The life of Cleomenes was translated from Plutarch by Thomas Creech, and owing to Dryden's illness, the fifth act of the play was completed by Thomas Southerne.
Macdonald, Hugh. John Dryden; a bibliography. Oxford, 1939, p. 133-134.
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Dedicatory epistle to Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (1641-1711).
Owing to Dryden's illness, half of the last act was completed by his intimate friend, Thomas Southerne (See Saintsbuy. Dryden's dramatic works, VII, 209).
"To Mr. Dryden, on his Cleomenes," with the name Theophilus Parsons affixed, on a2 recto and verso.
"The Life of Cleomenes," translated from Plutarch by Thomas Creech, the first 28 pages.
... The plays being put in the order they were written.
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Cleomenes, : the Spartan heroe. A tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatre royal. / Written by Mr. Dryden. To which is prefixt the life of Cleomenes.
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PML 38080
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London : Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1692.
Description:
6 p. l., 28, [4], 72 p. ; 21 cm
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Modern calf.
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On verso of t.p. armorial book-plate with motto: En Dieu est Tout. (?) for Charles John Thomas Conolly, of Midford Castle, Somers - see Fairbairn.
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