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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. II.

EDINBURGH :

PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH ;

AND HURST, ROBINSON, AND CO. LONDON.

1821.

TO NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

ANTOR, LENOX AND PILDIN FOUNDATIONS

Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh. CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME SECOND.

PAGE.

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Dedication of Mr Congreve's edition of Dryden's Dra-
matic Works to the Duke of Newcastle,

5

The Wild Gallant, a Comedy,

13

Preface,

17

The Rival Ladies, a Tragi-comedy,

. 109

Dedication to the Earl of Orrery,

113

The Indian Queen, a Tragedy,

201

The Indian Emperor, or the Conquest of Mexico by

the Spaniards,

257

Dedication to the Duchess of Monmouth and

Buccleuch,

259

Defence of an Essay of Dramatic Poesy, . 265

Connexion of the Indian Emperor to the In-
dian Queen,

293

Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen,

. 379

Preface,

. 383

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