And well her name an Army doth present, In whom the Lord of Hosts did pitch his Tent. * * * * * Mr. _RICHARD CRASHAW_. This devout Poet, the Darling of the _Muses_, whose delight was the fruitful Mount _Sion_, more than the barren Mount _Pernassus_, was Fellow first of _Pembrook-Hall_, after of St. _Peters-Colledge_ in _Cambridge_; a religious pourer forth of his divine Raptures and Meditations, in smooth and pathetick Verse. His Poems consist of three parts, the first entituled, _Steps to the Temple_, being for the most part Epigrams upon several passages of the New Testament, charming the ear with a holy Rapture. The Second part, _The delights of the Muses_, or Poems upon several occasions, both English and Latin; such rich pregnant Fancies as shewed his Breast to be filled with _Phoebean_ Fire. The third and last part _Carmen Deo nostro_, being Hymns and other sacred Poems, dedicated to the Countess of _Denbigh_, all which bespeak him, The learned Author of Immortal Strains. He was much given to a religious Solitude, and love of a recluse Life, which made him spend much of his time, and even lodge many Nights under _Tertullian's_ roof of Angels, in St. _Mary's_ Church in _Cambridge_. But turning _Roman Catholick_, he betook himself to, that so zealously frequented place, _Our Lady's of Lorretto in Italy_; where for some years he spent his time in Divine Contemplations, being a Canon of that Church, where he dyed. * * * * * Mr. _WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT_. Mr. _William Cartwright_ a Student of _Christ Church_ in _Oxford_, where he lived in Fame and Reputation, for his singular Parts and Ingenuity; being none of the least of _Apollo's_ Sons; for his excelling vein in Poetry, which produc'd a Volume of Poems, publisht not long after his Death, and usher'd into the World by Commendatory Verses of the choicest Wits at that time; enough to have made a Volume of it self: So much was he reverenced by the Lovers of the Muses. He wrote, besides his Poems, _The Ordinary_, a Comedy; the _Royal Slave_, _Lady Errant_, and _The Seige, Or, Loves Convert_, Tragi-Comedies. * * * * * Sir _ASTON COCKAIN_. Sir _Aston Cockain_ laies Claim to a place in our Book, being remembred to Posterity by four Plays which he wrote, _viz._ _The Obstinate Lady_, a Comedy; _Trapolin supposed a Prince_, _Tyrannical Government_, Tragi-Comedies; and _Thersites_ an Interlude. * * * * * _Sir JOHN DAVIS_.