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The Woman Hater, a Tragi-Comedy, fol. Reviv’d by Sir William D’avenant,[1] with a new Prologue writ in Proſe. Mr. Fletcher writ this Play without the Aſſiſtance of Mr. Beaumont.

The Womans Prize; or, The Tamer Tam’d; a Comedy, fol. built on the Taming of the Shrew, writ by Mr. Shakeſpear, and maybe taken as a Counter part thereof.

Women Pleas’d; a Comedy, fol. See the moſt Comical parts hereof taken from Nov. 6. Day 7. and Day 8. Nov. 8. &c. of Boccace’s Novels.

Mr. Fletcher join’d with Ben. Johnſon and Middleton, in one other Comedy, call’d, The Widow, placed under Johnſon; and Mr. Beaumont has writ a Book of Poems, Elegies, Sonnets, &c. last Edition, 8 vo. 1653.

John Ford.

A Gentleman of the Middle Temple, in the Reign of King Charles I. and beſides thoſe Plays he has join’d with Rowley and Decker, he has writ ſeven entirely alone.

The Broken Heart, a Tragedy, 4 to. 1633. Acted by his Majeſty’s Servants, at the private Houſe in Black Fryers, and Dedicated to the Lord Craven.

Fancies Chaſt and Noble; a Tragi-Comedy, 4 to. 1638. Acted at the Phœnix in Drury-Lane, by the Queens Majeſties Servants, and Dedicated to the Lord Macdonel, Earl of Antrim in Ireland.

The Ladies Tryal; a Tragi-Comedy, 4 to. 1639. Acted by their Majeſties Servants in Drury Lane, and Dedicated to John Worley, Eſq; and Mrs. Mary Wyrley his Wife.

Lovers Melancholy; a Tragi-Comedy, 4 to. 1629. Acted at the private Houſe in Black Fryers, and publickly at the Globe by the King’s Servants, and Dedicated to ſeveral of his Friends of Grays-Inn in particular, and to the whole Society in general.

Loves Sacrifice; a Tragedy, 4 to. 1633. Acted by the Queens Servants at the Phœnix in Drury-Lane, and Dedicated to John Ford of Grays-Inn, Eſq.

Perkin Warbeck; an Hiſtorical Play, 4 to. 1634. Acted by the Queens Servants in Drury Lane, and Dedicated to the Right Honourable William, Earl of New Caſtle. For the truth of the Story ſee Gainsford’s Hiſt. of Perkin Warbeck, 4 to. and our Engliſh Chronicles in the Reign of Henry VII.

’Tis Pity ſhe’s a Whore; a Tragedy, 4 to. 1633. Acted by the Queens Majeſties Servants at the Phænix in Drury-Lane, and Dedi-


  1. Sir William D’avenant’s Works, fol. p. 249.

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