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The Prologue to Albumazar. Written by Zp. 325

Prologue to Aviragus Reviv'd: Spoken by 2

Mr. Hart. Written by Mr. Dryden.

P. 326

Prologue fpoken the first Day of the King's

Houfe Acting after the Fire. Writ by p. 327

Mr. Dryden.

Prologue for the Women, when they Acted

at the old Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn->p. 328

Fields. Written by Mr. Dryden.

A Prologue Spoken at the opening of the

New Houfe, March 26, 1674. Writ. p. 329

ten by Mr. Dryden.

Epilogue, by the fame Author.

An Epilogue. Written by Mr. Dryden.

An Epilogue for the King's Houfe. Writ

ten by Mr. Dryden.

Prologue to the Princess of Cleves. Written 2

by Mr. Dryden.

Epilogue to the Princefs of Cleves. Written?

by Mr. Dryden.

The Fable of the Pot and Kettle, as it was

P. 331

p. 332

P. 333

P334-

SP. 335

told by Colonel Titus the Night before } p. 335

he Kif'd the King's Hand.

Cynifca: Or, the Fourteenth Idyllium

of Theocritus imitated By W. Bowles, p. 337

Fellow of Kings College, Cambridge.

Proteus: Being the Fourth Eclogue of

Sannazarius. By W. Bowles, Fellow P. 340

of King's College Cambridge.

A Song By Sir George Etheridge,

A Song. By Mr. J. H.

Sappho's Ode from Longinus. By Mr 2

W. Bowles.

The Thirteenth Ode of the Fourth Book of

Horace.

P. 344

ibid.

P. 345

SP. 346

The Grove. By the Earl of Rofcomon. p. 348

Prologue to his Royal Highness upon his

firft Appearance at the Duke's Theatre,

fince his Return from Scotland, 1682. P. 349

By Mr. Dryden.

The Salisbury Ghost.

The Beginning of a Paftoral on the Death

of his Late Majefty.

Otway.

P. 350

Written by Mr. p. 354

Of Nature's Changes. From Lucretius,

Lib. V. By Sir Robert Howard.

Elegy XI. Lib. V. De Trift. Ovid

complains of his three Years Banish-

ment.

Upon the late Ingenious Tranflation of

SP. 355

p. 360

Pere Simon's Critical Hiftory. By p. 362

H. D. Esq;

Horti Arlingtoniani. Ad Clariffimum

Dominum,

Henricum, Comitem >p. 364

Arlingtoniæ, &c.

Song.

P. 367

On the King's House now Building at p. 368

Winchefter.

To a Lady, (whom he never faw, nor had

any Defcription of) to prove he Loves P. 370

her. By a Perfon of Quality.

Song by the fame Hand.

A Song.

On the Death of Melantha.

P. 371

P. 372

P-373

To the Nightingale coming in the Spring.

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Written by a Perfon of Quality in 1680. P 375

An Elegy. Written by Mr. W.O.

p. 381

The Court-Profpect. By Mr. Ch, Hopkins. p. 383

The

ABSALOM

AND

ACHITOPHEL

A

POE OEM.

----Si Quis tamen Hæc quoque, Si Quis Captus Amore Leget

The THIRD EDITION.

With a KEY to both PARTS.

LONDON:

Printed in the Year MDCCXVI.

TO THE

READER.

N the Year 1680 Mr. Dryden un

IN

dertook the Poem of Abfalom and Achitophel, upon the Defire of King Charles the Second. The Performance was applauded by every one; and feveral Perfons preffing him to write a Second Part, he, upon declining it himfelf, Spoke to Mr. Tate to write one, and gave him his Advice in the Direction of it; and that Part beginning Page 13, line 27.

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