.
             SACKVILE
             ,
             &
             Tho.
             NORTON
             .
          
           
             Two
             Authors
             that
             liv'd
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ;
             the
             former
             of
             which
             was
             L
             d
             Buckhurst
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             first
             Year
             of
             K.
             James
             the
             First
             ,
             
               viz.
               March
            
             13.
             1603.
             created
             Earl
             of
             Dorset
             :
             He
             was
             L
             d
             Treasurer
             ,
             and
             Chancellor
             of
             the
             University
             of
             Oxford
             .
             He
             joyn'd
             with
             Mr.
             Norton
             in
             writing
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             which
             in
             those
             Days
             was
             in
             much
             repute
             .
             It
             was
             thrice
             printed
             :
             the
             first
             Edition
             was
             published
             under
             the
             Title
             of
          
           
             
               Ferrex
               and
               Porrex
            
             ,
             printed
             8
             o
             Lond.
             1565.
             by
             
               W.
               G.
            
             This
             Edition
             was
             printed
             from
             a
             surreptitious
             Copy
             ,
             when
             the
             L
             d
             Buckhurst
             was
             beyond
             Sea
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Norton
             far
             distant
             from
             London
             .
             The
             second
             Edition
             was
             printed
             with
             Consent
             of
             the
             Authors
             ;
             the
             Title-page
             being
             as
             follows
             :
          
           
             
               The
               Tragedy
               of
               Ferrex
               and
               Porrex
               ,
               set
               forth
               without
               Addition
               or
               Alteration
               ,
               but
               altogether
               as
               the
               same
               was
               shewed
               on
               the
               Stage
               before
               the
               Queen's
               Majesty
               ,
               about
               nine
               Years
               past
               ,
               viz.
               the
               Eighteenth
               Day
               of
               January
               1565.
               by
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Inner-Temple
               ;
               printed
               8
               o
               Lond.
               —
               15
               —
               .
            
             The
             last
             Edition
             is
             stil'd
          
           
             
               The
               Tragedy
               of
               Gorboduc
               ,
               whereof
               three
               Acts
               were
               written
               by
               
                 Thomas
                 Norton
              
               ;
               and
               
               the
               two
               last
               by
               
                 Thomas
                 Sackvile
              
               ;
               set
               forth
               as
               the
               same
               was
               shewed
               before
               the
               Queen's
               most
               Excellent
               Majesty
               ,
               in
               Her
               Highness's
               Court
               of
               the
               Inner-Temple
               ;
               printed
               4
               o
               Lond.
               1590.
               
            
             I
             have
             already
             given
             some
             Account
             of
             this
             Play
             in
             Mr.
             
             Dryden's
             Character
             ,
             p.
             168.
             
             I
             shall
             here
             add
             the
             Opinion
             of
             that
             Great
             Judge
             of
             Wit
             ,
             Sir
             
               Philip
               Sidney
            
             ,
             in
             his
             Excellent
             Defence
             of
             Poesie
             :
             *
             
               Our
               Tragedies
               and
               Comedies
               ,
               are
               not
               without
               cause
               cry'd
               out
               against
               ;
               observing
               Rules
               neither
               of
               Honest
               Civility
               ,
               nor
               Skilful
               Poetry
               ;
               excepting
               Gorboduc
               ,
               (
               again
               I
               say
               of
               those
               I
               have
               seen
               )
               which
               notwithstanding
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               full
               of
               slately
               Speeches
               ,
               and
               well-sounding
               Phrases
               ,
               climbing
               to
               the
               height
               of
               
               Seneca's
               Stile
               ;
               and
               as
               full
               of
               notable
               Morality
               ,
               which
               it
               does
               most
               delightfully
               teach
               ,
               and
               so
               obtain
               the
               very
               End
               of
               Poesie
               :
               Yet
               in
               truth
               ,
               it
               is
               detectuous
               in
               the
               Circumstances
               ;
               which
               grieves
               me
               ,
               because
               it
               might
               not
               remain
               an
               exact
               Model
               of
               all
               Tragedies
               .
            
             For
             the
             Plot
             ,
             consult
             
               Nenius
               ,
               Leland
               ,
               R.
            
             of
             
               Gloucester
               ,
               H.
            
             of
             
               Huntingdon
               Jeo
            
             .
             of
             
               Monmouth
               ,
               Du
               Chesne
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             I
             know
             not
             whether
             My
             Lord
             Buckhurst
             writ
             any
             thing
             besides
             ,
             or
             no
             ;
             but
             I
             have
             seen
             two
             little
             Pieces
             writ
             by
             Mr.
             Norton
             in
             octavo
             :
             One
             intituled
             ,
             
               To
               the
               Queen's
               Majesties
               poor
               deceived
               Subjects
               in
               the
               North
               Conntry
               ,
               drawn
               into
               Rebellion
               by
               the
               Earls
               of
            
             Northumberland
             and
             Westmorland
             :
             printed
             octavo
             Lond.
             1569.
             
             A
             Second
             ,
             stiled
             
               A
               Warning
               against
               the
               dangerous
               
               Practices
               of
            
             Papists
             ,
             
               and
               especially
               the
               Partners
               of
               the
               late
               Rebellion
               :
            
             printed
             8
             o
             Lond.
             15
             —
          
        
         
           
             Elkanah
             SETTLE
             .
          
