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A Gentleman now living, the Author of an Opera, of the same Nature with Mr. Dryden's State of Innocence; but being publisht after it, it serv'd rather as a Foil to the excel∣lent piece, than any ways rival'd its Reputa∣tion. This piece first bore the Title of
Noahs Flood, or The Destruction of the World,
an Opera printed 4o. Lond. 1679. and dedicated to her Grace the Dutchess of Monmouth: This Play not going off, a new Title and Cuts were affix'd to it in Hillary-Term 1684. it then go∣ing under the Title of The Cataclism, or Gene∣ral Deluge of the World. Whether Mr. Hol∣ford was more successful than Mr. Took, in put∣ting off the remainder of the Impression, or whether the various Sculptures took more with the Ladies of the Pal-mall, than the Sence did with those who frequent Paul's Church-Yard, I am not able to determine: but I doubt the Bookseller still wants Customers, since I again find it in the last Term Catalogue, under the Title of The Deluge, or The Destruction of the World. The Title shews the Foundation of it to be Scripture.