Sue (vinclis Hymenæe tuis, /pretifq; Coronis) Time was when I, a Pilgrim of the Seas, Which Flame of FAITHFUL SHEPHERD did rehearse: But now reftrain'd from Sea, from Camp, from And by a Tempeft blown into a Port; [Court, Iraife my Thoughts to mufe on higher things, And Eccho Arms & Loves of Queens&Kings: Which Queens (defpifing Crowns and Hymen's Band Would neither Men Obey, nor Men Command. (*) Great Pleasure,from rough Seas, to see the Shore! Or from firm Land to hear the Billows rore. Tho' this Play was during the Author's Imprisonment tranflated, 'twas not printed till long after his Death, viz. 40. Lond. 1671, to which is added, Fieftas de Aranjuez, Festivals represented at Aranjuez, written by the fame Author, and on the fame Occafion; and tranflated by the fame Hand. The Play it felf confifts but of three Acts (which the Spaniards call Fornadas) according to the Spanish Custom: their Poets feldom or never exceeding that number. (*) Lucretius L. 2. As to his other Works, he writ feveral Poems in Latin, as a Copy on the Efcurial; another on the Royal Sovereign; and a third on Mr. May's Tranflation of, and Supplement to Lucan. He tranflated other Pieces into that Learned Tongue, as two Poems written by Mr. Thomas Carew: Several Pieces he tranflated out of Latin into English, as the fourth Book of Virgil's Aneids, an Epigram out of Martial Lib.10.Epig.47. Two Odes out of Horace,relating to the Civil Wars of Rome, (the First, Carm. Lib.3.Ode 24. The fecond,Epod. 16.) with fome Sonnets tranflated from the Spanish, and other Poems writ in his Native Language, with feveral Pieces, which you will find bound with up Paftor Fido, printed 8°. Lond. 1671. Nor was it out of thefe Languages only that he tranflated what pleas'd him; but even fo uncourted a Language as he terms that of Portugal, employ'd his Pen during his Confinement: For he tranflated Luis de Camoens (whom the Portugals call their Virgil) his Lufiad, or Portugal's Hiftorical Poem. This Poem was printed fol. Lond. 1665. and dedicated to the Right Honourable William Earl of Strafford, Son and Heir to that Glorious Protomartyr of Monarchy, the Noble Thomas Earl of Strafford, Lord Deputy of Ireland; on whofe Tryal our Author writ a Copy of Verses, printed amongst his Poems, p.302. Befides thefe Pieces, Mr. Philips (f) and Mr. Winstanley(e)attribute to him the Latin Verfion of Mr. Edmund Spencer's Shepherds Calendar, (f) Modern Roets, p. 156. (g) Acc, of the Poets, p.196. which which I take to be a mistake of Mr. Philips whofe Errors Mr. Winstanley generally copies; not having heard of any other Tranflation than that done by Mr. Theodore Bathurst, fometime Fellow of Pembroke-Hall in Cambridge, and printed at the end of Mr. Spencer's Works in fol. Lond. 1679. Henry L1 Viscount FAULKLAND, This Worthy Perfon was (as I fuppofe) Father of the prefent Right Honourable Cary Vifcount Faulkland. A Perfon Eminent for his Extraordinary Parts, and Heroick Spirit. He was well known and refpected at Court, in the Parliament, and in Oxfordshire, his Country, of which he was Lord Lieutenant. When he was first elected to ferve in Parliament, fome of the House oppos'd his Admiffion, urging That he had not fow'd his Wild-oats: he reply'd, If I have not, I may fow them in the Houfe, where there are Geefe enough to pick them up. And when Sir 7. N. told him, That He was a little too wild for fo grave a Service; he reply'd, Alas! I am wild, and my Father was fo before me, and I am no Baftard, as, c. But what need I fearch for Wit, when it may be fufficiently feen in a Play which he writ, (the occafion of our making mention of him) call'd The Marriage Night, a Tragedy, printed 4 Lond. 1664. I know not whether this Play ever appear'd on the Stage, or no. He was cut off in the prime of his Years, as much miss'd when dead,as belov'd when living. Natha N 3 Nathaniel FIELD. An Author that liv'd in the Reigns of King James,and King Charles the Firft; who was not only a Lover of the Mufes,but belov'd by them, and the Poets his Contemporaries. He was adopted by Mr. Chapinan for his Son, and call'd in by Old Maflinger, to his Affiftance, in the Play call'd The Fatal Dowry, of which Play more hereafter. He writ himself, two Plays, which will ftill bear Reading, viz. Amends for Ladies; with the merry Pranks of Moll Cut-purfe, or The Humour of Roaring; a Comedy full of honeft Mirth and Wit. Acted at the Black-Friars, both by the Prince's Seryants, and the Lady Elizabeth's; and printed 40 Lond. 1639. The Plot of Subtles tempting the married Wife, at her Husbands intreaty, feems to be founded on Don Quixote's Novel of the Curious Impertinent, and has been the Subject of many Plays, as The City Night-cap, Amourous Prince, or The Curious Husband, e. This Play was writ by our Author as Amends to the Fair Sex, for a Play which he had writ fome Years before, and whofe very Title feem'd a Satyr on Womankind; viz. Woman's Weather-cock, a Comedy acted before the King in White-hall, and several times privately at the White-Friars, by the Children of her Majefty's Revels,printed 4°. Lond. 1612. and dedicated to any Woman that hath been no Weather-cock. This Play is commended by a Copy of Verses writ by Mr. Chapman. There is one thing remarkable in this Play;and which for the the Author's Credit, I must take notice of, that the Time of the Action is circumfcrib'd within the compass of twelve Hours; as the Author himself obferves in the Conclufion of his Play. Nere was fo much(what cannot Heavenly Powers) Richard FLECKNOE, Efq; This Gentleman liv'd in the Reigns of King Charles the Firft and Second; and was as Famous as any in his Age, for indifferent Me His Acquaintance with the Nobility, was more than with the Mufes; and he had a greater propenfity to Riming, then a Genius to Poetry. He never could arrive with all his Industry, to get but one Play to be acted,and yet he has printed feveral. He has publifht fundry Works, (as he ftiles them) to continue his Name to Pofterity; tho' poffibly an Enemy has done that for him, which his own Endeavours would never have perfected: For whatever become of his own Pieces,his Name will continue whilft Mr. Dryden's Satyr call'd Mack Flecknoe, fhall remain in Vogue. He has publisht feveral Pieces both in Profe and Verfe, which I have feen; and he hath others in print, which I could never obtain a view of: as in particular, that Epiftle Dedicatory, to a Nobleman, which Mr. Dryden rallys fo feverely in his Dedication of Limber ham. As to what Works I have feen of his, I fhall give the Reader a particular Account, beginning firft with his Plays. N 4 Da |