THE

PLAYS

OF

PHILIP MASSINGER,

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

WITH NOTES CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY,

By W. GIFFORD, Esq.

HAUD TAMEN INVIDEAS VATI QUEM PULPITA PASCUNT.

THE SECOND EDITION.

VOLUME THE FIRST.

CONTAINING

ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.

INTRODUCTION, ESSAY, &c.

THE VIRGIN-MARTYR.

THE UNNATURAL COMBAT.

THE DUKE OF MILAN.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR G. AND W. NICOL; F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON; CADELL

AND DAVIES;

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

CHARLES LONG,

ONE OF THE LORDS OF HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY,

THIS EDITION

OF

THE WORKS

OF

PHILIP MASSINGER,

IS INSCRIBED,

AS A SINCERE TESTIMONY OF RESPECT FOR HIS PUBLIC CHARACTER,

AND OF

GRATITUDE FOR MANY ACTS OF FRIENDSHIP AND PERSONAL KINDNESS,

BY

HIS OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL SERVANT,

May, 1805.

THE EDITOR.

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