Dryden, John, Life of, i, 1 descent and parentage of, ib. 21 anecdotes of the brothers and sisters of, ib. 25 birth of, i, 27 education of, ib. 27 first poems of, ib. 28 is admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, ib. 28 punished for contumacy, ib. 29 long residence of at the university, ib. 31 degree of Master of Arts of, xviii, 185 Sir Gilbert Pickering’s clerk, i. 36 death of Cromwell, the first theme of, ib. 38 first poem of consequence of, ix, 83 poems of on the Restoration, i, 50 changes the spelling of his name, ib. 53 is chosen a member of the Royal Society, ib. 56 imitates the style of Davenant, ib. 59 commencement of dramatic career of, ib. 80 first appearance of the Wild Gallant, ib. 80 Rival Ladies, ib. 81 Indian Queen, ib. 83 Indian Emperor, ib. 84 intrigue of with Mrs Reeves, ib. 87 marriage of, ib. 88 Essay of Dramatic Poesy, appearance of, ib. 92 controversy of with Sir Robert Howard, ib. 94 contract of with the King’s Company of Players, ib. 101 appearance of the Maiden Queen of, ib. 104 Tempest, ib. 105 Sir Martin Mar-all, ib. 107 the Mock Astrologer, ib. 109 Royal Martyr, ib. 110 Conquest of Granada, ib. 112 promoted to the offices of poet-laureat and historiographer-royal, ib. 115 patent of, as poet-laureat and historiographer-royal, xviii, 187 appearance of Marriage A-la-mode, i, 143 the Assignation, ib. 146 controversy with Matthew Clifford, ib. 154 Richard Leigh, ib. 157 Edward Ravenscroft, ib. 160 Elkanah Settle, ib. 259 Rochester, ib. 195 appearance of Massacre of Amboyna, ib. 163 State of Innocence, ib. 166 Aurenge-Zebe, i, 209 is assaulted in Rose-street, ib. 204 meditates an epic poem, ib. 215 appearance of All for Love, ib. 218 Limberham, ib. 221 Œdipus, ib. 222 Troilus and Cressida, ib. 223 the Spanish Friar of, ib. 227 relations of when he composed the Spanish Friar, ib. 233 anecdote of with Southerne, ib. 237 engages in politics, ib. 239 appearance of Absalom and Achitophel, Part I. ib. 243 the Medal, ib. 250 extracts from answer to, ix, 452 controversy of with Shadwell, i, 259, 286 causes of enmity between Shadwell and, x, 472 appearance of Mac-Flecknoe, a satire, i, 266 Absalom and Achitophel, Part II. ib. 268 assisted by Nahum Tate in, ix, 315 effect of the satirical poetry of on English poetry, i, 275 character of, as a satirist, ib. 279 share of in the composition of the Duke of Guise, ib. 281 furnishes a Preface to the translation of Plutarch’s Lives, ib. 289 translates the History of the League, ib. 290 appearance of the First Miscellany of, ib. 294 commencement of Southerne’s friendship with, ib. 294 Memorial of to the Earl of Rochester, ib. 296