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86 And for the true History, consult Florius, Livy, Dion, Hallicar, Orosius, &c.

Massacre of Paris, a Tragedy, 4to. 1690. Acted at the Theatre Royal, by their Majesties Servants. See Thuanus Pierre Mathieu, Davila, Mezeray, &c. If you compare a Play, call'd, The Duke of Guise, with this, you may find divers Passages there borrowed from hence.

Mithridates, King of Pontus, a Tragedy, 4to. 1678. Acted at the Theatre Royal, by their Majesties Servants; and dedicated to the Right Honourable, the Earl of Dorset and Middlesex. Plot from Appian, ''Alexand. Roman Hist. Florus, Vell. Paterculus, and Plutarch in the Lives of Scylla, Lucullus, Pompey, &c.''

Nero, Emperor of Rome, his Tragedy, 4to. 1675. Acted at the Theatre Royal, by their Majesties Servants, and dedicated to the Right Honourable, the Earl of Rochester. Plot from Suetonius in vita Neronis, Aurelius Victor, Tacitus Annal., &c.

The Princess of Cleve, a Tragi-Comedy, 4to. 1689. Acted at the Queen's Theatre in Dorset Garden; and dedicated to the Right Honourable, Charles, Earl of Dorset and Middlesex, Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Houshold. Founded on a Romance of the same Title; see also a Book called, the French Rogue, 8vo.

The Rival Queens; or, The Death of Alexander the Great, a Tragedy, 4to. 1677. Acted at the Theatre Royal, by their Majesties Servants; and dedicated to the Right Honourable, John, Earl of Mulgrave. Plot from ''Quint. Curt. Plutarch's Life of Alexander the Great, Justin, Josephus, &c.''

Sophonisba; or, Hannibal's Overthrow, a Tragedy, 4to. 1676. Acted at the Theatre Royal, by their Majesties Servants; and dedicated to the Dutchess of Portsmouth. Plot from Sir ''Walter Raleighs Hist. of the World'', Book 5. Chap. 3. Sect. 18. Livy, Florus, Appian, Diodorus, Politius, Justin, &c.

Theodosius; or, The Force of Love, a Tragedy, 4to. 1680. Acted at the Duke's Theatre, by their Royal Highnesses Servants; and dedicated to her Grace, the Dutchess of Richmond. Plot from Pharamond, a Romance; ''Euseb. Hist. Ecclesiastica; Varannes; Martian; and Theodosius''.

Most of these Plays have been applauded by the Spectators, and their worth acknowledged by Dryden, and other Poets, in divers Copies of Verses before some of them. He joined with Mr. Dryden, in Two other Plays, ''viz. The Duke of Guise, and Oedipus, both Tragedies, for which see under Dryden Senior''.

John