“ Dryden was obviously aimed at, and he co-operated with Crowne and Shadwell in an abusive pamphlet entitled “Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco” (1674) , to which Settle replied in “Some Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco revised” (1674) . In the second part of Absalom and Achitophel, in a passage certainly by Dryden’s hand, he figures as “Doeg.” Neglected by the court party he took an active share in the anti-popish agitation. When this subsided he turned round to expose Titus Oates, and with the Revolution he veered towards the Whig party. ”

“ The Female Prelate; being the History of the Life and Death of Pope Joan (1680) , a tragedy; The Ambitious Slave: or A Generous Revenge (1694) ; The World in the Moon (1697) , an opera, of which the first scene was formed by a moon fourteen feet across ”