           
             An
             Author
             who
             has
             forsaken
             the
             Banners
             of
             Mars
             and
             Pallas
             ,
             to
             return
             to
             the
             Theatre
             ,
             the
             Seat
             of
             the
             Muses
             :
             One
             ,
             (
             to
             use
             his
             own
             Expression
             )
             
               Who
               after
               all
               his
               repented
               Follies
               ,
               is
               resolv'd
               to
               quit
               all
               Pretentions
               to
               State-craft
               ,
               and
               honestly
               skulk
               into
               a
               Corner
               of
               the
               Stage
               ,
               and
               there
               dye
               contented
            
             .
             This
             Resosolution
             our
             Author
             has
             begun
             to
             put
             in
             Practice
             ,
             by
             publishing
             a
             Play
             ,
             whose
             Title
             is
          
           
             
               Distressed
               Innocence
            
             ,
             or
             
               The
               Princess
               of
            
             Persia
             ;
             a
             Tragedy
             acted
             at
             the
             Theatre-Royal
             ,
             by
             their
             Majesties
             Servants
             ,
             printed
             Lond.
             1690.
             and
             dedicated
             to
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
             John
             Lord
             Cutts
             ,
             Baron
             of
             Gowran
             :
             This
             Tragedy
             was
             kindly
             receiv'd
             by
             the
             Audience
             ,
             as
             the
             Poet
             gratefully
             acknowledges
             ,
             and
             owns
             likewise
             his
             Obligations
             to
             Mr.
             Betterton
             ,
             for
             his
             several
             extraordinary
             Hints
             ,
             to
             the
             heightning
             of
             his
             best
             Characters
             ;
             and
             to
             Mr.
             Montford
             ,
             for
             the
             last
             Scene
             of
             his
             Play
             ,
             which
             he
             was
             so
             kind
             to
             write
             for
             him
             :
             To
             which
             may
             be
             added
             the
             Epilogue
             .
             The
             Author
             likewise
             owns
             ,
             That
             whatever
             Fiction
             he
             has
             elsewhere
             interwoven
             ,
             the
             Distresses
             of
             Hormidas
             and
             Cleomira
             ,
             are
             true
             History
             .
             I
             have
             not
             leisure
             at
             present
             to
             make
             Enquiry
             after
             this
             Passage
             ;
             but
             possibly
             the
             Reader
             may
             find
             somewhat
             of
             it
             in
             
               Socrates
               ,
               Zozomen
            
             ,
             or
             Nicephorus
             ,
             all
             which
             (
             if
             I
             mistake
             not
             )
             mention
             the
             Affairs
             of
             Isdegerdes
             King
             of
             Persia.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             Thomas
             SHADWELL
             .
          
           
             Our
             present
             Laureat
             having
             publisht
             a
             New
             Play
             ,
             I
             am
             bound
             to
             take
             Notice
             of
             it
             :
             viz.
             
          
           
             Scowrers
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             acted
             by
             Their
             Majesties
             Servants
             ;
             printed
             4
             
             o.
             Lond.
             1690.
             
             How
             this
             Play
             succeeded
             on
             the
             Stage
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             ;
             but
             I
             think
             't
             is
             far
             from
             the
             worst
             of
             his
             Comedies
             :
             and
             I
             believe
             is
             wholy
             free
             from
             Plagiary
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thomas
             SOUTHERN
             .
          
           
             An
             Author
             that
             has
             contributed
             three
             Plays
             to
             the
             Stage
             ,
             which
             have
             gain'd
             him
             no
             small
             Reputation
             :
             Two
             of
             them
             I
             have
             already
             mention'd
             ,
             p.
             489.
             
             This
             last
             Play
             is
             stil'd
          
           
             
               Sir
               Anthony
               Love
            
             ,
             or
             
               The
               Rambling
               Lady
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             acted
             at
             the
             Theatre-Royal
             ,
             by
             their
             Majesties
             Servants
             ,
             printed
             quarto
             Lond.
             1690.
             and
             dedicated
             to
             his
             Friend
             ,
             
               Thomas
               Skipwith
            
             
               Esq
            
             This
             Play
             was
             acted
             with
             extraordinary
             Applause
             ;
             the
             Part
             of
             
               Sir
               Anthony
               Love
            
             being
             most
             Masterly
             play'd
             by
             Mrs.
             Montfort
             :
             and
             certainly
             ,
             who
             ever
             reads
             it
             ,
             will
             find
             it
             fraught
             with
             true
             Wit
             and
             Humour
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             Characters
             of
             M.
             L'Abbé
             ,
             and
             Palmer
             the
             Pilgrim
             ,
             our
             Author
             has
             given
             us
             some
             Sketches
             of
             the
             Hypocrisie
             of
             those
             pretended
             Saints
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             WILSON
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             apt
             to
             believe
             this
             Writer
             is
             the
             same
             with
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Cheats
             ;
             I
             mean
             
               John
               
               Wilson
            
             ,
             already
             mention'd
             ,
             p.
             512.
             
             Whoever
             he
             is
             ,
             he
             has
             publisht
             a
             New
             Play
             ,
             call'd
          
           
             Belphegor
             ,
             or
             
               The
               Marriage
               of
               the
               Devil
            
             ;
             a
             Tragi-comedy
             ,
             lately
             acted
             at
             the
             Queen's
             Theatre
             in
             Dorset
             Garden
             ;
             printed
             quarto
             Lond.
             1690.
             
             This
             Play
             notwithstanding
             it
             was
             decryed
             on
             the
             Stage
             ,
             I
             think
             far
             surpasses
             many
             others
             ,
             that
             have
             lately
             appear'd
             there
             .
             For
             the
             Foundation
             of
             the
             Play
             ,
             the
             Author
             has
             directed
             the
             Reader
             to
             Matchiavel
             and
             Straparola
             ,
             both
             which
             have
             played
             with
             the
             same
             Story
             :
             And
             I
             may
             add
             ,
             That
             those
             who
             delight
             in
             French
             Poetry
             ,
             may
             read
             it
             ingeniously
             translated
             in
             
               Les
               Contes
               de
               M.
               de
               la
               Fontaine
               ,
               octavo
               ,
               1.
               partie
               ,
               page
            
             180.
             
               derniere
               Edit
            
             .
             and
             the
             English
             Reader
             may
             find
             it
             pleasantly
             related
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             the
             Folio
             Translation
             of
             Matchiavel
             ,
             but
             likewise
             at
             the
             end
             of
             
             Quevedo's
             Novels
             Engl.
             octavo
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Unknown
           Authors
           .
        
