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Luminalia; or, The Festival of Light; a Masque, 4to. 1637. this was personated (the same Year) on Shrove-Tuesday-Night, by the Queen's Majesty and her Ladies. Mr. Inigo Jones assisted in it.

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MAnhood and Wisdom, a Play mentioned in other Catalogues.

Marcus Tullius Cicero, that famous Orator, his Tragedy, 4to. 1651. writ in Imitation of Catiline's Conspiracy, by Johnson. Plot Plutarch in vita Ciceronis, Appian, Dion, Lambin, &c.

Marriage of Wit and Science, an Interlude.

Master Turbulent; or, The Melancholicks; a Comedy, 4to. 1682. as it was acted at the Duke's Theatre.

Masque of Flowers, 4to. 1614. presented at the Banquetting-House at White-Hall, by the Gentlemen of Grays-Inn, on Twelfth-Night, 1631. It is dedicated to Sir Francis Bacon, then Attorney General.

Massianello, his Tragedy; or, The Rebellion of Naples; 8vo. 1631. This is dedicated to John Cæsar, of Hyde-Hall, in the County of Hertford, Esq; Plot from Giraffi's History of Naples, Englished by James Howel.

Mercurius Britanicus; or, The English Intelligencer; a Tragi-Comedy, 4to. This Play reflects much upon the Judges, Cook, Hutton, and other Persons concerned in the Business of Ship-Money. It has but four Acts.

The Merry Devil of Edmonton, a Comedy, 4to. 1655. Plot, Fuller's Church Hist. p. 186.

The Morning Ramble; or, The Town-Humours; a Comedy, 4to. 1673. acted at the Duke's Theatre. This Play some think to be written by one Mr. Pane.

Mucedorus, the King's Son of Valencia; and Amadon, the King's Daughter of Arragon; with the Merry Conceits of Mouse; a Comedy, 4to. 1668. acted at the Globe, and afterwards before the King at White Hall. Supposed to be writ by Shakespear, and printed formerly.

The Muse of New-market, containing three Drolls; viz. The Mery Milk Maids of Islington; or, The Rambling Gallants defeated: Love lost in the Dark; or, The Drunken Couple: The Politick Whore; or, The Conceited Cuckold. 4to. 1681. acted (as the Title says) at New-market. All three Drolls stollen from other Plays.

The Mistaken Beauty; or, The Lyar; a Comedy, 4to. 1685. acted by their Majesties Servants, at the Theatre Royal. Translated from Corneille's Le Menteur.

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