Part II. 111

Defence of the Epilogue; or an Essay on the Dramatic Poetry of the last Age, 211

Marriage A-la-Mode, a Comedy, 231 Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Rochester, 235

The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery, a Comedy, 343 Epistle Dedicatory to Sir Charles Sedley, Bart. 348

VOLUME FIFTH.

Amboyna; or the Cruelties of the Dutch to the English Merchants, a Tragedy, 1 Epistle Dedicatory to Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, 5

The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man, an Opera, 89 Epistle Dedicatory to her Royal Highness the Duchess, 95 Preface. The Author’s Apology for Heroic Poetry, and Poetic Licence, 105

Aureng-Zebe, a Tragedy, 167 Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Mulgrave, 174

All for Love, or the World Well Lost, a Tragedy, 285 Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Danby, 296 Preface, 306

VOLUME SIXTH.

Limberham, or the Kind Keeper, a Comedy, 1 Epistle Dedicatory to Lord Vaughan, 373

Œdipus, a Tragedy, 115 Preface, 124

Troilus and Cressida, or Truth found too late, a Tragedy, 227 Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Sunderland, 231 Preface, 238

The Spanish Friar, or the Double Discovery, 365 Epistle Dedicatory to Lord Haughton, 373

VOLUME SEVENTH.

The Duke of Guise, a Tragedy, 1 Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Rochester, 13 The Vindication of the Duke of Guise, 125

Albion and Albanius, an Opera, 209 Preface, 216

Don Sebastian, a Tragedy, 271 Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Leicester, 283 Preface, 291

VOLUME EIGHTH.

Amphitryon, or the Two Socias, a Comedy, 1 Epistle Dedicatory to Sir William Leveson, Gower, Bart. 7

King Arthur, or the British Worthy, a Dramatic Opera, 107 Epistle Dedicatory to the Marquis of Halifax, 113

Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy, 181 Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Rochester, 191 Preface, 196 The Life of Cleomenes, translated from Plutarch by Mr Thomas Creech, 207

Love Triumphant, or Nature will prevail, a Tragi-comedy, 331 Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Salisbury, 337

Prologue, Song, Secular Masque, and Epilogue, written for the Pilgrim, revived for Dryden’s benefit in 1700, 347

VOLUME NINTH.

POEMS, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL.

Heroic Stanzas to the Memory of Oliver Cromwell, 3 Notes, 15

Astrea Redux, 25 Notes, 41

To his Sacred Majesty, a Panegyric on his Coronation, 53 Notes, 59

To Lord Chancellor Hyde, presented on New-year’s-day, 1662, 63

Satire on the Dutch, 71

To her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, on the Victory gained by the Duke over the Dutch, &c. 73 Notes, 79

Annus Mirabilis, the Year of Wonders, 1666, an Historical Poem, 81 Dedication to the Metropolis of Great Britain, 89 An Account of Annus Mirabilis, in a Letter to the Hon. Sir Robert Howard, 92 Notes, 158

Absalom and Achitophel, Part I. 195 To the Reader, 208 Notes on Part I. 249