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The English Princes; or, The Death of Richard the Third; a Tragedy, 4to. 1673. This Play is ascribed to John Carel, and writ in Heroick Verse. Plot from Hollingshead, Speed, Baker, Stow, Fabian, Grafton, Pol. Virgil, &c.

Enough's as good as a Feast, a Comedy.

Every Woman in her Humour, a Comedy, 4to. 1609.

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The Factious Citizen; or, The Melancholy Visioner; a Comedy; 4to. 1685. acted at the Duke's Theatre.

The Faithful Shepherd, a Pastoral, 4to. Plot from Guarini's Il Pastor Fido.

Fair Em, the Miller's Daughter of Manchester; with the Love of William the Conqueror, a pleasant Comedy, 4to. 1631. often acted in the City of London, by the Servants of the Right Honourable, the Lord Strange.

The Fairy Queen, an Opera, 4to. 1692. represented at the Queen's Theatre, by their Majesties Servants. There's a Preface prefixt to it, in Defence of Operas, &c. 'Tis wholly borrowed from the Midsummer-Night's Dream, of Shakespear, tho' there is no such Acknowledgment by this Author.

The Fair Maid of Bristow, a Comedy, 4to. 1605. play'd before the King and Queen at Hampton Court.

The False Favourite Disgrac'd, and the Reward of Loyalty; a Tragi-Comedy, 8vo. 1657. This Play is ascribed to George Gerbier D'Ouvilly, but never acted.

The Fatal Jealousie, a Tragedy, 4to. 1673. acted at the Duke's Theatre, and ascribed by some to Mr. Pane. Plot from Johannes Gigas's Postills; see also Theatre of God's Judgments, part 2. p. 55. Unfortunate Lovers, Nov. 1.

The Feign'd Astrologer, a Comedy, 4to. 1668. translated from the French of Monsieur Corneille, Junior. Plot from Calderon's El Astrologo fingido.

Fidele and Fortunatus, in former Catalogues has been ascribed to one Barker.

Flora's Vagaries, a Comedy, 4to. 1670. acted at the Theatre Royal, by his Majesty's Servants; ascribed to Mr. Rhodes. Plot is founded on Boccace's Third Day, Nov. 3.

The Folly of Priestcraft, a Comedy, 4to. 1690.

The Fond Lady, a Comedy, 4to. The same with The Amorous Old Woman, only different Titles.

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