des Mr. Dryden's numerous other performances, we find him the author
of twenty-seven dramatic pieces, of which the following is an account.

1. The Wild Gallant, a Comedy, acted at the theatre-royal, and printed
in 4to, Lond. 1699.

2. The Indian Emperor; or the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, acted
with great applause, and written in verse.

3. An Evening's Love; or the Mock Astrologer, a Comedy, acted at the
theatre-royal, and printed in 4to. 1671. It is for the most part taken
from Corneille's Feint Astrologue, Moliere's Depit Amoreux, and Precieux
Ridicules.

4. Marriage A-la-mode, a Comedy, acted at the theatre-royal, and printed
in 4to. 1673, dedicated to the earl of Rochester.

5. Araboyna, a Tragedy, acted at the theatre-royal, and printed in 4to
1673. It is dedicated to the lord Clifford of Chudleigh. The plot of
this play is chiefly founded in history, giving an account of the
cruelty of the Dutch towards our countrymen at Amboyna, A.D. 1618.

6. The Mistaken Husband, a Comedy, acted at the theatre-royal, and
printed in 4to. 1675. Mr. Langbaine tells us, Mr. Dryden was not the
author of this play, tho' it was adopted by him as an orphan, which
might well deserve the charity of a scene he bestowed on it. It is
in the nature of low comedy, or farce, and written on the model of
Plautus's Menaechmi.

7. Aurenge-zebe; or the Great Mogul, a Tragedy, dedicated to the earl
of Mulgrave, acted 1676. The story is related at large in Taverner's
voyages to the Indies, vol. i. part 2. This play is written in heroic
verse.

8. The Tempest; or the inchanted Island, a Comedy, acted at the duke of
York's theatre, and printed in 4to. 1676. This is only an alteration
of Shakespear's Tempest, by Sir William Davenant and Dryden. The new
characters in it were chiefly the invention and writing of Sir William,
as acknowledged by Mr. Dryden in his preface.

9. Feigned Innocence; or Sir Martin Mar-all, a Comedy, acted at the duke
of York's theatre, and printed in 4to. 1678. The foundation of this
is originally French, the greatest part of the plot and some of the
language being taken from Moliere's Eteurdi.

10. The Assignation; or Love in a Nunnery, a Comedy, acted at the
theatre-royal, and printed in 4to. 1678, addressed to Sir Charles
Sedley. This play, Mr. Langbain tells us, was damned on the stage, or as
the author expresses it in the epistle dedicatory, succeeded ill in the
representation; but whether the fault wa