         
           I
           Am
           in
           the
           last
           place
           to
           give
           an
           Account
           of
           those
           Plays
           whose
           Authors
           are
           unknown
           ;
           do
           in
           the
           former
           Method
           ,
           beginning
           with
           a
           Play
           call'd
        
         
           
             Banish'd
             Duke
          
           ,
           or
           
             The
             Tragedy
             of
             Infortunatus
          
           ;
           acted
           at
           the
           Theatre-Royal
           ,
           printed
           4
           
           o.
           Lond.
           1690.
           
           The
           Reader
           will
           easily
           find
           that
           under
           the
           Character
           of
           Infortunatus
           ,
           the
           Poet
           design'd
           to
           portray
           the
           late
           Unfortunate
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           :
           under
           that
           of
           Romanus
           and
           Papissa
           ,
           the
           late
           King
           and
           Queen
           .
        
         
         
           Braggadocio
           ,
           or
           
             The
             Bawd
             turn'd
          
           Puritan
           ,
           a
           New
           Comedy
           ,
           by
           a
           Person
           of
           Quality
           ,
           printed
           4
           
           o.
           Lond.
           1690.
           
           This
           Comedy
           I
           take
           to
           be
           instructive
           ;
           and
           undoubtedly
           in
           the
           Character
           of
           Flush
           ,
           he
           has
           hit
           some
           Features
           ,
           which
           belong
           to
           some
           private
           Enemies
           of
           Universities
           .
        
         
           
             Edward
             the
             Third
             ,
             with
             the
             Fall
             of
          
           Mortimer
           ,
           
             Earl
             of
          
           March
           ;
           an
           Historical
           Play
           ,
           acted
           at
           the
           Theatre-Royal
           ,
           by
           their
           Majesties
           Servants
           ;
           printed
           quarto
           Lond.
           1690.
           and
           dedicated
           to
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           Henry
           ,
           Lord
           Viscount
           Sidney
           ,
           of
           Sheppey
           ;
           by
           Mr.
           Mountfort
           to
           whom
           the
           Play
           was
           made
           a
           Present
           .
           This
           Play
           I
           take
           to
           exceed
           most
           of
           the
           Plays
           that
           have
           been
           lately
           publisht
           ;
           and
           I
           think
           in
           the
           Characters
           of
           Tarleton
           ,
           Chancellor
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           Serjeant
           Etherside
           ,
           he
           has
           somewhat
           detected
           the
           Misdemeanours
           of
           some
           Great
           Men
           in
           the
           last
           Reign
           .
           For
           the
           Plot
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           concerns
           History
           ,
           consult
           
             Harpsfield
             ,
             Walsingham
             ,
             Pol.
             Vigil
             ,
             Froissard
             ,
             Du
             Chesne
             ,
             Math.
             Westminster
             ,
             Hollingshead
             ,
             Grafton
             ,
             Stow
             ,
             Daniel
             Speed
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Englishmen
             for
             Money
          
           ,
           or
           a
           pleasant
           Comedy
           ,
           call'd
           
             A
             Woman
             will
             have
             her
             Will
          
           ;
           divers
           times
           acted
           with
           great
           Applause
           ;
           printed
           4
           
           o.
           Lond.
           1626.
           
           This
           Comedy
           is
           not
           divided
           into
           Acts.
           
        
         
           
             Folly
             of
             Priestcraft
          
           ,
           a
           Comedy
           printed
           quarto
           Lond.
           1690.
           
           Though
           the
           Modesty
           ,
           or
           Prudence
           of
           this
           Author
           ,
           will
           not
           permit
           him
           to
           to
           be
           known
           ;
           yet
           I
           think
           he
           deserves
           a
           place
           amongst
           the
           Eldest
           Sons
           of
           Apollo
           :
           and
           if
           I
           may
           presume
           to
           speak
           my
           Judgment
           ,
           I
           believe
           no
           
           Satyr
           since
           
             The
             Plain
             Dealer
          
           ,
           has
           been
           more
           judiciously
           or
           ingeniously
           penn'd
           :
           and
           I
           question
           not
           but
           it
           will
           deserve
           a
           good
           Character
           from
           all
           Readers
           ,
           except
           the
           Priests
           and
           Bigots
           of
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           .
        
         
           
             Robin
             Conscience
          
           ,
           a
           Play
           which
           I
           never
           could
           obtain
           the
           sight
           of
           :
           tho
           finding
           it
           mentioned
           in
           former
           Catalogues
           ,
           I
           was
           unwilling
           to
           omit
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Royal
             Flight
          
           ,
           or
           
             The
             Conquest
             of
          
           Ireland
           ;
           a
           New
           Farce
           ,
           printed
           quarto
           Lond.
           1690.
           
           The
           Subject
           of
           this
           Play
           ,
           is
           evident
           from
           its
           Title-page
           ;
           and
           the
           Author
           has
           no
           ways
           disguised
           his
           Characters
           :
           Tho'
           had
           he
           treated
           some
           Persons
           in
           his
           Farce
           ,
           with
           more
           Modestie
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           no
           less
           for
           his
           Reputation
           .
        
         
           Thus
           I
           have
           finish'd
           My
           ACCOUNT
           of
           Our
           
             English
             Dramatick
             Poets
          
           ,
           and
           their
           Writings
           :
           and
           having
           laid
           a
           Foundation
           .
           I
           shall
           leave
           it
           to
           Others
           (
           who
           may
           think
           it
           worth
           their
           while
           )
           to
           perfect
           the
           Edifice
           :
           hoping
           those
           that
           will
           attempt
           it
           ,
           will
           alter
           or
           supply
           what
           ever
           they
           dislike
           or
           find
           defective
           in
           the
           whole
           Essay
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           PAge
           106
           Line
           6
           ,
           for
           suo
           ,
           read
           tuo
           .
           p.
           158
           l.
           34
           after
           Albibech
           ,
           r.
           of
           Abdalla
           ,
           Abdelmelech
           .
           p.
           169
           l.
           26
           ,
           for
           his
           ,
           r.
           this
           .
           p.
           215
           l.
           7.
           for
           Thirry
           ,
           r.
           Thierry
           .
           p.
           224
           l.
           15
           ,
           for
           Walton's
           ,
           r.
           Watson's
           .
           p.
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           l.
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           after
           Account
           ,
           r.
           of
           J.
           Cook.
           p.
           255
           l.
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           ,
           for
           benefy'd
           ,
           r.
           benefic'd
           .
           p.
           260
           l.
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           ,
           for
           I
           began
           ,
           r.
           he
           began
           p.
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           l.
           29
           ,
           for
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           ,
           r.
           Woman's
           .
           p.
           304
           
             l.
             the
             last
             ,
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           last
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           .
           p.
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           ,
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           .
           
