Sir Charles, and the sister of lord Lucas of Colchester; who as she had deservedly acquired the reputation of a lady of uncommon wit, learning, and liberality; so the duke her husband had rendered himself famous for his loyalty, and constant fidelity to the royal family, during the civil wars in this kingdom and in Scotland. The duke having caused this stately monument to be erected here to the memory of his lady, died soon after in the year 1676, aged 84, and was interred here.' The Epitaph for the Duchess. "Here lies the loyal Duke of Newcastle and his Duchess, his second wife, by whom he had no issue. Her name was Margaret Lucas, youngest sister to the Lord Lucas of Colchester, a noble family, for all the brothers were valiant, and all the sisters virtuous. This Duchess was a wise, witty, and learned Lady, which her many books do well testify: She was a most virtuous, and loving, and careful wife, and was with her Lord all the time of his banishment and miseries; and when they came home never parted with him in his solitary retirements." The following is a catalogue of her works, in which we have taken pains to be as accurate as possible, in order to do justice to the poetical character of this lady. 1. The World's Olio. 2. Nature's Picture drawn by Fancy's Pencil to the Life. In this volume there are several feigned stories of natural descriptions, as comical, tragical, and tragi-comical, poetical, romancical, philosophical, and historical, both in prose and verse, some all verse, some all prose, some mixt; partly prose, and partly verse; also some morals, and some dialogues, Lond. 1656. folio. 3. Orations of different sorts, on different occasions, Lond. 1662. 4. Philosophical and Physical Opinions, 1633, folio. 5. Observations on Experimental Philosophy; to which is added, the Description of a New World. Mr. James Bristow began to translate some of these Philosophical Discourses into Latin. 6. Philosophical Letters; or modest Reflections on some Opinions in Natural Philosophy, maintained by several famous and learned authors of this age, expressed by way of letters, Lond. 1664, fol. 7. Poems and Fancies, Lond. 1664, folio. 8. Sociable Letters, 1664, folio. 9. The Life of the Duke of Newcastle her husband, which was translated into Latin, and is thought to be the best performance of this lady. 10. Observations of the Duke's, with Remarks of her own, In the Library of the late Mr. Thomas Richardson was the Duchess of Newcastle's poems, 2 Vol. fol. MS. and in the library of the late bishop Willis was another MS. of her poems in folio. Her Dramatic Works are, 1. Apocryphal Ladies, a Comedy; it is not divided into acts. 2. Bell in Campo, a Tragedy, in two parts. 3. Blazing World, a Comedy. 4. Bridals, a Comedy. 5. Comical Hash, a Comedy. 6. Convent of Pleasure, a Comedy. 7. Female Academy, a Comedy. 8. Lady Contemplation, a Comedy, in two parts. 9. Love's Adventure, in two parts, a Comedy.