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Venice 1651. In his Baniſhment he writ moſt of theſe Plays, and died ſeveral Years after the Reſtauration.

Bellamira, her Dream; or, Love of Shadows, in Two Parts, a Tragedy, fol. written at Venice, and the firſt dedicated to the then Dutcheſs of Richmond and Lenox, and the ſecond to her Siſter, Ann Villiers, then Counteſs of Eſſex.

Cicilia and Clorinda; or, Love in Arms, in Two Parts, a Tragi-Comedy, fol. the firſt writ at Turin, the ſecond at Florence. The Scene betwixt Amadeo, Ducius, and Manlius, ſeems copied from Aglatidas, Artabes, and Megabiſes, in the Grand Cyrus, Part 1. Lib. 3. Story of Aglatidas and Ameſtris.

Claracilla, a Tragi-Comedy, fol. written at Rome, and dedicated to the Lady Shannon.

The Parſon’s Wedding, a Comedy, fol. writ at Bazil in Switzerland. The chiefeſt Incidents in this Play, are to be found in former Plays; as the Antiquary, Ram-Alley, &c.

The Pilgrim, a Tragedy, fol. writ whilſt at Paris, and dedicated to the Counteſs of Carnarvan.

The Princeſs; or, Love at firſt Sight, a Tragi-Comedy, fol. writ at Naples, and dedicated to the Lady Lovelace, his Niece.

The Priſoners, a Tragi-Comedy, fol. writ at London, and dedicated to the Lady Compton, another of his Nieces.

Thomaſo; or, The Wanderer, in Two Parts, a Comedy, fol. The Author has here borrowed, not only a Story from Fletcher’s Captain, but ſeveral things from Johnſon’s Fox.

The above named Plays, belonging to this Author, are all printed in one Volume, Fol. 1664.

Sir William Killegrew.

A Gentleman lately deceaſed, being in his Lifetime Vice-Chamberlain to the Queen Dowager, and has writ ſeveral Plays; as

Ormaſdes, a Tragi-Comedy, fol.

Pandora; or, The Converts, a Tragi-Comedy, fol.

Selindra, a Tragi-Comedy, fol.

The Siege of Urbin, a Tragi-Comedy, fol.

There’s another Play aſcrib’d to him, call’d,

The Imperial Tragedy, fol. The chief Part of this Play out of Latin, for the Plot ſee Marcelinus, Caſſiodorus, Cedrenus, Evagrius, Zonatus, Baronius, &c. of Zeno, the Twelfth Emperor from Conſtantine.

Theſe Plays are Printed in on Volume, fol. Oxon, 1666.

John