A N. ACCOUNT OF THE English Dramatick OR, Some OBSERVATIONS And REMARKS On the Lives and Writings, of all thofe that By GERARD LANGBAINE. OXFORD, Printed by L.L. for GEORGE WEST, An. Dom. 1691. JAMES, EARL of ABINGTON, Baron NORREYS, of RICOTT: Their MAJESTIES La Lieutenant of OXFORDSHIRE. MY LORD, I Should not have prefum'd to have prefix'd fo Great a Name to fa mean a Work, had I not been fufficiently affur'd that Candour and Goodnefs, are not the least of those Excellent Qualities, which have acquir'd You the Love and Efteem of all that have the Honour to know You. 'Tis this Confideration, joyn'd with the Experience of Your Lordship's former Favours,which rais'd me to the Confidence of expreffing my Obliga. tions to Tour Honour, by dedica |