22.  Fortune by Land or Sea, a comedy; acted by the Queen’s servants, 1653.  Mr. Rowley assisted in the composing of this play.

23.  The Lancashire Witches, a comedy; acted at the Globe by the King’s servants.  Mr. Brome joined with Mr. Heywood in writing this comedy.  This story is related by the author in his Hierarchy of Angels.

24.  Edward iv. an historical play, in two parts.  For the story see Speed, Hollinshed and other chronicles.

This author has published several other works in verse and prose, as his Hierarchy of Angels, above-mentioned; the Life and Troubles of Queen Elizabeth; the General History of Women; An Apology for Actors, &c.

[Footnote 1:  See the Life of Savage.]

[Footnote 2:  Langbaine, p. 258.]

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WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT,

A Gentleman eminent for learning.  The place of his birth, and his father’s name, are differently assigned by authors, who have mentioned him.  Mr. Loyd says[1], that he was son of Thomas Cartwright of Burford in Oxfordshire, and born August 16, in the year 1615; Mr. Wood[2], that he was the son of William Cartwright, and born at Northway, near Tewksbury in Gloucestershire in September 1611, that his father had dissipated a fair inheritance he knew not how, and as his last refuge turned inn-keeper at Cirencester; when living in competence, he procured his son, a youth of a promising genius, to be educated under Mr. William Topp, master of the free school in that town.  From thence he was removed to Westminster school, being chosen a King’s scholar, when compleating his former learning, under the care of Mr. Lambert Osbaldiston, he was elected a student in Christ Church in Oxford, in 1628, under the tuition of Mr. Jerumael Terrent[3], having gone through the classes of logic and philosophy with unwearied diligence, he took the degrees of Arts, that of Master being compleated in 1605.  Afterwards he entered into holy orders, and gained great reputation, in the university for his pathetic preaching.

In 1642 he had the place of succentor in the church of Salisbury, conferred on him by bishop Duppa,[4] and in 1643 was chosen junior proctor of the university; he was also metaphysical reader, and it was generally said, that those lectures were never performed better than by Mr. Cartwright, and his predecessor Mr. Thomas Barlow of Queen’s College, afterwards lord bishop of Lincoln.[5] This ingenious gentleman died of a malignant fever, called the Camp-disease, which then reigned in Oxford, and was fatal to many of his contemporaries, in the 33d year of his age, 1643.  His death was very much lamented by all ranks of men, and the King and Queen, then at Oxford, frequently enquired after him in the time of his sickness, and expressed great concern for his death.  Mr. Cartwright was as remarkable for the endowments of his person as of his mind; his