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Arden of Feversham, his true and lamentable Tragedy, who was barbarously Murthered by the means of his Wife, who being in Love with one Mosebie, hired two Ruffins, Black Will and Shakbag to kill him, 4to. 1599. Plot from Goodwin, Hayward, Hollingshead, Baker, and Beard's Theatre of God's Judgments.

The Arraignment of Paris, a Pastoral, supposed by Kirkman to be Mr. William Shakespear's.

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The Banish'd Duke; or, The Tragedy of Infortunatuo; 4to. 1690. acted at the Theatre Royal.

The Battle of Alcazar, Fought in Barbary, between Sebastian, King of Portugal; and Abdelmelech, King of Morocco; with the Death of Captain Stukely, a Tragedy, 4to. 1594, acted by the Lord High Admiral's Servants. Plot from Heylin's Cosmography in the History of Spain; De rebus Lusitan. by Andr. Schottum, fol. and Fuller's Worthies.

Band, Ruff, and Cuff; accounted an Interlude in former Catalogues, but neither Mr. Langbain nor my self, could ever procure the Sight of one.

The Bastard, a Tragedy, 4to. 1552. Plot and part of the Language is taken from The Loves of Schiarra and Florelia, in the English Lovers. See also The Unfortunate Spaniard.

The Bloody Duke; or, The Adventures for a Crown, a Tragi-Comedy, 4to. 1690. by the Author of The Abdicated Prince; acted at the Court of Alba Regalis, by several Persons of Quality.

Bonduca, with an Entertainment of Musick, Vocal and Instrumental, a Tragedy acted at the Theatre in Dorset-Garden, 1696. 4to. and dedicated by Mr. Powel to the Right Honourable, the Lord Jefferys. This Play on the Revival (for it is scarce to be said more) tho' the two Universities club'd to the Alterations, did not succeed so well as it deserv'd, considering it almost all Fletcher's.

Braggadocio; or, The Bawd turn'd Puritan, a Comedy, 4to. 1690. by a Person of Quality.

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CÆsar's Revenge, a Tragedy, of which I can give no Account.

Charles the First, King of England, his Tragedy, 4to. 1649. and dedicated to King Charles the Second, with a Copy of Verses in Praise of it. Plot from English Chronicles.

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