The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets/Robert Cox
THIS Author was a celebrated Comedian in King Charles the First's time: On the Suppression of the Stage he made several Drolls, and, with his Companions, Acted them by stealth, both in London and the Country Towns: He Acted the chief Parts himself, and so very naturally, that at Oxon. he gain'd great Applause. He publish'd one Interlude, called,
Actæon and Diana, Interl. 4to. The Plot from Ovid's Metamorph. This, with some Drolls of his, may be found a second time printed 1656. in 4to. the first Edition being printed for the Author's own Use, and in the Year 1673. they were again printed, with other Drolls collected by Kirkman, under the Title of Sport upon Sport, 8vo.