Excerpt from Barbarossa: A Tragedy; As It Is Perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane Bfieem, or rather Infamy, which in the Account of many, it undergoes at this Day, So far the great Milton: who firengthen'd thefe Examples by bis own. The Author hath nothing more to add, fave only, that he hath aimed to write this Piece, in its e/ential Parts, according to the Model of ancient Tragedy, fo far as modern Ideas and Manners wou'd permit. And he is fo gratefully fenfible of that favourable Reception it hath met with from the Public, that in every future Attempt, he will affuredly labour to merit their farther Regards, by keeping in his Eye the fame great Originals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.