THE

CRITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
PROSE WORKS

OF
JOHN DRYDEN

NOW FIRST COLLECTED:
WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS;

AN ACCOUNT OF THE

LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE AUTHOR,

CROUNDED ON

ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTICK DOCUMENTS;

AND

A COLLECTION OF HIS LETTERS,

THE GREATER PART OF WHICH HAS NEVER BEFORE

BEEN PUBLISHED.

By EDMOND MALONE, Esq.

VOLUME THE THIRD,

LONDON:
PRINTED BY H. BALDWIN AND SON, NEW BRIDGE-STREET,
FOR T. CADELL, JUN. AND W. DAVIES, IN THE STRAND.

M,DCCC.