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Rh As you like it, a Comedy, Fol.

The Birth of Merlin; or, The Child has lot his Father, a Tragi-Comedy, 4 to. 1662, Mr. Rowley join’d with our Author in this Play. Plot, Ethelword, G. Monmouth, Bede, Polidor, Virgil, Stow, Speed, &c.

A Comedy of Errors, a Comedy, fol. The Ground from Plautus, Amphitruo, and Mænechmi.

Coriolanus, a Tragedy, fol. Plot from Plutarch’s Life of Coriolanus, from Livy’s Hitory, Dioniius Hallicarnaæus, &c.

Cromwell, (Thomas, Lord) his Life and Death, a History, fol. and 4 to. Plot from Fox’s Martyrology, Fuller’s Church Hit., Dr. Burnet’s ''Hit. Reformation, Wanly’s Hit. of Man., Hacwell’s Apology, and Lloyd’s Englih Worthies''.

Cymbeline, his Tragedy; fol. Mr. Durfey’s Injured Princes; or, The Fatal Wager, is only this Play reviv’d. The Plot from Boccace’s Novels, Day 2. Nov. 9.

Henry the Fourth, Two Parts, Hitory, fol. the firt Part containing the Life of Henry Percy, irnamed Hotpur; and the comical part the Character of Sir John Faltaff, which has been play’d by the late famous Mr. Lacey, to Admiration. In the econd part you have an Act of the Death of this King, and the Coronation of his Succeor. See Geoffry of Monmouth, Caxton, Harding, Hall, Grafton, Martin, Hollinghead, Stow, and other our Englih Chronicles.

Henry the Fifth, his Life; History, fol. A Comical part is mixt with the Hitorical, and contains the Reign of this King, to his Marriage with Katharine of France. See the afore-aid Englih Chronicles.

Henry the Sixth, Three Parts, Hitory, fol. In the Second is the Death of the good Duke Humphrey, in the Third the Death of the Duke of York; all the Parts contain the whole Reign of this King. See the ame Englih Chronicles.

Henry the Eighth, his Life; Hitory, fol. The part of King Henry was often in King Charles the Second’s Time extraordinary well acted by Mr. Betterton. See our Englih Chronicles before-mentioned.

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; a Tragedy, fol. and 4 to. For the Plot see Saxo-Grammaticus, Crantzius, Pontanus, Idacius, &c.

John, King of England; Hitory, fol. for the Plot see our Englih Chronicles.

John, King of England, his troubleom Reign, in two parts, Hitory, 4 to. 1611. with the Dicovery of King Richard Cæur de Lyons, Bae Son (as vulgarly called) Fawcombridge; alo the Death of the aid King John at Swintead Abby. Thee Plays were everal times acted by the Queen’s Majety’s Players, tho’ not divided into Acts, and differ much from the other Play in Folio. Julius