*p1696 10 00 dg Brutus of Alba; or, Augusta's Triumph. Edition of 1697: For the singers, see below.*c1696 10 00 dg <i>Rich's Company</i>. The date of this production is not certain. The <i>Dedication</i>, signed by $George Powell= and $John Verbruggen=, is dated Monday, 16 Oct. 1696, but this date is in error, for the sixteenth fell on Friday in October; however, 16 Nov. 1696 fell on Monday. In addition, the Dedication implies that the two men hope to have visitors (i.e., spectators at performances) on "Wednesday, and Saturday next, the Visiting Days of, Your Friends and Servants, George Powell, John Verbruggen." It is possible that the text and the songs were printed in advance of performance and were available at the theatre, but it is still uncertain whether the opera first appeared in October or November 1696. <i>The Single Songs, With the Dialogue</i>, was published separately in 1696, with $Daniel Purcel= named as the composer. The songs to which performers' names are listed are as follows: <i>Cease, Cynthia, cease your fruitless tears</i>, sung by $Mrs Cross=. <i>I courted and writ</i>, the verse by $Jo Hanes= and sung by $Church=. <i>How happy I am the fair sex can defy</i>, the verse by Jo Hanes and sung by $Leveridge=. <i>'Tis in vain to tell me I am deceived</i>, sung by $Freeman=. <i>Great queen of Hymen's hallowed fires</i>, sung by $Mrs Willis=. <i>Why, Chloe, will you not perceive</i>, the verse by $John Robens= and sung by $Church=. <i>Why dost thou fly me</i>, sung by $Edwards= and $Mrs Cross=. <i>If mortals laugh and sing</i>, sung by $Freeman=. The <i>Songs</i> were entered in the <i>Term Catalogues</i>, November 1696.