             Id.
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           .
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           for
           eti
           ,
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           .
           p.
           376
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           ,
           for
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           ,
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           p.
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           l.
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           for
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           ,
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           .
           p.
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           ,
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           ,
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           .
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           l.
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           for
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           ,
           
             r.
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             .
             p.
          
           405
           l.
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           for
           Corse
           ,
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           .
           p.
           415
           l.
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           ,
           for
           his
           own
           ,
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           this
           One.
           p.
           446
           l.
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           ,
           for
           Ingenious
           ,
           r.
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           .
           p.
           454
           l.
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           ,
           for
           Ben
           Johnson
           ,
           r.
           our
           Author
           .
           p.
           492
           l.
           27
           ,
           
             to
             the
             end
             belongs
             to
          
           Tho.
           St.
           Serf
           ,
           p.
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           p.
           508
           l.
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           for
           more
           ,
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           .
           
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           .
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           ,
           for
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           ,
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           .
           p.
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           l.
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           .
           p.
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           l.
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           .
           
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           .
           14
           ,
           dele
           was
           .
           p.
           522
           l.
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           ,
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           Thorpy
           ,
           r.
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           .
           p.
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           l.
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           ,
           r.
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           .
           
             Id.
             l.
          
           14
           ,
           for
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           ,
           r.
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           .
           p.
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           l.
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           for
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           Annals
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           Annales
           .
           p.
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           l.
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           ,
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           .
           p.
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           l.
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           ,
           for
           Lactus
           ,
           r.
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           .
           p.
           543
           l.
           15
           ,
           for
           before
           ,
           r.
           after
           .
        
         
           Some
           other
           Literal
           faults
           not
           here
           inserted
           ,
           the
           Reader
           is
           desired
           to
           correct
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A49533-e340
           
             *
             
               In
               the
               Epistle
            
             .
          
           
             
               Fuller's
               Chr.
               Hist.
               p.
            
             43.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Pref.
               to
            
             4
             
               Plays
               Fol.
            
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A49533-e8150
           
             a
             Mr.
             
             Rymer's
             Pref.
             to
             
             Kapin's
             Reflections
             on
             
             Aristotle's
             Treatise
             of
             Poetry
             .
          
           
             b
             Preface
             to
             Gondibert
             .
          
           
             c
             Epistle
             to
             Darius
             4
             
             o.
             
               Edin
               .
               Edingh
            
             .
             1603.
             
          
           
             d
             Epistle
             to
             
               Baron's
               Hars
            
             .
          
           
             a
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Reader
             .
          
           
             b
             pag.
             16●
             .
          
           
             c
             pag.
             113.
             
          
           
             d
             See
             his
             Life
             ,
             pag.
             110.
             
          
           
             e
             Pref.
             to
             
               Sir
               Patient
               Fancy
            
             .
          
           
             f
             Pref.
             to
             
               Mock
               Astrologer
            
             .
          
           
             g
             City
             Romance
             ,
             pag.
             2.
             
          
           
             h
             See
             Epistle
             Dedicatory
             .
          
           
             i
             Poems
             ,
             pag.
             151.
             
          
           
             k
             Pref.
             to
             
             Scarron's
             Novels
             .
          
           
             l
             Davenants
             Poems
             p.
             275.
             
          
           
             m
             Lives
             of
             the
             Poets
             ,
             p.
             114.
             
          
           
             n
             Volume
             the
             Second
             .
          
           
             o
             Cockain's
             Poems
             ,
             p.
             204.
             
          
           
             p
             
               Theatrum
               Poetarum
            
             ,
             pag.
             157.
             
          
           
             q
             
               De
               Arte
               Poetica
            
             .
          
           
             r
             
               De
               Arte
               Poetica
            
             .
          
           
             s
             See
             his
             Travels
             ,
             third
             
               Edit
               .
               p.
            
             114.
             
          
           
             t
             Worthies
             ,
             Warwick-shire
             .
             pag.
             127.
             
          
           
             u
             See
             Prologue
             to
             Poetaster
             .
          
           
             a
             Poems
             ,
             pag.
             8.
             
          
           
             b
             See
             
             Davenant's
             Works
             .
          
           
             c
             See
             
             Dryden's
             Misc.
             Poems
             ,
             p.
             281.
             
          
           
             d
             L.5
             .
             c.
             6
             .
          
           
             e
             Sat.
             4.
             
          
           
             *
             Epilogue
             to
             the
             Play.
             
          
           
             f
             Memoires
             ,
             pag.
             422.
             
          
           
             g
             
               Antiq.
               Oxoniens
            
             .
             p.
             274.
             
          
           
             g
             
               Antiq.
               Oxoniens
            
             .
             pag.
             274.
             
          
           
             h
             Pref.
             to
             
               Spanish
               Friar
            
             .
          
           
             i
             Pref.
             to
             Reasons
             for
             Bays
             Changing
             his
             Religion
             .
          
           
             k
             Prologue
             to
             the
             Play.
             
          
           
             l
             Epistle
             Dedicatory
             .
          
           
             m
             
               Trane
               du
               Poeme
               Epique
            
             ,
             lib.
             1.
             cap.
             7
             .
          
           
             n
             Pref.
             to
             Troilus
             and
             Cressida
             .
          
           
             o
             
               De
               Arte
               Poetica
            
             .
          
           
             p
             See
             
             Cokain's
             Epigrams
             ,
             l.
             2.
             
