THE WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN, NOW FIRST COLLECTED _IN EIGHTEEN VOLUMES_. ILLUSTRATED WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL, CRITICAL, AND EXPLANATORY, AND A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, BY WALTER SCOTT, ESQ. VOL. VIII. LONDON: PRINTED FOR WILLIAM MILLER, ALBEMARLE STREET, BY JAMES BALLANTYNE AND CO. EDINBURGH. 1808. CONTENTS OF VOLUME EIGHTH. PAGE. Amphitryon, or the Two Sosias, a Comedy, 1 Epistle Dedicatory to Sir William Leveson Gower, Bart. 7 King Arthur, or the British Worthy, a Dramatic Opera, 107 Epistle Dedicatory to the Marquis of Halifax, 113 Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy, 181 Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Rochester, 191 Preface, 196 The Life of Cleomenes, translated from Plutarch by Mr Thomas Creech, 207 Love Triumphant, or Nature will prevail, a Tragi-comedy, 331 Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Salisbury, 337 Prologue, Song, Secular Masque, and Epilogue, written for the Pilgrim, revived for Dryden's benefit in 1700, 437 AMPHITRYON: OR THE TWO SOSIAS. A COMEDY. _Egregiam verò laudem, et spolia ampla refertis, Una dolo Divûm si fæmina victa duorum est._ VIRG. AMPHITRYON.