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Philaſter; or, Love lies a Bleeding; a Tragi-Comedy, fol. A Play often Acted formerly, and ſometimes of late Years, is accounted one of the best our Authors have Publiſhed.

The Pilgrim; a Comedy, fol. Reviv’d and Acted some Years ſince.

The Propheteß; a Tragi-Comedy, fol. This is Reviv’d under the name of the Propheteß; or, The Hiſtory of Diocleſian, an Opera, 4 to. 1690. I know not what reaſon Mr. Langbain has to attribute the revival to Mr. Dryden, when ’twas Mr. Betterton’s. The true Hiſtory you may find in Nicephorus, lib. 6, and 7. Euſebius lib. 8. Baronii An. 204. &c.

The Queen of Corinth; a Tragi-Comedy, fol.

Rule a Wife, and have a Wife, a Comedy, fol. This Play has been ſometimes Acted of late days with good Applauſe.

The Scornful Lady, a Comedy, fol. Acted often in theſe days with good Applauſe. This Play is likewiſe Printed in Quarto, 1691.

The Sea Voyage, a Comedy, fol. This Play has been Reviv’d by Mr. Durfey, with a new Title, call’d, The Common-wealth of Women, and in part resembles Shakeſpear’s Tempeſt.

The Spaniſh Curate, a Comedy. Plot from Gerardo’s Hiſt. of Don John p. 202. and from the Spaniſh Curate of the ſame Author, p. 214.

Thiery and Theodoret, a Tragedy, fol. and 4 to. imperfect in the laſt Act in the folio Edition, but supplied in the 4 to. Plot from the French Chronicles, in the Reign of Clotair II. See Fredogarius, De Serres, Mezeray, &c.

Two Noble Kinſmen, a Tragi-Comedy, fol. Mr. Shakeſpear aſſiſted in the writing of this Play.

Valentinian, a Tragedy, fol. and 4 to. This Play, has been Reviv’d and Alter’d by the late Earl of Rocheſter, and ſo Acted at the Theatre Royal with great Applauſe. The Quarto Edition, Publiſhed 1685. with a Preface relating to the Author and his Works. Plot from Amm. Marcellinus. Procopius. Hiſt. Evagrius, and other Writers of thoſe times.

A Wife for a Month, a Tragi-Comedy, fol. See the Story hereof in Mariana, and Louis de Mayerne Turquet, and the Hiſtory of Sancho VIII. King of Leon.

The Wild Gooſe Chaſe, a Comedy, fol. This Play has been in good repute.

Wit at ſeveral Weapons, a Comedy, fol. built on the Wits; writ by Sir William D’avenant.

Wit without Money, a Comedy, fol. This Play was Reviv’d and Acted in Little Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields, immediately after the Theatre in Drury Lane was burnt, with a new Prologue by Mr. Dryden.

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