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Sir Clyomon, Knight of the Golden-Shield, Son to the King of Denmark; and Clamydes, the White Knight, Son to the King of Suavia, (both Valiant Knights) their History, 4to. 1599.

Sir Giles Goose-Cap, Knight; a Comedy, 4to. 1636. acted at the private House in Salisbury-Court, with great Applause. This was publish'd by one Perry, and dedicated to Richard Young, Esq;

Sir Solomon; or, The Cautious Coxcomb; a Comedy, 4to. 1671. acted at his Royal Highness, the Duke of York's Theatre. This is mostly a Translation from Moliere's L'Ecole des Femmes, and most agree done by Mr. Carel. This Play, tho' met with some Enemies, yet found Success in the Action; and afterwards the Author printed a Justification of it.

Solimon and Perseda, their Tragedy; wherein is laid open Love's Constancy, Fortune's Inconstancy, and Death's Triumphs; 4to. 1599. This old Play, with the before-going long Title, is not divided into Acts.

The Sophister, a Comedy, 4to. 1638. This Play, tho' printed, was not, I believe, ever acted.

The Spanish Bawd; or, Calisto and Melibea, represented in Celestina, a Tragi-Comedy, fol. 1631. The Play is very long, and was originally writ in Spanish, and done into English by Don Diego Puedeser, a Spaniard; who also translated another Book into English, called, Exemplary Novels, fol. There are Twenty Four Acts in The Spanish Bawds.

Sport upon Sport; Drolls, 8vo. This is a Collection of Drolls taken from Plays, by Kirkman, and printed 1673.

The Step-Mother, a Tragi-Comedy, 4to. 1664. acted at the Theatre in Little Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, by his Highness, the Duke of York's Servants.

The Strange Discovery, a Tragi-Comedy, 4to. 1640. Plot and Language from Heliodorus's Æthiopick Hist. 8vo. Book 10.

Susanna's Tears.

The Subjects Joy; or, The King's Restauration, cheerfully made known in a sacred Masque, &c. 4to. 1660. dedicated to the Lord General Monk. This Masque has been omitted by Mr. Langbain.

Swetnam, the Woman-Hater, arraign'd by Women, a Comedy, 4to. 1620. acted at the Red-Bull, by the Queen's Servants. Plot from an old Spanish Book, call'd, Historia de Aurelia, Isabella Hija del Rey de Escotia, &c. 12mo. and from an English Pamphlet, entituled, The Arraignment of Lewd, Idle, Froward, and Inconstant Woman.

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