ll deserving have slipped our Pen; which if these our
Labours shall come to a Second Impression, as we question nothing to
the contrary, we shall endeavour to do them right. In the mean time we
shall give you a short Account of some of the most eminent that are now
(or at least thought by us so to be) living at this time, and so
conclude, beginning first with

_Mr. JOHN DRIDEN._

Poet Laureat and Historiographer to his Royal Majesty; whose Poetry
hath passed the World with the greatest Approbation and acceptance that
may be, especially what he hath written of Dramatick, _viz._ _The
Maiden Queen_; _The Wild Gallant_; _The Mock Astrologer_; _Marriage
Ala-mode_; _The Amorous Old Woman_; and _The Assignation_, Comedies;
_Tyranick Love_; and _Amboyna_, Tragedies; and _The Indian Emperor_;
and two Parts of the Conquests of _Granada_; Historical Drama's.
Besides several other Pieces, which speak their own worth, more than
any Commendations my Pen can bestow upon them.

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Mr. _ELKUNAH SETTLE_.

An Ingenious Person, who besides his other Works hath contributed to
the Stage two Tragedies, _viz._ _Cambises_, and _The Empress of
Morrocco_, which notwithstanding the severe censure of some, may
deservedly pass with good Approbation.

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Sir _GEORGE ETHERIDGE_.

The Author of Two Comedies, _viz. Love in a Tub_; and _She Would if she
Could_; which for pleasant Wit, and no bad Oeconemy, are judged not
unworthy the applause they have met with.

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Mr. _JOHN WILSON_.

The noted Author of that so Celebrated a Comedy entituled _The Cheats_;
which hath passed the Stage and Press with so general an applause, also
another Comedy called _The Projectors_ and the Tragedy of _Andronicus
Commenius_.

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Mr. _THOMAS SHADWELL_.

One whose Pen hath deserved well of the Stage, not only for the number
of the Plays which he hath writ; but also for the sweet Language and
Contrivance of them. His Comedies are, _The Humorist_; _The Sullen
Lovers_; _Epsom Wells_, &c. Besides his _Royal Shepherdess_, a Pastoral
Tragi-Comedy; and his Tragedy of _Psyche_, or rather Tragical _Opera_,
as vying with the _Opera's_ of _Italy_, in the Pomp of Scenes,
Marchinry and Musical performance.

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_THOMAS STANLEY_.