joint plays. On page 210 we have--
When I should pass with glory to my rest.
Compare _Virgin Martyr_, V. 2. 319.
When thou shouldst pass with honour to thy rest.
On page 211,
And end that race
You have so long run strongly, like a child,
is a repetition of the idea in _Virgin Martyr_. On page 212 "Grave
Maurice"; here "Grave" is Count Maurice, who is also so called in
_Love's Cure_, I. 2. Bobadilla's speech. (_Love's Cure_ is by Massinger
and another author, not Fletcher.)
Page 213.
The desire of glory
Was the last frailty wise men ere put off.
This occurs again in _A Very Woman_, V. 4, line 10,--
Though the desire of fame be the last weakness
Wise men put off.
Though the thought occurs in Tacitus and Simplicius, Milton seems to
have adopted it, as he has done many other of his most striking
passages from Massinger. It occurs also in at least one other play of
Massinger's, but the passage has escaped me for the moment.
Same page:--
'Tis like yourself,
Like Barnavelt, and in that all is spoken.
An expression which, with a slight change from "spoken" to
"comprehended," occurs in almost every one of Massinger's plays.