The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 10Volume 10 / Part 1 — THE HIND AND THE PANTHER, A POEM.Reading editionChapter navigation75 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN,RELIGIO LAICI: OR, A LAYMAN'S FAITH. AN EPISTLE.RELIGIO LAICI.THE PREFACE.ON MR DRYDEN'S RELIGIO LAICI.TO MR DRYDEN, ON HIS POEM CALLED RELIGIO LAICI.TO MR DRYDEN, ON RELIGIO LAICI.RELIGIO LAICI.THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS: A FUNERAL PINDARIC POEM, SACRED TO THE HAPPY MEMORY OF KING CHARLES II.THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS.THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS.NOTES ON THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS.THE HIND AND THE PANTHER, A POEM.THE HIND AND THE PANTHER.THE PREFACE.THE HIND AND THE PANTHER.NOTES ON THE HIND AND THE PANTHER. PART I.THE HIND AND THE PANTHER, A POEM.THE HIND AND PANTHER. PART SECOND.NOTES ON THE HIND AND THE PANTHER. PART II.THE HIND AND THE PANTHER. A POEM.THE HIND AND THE PANTHER. PART THIRD.NOTES ON THE HIND AND THE PANTHER. PART III.NOTES ON THE HIND AND THE PANTHER. PART III. (continued 2)BRITANNIA REDIVIVA: A POEM ON THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE,BRITANNIA REDIVIVA.BRITANNIA REDIVIVA.NOTES ON BRITANNIA REDIVIVA.PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES.PROLOGUE SPOKENPROLOGUE FOR THE WOMEN, WHEN THEY ACTED AT THE OLD THEATRE, LINCOLN'S-INN-FIELDS.PROLOGUE SPOKEN AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW HOUSE, MARCH 26, 1674.EPILOGUE ON THE SAME OCCASION.PROLOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, 1674. SPOKEN BY MR HART.EPILOGUE SPOKEN AT OXFORD, BY MRS MARSHALL.ORIGINAL PROLOGUE TO CIRCE, BY DR CHARLES D'AVENANT, 1675.PROLOGUE TO CIRCE, AS CORRECTED BY DRYDEN.EPILOGUE INTENDED TO HAVE BEEN SPOKEN BY THE LADY HEN. MAR. WENTWORTH. WHEN CALISTO WAS ACTED AT COURT, IN 1675.EPILOGUE TO THE MAN OF MODE; OR SIR FOPLING FLUTTER. BY SIR GEORGE ETHEREGE, 1676.EPILOGUE TO MITHRIDATES, KING OF PONTUS. BY MR N. LEE, 1678.PROLOGUE TO THE TRUE WIDOW, 1679.PROLOGUE TO THE TRUE WIDOW. BY THOMAS SHADWELL, 1679.PROLOGUE TO CÆSAR BORGIA. BY MR N. LEE, 1680.PROLOGUE TO SOPHONISBA; SPOKEN AT OXFORD, 1680.A PROLOGUE.EPILOGUE SPOKEN AT MITHRIDATES, KING OF PONTUS, THE FIRST PLAY ACTED AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, 1681.EPILOGUE TO A TRAGEDY CALLED TAMERLANE, 1681. BY CHARLES SAUNDERS.PROLOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, 1681.PROLOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.AN EPILOGUE FOR THE KING'S HOUSEPROLOGUE TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, UPON HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AT THE DUKE'S THEATRE AFTER HIS RETURN FROM SCOTLAND. SPOKEN BY MR SMITH, 21st APRIL, 1682.PROLOGUE TO THE EARL OF ESSEX. BY MR J. BANKS, 1682. SPOKEN TO THE KING AND THE QUEEN AT THEIR COMING TO THE HOUSE.PROLOGUE TO THE LOYAL BROTHER, or the PERSIAN PRINCE.PROLOGUE TO THE LOYAL BROTHER, or the PERSIAN PRINCE. BY MR SOUTHERNE, 1682.EPILOGUE TO THE SAME.PROLOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, SPOKEN BY MR HART AT THE ACTING OF THE SILENT WOMAN.EPILOGUE, SPOKEN BY THE SAME.PROLOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.EPILOGUE TO CONSTANTINE THE GREAT. BY MR N. LEE, 1684.PROLOGUE TO THE DISAPPOINTMENT, OR THE MOTHER IN FASHION. BY MR SOUTHERNE, 1684. SPOKEN BY MR BETTERTON.PROLOGUE TO THE KING AND QUEEN, UPON THE UNION OF THE TWO COMPANIES, IN 1686.EPILOGUE ON THE SAME OCCASION.PROLOGUE TO THE PRINCESS OF CLEVES. BY MR N. LEE, 1689.EPILOGUE TO THE SAME.PROLOGUE TO ARVIRAGUS AND PHILICIA. BY LODOWICK CARLELL, ESQ. SPOKEN BY MR HART.PROLOGUE TO THE PROPHETESS. BY BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. REVIVED By DRYDEN. SPOKEN BY MR BETTERTON.PROLOGUE TO THE MISTAKES.EPILOGUE TO HENRY II. BY JOHN BANCROFT, AND PUBLISHED BY MR MOUNTFORT, 1693. SPOKEN BY MRS BRACEGIRDLE.A PROLOGUE.PROLOGUE TO ALBUMAZAR.AN EPILOGUE.EPILOGUE TO THE HUSBAND HIS OWN CUCKOLD.MAC-FLECNOE.MAC-FLECKNOE.NOTES ON MAC-FLECKNOE.Previous chapter ←Volume 10 / Part 1 — NOTES ON