             Ep.
             7.
             
          
           
             q
             See
             his
             Poems
             .
             p.
             93.
             
          
           
             r
             See
             pag.
             118.
             
          
           
             s
             Pag.
             57.
             
          
           
             t
             Pag.
             13.
             
          
           
             u
             Pag.
             163.
             
          
           
             x
             Epigr.
             L.
             2.
             
             Ep.
             124.
             
          
           
             y
             A
             Romance
             Translated
             from
             the
             Italian
             of
             
               Giovanni
               Francisco
               Lovedano
            
             .
          
           
             z
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Reader
             .
          
           
             a
             See
             the
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Reader
             .
          
           
             b
             See
             
               Theatre
               de
               Corneille
            
             .
             tom
             .
             2
             .
          
           
             d
             The
             Title
             of
             his
             Book
             .
          
           
             e
             Sat.
             1.
             
          
           
             f
             Essay
             of
             Himself
             ,
             pag.
             143.
             
          
           
             g
             Idem
             p.
             144.
             
          
           
             h
             Dr.
             Sprat
             .
             See
             his
             Life
             ;
             in
             the
             last
             page
             .
          
           
             i
             Preface
             to
             his
             Works
             ,
             Pag.
             2.
             
          
           
             k
             Idem
             .
          
           
             l
             Life
             ;
             pag.
             6.
             
          
           
             m
             Denham's
             Poems
             ,
             p.
             90.
             
          
           
             n
             See
             his
             Life
             ,
             p.
             11.
             
          
           
             o
             Mr.
             
             Rymer's
             Pref.
             to
             
             Aristotle's
             Treatie
             of
             Poesy
             .
          
           
             Excessit
             è
             vita
             An.
             AEt
             .
             49.
             &
             honorifica
             pompa
             elatus
             ex
             AEd.
             Buckinghamianis
             ,
             viris
             Illustribus
             omnium
             Ord.
             exsequias
             celibrantibus
             ,
             sepultus
             est
             die
             30.
             
             M.
             Aug.
             A.D.
             1667.
             
          
           
             q
             
               Modern
               Poets
            
             ,
             p.
             1.
             
          
           
             r
             
             Tate's
             Collection
             of
             Poems
             ,
             p.
             45.
             
          
           
             f
             
             Rochester's
             Poems
             ,
             p.
             109.
             
          
           
             t
             See
             the
             Play
             ,
             p.
             16.
             
          
           
             u
             Epistle
             Dedicatory
             .
          
           
             a
             
               Fuller's
               Worthies
            
             .
             Somerset-shire
             ,
             p.
             28.
             
          
           
             b
             
               Antiq.
               Oxon.
            
             p.
             372.
             
          
           
             c
             Mr.
             Crown
             's
             Epistle
             to
             Andromache
             .
          
           
             d
             Act
             1.
             
             Sc.
             2.
             
          
           
             e
             Act.
             2.
             
             Sc.
             4.
             
          
           
             f
             Act.
             2.
             
             Sc.
             7.
             
          
           
             g
             Mr.
             
             Bobun's
             Translation
             of
             Mr.
             
             Whear's
             
               Meth.
               Legendi
               .
               Hist.
            
             8
             
             o.
             p.
             171.
             
          
           
             h
             Choice
             Drollery
             ,
             8
             
             o.
             Lond.
             1656.
             p.
             6.
             
          
           
             i
             Sportive
             Wit
             ,
             8
             
             o.
             p.
             70.
             
          
           
             k
             Epigram
             ,
             8
             
             o.
             Oxon.
             1601.
             
          
           
             l
             
               Measure
               for
               Measure
            
             ,
             Act.
             1.
             
             Sc.
             1.
             
          
           
             m
             
               Law
               against
               Lovers
            
             ,
             Act
             1.
             
             Sc.
             1.
             
          
           
             n
             
               Antiq.
               Oxon.
            
             2.
             168.
             
          
           
             o
             Pag.
             5.
             
          
           
             p
             Pag.
             14.
             
          
           
             q
             
               Wits
               Metriment
            
             ,
             8
             
             o.
             p.
             20.
             
          
           
             r
             Preface
             to
             Tempest
             .
          
           
             s
             Pag.
             107.
             &c.
             
          
           
             t
             
               Fancy's
               Theatre
            
             .
          
           
             u
             See
             Epistle
             Dedicatory
             .
          
           
             x
             
               Modern
               Poets
            
             ,
             p.
             116.
             
          
           
             y
             
               Lives
               of
               the
               Poets
            
             ,
             p.
             137.
             
          
           
             z
             See
             his
             Epistle
             to
             King
             Charles
             the
             Second
             .
          
           
             a
             Ep.
             Ded.
             to
             
               Rival
               Ladies
            
             .
          
           
             b
             See
             Pag.
             83.
             
          
           
             c
             
               De
               Arte
               Poetica
            
             .
          
           
             d
             Epistle
             Dedicatory
             .
          
           
             e
             Preface
             to
             
               Mock
               Astrologer
            
             .
          
           
             f
             
               Love
               in
               a
               Nunnery
            
             ,
             p.
             59.
             
          
           
             g
             The
             Chief
             Hero
             in
             a
             Romance
             call'd
             Almatride
             .
          
           
             h
             Poesies
             
               de
               M.
               de
               Voiture
            
             ,
             p.
             457.
             
          
           
             i
             Act.
             5.
             
             Sc.
             1.
             
          
           
             k
             Postscript
             to
             Granada
             ,
             pag.
             146.
             
          
           
             l
             Ibid.
             pag.
             143.
             
          
           
             m
             Preface
             to
             
               Mock
               Astrologer
            
             .
             B.
             4.
             
          
           
             n
             Postscript
             ,
             p.
             144.
             
          
           
             o
             Ibid.
             p.
             146.
             
          
           
             p
             Pres.
             Astrol.
             B.
             4.
             
          
           
             q
             Postscript
             ,
             p.
             146.
             
          
           
             r
             Postscript
             ,
             pag.
             143.
             
