II. Wood further remarks, that Shirley much assisted his patron, the
duke of Newcastle, in the composition of his plays, which the duke
afterwards published, and was a drudge to John Ogilby in his
translation of Homer's Iliad and Odysseys, by writing annotations on
them. At length, after Mr. Shirley had lived to the age of 72, in
various conditions, having been much agitated in the world, he, with
his second wife, was driven by the dismal conflagration that happened
in London, Anno 1666, from his habitation in Fleet-street, to another
in St. Giles's in the Fields. Where, being overcome with miseries
occasioned by the fire, and bending beneath the weight of years, they
both died in one day, and their bodies were buried in one grave, in
the churchyard of St. Giles's, on October 29, 1666.

The works of this author

1. Changes, or Love in a Maze, a Comedy, acted at a private house in
Salisbury Court, 1632.

2. Contention for Honour and Riches, a Masque, 1633.

3. Honoria and Mammon, a Comedy; this Play is grounded on the
abovementioned Masque.

4. The Witty Fair One, a Comedy, acted in Drury Lane, 1633.

5. The Traitor, a Tragedy, acted by her Majesty's servants, 1635. This
Play was originally written by Mr. Rivers, a jesuit, but altered by
Shirley.

6. The Young Admiral, a Tragi-Comedy, acted at a private house in