Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher
Chapter 97
“Oh, thou hast nam’d a word, that wipes away All thoughts revengeful! In that sacred name, ‘The king,’ there lies a terror.”
It is worth noticing that of the three greatest tragedians, Massinger was a democrat, Beaumont and Fletcher the most servile _jure divino_ royalists, and Shakespeare a philosopher;—if aught personal, an aristocrat.
“A King And No King.”