Our author’s dramatic works are

1.  The Empress of Morocco, a Tragedy; acted at the Duke of York’s Theatre.  This play was likewise acted at court, as appears by the two Prologues prefixed, which were both spoken by the Lady Elizabeth Howard; the first Prologue was written by the Earl of Mulgrave, the other by Lord Rochester; when it was performed at court, the Lords and Ladies of the Bed-chamber played in it.  Mr. Dryden, Mr. Shadwell, and Mr. Crowne, wrote against it, which began a famous controversy betwixt the wits of the town, wherein, says Jacob, Mr. Dryden was roughly handled, particularly by the lord Rochester, and the duke of Buckingham, and Settle got the laugh upon his side.

2.  Love and Revenge, a Tragedy; acted at the Duke of York’s Theatre, 4to. 1675, dedicated to William Duke of Newcastle.

3.  Cambyses King of Persia, a Tragedy; acted at the Duke’s Theatre, dedicated to Anne Duchess of Monmouth.  This tragedy is written in heroic verse; the plot from Justin, lib. i. c. 9.  Herodotus, &c.  The Scene is in Suza, and Cambyses’s camp near the walls of Suza.

4.  The Conquest of China by the Tartars, a Tragedy; acted at the Duke’s Theatre, 4to. 1676, dedicated to the Right Hon. the Lord Howard of Castle-rising.  This play is likewise written in heroic verse, and founded on history.

5.  Ibrahim, the Illustrious Bassa, a Tragedy in heroic verse; acted at the Duke’s Theatre 1677, dedicated to the Duchess of Albemarle.  Plot from the Illustrious Bassa, a Romance, by Scuddery.  The Scene Solyman’s Seraglio.

6.  Pastor Fido, or The Faithful Shepherd; a Pastoral; acted at the Duke of York’s Theatre.  This is Sir Richard Fanshaw’s translation from the Italian of Guarini Improved.  Scene Arcadia.

7.  Fatal Love, or The Forced Inconstancy; a Tragedy; acted at the Theatre-Royal, 1680, dedicated to Sir Robert Owen.

8.  The Female Prelate, being the History of the Life and Death of Pope Joan; a Tragedy; acted at the Theatre-Royal, 4to. 1680, dedicated to Anthony Earl of Shaftsbury.

9.  The Heir 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.