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EVENTS

NEW BOOKS

Samuel Butler - '' Hudibras '', part 2

John Evelyn - ''Sylva, or Discourse on Forest Trees''

NEW DRAMA

Pierre Corneille - ''Othon''

George Etherege - ''The Comical Revenge or, Love in a Tub''

Molière - ''Tartuffe''

Roger Boyle, 1st Earl Of Orrery - ''Henry V''

Jean Racine - ''La Thébaide''

Joost Van Den Vondel - ''Adam in Ballingschap''

NON-FICTION

Richard Flecknoe - ''A Discourse of the English Stage''

Jeremy Taylor - ''Dissuasive from Popery''

Izaak Walton - ''The Compleat Angler'', 3rd edition

BIRTHS

? January 24 - Sir John Vanbrugh

July 21 - Matthew Prior

November 9 - Henry Wharton

''probable'' - William Mountfort

DEATHS

January 20 - Isaac Ambrose

July 16 - Andreas Gryphius

''date unknown'' - Bihari (poet)