ng for his perusal, and at the same
time told his Majesty, that while he laboured under that disorder, he
had done these two acts; and perhaps would do no more till he was
taken ill again; upon which his Majesty pleasantly said, that if it
was not to be compleated till the return of the gout, he wished him a
lusty fit of it[12].

8. Tryphon, a Tragedy, Lond. 1672, fol. These four plays were
collected, and printed in fol. 1690, and make the entire first volume
of the new edition of the earl's Dramatic Works.

9. Parthenissa, a Romance, in three volumes, Lond. 1665, 4to. 1677,
fol. This romance is divided into six parts, the last written at the
desire of, and therefore dedicated to, her royal highness the Princess
Henrietta Maria, Duchess of Orleans, sister to King Charles II.

10. A Dream. This poem has been before mentioned. In it, the genius of
France is introduced, saying every thing the French ministers could
insinuate to inveigle King Charles II. to endeavour at making himself
arbitrary, or to deceive him into a mean and scandalous dependence on
Lewis XIV. to all which the ghost of Charles I. is next brought in,
giving reasons why the sole foundation of a Monarch's power, is the
love and confidence of his people.

11. The Art of War, Lond. 1677, fol. This work he addresses to the
King, in a large dedication, which was but the first part of what he
intended upon the subject; and was so strangely received, that the
second never appeared.

12. Poems on most of the festivals of the church. This work, tho'
printed and published, was never finished by our author. It was
written in the last year of his life, under much weakness of body; and
Budgel observes, very justly, that his poetry in this composition runs
low; and indeed his characteristical fault as a poet, is want of
elevation.

His posthumous works are these;

1. Mr. Anthony, a Comedy, 4to. Lond. 1692.

2. Guzman, a Comedy. 1693, 4to. upon a Spanish plot, and written in
the Spanish manner.

3. Herod the Great, a Tragedy, Lond. 1694, 4to.

4. Altemira a Tragedy, brought upon the stage by Mr. Francis Manning
1702, dedicated to Lionel earl of Orrery, grandson to the author, with
a prologue by lord viscount Bolingbroke. We may add to them his state
letters, which have been lately published in one volume fol. The rest
of his lordship's political papers perished in the flames, when his
house at Charleville was burnt in the year 1690, by a party of King
Jame