eir of Morocco, with the Death of Gyland, a Tragedy; acted at
the Theatre-Royal 1682.

10. Distressed Innocence, or the Princess of Persia; a Tragedy; acted
at the Theatre-Royal, dedicated to John Lord Cutts. This play was acted
with applause; the author acknowledges his obligations to Betterton, for
some valuable hints in this play, and that Mr. Mountford wrote the last
scene of it.

11. The Ambitious Slave, or a Generous Revenge; a Tragedy; acted at the
Theatre Royal, 4to. 1694. This play met with ill success.

12. The World in the Moon, a Dramatic, Comic Opera; performed at the
Theatre in Dorset-Garden, by his Majesty's Servants, 1698.

13. City Rambler, or The Playhouse Wedding; a Comedy; acted at the
Theatre-Royal.

14. The Virgin Prophetess, or The Fate of Troy; an Opera; performed
1701.

15. The Ladies Triumph, a Comic Opera; presented at the Theatre in
Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, by Subscription, 1710.

Our poet possessed a pension from the City Magistrates, for an
annual Panegyric to celebrate the Festival of the Lord Mayor, and
in consequence wrote various poems, which he calls Triumphs for the
Inauguration of the Lord Mayors, which are preserved in his works, and
which it would be needless to enumerate. Besides his dramatic pieces,
he published many occasional poems, addressed to his patrons, and some
funeral elegies on the deaths of his friends. It is certain Settle did
not want learning, and, in the opinion of some critics, in the early
part of his life, sometimes excelled Dryden; but that was certainly
owing more to a power he had of keeping his temper unruffled, than any
effort of genius; for between Dryden and Settle, there is as great
difference, as between our modern versifiers, and Pope.

Whatever was the success of his poetry, he was the best contriver of
machinery in England, and for many years of the latter part of his life
received an annual salary from Mrs. Minns, and her daughter Mrs. Leigh,
for writing Drolls for Bartholomew, and Southwark Fairs, with proper
decorations, which were generally so well contrived, that they exceeded
those of their opponents in the same profession.

Our author died in the Charterhouse 1724; some months before his
decease, he offered a play to the managers of the Theatre-Royal in
Drury-Lane, but he lived not to introduce it on the stage; it was called
The Expulsion of the Danes from Britain.

End of the Third Volume.

[Footnote 1: Wood's Athen. Oxon. vol, i