; a Comedy;
acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields 1697, dedicated to
Sir Charles Sedley the Elder, Bart. and to his much honoured Friend Sir
Charles Sedley, his Son. Scene Versailles. The author complains of the
want of success in this play, when he asserts, the town had applauded
some pieces of his of less merit. He has borrowed very liberally from a
play of Mrs. Behn's called The Amorous Jilt.

22. Cynthia and Endymion, or The Lover of the Deities, a Dramatic Opera;
acted at the Theatre-Royal 1697, dedicated to Henry Earl of Romney; this
was acted with applause; and the author tells us, that King William's
Queen Mary intended to have it represented at Court. 'There are many
lines (says Jacob) in this play, above the genius which generally
appears in the other works of this author; but he has perverted the
characters of Ovid, in making Daphne, the chaste favourite of Diana,
a whore, and a jilt; and fair Syrene to lose her reputation, in the
unknown ignominy of an envious, mercenary, infamous woman.' Scene Ionia.

23. The Campaigners, or The Pleasant Adventures at Brussels; a Comedy;
with a familiar Preface upon a late Reformer of the Stage, ending with a
Satirical Fable of the Dog, and the Otter, 1698. This play is dedicated
to Thomas Lord Wharton, and part of it is borrowed from a Novel called
Female Falsehood. Scene Brussels. 24. Massanello, or a Fisherman Prince,
in two Parts; acted at the Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields 1700.

25. The Modern Prophets, or New Wit for a Husband; a Comedy.

26. The Old Mode and the New, or Country Miss with her Furbelo; a
Comedy. Scene Coventry.

27. Wonders in the Sun, or The Kingdom of Birds; a Comic Opera;
performed at the Queen's Theatre in the Hay-Market.

28. Bath, or The Western Lass; a Comedy; dedicated to John Duke of
Argyle.

29. The Two Queens of Brentford, or Bays no Poetaster; a Musical Farce,
or Comical Opera; being the Sequel of the Rehearsal, written by the Duke
of Buckingham; it has five Acts. Scene Inside of the Playhouse.

30. The Grecian Heroine, or The Fate of Tyranny; a Tragedy; written
1718. Scene Corinth.

31. Ariadne, or The Triumph of Bacchus; the Scene Naxos, an Island in
the Archipelago. These last were published with a Collection of Poems
1721.

These are the dramatic performances of D'Urfey, by which his incessant
labours for the stage are to be seen; though not one of his numerous
issue is now in possession of it. He was author o