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 by the author, first at the Black Swan, Moorgate, and afterwards in Cripplegate and Newington Causeway.

His publications comprised: 1. ‘A Counterpoyson, or Soverain Antidote against all Griefe … together with the Victory of Patience,’ London, 1637, 8vo; a second edition, much enlarged, and recommended by Thomas Westfield [q. v.] and Daniel Featley [q. v.], appeared in 1641; a ‘fourth edition’ was included in No. 4. 2. ‘Philarguromastix, or the Arraignment of Covetousnesse and Ambition in our great and greedy Cormorants. … By Junius Florilegus,’ London, 1653, 8vo. He frequently signed himself ‘Richard Young, of Roxwell, Florilegus.’ 3. ‘The Blemish of Government, Shame of Religion, Disgrace of Mankinde, or a Charge drawn up against Drunkards, and presented to his Highness the Lord Protector in the name of all the Sober partie in the three Nations,’ London, 1655, 8vo. 4. ‘A Christian Library, or a Pleasant and Plentiful Paradise of Practical Divinity,’ London, 1665, 8vo. This bulky volume is stated to contain ten treatises, ‘like ten small Cornfields now laid together (as it were) within one hedge,’ prefaced by letters to the ‘Worthy Authour’ and ‘Ingenuous Reader’ by Richard Vines and Richard Baxter. With the original ten are bound up in the British Museum copy eleven additional treatises by Young, all of them apparently being remainder copies of penny tracts by Young in various editions. At the end of a tract called ‘Apples of Gold’ (1654) the printer gives a list of thirty-three separately printed discourses by Young. 5. ‘The Peoples Impartial and Compassionate Monitor, about hearing of Sermons,’ 1657; an attack upon preaching for rhetorical effect merely, dedicated to Sir Nathanael Basile. 6. ‘The Impartial Monitor: about Following the Fashions … in a rare Example of one that Cured his Wife of her Costlinesse. Imprimatur, Edmund Calamie,’ London, 1656. 7. ‘The Hearts-Index, or Self-Knowledge,’ 1659. 8. ‘A Hopefull Way to Cure that horrid Sinne of Swearing,’ 1660. 9. ‘Mens great losse of Happinesse for not paying the small quit-rent of Thankfulnesse,’ 1661. 10. ‘A Spark of Divine Light to kindle piety in a frozen Soul … printed for Peter Parker in Popes-head Alley,’ 1671. This little piece, which he calls his ‘little Benjamin,’ was apparently the last of Young's exhortatories. In a postscript he announces ‘Upon Newington Causeway this Book is freely given to all, but beware of sending for it out of wantonness; for sacrilege is a parching and a blasting sin.’ The British Museum Library has nearly thirty of Young's admonitory tracts and other works; but it is hard to differentiate them, owing to the variations of title in successive editions.

[Younge's Works; Hazlitt's Bibl. Collections and Notes; Yeowell's Biogr. Collections in Brit. Mus.; Halkett and Laing's Dict. of Anon. and Pseudon. Lit.]  YOUNGER, ELIZABETH (1699?–1762), actress, called indifferently on the stage at the outset Miss and Mrs. Younger, was the daughter of James and Margaret Younger, and the sister of M— Bicknell [q. v.] Her mother was a Keith, a near relative of the earls Marischal, and her father rode in the 3rd troop of guards and served seven years in Flanders under King William. She appeared on the stage with the combined companies of Drury Lane and Dorset Garden, and played for Mrs. Knight's benefit on 27 March 1706 the Princess Elizabeth in Banks's ‘Virtue Betrayed, or Anna Bullen,’ and spoke a new epilogue. She is next traced at Drury Lane with the combined Drury Lane and Haymarket companies on 29 Jan. 1711 as Lightning in the ‘Rehearsal.’ Page in the ‘Orphan’ followed, as did Rose in the ‘Recruiting Officer,’ and Miss Prue in ‘Love for Love;’ and on 29 Jan. 1713 she was the original Clara, disguised as a footman, in Charles Shadwell's ‘Humours of the Army.’ She was at this time regularly engaged, which suggests that she was older than was given out. On 2 May 1714, for her sister's benefit, Mrs. Younger danced, ‘who never danced on the stage before.’ She played Mrs. Betty in ‘Sir Solomon Single,’ Cydaria in ‘Indian Emperor,’ Mary in the ‘Puritan, or the Widow of Watling Street,’ Peggy in ‘London Cuckolds,’ Philadelphia in the ‘Amorous Widow,’ and was on 23 Feb. 1715 the original Joyce in Gay's ‘What d'ye call it?’ She then appeared as Mrs. Dainty Fidget in the ‘Country Wife,’ Flora in ‘She would and she would not,’ Queen in ‘Don Carlos,’ Inis in ‘A Wife well managed’ (an original part) in 1715, Miss Notable in ‘Lady's Last Stake,’ Valeria in the ‘Rover,’ Dol Mavis in the ‘Silent Woman,’ Lucy Weldon in ‘Oroonoko,’ Amie in ‘Jovial Crew,’ Sylvius (originally) in Mrs. Manley's ‘Lucius, the First Christian King of Britain,’ on 11 May 1717, Celia in ‘Volpone,’ Dorinda in Dryden's ‘Tempest,’ Angelica in ‘Constant Couple,’ Victoria in ‘Fatal Marriage,’ Violante in ‘Sir Courtly Nice,’ and Floretta in ‘Greenwich Park.’ More important parts assigned her were first Constantia in the ‘Chances,’ Melisinda in ‘Aurenge-Zebe,’ Lady Wouldbe in ‘Vol-