Book I. xiv, 231, notes on, ib. 262

II. ib. 264 III. ib. 296, note on, ib. 322 IV. ib. 324 ib. 353 V. ib. 355 VI. ib. 388, notes on, ib. 424 VII. ib. 429 ib. 461 VIII. xv, 1 xv, 29 IX. ib. 30 ib. 62 X. ib. 64 ib. 102 XI. ib. 105 XII. ib. 143, notes on, ib. 183 Postscript to, xv, 187

Agathias, epigram of, xvii, 76

Age of Queen Elizabeth, false wit one character of, i, 7 share of John Lillie in determining the taste of, ib. 7 James I. prevalence of false taste in, i, 9 play of words in, ib. 10

Age, golden, xii, 66 silver, ib. 67 brazen, ib. 68 iron, ib. 68

Agreement of Dryden with Jacob Tonson concerning the Fables, xviii, 191

Ajax and Ulysses, speeches of, xii, 181 death of, ib. 198

Albemarle, Duke of, gallant actions of, ix, 168-171 account of, ib. 394

Albion and Albanus, an opera, vii, 209 remarks on, ib. 211 verses in ridicule of, ib. 213 preface to, ib. 216 prologue to, ib. 228 frontispiece to, ib. 231 epilogue to, ib. 268

Albumazar, character of, x, 416 prologue to, ib. 416

Alexander’s Feast, or the Power of Music, an ode, xi, 183

Alexandrine, uncommon one of Tom Brown, ix, 415

Alexis, a pastoral, xiii, 374

All for Love, or, the World Well Lost, a tragedy, v, 285 remarks on, ib. 287 epistle dedicatory to, ib. 296 preface to, ib. 306 prologue to, ib. 321 epilogue to, ib. 411 original performers in, ib. 294 character of, i, 238

Allen, Sir Thomas, enterprise of, ix, 177

Almanzor and Almahide, a tragedy, Part I. iv, 1

Amaryllis, or third idyllium of Theocritus, xii, 287

Amboyna, or the cruelties of the Dutch to the English merchants, a tragedy, v, 1 Dryden’s worst play, ib. 4 remarks on, ib. 3 epistle dedicatory to, ib. 5 prologue to, ib. 10 epilogue to, ib. 87

American colonies, a refuge for the disaffected, x, 394

Amours (Ovid’s) translations from, xii, 257

Amphitryon, or the two Sosias, a comedy, viii, 1 remarks on, ib. 3 letter and verses on, ib. 5 epistle dedicatory to, ib. 7 prologue to, ib. 12 epilogue to, ib. 106

Amyntas, a pastoral elegy, xi, 139

Anabaptists, account of, x, 145

Anachronism of Virgil defended, xiv, 176

Ancient political satire of Reynard the fox, x, 155

Ancient armour, rivetted after put on, xi, 363 British custom, xviii, 120

Ancients, excelled by the English in dramatic writing, xv, 396 ceremonies observed by, on escape from shipwreck, ix, 34, 44

Andronicus, Livius, first author of a play in Roman republic, xiii, 54 account of, ib. 54

Anecdote traditionary of Ben Jonson, i, 13 James I. ib. 13

Anecdote of Robert Keies, i, 23 Dryden’s brothers and sisters, ib. 25 Southerne, ib. 237 Jacob Tonson, ib. 389 Dryden, ib. 390 Dryden and Jacob Tonson, ib. 391 Heliodorus, vi. 126 Andrew Naugeria, ib. 370 a Scottish judge, ix, 20 the Earl of Shaftesbury, ib. 265 Gilbert Burnet, ib. 371 Charles II., ib. 413 Nell Gwynn, ib. 426 Peter Fabel, vii, 10 Friar Bacon, ib. 10 the Loyal Brother, x, 370 John Hales, xv, 351

Angelo, Michael, character of, ib. 489

Animadversions, Dryden’s, on Melbourne, i, 403

Animosity to Dryden of Elkanah Settle, rise of, xv, 398

Annals or commentaries, what, xvii, 56

Annus Mirabilis, the year of wonders, 1666, an historical poem, ix, 81 Dryden’s first poem of consequence, ib. 83 remarks on, ib. 83 dedication of, ib. 89 notes on, ib. 158 account of, in a letter to Sir Robert Howard, ib. 92 character of, i, 61

Answer of Samuel Pepys to a letter of Dryden’s, xviii, 156 to the preface of the Great Favourite, or the Duke of Lenna, ii, 265 Dryden’s Medal, extracts from, ix, 452 Rymer’s remarks, heads of, xv, 385 the Duchess of York’s paper, xvii, 194 Absalom and Achitophel, i, 253 the Medal, ib. 255

Apology for heroic poetry, and poetic licence, v, 105

Apostle of the Indies, St Francis Xavier, life of, xvi, 1

Appeal to honour and justice, extract from, x, 387

Appendix to the Fables, containing the original tales of Chaucer, modernized by Dryden, xii, i-xci. to Dryden’s works, xviii, 183 No. I. Dryden’s degree of master of arts, ib. 185 No. II. Dryden’s patent as poet-laureat, and historiographer-royal, ib. 187 No. III. Dryden’s agreement with Jacob Tonson concerning the Fables, ib. 191 No. IV. Mr Russel’s bill for Dryden’s funerals, ib. 194 Description of Dryden’s funeral, ib. 195 No. V. Mrs Thomas’s letters concerning Dryden’s death and funeral, ib. 200 No. VI. Monument in the church at Tichmarsh, ib. 215 No. VII. Extract from an epistolary poem to Dryden, occasioned by the death of the Earl of Abingdon, by William Pitts, ib. 218 No. VIII. Extracts from poems attacking Dryden for his silence upon the death of Queen Mary, ib. 222 No. IX. Verses occasioned by reading Dryden’s Fables, by Mr Hughes, ib. 227 No. X. Ode on the death of Dryden, by Alexander Oldys, ib. 234

Application of the Hind and the Panther censured, x, 90 defended, ib. 91 justified, ib. 197, 240 the fable of the Swallows, ib. 253

Appointment of Dryden to the office or poet-laureat, and historiographer-royal, i, 115 fasts and thanksgivings belongs only to the king, ix, 388

Apprentices duty in ancient times, vi, 382 loyal, dinner, ix, 396

Archbishop Sancroft, account of, ix, 301 Spottiswoode, account of, xvii, 159

Argument of the fable of the Flower and the Leaf, xi, 354

Arius, doctrine of, x, 146 and Athanasius, controversy between, ib. 15

Aristotle’s division of the integral parts of a play, xv, 312

Arlington, Earl of, account of, ix, 395

Armour, ancient, rivetted after put on, xi, 363

Armstrong, Sir Thomas, account of, xv, 204 stabs Mr Scroop, x, 327

Art of Love, Ovid’s, translations from, xii, 229 Painting, by C. A. Du Fresnoy, translation of xvii, 279, 339 remarks on, ib. 281 observations on, ib. 392 when translated, i, 405 Poetry, xv. 227 remarks on, ib. 229