The Spanish Curate-A Farce, acted at Drury Lane 1749, N. P. The comic plot. The Kiss, by Stephen Clark e, 1811, 8vo. The Mock-Testator, a farce extracted by Kirkman, 1673, 8vo. The Humorous Lieutenant-Forced Valow, a farce, by the same, 1673, 8vo. The Faithful Shepherdess La Fida Pastora, a Latin translation, by Sir Richard Fanshaw, 1658. Valentinian-Altered by the Earl of Rochester, 1685, 4to. The Little French Lawyer-A Farce, acted at Drury-Lane 1749. N.P. -A Comedy in two acts, altered by Mrs Booth, acted at Covent-Garden 17'78. N. P. The Woman's Prize, or the Tamer Tamed-Reduced to an after-piece, 1760. The Pilgrim-Altered by Sir John Vanbrugh, 1700, 4to. -- by J. P. Kemble. Acted at Drury Lane, 1787, 8vo. Bonduca Altered and published by George Powell, 1696, 4to. -Altered by George Colman, sen. 1778, 8vo. The Island PrincessAn opera by Peter Motteux, 1699. The Loyal Subject-The Faithful General, a tragedy, by a young lady, 1706, 4to. -The Loyal Subject, altered by Mr She *ridan, sen, about 1750. N. P. Monsieur Thomas-Trick for Trick, or the Debauched Hypo'crite, by T. Durfey, 1678, 4to. The Chances-Altered by the Duke of Buckingham, 1682, 4to. -Altered by Garrick, 1773, 8vo. -The Landlady, a farce extracted by Kirkman, 1673, 8vo. The Bloody Brother, or Rollo-Three Merry Boys, by the same, 1673, 8vo. The Prophetess-An opera, by Betterton, 1690, 4to. The Sea-Voyage The Commonwealth of Women, by T. Durfey, 1686, 4to. A Wife for a Month-Evanthe. T. N. P. Knight of Malta-Alteration. Performed at Covent-Garden, 1783. N. P. The Noble Gentleman-A Fool's Preferment, or the Three Dukes of Dunstable, by Durfey, 1688, 4to. Philaster-The Restoration, or Right will take Place, attributed to the Duke of Buckingham. N. P. 8vo. -Philaster, altered by Elkanah Settle, 1695, 4to. -The Clubmen, a farce, extracted by Kirkman, 1673, The Wild-Goose Chase-The Inconstant, by George Farquhar, 1702, 4to. Wit at Several Weapons-The Wits, by Sir William Davenant, acted 1633, 1636, 4to. N. D. [1709] 4to. -The Rival Fools, by Colley Cibber, The Maid's Tragedy, with a new fifth act, by Edmund Waller, 1690, 4to. King and no King-Duke and no Duke, by Nahum Tate, 1685, 4to; a parody. The Two Noble Kinsmen-The Rivals, attributed to Sir William Davenant, 1668, 4to. -Love and Madness, an alteration by F. G. Waldron. Acted at Richmond, 1779, and at the Hay-Market, 1795. N. P. The Maid of the Mill, or the Country Revels, a farce. Acted at Covent-Garden, 1750, N. P. THE PLAYERS' DEDICATION. (FOLIO, 1647.) To the Right Honourable Philip, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery; Baron Herbert of Cardiff and Sherland; Lord Parr and Ross of Kendall; Lord Fitzhugh, Marmyon, and Saint Quintin; Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council; and our singular good Lord. MY LORD, THERE is none among all the names of honour that hath more encouraged the legitimate muses of this latter age, than that which is owing to your family; whose coronet shines bright with the native lustre of its own jewels, which, with the access of some beams of Sidney, twisted with their flame, presents a constellation from whose influ, ence all good may be still expected upon wit and learning. At this truth we rejoice, but yet aloof, and in our own valley; for we dare not approach with any capacity in ourselves to apply your smile, since we have only preserved, as trustees to the ashes of the authors, what we exhibit to your honour, it being no more our own than those imperial crowns and garlands were the soldiers' who were honourably designed for their conveyance before the triumpher to the capitol. But directed by the example of some, who once steered in our quality, and so fortunately aspired to choose your honour, joined with your (now glorified) brother, patrons to the flowing compositions of the then expired sweet swan of Avon, Shakspeare; and since, more particularly bound to your lordship's most constant and diffusive goodness, from which we did for many calm years de rive a subsistence to ourselves, and protection to the scene (now withered and condemned, as we fear, to a long winter and sterility) we have presumed to offer to yourself what before was never printed of these authors. Had they been less than all the treasure we had contracted in the whole age of poesy (some few poems of their own excepted, which, already published, command their entertainment with all lovers of art and language) or were they not the most justly admired and beloved pieces of wit and the world, we should have taught ourselves a less ambition. Be pleased to accept this humble tender of our duties; and till we fail in our obedience to all your The example of some, &c.] i. e. Heminge and Condell, who, in 1623, published the first edition of Shakspeare's Works. They dedicated them to this same nobleman, then Earl of Montgomery, and his elder brother, William Earl of Pembroke.-Ed. |