of this play
was borrowed from Shakespear's Henry the VIth.

9. Henry the VIth, the second part; or the Miseries of Civil War; a
Tragedy, acted 1680.

10. Thyestes, a Tragedy; acted at the theatre-royal 1681. The plot from
Seneca's Thyestes.

11. City Politics, a Comedy, 1683; of this already we have given some
account.

12. Sir Courtly Nice, or It Cannot be; dedicated to the duke of Ormond,
of which we have given an account in the author's life.

13. Darius King of Persia, a Tragedy; acted in 1688. For the plot, see
Quint. Curt. lib. 3, 4, and 5.

14. The English Fryar, or the Town Sparks, a Comedy; printed in quarto
1690, dedicated to William earl of Devonshire. This play had not the
success of the other pieces of the same author.

15. Regulus, a Tragedy; acted at the theatre-royal 1694. The design of
this play is noble; the example of Regulus being the most celebrated
for honour, and constancy of any of the Romans. There is a play of
this name, written by Mr. Havard, a comedian now belonging to the
theatre-royal in Drury-lane.

16. The Married Beaux, or the Curious Impertinent, a Comedy; acted at
the theatre-royal, 1694, dedicated to the marquis of Normanby. To this
play the author has prefixed a preface in vindication of himself, from
the aspersions cast on him by some persons, as to his morals. The story
is taken from Don Quixot.

17. Caligula, Emperor of Rome, a Tragedy; acted at the theatre-royal,
1698.

Our author's other works are, Pandion and Amphigenia, or the coy Lady of
Thessalia; adorned with sculptures, printed in octavo, 1665.

Daeneids, or the noble Labours of the great Dean of Notre-Dame in Paris,
for the erecting in his choir, a Throne for his Glory; and the eclipsing
the pride of an imperious usurping Chanter, an heroic poem, in four
Canto's; printed in quarto 1692. It is a burlesque Poem, and is chiefly
taken from Boileau's Lutrin.

We shall shew Mr. Crown's versification, by quoting a speech which he
puts into the mouth of an Angel, in the Destruction of Jerusalem. The
Angel is represented as descending over the altar prophesying the fall
of that august city.

Stay, stay, your flight, fond men, Heaven does despise
All your vain incense, prayers, and sacrifice.
Now is arriv'd Jerusalem's fatal hour,
When she and sacrifice must be no more:
Long against Heav'n had'st thou, rebellious town,
Thy public trumpets of defiance blown;
Didst open wars against thy Lord mainta