          
           
             s
             Ibid.
             p.
             148.
             
          
           
             t
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             u
             Ibid.
             144.
             
          
           
             x
             Ibid.
             p.
             148.
             
          
           
             y
             Ibid.
             p.
             144.
             
          
           
             z
             Ibid.
             p.
             149.
             
          
           
             a
             Dr.
             
             Charleton's
             Different
             Wits
             of
             Men
             ,
             p.
             120.
             
          
           
             b
             Conquest
             of
             Granada
             ,
             part
             1.
             
             Act.
             1.
             
             Sc.
             1.
             
          
           
             c
             AEneid
             ,
             hb.
             6.
             
          
           
             d
             Amorum
             ,
             l.
             1.
             
             El.
             15.
             
          
           
             e
             Pref.
             
               Relig.
               Laici
            
             .
             last
             Paragraph
             .
          
           
             f
             Poet.
             L.3
             C.
             97
             .
          
           
             g
             Malthiaus
             tunicis
             d●missis
             ambulat
             :
             Satyrar
             .
             L.1
             .
             Sat.
             2
             .
          
           
             h
             See
             
               Sullen
               Lovers
            
             ,
             p.
             5.
             
          
           
             i
             
               I
               Ragguazli
               di
               Parnasso
               di
               Boccalini
               ,
            
             Ragg
             .
             28.
             
             Or
             
             Boccalini's
             Advertisements
             from
             Parnassus
             Advertis
             .
             28.
             
          
           
             k
             Tyranick
             Love.
             
          
           
             l
             Maiden
             Queen
             .
          
           
             m
             Postscript
             ,
             pag.
             144.
             
          
           
             *
             Philaster
             .
          
           
             *
             Faithful
             Shepherdess
             .
          
           
             n
             Conquest
             of
             Granada
             ,
             II.
             Part.
             
          
           
             o
             Postscript
             ,
             p.
             144.
             
          
           
             p
             Maiden
             Queen
             .
          
           
             q
             Postscript
             ,
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             r
             Conquest
             of
             Granada
             ,
             part
             1.
             
          
           
             s
             Tall.
             lib.
             de
             Senect
             .
             [
             non
             procul
             ab
             initio
             ]
             a
             quâ
             sc.
             Naturâ
             non
             verisimile
             est
             ,
             cum
             ce
             :
             erae
             partes
             aetitis
             bene
             descriptae
             sint
             ,
             extremum
             actum
             ,
             tanquam
             ab
             inerti
             Poetâ
             ,
             esse
             neglectum
             .
          
           
             t
             Poet.
             L.3
             C.
             97
             .
          
           
             u
             Pref.
             
               Mock
               Astrol.
            
             
          
           
             x
             Juv.
             Sat
             2.
             
          
           
             y
             Geor.
             L.
             3.
             
          
           
             z
             Epist.
             L.
             1.
             
             Ep.
             19.
             
          
           
             a
             Poems
             and
             Essays
             ,
             By
             Mr
             
               Edw.
               Howard
            
             ,
             p.
             24.
             
          
           
             b
             Pref.
             
               Mock
               Astrol.
            
             
          
           
             c
             Carthwright's
             Poems
             ,
             p.
             315.
             
          
           
             d
             Postscript
             to
             Granada
             ;
             p.
             148.
             
          
           
             e
             Act
             3.
             p.
             101.
             
          
           
             f
             Act
             4.
             p.
             54.
             
          
           
             g
             Epistle
             Dedicatory
             .
          
           
             h
             
               Careless
               Lovers
            
             .
          
           
             i
             Act4
             .
             Sc.
             1
             .
          
           
             k
             Rehearsal
             ,
             Act.
             3
             .
             p.
             33.
             
          
           
             l
             Act.
             1
             .
             Sc.
             1
             .
          
           
             m
             Act
             3.
             p.
             22.
             
          
           
             n
             Hippolitus
             ,
             Act
             2.
             
             Sc.
             3.
             
          
           
             o
             Aureng-zebe
             ,
             Act
             4.
             
             Sc.
             1.
             
          
           
             p
             
               Sampson
               Agonistes
               ,
               p.
            
             108.
             
          
           
             *
             Aur.
             p.
             8.
             
          
           
             q
             Third
             Edit
             .
          
           
             r
             Prologue
             ,
             First
             part
             .
          
           
             s
             Owens
             Disticha
             Ethica
             ,
             &
             Politica
             ;
             Ep.
             31
             ,
             p.
             ●1
             .
          
           
             t
             
             Cleve's
             Poems
             ,
             p.
             94.
             
          
           
             u
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Reader
             .
          
           
             x
             Preface
             .
          
           
             y
             
               Nat.
               Var.
            
             p.
             360.
             &c.
             
          
           
             z
             
               Poestes
               de
               M.
               Voiture
            
             ,
             p.
             457.
             
          
           
             a
             Act
             4.
             p.
             8.
             
          
           
             b
             Aureng-zebe
             ,
             Act
             1.
             p.
             10
             .
          
           
             c
             Defence
             of
             his
             
               Dramatick
               Essay
            
             ,
             p.
             5.
             
          
           
             d
             
               Miscellany
               Poems
            
             ,
             8
             
             o.
             1684.
             p.
             292.
             
          
           
             e
             
               De
               Arte
               Poeticâ
            
             .
          
           
             f
             
             Boylean's
             Art
             of
             
               Poetry
               ,
               p.
            
             5.
             
          
           
             g
             Poem
             ,
             in
             octavo
             ,
             First
             Edition
             ,
             pag.
             61.
             
          
           
             h
             Epist.
             Lib.
             1.
             
             Ep.
             3.
             
          
           
             i
             Notes
             on
             Mr.
             
             Dryden's
             Poems
             ,
             p.
             7.
             
          
           
             k
             Sat.
             L.
             1.
             
             Sat.
             4.
             
          
           
             l
             Prol.
             to
             Atheist
             .
          
           
             a
             
               Sat.
               Lib.
            
             1.
             
             Sat.
             10.
             
