_Marston and Erasmus._--I am not aware the following similarity of idea,
between a passage in Marston's _Antonio and Mellida_ and one in Erasmus'
_Colloquies_, has ever been pointed out:
" . . . . As having clasp'd a rose
Within my palm, the rose being ta'en away,
My hand retains a little breath of sweet.
So may man's trunk, his spirit slipp'd away,
Hold still a faint perfume of his sweet guest."
_Antonio and Mellida_, Act IV. Sc. 1. From
the reprint in the _Ancient British Drama_.
"Anima quæ moderatur utrunque corpus animantis, improprie dicitur anima
cum revera sint tenues quædam animæ reliquiæ, non aliter quam odor
rosarum manet in manu, etiam rosa submota."--_Erasmi Colloq._, Leyden
edit. 1703, vol. i. p. 694.