An Author who liv'd in the Reign of King Charles the First, and writ one Play, which was publish'd after his Death; call'd,
The Martyr'd Soldier, a Tragedy, 4to. 1638. acted at the private House in Drury-Lane, and other publick Theatres by her Majesty's Servants, with great Applause. Plot, Baronius, &c.
A Contemporary, as well as Namesake of the Former; he was once of Grays-Inn, and Servant to the King, and a Poet esteemed in the Days of Charles the First. Mr. Langbain gives him no small Praise, and indeed he does to most of the indifferent Poets, so that shou'd a Stranger to our Poets read him, they wou'd make an odd Collection of our English Writers, for they wou'd be sure to take Heywood, Shirley, &c. and leave Dryden, &c. He has printed 37 Plays, of which in their Order. He dy'd since the Restauration.
Arcadia, a Pastoral, 4to. 1640. acted at the Phænix in Drury-Lane, by her Majesty's Servants. Plot from Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, fol.
The Ball, a Comedy, 4to. 1639. acted at the private House in Drury-Lane, by her Majesty's Servants. Our Author was assisted by Chapman in this Play.
A Bird in a Cage, a Comedy, 4to. 1633. acted at the Phænix in Drury-Lane; and dedicated to Mr. William Prinne.
The Brothers, a Comedy, 8vo. 1652. acted at the private House in Black-Fryars; and dedicated to his noble Friend, Thomas Stanley, Esq;
The Cardinal, a Tragedy, 8vo. 1632. acted at the private House in Black-Fryars; and dedicated to his Friend, G. B. Esq;
The Changes; or, Love in a Maze; a Comedy, 4to. 1632. presented at the private House in Salisbury-Court, by the Company of his Majesty's Revels; and dedicated to the Honourable, the Lady Dorothy Shirley, in Verse. Compare this and the Maiden Queen.
Chabot, Admiral of France, a Tragedy, 4to. 1639. acted by her Majesty's Servants at the private House in Drury-Lane. Mr. Chapman join'd with our Author in this Play. Plot, Paul Jovius, Paul Æmilius, Mezeray, and other French Chronicles and Histories in the Reign of Francis the First.
