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60 Philater; or, Love lies a Bleeding; a Tragi-Comedy, fol. A Play often Acted formerly, and ometimes of late Years, is accounted one of the best our Authors have Publihed.

The Pilgrim; a Comedy, fol. Reviv’d and Acted some Years ince.

The PropheteSS 3; a Tragi-Comedy, fol. This is Reviv’d under the name of the PropheteSS 3; or, The Hitory of Diocleian, an Opera, 4 to. 1690. I know not what reaon Mr. Langbain has to attribute the revival to Mr. Dryden, when ’twas Mr. Betterton’s. The true Hitory you may find in Nicephorus, lib. 6, and 7. Euebius lib. 8. Baronii An. 204. &c.

The Queen of Corinth; a Tragi-Comedy, fol.

Rule a Wife, and have a Wife, a Comedy, fol. This Play has been ometimes Acted of late days with good Applaue.

The Scornful Lady, a Comedy, fol. Acted often in thee days with good Applaue. This Play is likewie Printed in Quarto, 1691.

The Sea Voyage, a Comedy, fol. This Play has been Reviv’d by Mr. Durfey, with a new Title, call’d, The Common-wealth of Women, and in part resembles Shakepear’s Tempet.

The Spanih Curate, a Comedy. Plot from Gerardo’s Hit. of Don John p. 202. and from the Spanih Curate of the ame Author, p. 214.

Thiery and Theodoret, a Tragedy, fol. and 4 to. imperfect in the lat Act in the folio Edition, but supplied in the 4 to. Plot from the French Chronicles, in the Reign of Clotair II. See Fredogarius, De Serres, Mezeray, &c.

Two Noble Kinmen, a Tragi-Comedy, fol. Mr. Shakepear aited in the writing of this Play.

Valentinian, a Tragedy, fol. and 4 to. This Play, has been Reviv’d and Alter’d by the late Earl of Rocheter, and o Acted at the Theatre Royal with great Applaue. The Quarto Edition, Publihed 1685. with a Preface relating to the Author and his Works. Plot from ''Amm. Marcellinus. Procopius. Hit. Evagrius'', and other Writers of thoe times.

A Wife for a Month, a Tragi-Comedy, fol. See the Story hereof in Mariana, and Louis de Mayerne Turquet, and the Hitory of Sancho VIII. King of Leon.

The Wild Gooe Chae, a Comedy, fol. This Play has been in good repute.

Wit at everal Weapons, a Comedy, fol. built on the Wits; writ by Sir William D’avenant.

Wit without Money, a Comedy, fol. This Play was Reviv’d and Acted in Little Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields, immediately after the Theatre in Drury Lane was burnt, with a new Prologue by Mr. Dryden. The