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Elkanah Settle (1648–1724)
Settle, Elkanah. An English playwright and poet; born at Dunstable, 1648; died at London, 1724. His chief plays are: ‘The Empress of Morocco’ (1673); ‘Love and Revenge’ (1675); ‘Pastor Fido, or the Faithful Shepherd’ (1677), after Guarini; ‘The Female Prelate; or, The Life and Death of Pope Joan’ (1680); ‘Distressed Innocence; or, The Princess of Persia’ (1682).