Revolter, a tragi-comedy, extracts from, x, 9 criticism of, on the Hind and the Panther, ib. 99 Revolution, consequences of to Dryden, i, 347 effects of upon literary pursuits, ib. 385 Reynard the Fox, an ancient political satire, x, 155 Reynolds, Sir Joshua, poetical epistle to, xvii, 284 Rhyme unnatural in plays, xv, 363 defence of in serious plays, ib. 367 a constraint to poets, xiv, 207 Rhyming or heroic plays, pattern of set by France, i, 69 Ridicule of Dryden’s use of the Alexandrine, ix, 415 Right of the Pope over kings, x, 19 Rise of the Quakers, account of, ib. 141 Settle’s animosity to Dryden, xv, 398 Rival Ladies, a tragi-comedy, ii, 109 remarks on, ib. 111 dedication to, ib. 113 prologue to, ib. 123 companies of players united, x, 393 Rochester, Earl of, character of, iv, 235 account of, vii, 13, ix, 307 Dryden’s memorial to, i, 296 letters to, xviii, 89, 101 epistle dedicatory to, iv, 235, vii, 13 banished the court, iv, 238 cowardice of, xv, 215 dismissal from the treasury of, epitaph on, ib. 279 assaults Dryden in Rose-street, i, 204 Rod of divination, what, ix, 20 Rogers, Mr, epitaph upon, xi, 144 Roman satirical poetry, rise of, xiii, 47 Roman satire, first author of, ib. 58 dramas, plot of, xv, 314 Roman Catholic plot, ix, 259 Romances of Mademoiselle Scuderi, xi, 232 Romano, Julio, character of as a painter, xvii, 491 Romans, origin of dramatic performances among, xiii, 51 first author of a play among the, ib. 54 what satire meant among, ib. 65 Roscius Anglicanus, extract from, x, 325 Roscommon, Earl of, account of, xii, 341 poetical epistle to, xi, 28 remarks on, ib. 26 verses of on Religio Laici, x, 33 Roundelay, xi, 178 Rovers sporting at, what, xiii, 10 Royal Martyr, a tragedy, iii, 341 mistresses, xv, 206 exile, soliloquy of, ib. 280 Society, Dryden chosen a member of, i, 56 historiographer, Dryden appointed to the office of, i, 115 Rubens, character of as a painter, xvii, 498 Rules to be observed in writing pastorals, xiii, 355 Rumbold, Richard, account of, vii, 261 Run-a-muck, a Malay term, what, x, 276 Rupert, Prince, gallant actions of, ix, 167, ib. 174 Russell’s bill for Dryden’s funerals, xviii, 194 Ruyter, Michael Adrian de, account of, ix, 182 Rymer, Thomas, account of, xv, 383 reflections of, on Milton’s Paradise Lost, xiii, 20 controversy of Dryden with, i, 379 S. Sackville, Edward, account of, ix, 387 Salisbury, Earl of, epistle dedicatory to, viii, 337 Sancian, island of, description of, xvi, 437 Sancroft, Archbishop, account of, ix, 301 Santio, Raphael, character of, xvii, 490