Introduction .......................................................... Vii
A general note on the text ................................... Xxiii
A note on this edition .......................................... Xxiv
Chronology ............................................................ Xxv
Selected bibliography ........................................... Xxix

Upon the death of the lord hastings .................. 31
Astraea redux ........................................................ 35
To my honored friend, dr. Charleton ................. 45
Annus mirabilis ...................................................... 47
Absalom and achitophel, part i ............................ 97
Absalom and achitophel, part ii (selection) ........ 126
Mac flecknoe ........................................................ 132
Religio laici ........................................................... 139
The hind and the panther, the first part ........... 152

*prologues and epilogues:*
Prologue to _the tempest_ .................................... 168
Epilogue to _tyrannic love_ .................................. 170
Prologue to _julius caesar_ ................................... 172
Prologue to _aureng-zebe_ ................................... 174
Prologue to _oedipus_ ........................................... 176
Epilogue to _the duke of guise_ .......................... 177
Epilogue to the university of oxford .................. 178
Prologue to _arviragus and philicia, revived_ .... 180
Epilogue to _albion and albanius_ ....................... 181

*songs*
From _tyrannic love_ .............................................. 182
From _sir martin mar-all_ ....................................... 183
From _an evening’s love_ ....................................... 184
From _the conquest of granada_ .......................... 187

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