John Kirk.
This Author we find in the time of the Firſt K. Charles, when writ a Play, call’d,
The Seven Champions of Chriſtendom, a Hiſtory, 4 to. 1638. Plot from the old Hiſtory of the Seven Champions of Chriſtendom, and Heylin’s Hiſt. of St. George.
Ralph Knevet.
A Norfolk Gentleman, of the ſame time with the former, writ a Paſtoral repreſented at Norwich, call’d,
Rhodon and Iris, a Paſtoral, 4 to. 1631. Dedicated to Nicholas Bacon, Eſq.
Thomas Kyd.
This Tranſlator Liv’d in Queen Elizabeth’s Reign, and Publiſh’d One Play, call’d,
Pompey the Great, his Fair Cornellas, Tragedy, 4 to. 1595. dedicated to the Counteſs of Suſſex. This he tranſlated from the French of Robert Garnier.
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John Lacey.
An Excellent Comedian of the King’s Company, was born near Doncaſter in York-ſhire, originally a Dancing Maſter, of a rare Shape of Body, and good Complexion; was a Lieutenant and Quarter Maſter under Col. Gerrard, afterwards Earl of Macclesfield; he died, Sept. 17. 1681. King Charles the Second fancied him ſo much, as to have his Picture drawn in Three ſeveral Figures, in the ſame Table, as Teague in the Committee, Scruple in the Cheats, and Gallyard in the Varieties. He was not ſatisfied to excel only in Acting, but attempted theſe Three following Plays, or rather, Farces; beſides which, he added the Part of Sauny the Scot, to the Taming of the Shrew.
