Wits.  Three Tragedies; Albovine, The Cruel Brother, and The unfortunate Lovers.  Two Tragi-Comedies, the Just Italian; and the Lost Lady.  And Six Masques, viz. Brittania Triumphans; The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru; Drakes History First Part; Siege of Rhodes in two Parts, and The temple of Love; Besides his Musical Drama’s, when the usual Playes were not suffered to be Acted, whereof he was the first Reviver and Improver by painted Scenes after his Majesties Restoration; erecting a new Company of Actors, under the Patronage of the Duke of York.

Now this our Poet, as he was a Wit himself, so did several of the Wits play upon him; amongst others Sir John Suckling in his Session of the Poets hath these Verses.

Will Davenant asham’d of a Foolish mischance That he had got lately Travelling into France; Modestly hoped the Handsomness of’s Muse, Might any Deformity about him excuse.

And

  Surely the Company would have been content,
  If they could have found any President;
  But in all their Records either in Verse or Prose,
  There was not one Laureat without a Nose.

His Works since his Death have been fairly Published in a large Volume; to which I refer my Reader.

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Sir GEORGE WHARTON.

He was one was a good Souldier, Famous Mathematician, and an excellent Poet; alwayes Loyal to his Prince:  For whose Service he raised a Troop of Horse at his own Charge, of which he became Captain himself; and with much Gallantry and Resolution behaved himself.  Nor was he less serviceable to the Royal Cause with his Pen, of which he was a resolute Assertor:  Suffering very much by Imprisonment, even to the apparent hazard of his Life.  He having so Satyrically wounded them in his Elenctichus, as left indelible Characters of Infamy upon their Actions.  His Excellent Works collected into one Volume, and Published in the Year, 1683.  By the Ingenious Mr. Gadbury, are a sufficient Testimony of his Learning, Ingenuity and Loyalty; to which I refer the Reader.

In sum, as he participated of his Masters Sufferings; So did he enjoy the Benefit of his Restoration, having given him a Place of great Honor and Profit, with which he lived in Credit and Reputation all the days of his Life.

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Sir ROBERT HOWARD.

Sir Robert Howard, of the Noble Family of the Earls of Berk-shire, a Name so reverenced, as it had Six Earls at one time of that Name.  This Noble Person to his other Abilities, which Capacitated him for a Principal Office in his Majesties Exchequer; attained to a considerable Fame by his Poetical Works:  Especially for what he hath written to the Stage, viz.  The Blind Lady; The Committee; and The Surprizal, Comedies; The Great Favorite, and The Vestal Virgin, Tragedies; Inforc’d Marriage, a Tragi-Comedy, and The Indian Queen a Dramatick History.