od), these things following.

Various Poems and Devices; some of which are printed in a book called
the Paradise of Dainty Devices, 1574, 4to.

Hercules Furens, a Tragedy, which some have imputed to Seneca, and
others have denied to be his, but it is thought by most learned men to
be an imitation of that play of Euripides, which bears the same name,
and tho, in contrivance and economy, they differ in some things, yet
in others they agree, and Scaliger scruples not to prefer the Latin to
the Greek Tragedy [2].

Troas, a Tragedy of Seneca's, which the learned Farnaby, and Daniel
Heinsius very much commend; the former stiling it a divine tragedy,
the other preferring it to one of the same name by Euripides, both in
language and contrivance, but especially he says it far exceeds it in
the chorus. In this tragedy the author has taken the liberty of adding
several things, and altering others, as thinking the play imperfect:
First as to the additions, he has at the end of the chorus after
the first act, added threescore verses of his own invention: In the
beginning of the second act he has added a whole scene, where he
introduces the ghost of Achilles rising from hell, to require the
sacrifice of Polyxena! to the chorus of this act he added three
stanza's. As to his alterations, instead of translating the chorus
of the third act, which is wholly taken up with the names of foreign
countries, the translation of which without notes he thought would
be tiresome to the English reader, he has substituted in its stead
another chorus of his own invention. This tragedy runs in verses of
fourteen syllables, and for the most part his chorus is writ in verse
of ten syllables, which is called heroic.

Thyestes, another tragedy of Seneca's, which in the judgment of
Hiensius, is not inferior to any other of his dramatic pieces. Our
author translated this play when he was at Oxford; it is wrote in
the same manner of verse as the other, only the chorus is written in
alternate rhime. The translator has added a scene at the end of the
fifth act, spoken by Thyestes alone; in which he bewails his misery,
and implores Heaven's vengeance on Atreus. These plays are printed in
a black letter in 4to. 1581.

Langbain observes, that tho' he cannot much commend the version of
Heywood, as poetically elegant, as he has chosen a measure of fourteen
syllables, which ever sounds harsh to the ears of those that are used
to heroic poetry, yet, says he, I m