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140 The Iland Princes, a Tragi-Comedy, 4 to. 1687. and dedicated to the Right Honourable, Henry, Lord Walgrave. Reviv’d with Alterations from Fletcher.

The Loyal General, a Tragedy, 4 to. 1680. acted at the Duke’s Theatre; and is dedicated to Edward Taylor, Eq;

Lear, King of England, and his Three Daughters; an Hitorical Play, 4 to. 1687. acted at the Duke’s Theatre; it is Dedicated to Thomas Boteler, Eq; and reviv’d with Alterations from Shakepear; and now call’d, The Ancient Hitory of King Lear, &c.

Richard the Third; or, The Sicilian Uurper; a Hitory, 4 to. 1681. acted at the Theatre Royal, and dedicated to George Raynsford, Eq; with a Prefatory Epitle in Vindication of the Author by Reaon of the Prohibition of this Play on the Stage, Reviv’d from Shakepear.

This our Author has publih’d divers Poems on everal Occaions, ome of them printed 8 vo. one Volume whereof are all his own, another Volume by everal Hands. Ity Poet in King Charles the Firt’s Time. Mr. Langbain has found out a pleaant Compenation for his want of Wit, viz. his Loyalty, which might be omething to attone for the Defects of a Servants Brains, but I think very little for thoe of a Poet.

The Ditracted State; a Tragedy, 4 to. 1651. This Play was written Ten Years before printed, and is dedicated to Sir John Sidley.

The Rump; or, The Mirrour of the late Times; a Comedy, 4 to. 1661. acted at the private Houe in Doret-Court, and dedicated to Walter James, Eq; This Play has been reviv’d under the Title of The Roundheads. For the Plot conult our Englih Chronicles of the Civil Wars.

Scots Vagaries; or, A Knot of Knaves; a Comedy, 4 to. 1652. and dedicated to Robert Dormer, Eq; This Play is writ in a Scotch Dialect.

Love Crowns the End, a Tragi-Comedy, 8 vo. 1657. acted by the Scholars of Bringham in the County of Nottingham. This Play is very hort and not divided into Acts; you may find it printed with his Poems, 1657. 8 vo. Robert