of this play, Dr. Archibald Henderson, of
the University of North Carolina, issued an _edition de luxe_ of "The
Prince of Parthia," with an extended introduction, historical,
biographical and critical (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1917).

FOOTNOTES:

[1] A notice appeared in the Pennsylvania _Gazette_, December 19,
1749. See Scharf and Westcott's "History of Philadelphia" for
references to Godfrey, Sr. Therein is given a picture of his house in
Germantown, Pa. Barlow mentions him in his "Columbiad." A monument to
his memory was erected in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, 1843.
Note that David Rittenhouse, an American dramatist who translated,
from the German, "Lucy Sampson; or, The Unhappy Heiress" (1789), was
likewise a mathematical genius.

[2] Accounts of Dr. Smith are to be found in Henry Simpson's "Eminent
Philadelphians"; Scharf & Westcott's "History of Philadelphia," ii,
1126. Dr. Smith's "Life and Correspondence," by Horace Wemyss Smith,
was issued in 2 vols., 1879.

[3] Visitors to Wilmington, N.C., will be taken to Old St. James's
Church-yard, where Godfrey lies buried.

[4] Juvenile Poems/on/Various Subjects./With the/Prince of
Parthia,/A/Tragedy,/By the Late/Mr. Thomas Godfrey, Junr./of
Philadelphia./To which is prefixed,/Some Account of the Author and
his Writings./Poeta nascitur non fit. Hor./Philadelphia,/Printed by
Henry Miller, in Second-Street./M DCC LXV.

[Illustration: JUVENILE POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. WITH THE PRINCE OF
PARTHIA, A TRAGEDY.

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Our Author has made Use of the _licentia poetica_ in the Management of
this Dramatic Piece; and deviates, in a particular or two, from what
is agreed on by Historians: The Queen _Thermusa_ being not the Wife of
King _Artabanus_, but (according to _Tacitus_, _Strabo_ and
_Josephus_) of _Phraates_; _Artabanus_ being the fourth King of
_Parthia_ after him. Such Lapses are not unprecedented among the
Poets; and will the more readily admit of an Excuse, when the Voice of
History is followed in the Description of Characters.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

MEN.

ARTABANUS, King of Parthia.

ARSACES, }
VARDANES, } his Sons.
GOTARZES, }

BARZAPHERNES, Lieutenant-Generales, under Arsac.

LYSIAS, } Officers at Court.
PHRAATES, }

BETHAS, a Noble Captive.

WOMEN.

THERMUSA, the Queen.

EVANTHE, belov'd by Arsaces.

CLEONE, her Confident.

EDESSA, Attenda