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Jy to his honour on this oc-
cafion, that being compli-
mented on his liberality by
Mrs. Bracegirdle, to whom
he gave twenty guineas for
the author, and toid that his
generofity appeared the
more extraordinary as the
Farce had not been acted,
he replied, that he did not
ib much coniider the merit
of the piece., as what was
becoming a fecretary of Mate
to do.
The Governor cf Cyprus.
Tra. by J. Oldmixon, £to.
1703. A&ed at the Theatre
in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields.
The Grateful Fair. Co m .
by Chriiiopher Smart. A&-
ed at Pembroke College,
Cambridge. Not printed.
1 he Grateful Servant,
Com. by James Shirley.
Acted at Drury-Lane, 4 to.
1630. 'i his play met with
very great applaufe when
acted, and came forth ufher-
ed by eight copies of verfes
in Engiiih, and two in La-
tin, which the author fays
were '* the free vote cf his
friends, which he could not
in civility refufe," and in-
deed he muff, have very little
of he poe'ical warmth about
him, if he c ,..u!d be defircus
fo to do, Lodowick's con-
trivance to have his wife
Artdia tempted by Piero,
in order that he may pro
cure an opportunity of di-
vorcing hsr, is the fame
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G R
with Contarinz's humour and
contrivance in The Humor-
ous Counter. Scene, Sa-
voy.
The Great Duke of Flo-
rence. A Comical Hiftory,
by P. Maflinger. Acted at
the Phcenix Drury-Lane,
4to. 1036.
This play met
with very good fuccefs,
The Great Favorite; or,
The Duke ofLerma. Trag.
by Sir Robert Howard.
Aeled the Theatre Royal,
4to. 1668. Seme fcenes of
this pi ay are written in blank
verie y and feme in rhyme.
The Grecian Daughter.
Trag. by Arthur Murphey,
Efq. Acled at Drury-Lane,
8vo. 1772. In a poftfeript
to this play the author fays,
ts he does not wifh to con-
ceal that the fubjedl of his
tragedy has been touched
in fome foreign pieces ; but
he thinks it has been
only touched. The Zel-
mire of Monfieur Belloy
begins after the daughter
has delivered her father cut
ofpriion. The play, in-
deed, has many beauties ;
and if the fentiments and
bufmefs of that piece coin-
cided with the defign of The
Grecian Daughter , the au-
thor would not have bluthed
to tread in his fteps. But a
new fable was abfolutely
neceUary, and perhaps, in
the present humour of the
times, it is not unlucky that
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