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For the revival of Fletcher's play of The Pilgrim at Drury lane theatre
in 1700, Vanbrugh turned the original blank verse into prose and made some
additions to the mad scene. Dryden wrote a Prologue, an Epilogue, Song
of a Scholar and his Mistress, who being cross'd by their Friends, fell mad
for one another; and now first meet in Bedlam; and The Secular Masque.
The poet was given a benefit, but he himself did not benefit, as he died
shortly after the performance. The revised play with Dryden's additions
was not published until after his death.
The Pilgrim, a Comedy: as it is acted at the Theatre Royal, in Drury Lane.
Written Originally by Mr Fletcher, and now very much alter'd with
several additions [by Sir John Vanbrugh). Likewise a Prologue,
Epilogue, Dialogue and Masque; Written by the late great Poet
Mr Dryden, just before his death, being the last of his Works. 1700.
There are two varieties of this 1st ed. In one, Dryden's contri-
butions have a separate pagination, and, in the other, they are paged on
from the play (pp. 43-54). These pages are printed in a considerably
larger type than that of the play itself.
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B. Translations
Boccaccio. See Fables, 1700; Poems, 1701.
Homer.
The first Book of Homer's Ilias. Fables, 1700.
Sixth Book (The Last Parting of Hector and Andromache). In Examen
Poeticum, Third part of Miscellany Poems, 1693; and Poems, 1701.
Horace.
First Book, Third Ode. Sylvæ, 1685; and Poems, 1701. Ninth Ode. Mis-
cellany Poems, 1684.
Third Book, Twenty-Ninth Ode. Sylvm.
Second Epode. Sylvæ.
Juvenal and Persius.
The Satires of Juvenalis translated into English verse by Mr Dryden and
several other Eminent Hands Together with the Satires of Persius, made
English by Mr Dryden. 1693.
Juvenal, Satires 1, 3, 6, 10, 16 and all Persius by Dryden.
Lucretius.
Portions of Books 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. In Sylvæ or the Second part of Poetical
Miscellanies, 1685; and Poems, 1701.
Ovid.
Ovid's Epistles, translated by several Hands. 1680.
Canace to Macareus, Helen to Paris (with Lord Mulgrave), Dido to
Æneas, and the Preface are by Dryden.


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Metamorphoses, Book 1. Third part of Miscellany Poems. Book 12.
Fables, 1700. Other translations in Third part of Miscellany Poems;
Fables, 1700; and Poems, 1701.
Ovid's Art of Love. In three Books. 1709. (Book 1, Translated some years
since, by Mr Dryden. )
Amours, Book 1, Elegies 1,4. Poetical Miscellanies, Fifth part, 1704. Book 2,
Elegy 19. Miscellany Poems, 1684, p. 140.
Theocritus.
Amaryllis or the third Idyllium of Theocritus Paraphras'd. Miscellany
Poems, 1684; and Poems, 1701.
The Epithalamium of Helen and Menelaus. Idyllium 18. Sylvæ or the
Second part of Poetical Miscellanies, 1685; and Poems, 1701.
The Despairing Lover. Idyllium 23. Sylvæ, 1685; and Poems, 1701.
Daphnis. Idyllium 27. Sylvæ, 1685; and Poems, 1701.
Virgil.
The Works of Virgil: containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Æneis.
Translated into English verse. 1697.
The fourth Eclogue was first published in Miscellany Poems, 1684.
Two episodes from the Æneid in Sylvæ, 1685; and third book of the
Georgics in Annual Miscellany, 1694.
Translations of Latin Hymns.
Veni Creator Spiritus (Creator, Spirit, by whose aid). Examen Poeticum,
1693.
Attributed to Dryden.
Te Deum (Thee Sov'reign God! our grateful accents praise). 1701.
Hymn for the Nativity of St John Baptist, 24th June (0 Sylvan Prophet!
whose eternal fame). Scott described this incorrectly as Hymn for
St John's Eve, 29th June.
These were first printed as Dryden's by Scott from the Roman Primer
(ed. 1706) containing translations of Latin Hymns in the Roman Breviary.
They are also printed by Christie and Sargeaunt. Saintsbury added an
interesting appendix (B) to the last volume (XVIII) of his revision of
Scott's Dryden on Hymns recently attributed to Dryden.
PLAYS
Albion and Albanius: an Opera. Perform'd at the Queen's Theatre in
Dorset Garden. 1685.
All for Love: or the World well Lost. A Tragedy as it is acted at the
Theatre-Royal, and written in imitation of Shakespeare's stile. 1678.
Amboyna: a Tragedy as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal. 1673.
Amphitryon; or the Two Sosia’s. A Comedy as it is acted at the Theatre
Royal. 1690. Reissued with a new title-page. 1691.
The Songs in Amphitryon, with the musick. Composed by Mr Henry
Purcell. 1690.
An Evening's Love or the Mock Astrologer. Acted at the Theatre-Royal
by His Majesties Servants. 1671.
Assignation, The, or Love in a Nunnery, as it is acted at the Theatre-
Royal. 1673.
Aureng-Zebe: a Tragedy. Acted at the Royal Theatre. 1676.


