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

SIR WALTER SCOTT, Bart.

SECOND EDITION.

VOL. VIII.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH;

AND HURST, ROBINSON, AND CO. LONDON.

1821.

PUBLIC LIBRARY 14332A ASTOR, LEKOX AND TILDIN FOUNDATIONS

1084

Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh. CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME EIGHTH.

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 Plu.

tarch 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, writ-

ten for the Pilgrim, revived for Dryden's benefit

in 1700,

347