Dr. Charles Davenant.
This Gentleman is the eldest Son of Sir William, and Dr. of Laws; he is yet Living, and has given us one Proof that Horoum filii noxæ,, is not always true in his Play call'd,
Circe, an Opera, 4to. 1677. Acted at the Duke's Theatre with Applause. Plot founded on Poetical History; see Ovid's Metamorph. Natal. Comes, Boccace, &c.
HE liv'd in the time of King Charles I. writ two Plays, which were not Printed till the succeeding Reign; he is Author of two Dramatick pieces, Acted with great Applause.
The City Night-Cap, a Tragi-Comedy, 4to. 1661. Plot from Don Quixot's Novel of the Curious Impertinent, and Boccaces Novels, Day 7. Nov. 7.
John and Matilda, a Tragedy, 4to. 1655. This Play is Dedicated to the Right Honourable Montague Bertie, Earl of Lindsey. For the Plot see Hollingshead, Martin, Stow, Speed, and Baker's Chronicles in the Reign of King John.
This Author was both Poet and Divine; he liv'd in the time of K. James I. was Master of Arts, but of which university is uncertain. He writ these two Plays following,
The Christian turn'd Turk, a Tragedy, 4to. 1612. The Story from a Printed Book, entituled, The Overthrow of Captain Ward and Dansiker, two Pirates, written by one Barker, and Published 1609. 4to.
The Poor Man's Comfort, a Tragi-Comedy, 4to. Printed 1665, but Acted many Years before.
He liv'd in the time of King James I. was once Student of Gonvile and Caius Coll. in Cambridge, and has Writ Six Plays, (viz.)
The Blind Beggar of Bednal-Green, with the merry Humour of Tom. Stroud the Norfolk Yeoman, a Comedy, 4to. 1659. For the true Story see our English Chronicles in the Reign of King Henry VI.
Humour out of Breath, a Comedy, 4to. 1608.
Isle of Gulls, a Comedy, 4to. 1633. This Play was often Acted in the Black Fryers, by the then Children of the Revels; Plot from Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia.
