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NDER these Letters are printed these Two Plays: Guy, Earl of Warwick; a Tragedy, 4to. said by some to be writ by Ben. Johnson, tho much inferior to the Works of that excellent Poet.

The Bashful Lovers, a Tragi-Comedy, 8vo. 1655. acted at the Black-Fyars, by his Majesty’s Servants. His Author writ one Play, call’d, Saint Cecily; or, The Converted Twins, a Tragedy, 4to. 1667. supposed to be writ by Mr. Matthew Medbourn, the Comedian, and dedicated to Queen Catharine. Plot From Eusebius, Epiphanius, Baronius, &c. Ome’s Follies; or, The Amorous Fryars; a Comedy, as it was lately acted at a Person of Quality’s House, 4to. 1681. This Play (which has been omitted by Mr. Langbain) is dedicated to the Right Honourable, Anthony, Earl of Shaftsbury. There’s not enough in this Play to recommend it to the nicer Judges of Poetry: Instead of the Author’s Name, we only find the Two Letters above-mentioned. Untington’s Divertisement; or, An Interlude for the general Entertainment of the County Feast, held at Merchant Taylors-Hall, printed, 4to. 1678. by W. N. and dedicated to the Nobility and Gentry of that Country.

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