1. Britannicus and Alexander the Great, Two Tragedies from Racine.

2. The Litigant, a Comedy of 3 Acts; Mandated from the French of M.

Racine, who took it from the Wasps of Aristophanes, 8vo. 1715. Scene

in a city of Lower Normandy.

3. Manlius Capitolinus, a Tragedy from the French of M. La Fosse,

1715. When the earl of Portland was ambassador at the French court,

this play was acted at Paris threescore nights running; the subject is

related by Livy. This French author studied some time at Oxford, and,

upon his return home, applied himself to dramatic poetry, in which he

acquired great reputation. He died about the year 1713.

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