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168 The Royal Masque at Hampton-Court, 4to. 1604. presented January the 8th, that Year; personated by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, and the Ladies of Honour attending.

The Royal Voyage; or, The Irish Expedition; a Tragi-Comedy, 4to. 1690. You may easily conjecture what the Subject of this Play is, by its Title and Date.

Almacida Spolia, a Masque, 4to. 1639. This was presented by the King and Queen's Majesties, on the 21st of January the same Year at White-Hall. The Scenes, Machines, and Ornaments are the Invention of Mr. Inigo Jones, Surveyor General of his Majesty's Works. What was sung or spoken, was writ by Sir William Davenant; and the Musick was composed by her Majesty's Master of Musick, Mr. Lewis Richards.

The Scottish Politick Presbyter Slain by an English Independent; or, The Independents Victory over the Presbyterian Party, &c. a Tragi-Comedy, 4to. 1647. This is a Play of the same Class with the former, and of most others that are writ by Anonimous Authors, for the particular Gust of the Times they are printed in. The Year of its being printed, the Title of it shews; where the Reader may find more of the Grounds of it, viz. in the Accounts of the Transactions of those Times.

She Ventures, and He wins, a Comedy, acted at the New Theatre in Little Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, by his Majesty's Servants, written by a young Lady, 1696. 4to. The Plot is taken from a very pleasant witty Novel of Mr. Alexander Oldis, called, The Fair Extravagant; or, The Humorous Bride.

Sicelides, a Piscatory Dramma, or a Pastoral, 4to. 1631. acted at King's-Colledge, Cambridge. For the Plot consult Ovid Metamorph. lib. 4, & 13. also Orlando Furioso.

Shoomakers Holyday; or, The Gentle Craft; with the Humorous Life of Simon Eyre, Shoomaker and Lord Mayor of London, a Comedy, 4to. 1657. acted before the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by the Right Honourable the Lord High Admiral's Servants. The Story from the old Book, called, The Gentle Craft, 4to.

The Siege of Constantinople, a Tragedy, 4to. 1675. acted at the Duke's Theatre. Plot from Heylin's Cosmography, Book 2. in the Description of Greece, Paulus Jovius, Knolles Hist. and Constantinopolis a Mabammada 2''da. expugnata, fol''.

The Siege and Surrender of Mons, a Tragi-Comedy, exposing the Villany of the Priests, and the Intreagues of the French, 1681. 4to. This was never acted, and is built on the publick News, and private Reports of that Siege.

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