The =first= Catalogue that was printed of any worth, was that Collected by =Kirkman=, a =London= Bookseller, whose chief dealing was in Plays; which was published 1671, at the end of =Nicomede=, a Tragi-comedy, Translated from the =French= of Monsieur =Corneille=. This Catalogue was printed =Alphabetically=, as to the Names of the =Plays=, but =promiscuously= as to those of the =Authors=, (=Shakspeare=, =Fletcher=, =Johnson=, and some others of the most voluminous Authors excepted) each Authors Name being placed over against each Play that he writ, and still repeated with every several Play, till a new Author came on. About =Nine= Years after, the Publisher of this Catalogue, reprinted =Kirkman='s with emendations, but in the same Form. Notwithstanding the =Anonimous= Plays, one would think easily distinguishable by the want of an Authors Name before them; yet have both these charitable kind Gentlemen found Fathers for them, by ranking each under the Authors Name that preceded them in the former Catalogues. Thus =Charles= the First is placed by them both to =Nabbs=; because in both the former Catalogues it followed his =Covent-Garden=: and for the same reason =Cupid's Whirligig= is ascribed by both of them to =Goff=; because it follow'd his =Careless Shepherdess=; and so of many others, too tedious to repeat. To prevent the like mistake for the future, and to make the Catalogue more useful, I wholly altered the form: And yet that I might please those who delight in old Paths, I have Transcribed the same as a Second Part, after the former way of =Alphabet=, though more Methodically than formerly, as I shall shew presently. In this =New= Catalogue the Reader will find the whole to be divided into =Three= distinct =Classes=. In the first I have placed the =Declared= Authours, Alphabetically, according to their =Sirnames=, in =Italick= Characters: and placed the Plays each Authour has written, underneath in =Roman= Letters, which are rank'd Alphabetically likewise; so that the Reader may at one glance view each Authours Labours. Over against each Play, is plac'd as formerly a Letter to indicate the =nature= of the Dramma: as C. for =Comedy=. T. for =Tragedy=. T. C. for =Tragi-comedy=. P. for =Pastoral=. O. for =Opera=. I. for =Interlude=. F. for =Farce=. And, for the better use of those who may design a Collection, I have added to the =Letter= the Volume also, (according to the best Edition) as =Fol. 40o. 8o.= against each Play that I have seen. And for their further help; where a Play is not printed single, the Reader will be directed by a Letter or Figure to the bottom of the Colume, where he will meet with Instructions how it is to be found; I mean, with what Poems or other Plays it is printed, the Year =when=, the Place =where=, and the best Edition of each Book so mentioned.