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Cleomenes the Spartan Heroe. A Tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatre
Royal. . . . To which is prefixt the Life of Cleomenes. 1692.
Conquest, The, of Granada by the Spaniards. In two parts. Acted at the
Theater-Royall. 1672. (Almanzor and Almahide or The Conquest of
Granada. The Second Part. 1672. )
Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: a Tragedy acted at the Theatre Royal. 1690.
Duke of Guise, The: A Tragedy. Acted by their Majesties Servants.
Written by Mr Dryden and Mr Lee. 1683.
Indian Emperour, The, or the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards; being
the Sequel of the Indian Queen. 1667.
The Second edition (with A Defence of an Essay of Dramatique
Poesie, being an Answer to the Preface of The Great Favourite, or the
Duke of Lerma). 1668. Dryden did not reprint this defence.
Indian-Queen, The, a Tragedy. 1665.
Published in a volume of Four New Plays. . . . Written by Sir Robert
Howard. 1665. Although Dryden's contributions to this play were
considerable, it is not included in the collected edition of his Plays (1701).
Kind Keeper, The; or Mr Limberham: a Comedy as it was acted at the
Duke's Theatre by His Royal Highnesses Servants. 1680.
King Arthur, or the British Worthy. A Dramatick Opera Perform'd at the
Queens Theatre by Their Majesties Servants. 1691.
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The first two acts were by Dryden.
Rival-Ladies, The: a Tragi-Comedy, as it was acted at the Theater-Royal.
1664.
Dryden's second play but the first printed.
Secret-Love, or the Maiden-Queen: as it is acted by His Majesties Servants,
at the Theater Royal. 1668.
St Martin Mar-all, or The Feign'd Innocence: a Comedy, as it was acted at
His Highnesse the Duke of York's Theatre. 1668.
Founded on a translation of Molière's L'Étourdi by William Cavendish,
duke of Newcastle, given by the latter to Dryden. It was entered in the
Stationers' register as the work of the duke of Newcastle. Published
anonymously during the lifetime of the duke.
Spanish Fryar, The, or the Double Discovery, acted at the Duke's Theatre.
1681.
State of Innocence, The, and Fall of Man: an Opera written in Heroique
Verse. 1677.
Tempest, The, or The Enchanted Island, a Comedy as it is now acted at His
Highness the Duke of York's Theatre. 1670.
This, as stated in the text, is the only ed. of the play as altered by
D'Avenant and Dryden, and the ed. of 1674 (which contains Dryden's
Preface as well as his Prologue and Epilogue) is really the so-called
• Opera' produced by Shadwell in 1673. This fact was first pointed out
by Lawrence, W. J. , in Anglia, March 1904, but no notice of this has
found its way into bibliographies. Sir Ernest Clarke, who had not seen
Lawrence's contribution to Anglia, discovered the fact independently
and explained it with fuller information in a letter to the Athenaeum
(25 August 1906).
Troilus and Cressida, or Truth found too late, a Tragedy as it is acted at the
Duke's Theatre. 1679.


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Tyrannick Love, or the Royal Martyr, a Tragedy as it is acted by His
Majesties Servants at the Theatre Royal. 1670.
Wild Gallant, The, as it was acted by His Majesties Servants. 1669.
Dryden's first play.
Plays attributed to Dryden
Saintsbury has printed the following two plays as 'Doubtful Plays’ in
the eighth volume of his republication of Scott's edition of Dryden's Works:
The Mistaken Husband : a Comedie as it is acted by His Majesties Servants
at the Theatre-Royall. By a Person of Quality. 1675. (Bentley the
publisher says, in his address To the Reader, that Dryden added a scene
to this play when it was left with him. ]
The Mall or the Modish Lovers: a Comedy acted by His Majesties Servants.
1674. [The Dedication is signed J. D. , and Gosse suggests that this may
be the play mentioned by Pepys as translated by Dryden from the French
and called The Ladies à la mode (Diary, 15 Sept.
1668); but, as this was
unsuccessful, it is scarcely likely to have been printed seven years after-
wards. Moreover, the titles have not much in common. ]
PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES
A. To Dryden's own plays
Albion and Albanius. 1685. P. and E. Printed separately on a single leaf:
• Prologue to the Opera. By Mr Dryden. Epilogue to the Opera. By
Mr Dryden. All for Love. 1678. P. and E. Amboyna. 1673. P. and
E. Amphitryon. 1690. P. and E. An Evening's Love. 1671. P. and
E. Assignation, The. 1673. P. and E. Aureng-Zebe. 1676. P. and E.
Cleomenes. 1692. P. and E. Conquest, Thie, of Granada, 1st part.
1672. P. and E. 2nd part. 1672. P. and E. Don Sebastian. 1690.
P. and E. Duke of Guise, The. 1683. P. and 2 Epilogues. Prologue
to the Duke of Guise. Written by Mr Dryden: Spoken by Mr Smith,
Epilogue. Written by the same author. Spoken by Mrs Cooke.
Another Epilogue intended to have been spoken to the Play, before it
was forbidden last Summer. Written by Mr Dryden. 1683. 2 leaves.
Indian Emperour, The. 1667. P. and E. Kind Keeper, The. 1680.
P. and E. King Arthur. 1691. P. and E. Love Triumphant. 1694.
P. and E. Marriage-À-la-Mode. 1673. P. and E. Oedipus. 1679. P.
and E. Rival-Ladies, The. 1664. P. Secret-Love, or the Maiden-Queen.
1668. 1st and 2nd Prologue. Prologue and Epilogue to the Maiden
Queen or Secret Love. When acted by Women only. Sir Martin Mar-all.
1668. P. and E. Tempest, The. 1670. P. and E. Troilus and Cressida.
1679. P. and E. Tyrannick Love. 1670. P. and E. Wild Gallant, The.
1669. P. and E. Two Prologues and two Epilogues.
B. Dryden's Prologues and Epilogues to other Plays
Prologue to the Dutchess, on Her Return from Scotland. Written by
Mr Dryden. 1682. Single sheet.
Prologue, A. "Gallants, a bashful poet bids me say. ' First published in
Third part of Miscellany Poems, 1693, p. 302.
Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre.
Prologue spoken the first day of the King's House acting after the fire.
1672. In Miscellany Poems, 1684.
At the old house in Lincoln's inn fields.


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Prologue and Epilogue to the University of Oxford. Spoken by Mr Hart at
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