          
           
             b
             Pref.
             Humorists
             .
          
           
             a
             Epist.
             Dedic
             .
          
           
             b
             
             Tate's
             Misc.
             p.
             11.
             
          
           
             c
             p.
             13.
             
          
           
             d
             p.
             16.
             
          
           
             e
             Pag.
             99.
             
          
           
             *
             Lucretius
             L.
             2.
             
          
           
             f
             
               Modern
               Poet.
            
             ,
             p.
             156.
             
          
           
             g
             
               Acc.
               of
               the
               Poets
            
             ,
             p.
             196.
             
          
           
             h
             Preface
             to
             his
             Play.
             
          
           
             i
             Preface
             .
          
           
             l
             Cheshire
             ,
             p.
             181.
             
          
           
             m
             Descript.
             Brit.
             Gent.
             6.
             
             Nu.
             11
             .
          
           
             n
             
               See
               before
               the
               last
               Edit
            
             .
          
           
             o
             
               Tragedies
               of
               the
               last
               Age
               considered
               ,
            
             p.
             16
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             p
             
               Dram.
               Essay
               ,
               p.
            
             35.
             
          
           
             q
             Prol.
             to
             the
             Tempest
             .
          
           
             *
             Cockain's
             Epigr.
             L.
             2.
             
             Ep.
             35.
             
          
           
             r
             Poems
             Octavo
             ,
             p.
             91.
             
          
           
             s
             Lives
             of
             the
             Poets
             ,
             p.
             114.
             
          
           
             t
             Epist.
             Ded.
             
          
           
             u
             
               Modern
               Poets
            
             ,
             p.
             3.
             
          
           
             x
             Lives
             of
             the
             Poets
             ,
             p.
             65.
             
          
           
             y
             Pref.
             
               Rival
               Ladies
            
             .
          
           
             z
             
               English
               Poets
            
             ,
             pag.
             115.
             
          
           
             a
             Satyr
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             b
             Epist.
             Ded.
             
          
           
             c
             In
             Addend
             .
             1.
             2.
             
             Instit.
             Poetic
             .
          
           
             d
             Pag.
             6●
             .
          
           
             e
             Pag.
             74.
             
          
           
             c
             Epistle
             Dedic
             .
          
           
             f
             
               Worthies
               London
            
             ,
             p.
             222.
             
          
           
             g
             Q.
             Eliz.
             p.
             364.
             
          
           
             h
             500.
             
             Epigrams
             ,
             Numb
             .
             100.
             
          
           
             i
             Worthies
             London
             ,
             p.
             221.
             
          
           
             k
             Lib.
             1.
             p.
             49.
             
          
           
             l
             
               English
               Traveller
            
             .
          
           
             m
             
               Lives
               of
               the
               Poets
            
             ,
             p.
             96.
             
          
           
             n
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Reader
             .
          
           
             o
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Reader
             .
          
           
             p
             Epistle
             Dedicatory
             .
          
           
             q
             Pag.
             100.
             
          
           
             r
             
               Printed
               in
               his
            
             Dialogue
             and
             Dramas
             ,
             p.
             241.
             
          
           
             s
             
               Notes
               on
            
             Lib.
             5.
             p.
             245.
             
          
           
             t
             Pag.
             17.
             
          
           
             u
             Antiq.
             Lib.
             2.
             p.
             279.
             
          
           
             x
             Poems
             ,
             p.
             90.
             
          
           
             y
             Poems
             ,
             p.
             259.
             
          
           
             z
             Poems
             ,
             p.
             88.
             
          
           
             a
             Satyr
             .
             8.
             
          
           
             b
             Antiq.
             L.
             2.
             p.
             243.
             
          
           
             c
             
               Worthies
               ,
               Westminster
            
             ,
             p.
             243.
             
          
           
             d
             
               See
               his
               Works
               at
               the
               beginning
               .
            
          
           
             e
             See
             Fletcher's
             works
             .
          
           
             *
             Fizts-geofridi
             Altaniarum
             ,
             Lib.
             2.
             
          
           
             f
             Postscript
             to
             Granada
             .
          
           
             g
             Pag.
             46.
             
          
           
             h
             Preface
             .
          
           
             i
             
               Dramatick
               Essay
            
             ,
             p.
             50.
             
          
           
             k
             See
             pag.
             210.
             
          
           
             l
             
               A
               Play
               writ
               by
            
             Shakespear
             .
          
           
             m
             Satyr
             .
             11.
             
          
           
             n
             The
             Names
             of
             several
             
               Dramat
               .
               Person
            
             .
          
           
             o
             New-Inn
             ,
             Act
             3.
             
             Sc.
             2.
             
             Act
             4.
             
             Sc.
             4
             .
          
           
             p
             This
             Break
             was
             purposely
             design'd
             by
             the
             Poet
             ,
             to
             ape
             that
             in
             
             Ben's
             third
             Stanza
             .
          
           
             q
             
             Suckling's
             Poems
             ,
             p.
             7.
             
          
           
             r
             I
             understand
             not
             this
             Couplet
             ,
             without
             the
             Expression
             be
             taken
             after
             the
             Greek
             manner
             ,
             where
             two
             Negatives
             make
             an
             Affirmative
             ;
             and
             then
             they
             do
             
               vehementius
               negare
            
             .
          
           
             s
             Familiar
             Letters
             ,
             Vol.
             1.
             
             Sec.
             6.
             
             Let.
             31.
             
          
           
             *
             Wood
             ,
             Antiq.
             Oxon.
             
          
           
             a
             Preface
             .
          
           
             b
             Denbam's
             Poems
             ,
             p.
             70.
             
          
           
             c
             Epistle
             Dedicatory
             .
          
           
             d
             Lib.
             1.
             
             Epigr.
             67.
             
          
           
             e
             In
             Bedlam
             .
          
           
             f
             
             Rochester's
             Poems
             ,
             p.
             ●11
             .
          
           
             g
             Epist.
             Ded.
             
          
           
             h
             Epist.
             Dedicat.
             
