Philip Massinger

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ester

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your birth, you

t'was fitt sinc

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gs; it being t

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annot challen

glories; And

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ey come. But a

dd fresh hono

anted, and a

unto none

ke you further w

or a serva

be a tyme wh

orld and bold

Madame, since

mish, is a gu

rtunes, this too

hastitie, an

onors; this ma

such power l

iles on, wch c

course, or starrs

n the power of

sh iudgments and

showes a worke t

nius in it, st

ne to smile,

thus much to

re been silen

k

rse it is noe n

iudgment, nor

d wishes cannot

e: but that thi

oves and dutie

ou; though per

ion of a gla

enture for. Bu

ptfull guifts

am rich in,

ope wth ought

ittle and give

have is truly

g

I. Alliterati

, it attracts attention as one of his favourite expedients. Perhaps the best way to exemplify its use is to

al judges, and not

l fires, but fair

de prize, our sailo

He that

you lead, wil

lives, thei

nd when to do, but

ur care and coura

ve leave and lib

best curiousness a

n flash of fu

d do, as they der

moment raz'd

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scorn on dea

is weak and woma

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vouchsafe not one

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uld you with more c

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me

1, 23: As tall

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lay is d

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s own sake, s

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g her own servil

ve my black

ve heard, lov

features, that, s

ves as a perpe

riousness and cost

ough fire that would h

are admired th

ake your cup

means shall, in the

h my son,

shall find and fee

and loath'd with you

ome leprosy ha

e liked and loved t

y ranks

hy virtu

than stubborn sul

our fame an

t my oath, being a

Your

and du

corslet to

y sword and spurs,

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as have powe

r our later

n superstitious

ome close ca

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o season

ndix

Picture, The Fatal Dowry, The Emperor of the East, The Maid of Honour. The dates of these quartos range from 1623 to 1632. The poet Swinburne had no doubt that the manuscript notes were due to Massinger himself; the resemblance of the han

uke o

he page, has suffered from the bind

same thing ha

it is unlikely that the play should have suffered so soon from binding; it is, however, [pg 216]

inserted before F. (So

rs a symbol M which might r

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in stage-directions

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,

37: I l

cannot bro

dd

the supreame Ma

ly t

yet the c

glorious by

warrant to h

o

: han

nor def

at end

of sl

71: fam'

ayle y

oth sent and t

loose,"

en

3: o

anners; yet t

unning

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e her off s

durin

29: Timan

cares

V., 1, 21:

128: w

ray you,

end to

e

tempter sec

deni'de to inse

oere the f

ds and fa

nserted af

inserted a

ne, (

ac

IV., 1, 21. The addition in IV., 2, 140, though not especially appropriate

oman

tocke socc

renthesi

r "v

: ga

a and the Daci

e hasten

ey you full

he scea

to eb589

greive ("giv

he s

a and Parthenius "w

r to be thank

his pl

that dare not Mon

., Part

l you dispute Pa

de

44: (

., 3, 53-4

ondemne

whic

e (i.e., r

ncillus

nius and prisone

by

4: yours

though

purple

y heyre

3: ( )

promped

: ( )

: ( )

30: wor

retc

ortall powe

yrannie

steep

5: !

hinke not "not

fter "r

n

mpliant

9: ?

2: lesse;

: pe

and to me ever

remele

geea

litus one l

ress thee

r me that was (

ugg'd thee

y bosome "bef

ee"

os

Thy pomp and pride-

not

p. 31b: "This p

te

p. 32a: "This p

would

u ice st inv

betwe

"i

with h in

6: i

9: a

m death "g

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15: assu

still'd

pinn'd

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his mur

ence her inse

ds like one made by the author. On the other hand, a careful study of IV., 2, 127 will reveal the fact that the writer's sense has been mistaken, and the omission of "grim" in IV., 2, 242 spoils the rhythm. The curious thing is that the play is full of misprints, which h

Rene

ve least losse "t

" It sp

e

, 46: up to the

ad

1: I wi

ghing gennet to

llion s

: well made

sse of my change "

ed aft

Franci. i

nci

1: Vitell

tion. On the other hand, the alteration i

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rite ne

admir'

: satisfi

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I am so r

him o insert

wracke

ight begun s add

=

3: brave

deleted

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2: A post

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in m

e here" printed "I

line after (

s l

resolve

, 103: lords of

dame n inser

me

solder

tosses

nd II., 2, 103. On the other hand, no notes are made on the last thr

atal

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eror of

sicke? ? dele

d

169:

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them fe

: car

: Nim

wooned

knowledge "the

i

, 62: (

most gratious

ou,

nde impotence "o

in

speak i

(so III., 4

, 1

: ran

: how .sist

str

don a inserte

ity t adde

: ?

., 4, 132: o

yall sir

: Princess

, 36:

raide d

camer

is admira

: flights

niggle

I fever

grace on a

ved in III., 4, 132. V., 3, 85 is an excellent emendation. On the other hand, I do not think the author would have mad

id of

i

Mr. Edmu

temporary corrections in ink, and said there was "a tradition" that they were in the handwriting of Massinger himself. Mr. Gosse, unfortunately, broke up the volume and had the eight plays separately bound, but the old binding had contained no further indication. In 1882 Swinburne made a careful examination of the corrections, and again in 1883, when he urged that t

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men George Chapman's, Philip