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Rh His Author writes himself Servant to the Prince of Wales, which by the Date of his Play must be Charles II.

The Noble Spanish Soldier; or, A Contract broken justly revenged, a Tragedy, 4to. 1634. This Play was printed after the Author's Death.

When you see me, you know me, or the famous Chronical History of Henry VIII. with the Birth and vertuous Life of Edward, Prince of Wales, 4to. 1632. This was play'd by the Prince of Wales's Servants. Plot from English Chronicles; see also the Life of King Henry VIII. by the Lord Herbert, of Cherbury. Dependant of the Family of the Lord Dorset, and Servant to his Son, and at his Command, translated the Cid of Corneille.

The Cid, a Tragi-Comedy, 8vo. 1637. acted before their Majesties at Court, and at the Cock-Pit in Drury-Lane, by their Majesties Servants; dedicated to Edward, Earl of Dorset, whose Son put his Hand to some part of the Translation from Corneille.

The Cid, Part II. a Tragi-comedy, 8vo. 1640. dedicated to the Lady Theophila Cook. This part was also translated from Corneille, by our Author, at the Command of his Majesty. These Plays are generally bound together, and are founded on History; see Rodeoric de Tolede, and Mariana, &c.

The Shepherds Holiday, a Pastoral Tragi-Comedy, 8vo. 1635. acted before their Majesties at White-Hall, by the Queen's Servants. This is written in Blank Verse, and attributed to our Author by Kirkman, in his former Catalogues, though there is no more than J. R. affixed to the Title Page. Gentleman born in the North of England, the Country of his Family, but I cannot be positive to the County; of which University he was I know not, but his first Applications in this Town were to the Law in Grays-Inn. However, his Learning and Love to Poetry led him to a Consideration of those Authors, which set him up for a Critic; and it must be confess'd, that he has merited some Praise in his Preface to Rapin, and the first part of this View