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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54800	The revengeful queen a tragedy : as it was acted at the Theatre-Royal by His Majesty's servants / written by William Philips, Esq.	Philips, William, d. 1734.; D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668. Tragedy of Albovine.	1698 (1698)	Wing P2118; ESTC R17970	36,008	54

THE Revengeful Queen Books Printed for and Sold by Peter Buck at the Sign of the Temple near the Inner-Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet PYrrhus King of Epirus a Tragedy Acted at the New Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields By His Majesty's Servants Written by Mr. Hopkins Love 's a Jest a Comedy c. Written by Mr. Motteux A Plot and no Plot a Comedy as it was Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane Written by Mr. Dennis The Novelty Every Act a Play Being a short Pastoral Comedy Masque Tragedy and Farce after the Italian manner as it was Acted at the New Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields Written by Mr. Motteux The Intrigues of Versailles or a Jilt in all her Humours a Comedy Acted at the Theatre in Little Lincoln's Inn-Fields The Provok'd Wife a Comedy as it is Acted at the New Theatre in Lincoln's Inn-Fields Twenty Five Select Allusions to several places of Horace Martial Anacreon and Petronius Arbiter Written by Mr. Dilke The Pretenders or the Town Unmask'd Acted at the Theatre in Little Lincoln's Inn-Fields By His Majesty's Servants Written by Mr. Dilke THE Revengeful Queen A TRAGEDY As it was ACTED at the Theatre-Royal BY His MAJESTY's Servants Written by WILLIAM PHILIPS Esq LONDON Printed for P. Buck at the Sign of the Temple near the Inner-Temple-Gate in Fleet-street 1698. To His GRACE The Duke of ORMOND c. IT is an old Observation that one Misfortune always attends another I have sufficiently experimented it and I may as justly say the same thing of my folly in the Conduct of my Life and in what relates to this Play It was folly in me to Write at all greater to Write no better and chiefly to Print what I have Writ If in any thing I have acted with Conduct and Prudence 't is in begging Protection for this from your Grace who are so able to shield both this and its Author from their Enemies And indeed I may say it is natural in me to claim this from you because your Family have vouchsafed to be the Patrons of mine for several Generations Nor shou'd I doubt your proving so to me since you are replete with Goodness and inherit all the Virtues of your Ancestors had I the least Pretence to say so of my self but I can only boast the same Zeal and Affection for your Service and Interests I perceive that the Characters of Alboino and Rosamund are not agreeable to the present Taste of the Town the best defence I can make is that I have follow'd the truth of the Story as any one will find who will take the Pains to read it in the Fourth or Fifth Page of Machiavel's History of Florence There are without doubt other faults in it I wish those who have the Wit to observe them wou'd have the Candour to inform me of them that if ever I am Idle enough to write again I might indeavour to avoid them And tho' this shou'd abound with more yet I fancy there are many in this Town who will have good or ill Nature enough to acknowledge there are great Allowances to be made to a Man's first Play and to a Man of Ireland A considerable time after this was Writ I was inform'd That Sir William Davenant had made a Play on the same Story I knew it not before nor have I yet seen it It was very unhappy for me to happen on the same Subject with so Ingenious a Person I suppose no one will think me designedly guilty of such Confidence that is a Vice I hope I shall never be justly tax'd with and yet I have now insensibly slid into it for it does not argue greater assurance in one so weak as I am to write after him than to write to you And therefore tho' I allow the Errors the Criticks may please to find in this Trifle and tho' I slight no one's Opinion or Censures yet they must excuse me if I declare I dread not those so much as that your Grace will not Pardon this Presumption in May it Please your Grace Your Grace's most Obedient and most Faithful Servant WILL. PHILIPS PROLOGUE AS a Pale Virgin coyly do's refuse To grant the Favour which she longs to lose Faintly contending that she may remove The actual Consummation of her Love Fain wou'd she have her Dreams unridled to her Yet bashfully resists him that wou'd shew her Seems to desire no farther Prosecution Yet wishes for the Hour of Execution At length she understands the full Intent Partly by Rape and partly by Consent So this Day 's Author between Hope and Fear Hopes to succeed yet trembles to appear He struggl'd long against his Muse's force Jades are more headstrong than a Well-bred Horse His Phillis first by Songs he try'd to move Two curst Diseases Poetry and Love And having once giv'n loose to her dull Rage She now has Impudence to mount the Stage Just so the Nymph no more by Honor aw'd She turns Pit-Whore then Gallery then Bawd Too like are Poets to a common Whore As being much despis'd and very Poor No better Evidence can I 'm sure be found Where there are some kind Masks where Wits abound How happy were 't wou'd both leave off in time Scribling and Loving quit while in their Prime But being pleas'd at first they still go on And never leave till they are both undone Till one is swing'd and till the other's damn'd Oh Jove avert from both what I have nam'd Dramatis Personae Men Alboino King of Lombards very Brave but Rash Opinionated and Cruel Aistolfus His General Desiderio His Friend in Love with Angellina Almachild A general Admirer very Rich Dissembling Cowardly Odoacre Treacherous and Splenetick Avaro a Covetous Rich Old Fellow Clefi his Son Longinus The Roman Exarch A Roman Embassador Women Rosamund the Queen Haughty Proud Revengeful Cleanthe one of her Attendants in Love with Almachild Angellina Avaro's Daughter Vertuous and Discreet privately in Love with Desiderio Flora Odoacre's Daughter Affected Proud Mercinary Jiltish Guards and Attendants THE Revengeful Queen ACT. I. SCENE Verona An Anti-Chamber Enter Alboino followed by a Roman Ambassador Aistolfus Desiderio and Guards Alb. HOW has Longinus dar'd to offer this Affront Have I by any Action of my Life Done ought which shou'd encourage him to this Ha'nt I by Deeds surpassing all Belief By stedfast Honor and by noble Daring Purchas'd a Crown and many Victories And shall I for a haughty bloodless Summons Shamefully sully poorly abandon all Rom. Emb. Think not that in contempt of you I 'm sent All own you brave Longinus knows you so And in Regard to that wou'd not your Ruin For can your single Valour or your Arms Prevail against the dreaded Roman Pow'r Besides the Offers I have brought are such That any other gladly wou'd accept Alb. Accept Look here my worthy Soldier Who in the Heat of Battle can advise To Aistolfus Who wisely acts when Fear as well as Death Prevents the trembling Coward 's shameful Flight And roots him