Julius Cæſar, a Tagedy, fol. and 4 to. Founded on Hiſtory. It was reviv’d and acted divers times in the Reign of the late King Charles II. For the Prologue, which was highly commended, ſee a ſmall Book, called Covent-Garden Drollery, pag. 9. and for the Hiſtory, ſee Plutarch, Livy, Suetonius.
Lear, King of England; a Tragedy, fol. and 4 to. This Play has been reviv’d with Alterations by our preſent Poet Laureat. For the true Story, ſee Milton’s Hiſt. of England, beginning pag. 17. ſee alſo Leland, Monmouth, Glouceſter, &c.
Locrine, Eldeſt Son to King Brutus, a Tragedy, fol. and 4 to. For the Plot, ſee Milton’s Hiſt. of England, and the afore-ſaid Authors.
London Prodigal, a Comedy, fol. and 4 to.
Love’s Labour loſt, a Comedy, fol.
Mackbeth, a Tragedy, fol. and 4 to. revived and re-printed with Alterations and Songs, and now often acted. For the Plot conſult Buchanan, and others who have written Scottiſh Affairs; ſee alſo Heywood of Angels, p. 508. Heylin’s Coſmography, Book 1.
Meaſure for Meaſure, a Comedy, fol. For the Plot ſee Cynthio Giraldi, Dec. 8. Nov. 5. Lipſii Monita, p. 125. Hiſtoirs Admirabiles de nôtre temps, p. 216.
The Merchant of Venice, a Tragi-Comedy, fol.
Midſummer-Nights Dream, a Comedy, fol. The comical part hereof is printed 4 to. under the Title of Bottom the Weaver, and acted by ſmall Parties at Bartholomew Fair, and other Places: and ſince publiſh’d under the Name of The Fairy Queen.
Much ado about nothing, a Comedy, fol. Sir William D’avenant made uſe of this Play, and Meaſure for Meaſure, in compoſing his Law againſt Lovers. For the Plot ſee Arioſto’s Orlando Furioso, Book 5. and Spencer’s Fairy Queen, Book 2.
Oldcaſtle, Lord Cobham’s Life and Death, a Tragedy, fol. See Fuller’s Church Hiſt. and Fox’s Book of Martyrs, where you may find Sir John Oldcaſtle’s Life at large.
Othello, Moor of Venice, a Tragedy, fol. and 4 to. This is ſtill often acted, and eſteemed one of the beſt of our Author’s Plays. Plot from Cynthio’s Novels, Dec. 3. Nov. 7.
Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Hiſtory, fol. This Play was much admired in the Author’s Life time and publiſhed before his Death.
The Puritan; or, The Widow of Watling-Street, a Comedy, fol. This was accounted a very diverting Play.
Richard the Second, Hiſtory, fol., 4 to. Our Poet Laureat, Mr. Tate, altered it, An. 1681. he and Mr. Dryden have much applauded this Play. Plot from Engliſh Chronicles.
Richard the Third, with the Landing of the Earl of Richmond, and the Battle of Boſworth-Field, Hiſtory, fol. for the Plot conſult our Engliſh Chronicles.
