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132 The Constant Maid; or, Love will find out the Way; a Comedy, 4to. 1667. This was acted at a new House, called, The Nursery in Hatton-Garden. You may find Hadwell's courting of the Widow Bellamy, by the Advice of Playfair, to be the Subject of divers other Plays.

Contention for Honour and Riches, a Masque, 4to. 1633. dedicated to Edward Golding of Colston, in NarthamptonshireNorthamptonshire [sic], Esq; This Author, with this and some other Matter, composed a Comedy, called, Honoria and Mammon, hereafter mentioned.

The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses for Achilles's Armour, a Masque, 8vo. 1658. Plot from Ovid's MetamorposisMetamorphosis [sic], Book 13.

The Coronation, a Comedy, 4to. Which Play by some means or other, was printed with Beaumonts and Fletchers Plays, tho' none of theirs.

A Court Secret, a Tragi-Comedy, 8vo. first printed 1653. then acted at the Black-Fryars; and dedicated to William, Earl of Strafford.

Cupid and Death, a Masque, 4to. 1659. For the Plot, see Ogilby's Æsop's Fables, Vol. 1. Fab. 39.

The Doubtful Heir, a Tragi-Comedy, 8vo. 1652. acted at the Black-Fryars; and dedicated to Sir Edmund Bowyer. For part of the Story, see The English Adventurers. 8''vo. part'' 3.

The Duke's Mistress, a Tragi-Comedy, 4to. 1638. acted at the private House in Drury-Lane, by her Majesty's Servants.

The Example, a Tragi-Comedy, 4to. 1637. acted at the private House in Drury-Lane, by her Majesty's Servants.

The Gamester, a Comedy, 4to. 1637. acted at the private House in Drury-Lane. Plot, Queen Margaret's Novels, Day 1. Nov. 8, and Unlucky Citizen, 8vo.

The Gentleman of Venice, a Tragi-Comedy, 4to. 1655. acted at the private House in Salisbury-Court, by her Majesty's Servants, and dedicated to Sir ''Tho. Nightingale'', Baronet. For the Plot, consult Gayton's Notes on Don Quixot, Book 4. Chap. 6, &c.

The Grateful Servant, a Tragi-Comedy, 4to. 1655. acted at the private House in Drury-Lane, by her Majesty's Servants, with good Applause; and dedicated to the Right Honourable, Francis, Earl of Rutland. Compare this Play with The Humerous Courtier, writ by the same Author.

Hide-Park, a Comedy, 4to. 1637. presented by her Majesty's Servants at the private House in Drury-Lane; and dedicated to the Right Honourable, Henry, Earl of Holland.

Honoria and Mammon, a Comedy, 8vo. Plot grounded on a Masque of the same Author's, call'd, Contention for Honour and Riches. The