          
           
             i
             
             Tate's
             Collection
             of
             Poems
             ,
             8
             
             o.
             p.
             90.
             
          
           
             k
             He
             alludes
             to
             
               The
               Rival
               Queens
            
             .
          
           
             l
             To
             
               Don
               Carlos
            
             .
          
           
             m
             Pag.
             113.
             
          
           
             n
             Pag.
             97.
             
          
           
             o
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Reader
             .
          
           
             p
             Pag.
             178.
             
          
           
             q
             Addend
             Lib.
             2
             Inst.
             Poet.
             
          
           
             r
             Pag.
             72.
             
          
           
             s
             Epist.
             Dedic
             .
          
           
             t
             Sat.
             2.
             
          
           
             a
             
               Modern
               Poets
            
             ,
             p.
             29.
             
          
           
             b
             Prologue
             to
             the
             Reader
             .
          
           
             *
             Marloe
             .
          
           
             *
             Allen.
          
           
             c
             A
             Poem
             .
          
           
             d
             
             Sander's
             Preface
             to
             Tamerlane
             .
          
           
             e
             
             Bosworth's
             Poems
             ,
             Pref.
             
          
           
             f
             
               Modern
               Poet
               :
            
             ,
             p.
             24.
             
          
           
             g
             
               Modern
               Poets
            
             ,
             p.
             170.
             
          
           
             h
             Ep.
             Ded.
             to
             his
             Plays
             ,
             8
             
             o.
          
           
             i
             
               De
               Arte
               Poeticâ
            
             .
          
           
             k
             
               Modern
               Poets
            
             ,
             p.
             113.
             
          
           
             l
             
               English
               Parnassus
            
             ,
             p.
             137.
             
          
           
             m
             Affamarum
             ,
             Lib.
             2.
             
          
           
             n
             See
             Prologue
             .
          
           
             o
             Pag.
             69.
             
          
           
             p
             Epigrams
             ,
             L.
             1.
             
             Ep.
             100.
             
          
           
             q
             Poems
             ,
             p.
             233.
             
          
           
             r
             
               Worthies
               Sussex
            
             ,
             p.
             110.
             
          
           
             s
             Pag.
             179.
             
          
           
             t
             Pag.
             164.
             
          
           
             u
             Act.
             4.
             
          
           
             *
             I
             take
             the
             first
             to
             be
             spoke
             of
             
             Virgil's
             AEn
             .
          
           
             *
             The
             second
             of
             Petronius
             his
             Poem
             above-mention'd
             .
          
           
             x
             Pag.
             179.
             
          
           
             y
             Pag.
             164.
             
          
           
             z
             Epist.
             lib.
             2.
             
             Ep.
             2.
             
          
           
             a
             
               De
               Arte
               Poetica
            
             .
          
           
             b
             Pag.
             181.
             
          
           
             c
             Pag.
             148.
             
          
           
             d
             An
             Old
             Song
             ,
             whose
             Burden
             was
             ,
             
               Alas
               !
               Poor
               Scholar
               whither
               will
               thou
               go
               ?
            
          
           
             e
             Underwood
             ,
             p.
             223.
             
          
           
             f
             Poet.
             L.6
             .
             C.
             6
             .
          
           
             *
             Toysii
             Collect.
             Comm.
             in
             Trag.
             Senec.
             
          
           
             h
             Lib.
             5.
             
             Cap.
             2.
             
          
           
             i
             Hen.
             IV.
             Act
             2.
             
          
           
             a
             His
             Man
             
               Rich
               Brome
            
             ;
             See
             an
             Account
             of
             his
             Plays
             before
             .
          
           
             b
             He
             had
             the
             Palsie
             at
             that
             time
             .
          
           
             c
             Mr.
             Edw.
             Fraunce
             .
          
           
             d
             Aristophanes
             .
          
           
             e
             Dram.
             Essay
             p.
             37.
             
          
           
             f
             Epist.
             ad
             .
             T.V.
             
          
           
             g
             Cardinal
             Richelieu
             .
          
           
             h
             The
             Names
             of
             the
             Heroine
             ,
             and
             
          
           
             i
             Hero
             ,
             in
             the
             Play.
             
          
           
             k
             The
             Academy
             writ
             a
             Book
             against
             it
             ,
             by
             the
             
             Cardinal
             's
             private
             order
             ,
             entituled
             
               Sentimens
               de
               l'Academie
               Francoise
               sur
               la
               Tragi-comedie
               du
               Cid
            
             :
             tho'
             't
             was
             publickly
             so
             well
             approved
             of
             ,
             that
             many
             places
             of
             France
             't
             was
             Proverbially
             said
             ,
             
               Gela
               est
               beau
               comme
               le
               Gid
               .
            
          
           
             k
             De
             Arte
             Amandi
             ,
             Lib.
             3.
             
          
           
             l
             Dr.
             Fuller
             in
             his
             Account
             of
             Shakespear
             .
          
           
             m
             See
             Mr.
             
             Dryden's
             Account
             .
          
           
             n
             Drammar
             .
             Essay
             ,
             p.
             79.
             
          
           
             o
             
               Dram.
               Ess.
            
             p.
             47.
             
          
           
             p
             Preface
             Mock-Astrol
             .
          
           
             q
             Synesius
             his
             Opinion
             .
          
           
             r
             Pref.
             
               Sullen
               Lovers
            
             .
          
           
             s
             Thus
             far
             Mr.
             Shakespear
             .
          
           
             t
             Mr.
             
             Flatman's
             Epistle
             to
             his
             Poems
             .
          
           
             u
             
               Choice
               Drollery
            
             ,
             p.
             6.
             
          
           
             x
             Pref.
             Mock
             Astrologer
             .
          
           
             y
             Amorum
             ,
             L.
             〈
             ◊〉
             〈◊〉
             .
             19
             
          
           
             *
             
             Lloyd's
             Memoires
             ,
             p.
             159.
             
          
           
             a
             
               Rival
               Ladies
            
             Pref.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A49533-e191030
           
             *
             Page
             561.