43. The Spanish Curate, a Comedy, several times revived with applause; the plot from Gerardo's History of Don John, p. 202, and his Spanish Curate, p. 214. 44. Thiery and Theodoret, a Tragedy; the plot taken from the French Chronicles, in the reign of Colsair II. 45. Two Noble Kinsmen, a Tragi-comedy; Shakespear assisted Fletcher in composing this play. 46. Valentinian, a Tragedy; afterwards revived and altered by the Earl of Rochester. 47. A Wife for a Month, a Tragedy; for the plot see Mariana and Louis de Mayerne Turquet, History of Sancho, the eighth King of Leon. 48. The Wild-Goose Chace, a Comedy, formerly acted with applause. 49. Wit at Several Weapons, a Comedy. 50. Wit without Money, a Comedy, revived at the Old House in Lincolns Inn Fields, immediately after the burning of the Theatre in Drury Lane, with a new Prologue by Mr. Dryden. 51. The Woman Hater, a Comedy, revived by Sir William Davenant, with a new Prologue in prose. This play was writ by Fletcher alone. 52. Women pleased, a Comedy; the plot from Boccace's Novels, 53. Woman's Prize, or the Tanner Tann'd, a Comedy, built on the same foundation with Shakespear's Taming of a Shrew; writ by Fletcher without Beaumont. Mr. Beaumont writ besides his dramatic pieces, a volume of poems, elegies, sonnets, &c. * * * * * THOMAS LODGE Was descended from a family of his name living in Lincolnshire, but whether born there, is not ascertained. He made his first appearance at the university of Oxford about the year 1573, and was afterwards a scholar under the learned Mr. Edward Hobye of Trinity College; where, says Wood, making very early advances, his ingenuity began first to be observed, in several of his poetical compositions. After he had taken one degree in arts, and dedicated some time to reading the bards of antiquity, he gained some reputation in poetry, particularly of the satiric species; but being convinced how barren a foil poetry is, and how unlikely to yield a competent provision for its professors, he studied physic, for the improvement of which he went beyond sea, took the degree of Dr. of that faculty at Avignon, returned and was incorporated in the university in the latter end of Queen Elizabeth's reign: Afterwards settling in London, he practised physic with great success, and was particularly encouraged by the Roman Catholics, of which persuasion it is said he was. Our author hath written Alarm against Usurers, containing tried experiences against worldly abuses, London 1584. History of Forbonius and Prisæria, with Truth's Complaint over England. Euphue's Golden Legacy. The Wounds of a Civil War livelily set forth, in the true Tragedies of Marius and Sylla, London 1594.