THE HIND AND THE PANTHER. PART I.Next chapter →Volume 10 / Part 2 — THE HIND AND PANTHER. PART SECOND.All chapters and sections (75)Other sectionsTHE WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN,Volume 10 · Other sectionsRELIGIO LAICI: OR, A LAYMAN'S FAITH. AN EPISTLE.RELIGIO LAICI.THE PREFACE.ON MR DRYDEN'S RELIGIO LAICI.TO MR DRYDEN, ON HIS POEM CALLED RELIGIO LAICI.TO MR DRYDEN, ON RELIGIO LAICI.RELIGIO LAICI.THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS: A FUNERAL PINDARIC POEM, SACRED TO THE HAPPY MEMORY OF KING CHARLES II.THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS.THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS.NOTES ON THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS.THE HIND AND THE PANTHER, A POEM.THE HIND AND THE PANTHER.THE PREFACE.THE HIND AND THE PANTHER.Volume 10 / Part 1 · Parts1Volume 10 / Part 1 · Other sectionsTHE HIND AND THE PANTHER, A POEM.Volume 10 / Part 2 · Parts22Volume 10 / Part 2 · Other sectionsTHE HIND AND THE PANTHER. A POEM.Volume 10 / Part 3 · Parts333Volume 10 / Part 3 · Other sectionsBRITANNIA REDIVIVA: A POEM ON THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE,BRITANNIA REDIVIVA.BRITANNIA REDIVIVA.NOTES ON BRITANNIA REDIVIVA.PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES.PROLOGUE SPOKENPROLOGUE FOR THE WOMEN, WHEN THEY ACTED AT THE OLD THEATRE, LINCOLN'S-INN-FIELDS.PROLOGUE SPOKEN AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW HOUSE, MARCH 26, 1674.EPILOGUE ON THE SAME OCCASION.PROLOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, 1674. SPOKEN BY MR HART.EPILOGUE SPOKEN AT OXFORD, BY MRS MARSHALL.ORIGINAL PROLOGUE TO CIRCE, BY DR CHARLES D'AVENANT, 1675.PROLOGUE TO CIRCE, AS CORRECTED BY DRYDEN.EPILOGUE INTENDED TO HAVE BEEN SPOKEN BY THE LADY HEN. MAR. WENTWORTH. WHEN CALISTO WAS ACTED AT COURT, IN 1675.EPILOGUE TO THE MAN OF MODE; OR SIR FOPLING FLUTTER. BY SIR GEORGE ETHEREGE, 1676.EPILOGUE TO MITHRIDATES, KING OF PONTUS. BY MR N. LEE, 1678.PROLOGUE TO THE TRUE WIDOW, 1679.PROLOGUE TO THE TRUE WIDOW. BY THOMAS SHADWELL, 1679.PROLOGUE TO CÆSAR BORGIA. BY MR N. LEE, 1680.PROLOGUE TO SOPHONISBA; SPOKEN AT OXFORD, 1680.A PROLOGUE.EPILOGUE SPOKEN AT MITHRIDATES, KING OF PONTUS, THE FIRST PLAY ACTED AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, 1681.EPILOGUE TO A TRAGEDY CALLED TAMERLANE, 1681. BY CHARLES SAUNDERS.PROLOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, 1681.PROLOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.AN EPILOGUE FOR THE KING'S HOUSEPROLOGUE TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, UPON HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AT THE DUKE'S THEATRE AFTER HIS RETURN FROM SCOTLAND. SPOKEN BY MR SMITH, 21st APRIL, 1682.PROLOGUE TO THE EARL OF ESSEX. BY MR J. BANKS, 1682. SPOKEN TO THE KING AND THE QUEEN AT THEIR COMING TO THE HOUSE.PROLOGUE TO THE LOYAL BROTHER, or the PERSIAN PRINCE.PROLOGUE TO THE LOYAL BROTHER, or the PERSIAN PRINCE. BY MR SOUTHERNE, 1682.EPILOGUE TO THE SAME.PROLOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, SPOKEN BY MR HART AT THE ACTING OF THE SILENT WOMAN.EPILOGUE, SPOKEN BY THE SAME.PROLOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.EPILOGUE TO CONSTANTINE THE GREAT. BY MR N. LEE, 1684.PROLOGUE TO THE DISAPPOINTMENT, OR THE MOTHER IN FASHION. BY MR SOUTHERNE, 1684. SPOKEN BY MR BETTERTON.PROLOGUE TO THE KING AND QUEEN, UPON THE UNION OF THE TWO COMPANIES, IN 1686.EPILOGUE ON THE SAME OCCASION.PROLOGUE TO THE PRINCESS OF CLEVES. BY MR N. LEE, 1689.EPILOGUE TO THE SAME.PROLOGUE TO ARVIRAGUS AND PHILICIA. BY LODOWICK CARLELL, ESQ. SPOKEN BY MR HART.PROLOGUE TO THE PROPHETESS. BY BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. REVIVED By DRYDEN. SPOKEN BY MR BETTERTON.PROLOGUE TO THE MISTAKES.EPILOGUE TO HENRY II. BY JOHN BANCROFT, AND PUBLISHED BY MR MOUNTFORT, 1693. SPOKEN BY MRS BRACEGIRDLE.A PROLOGUE.PROLOGUE TO ALBUMAZAR.AN EPILOGUE.EPILOGUE TO THE HUSBAND HIS OWN CUCKOLD.MAC-FLECNOE.MAC-FLECKNOE.NOTES ON MAC-FLECKNOE.PART II.◇← NOTES ON THE HIND AND THE PANTHER. PART I.THE HIND AND PANTHER. PART SECOND. →