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Fleay (_Chron. Eng. Dra._, I, 208) exactly agrees with this division save that the latter part of I, ii, which Boyle believes emended by Field, he assigns to that author outright; and that he places the division in Act III twenty-seven lines later (Field after _Manent Char. Ro...
another coloquy of similar import but chastened tone. A brief scene of no especial significance is inserted at the beginning of Act III, in the interval between which and the pr...
7. l. 42, Bellapert taking up again the thread of her remark whichIII, i, 120. _Christian_--probably used here in the colloq. sense of: _a human being_, as distinguished from a brute; a “decent” or “respectable” person. Cf. Shakespeare, _Twelf...
5. Scene ii (which in the Quarto ends with the reconciliation of Charaloisand Romont, the entry of Du Croy, Charmi, etc. being marked as the beginning of a third Scene, though the place is unchanged and the action continuous, wherefore modern editors...
1. Act V, with the exception of Scene ii, lines 80-120, which he considersFleay (_Chron. Eng. Dra._, I, 208) exactly agrees with this division save that the latter part of I, ii, which Boyle believes emended by Field, he assigns to that author outrigh...
4. l. 207, and that the remaining four lines of the Scene are a Massingertag. _The Maid of Honour_ (C-G. 28 a) furnishes a striking parallel for ll. 208-9, while for 210-1 cf. C-G. 192 a. The metrical tests for IV, i, confirm Field: 22 per cent. doub...
3. ll. 386-8:The _Something I must do_, which concludes the Act, is repeatedly paralleled in Massinger’s plays, but a similar indefinite resolve is expressed in _Woman is a Weathercock_ (M....
2. Act III presents a more difficult problem. It will be noted that Fleayand Boyle alike declare that its single long Scene is divided between the two authors, but are unable to agree as to the point of division. The first 316 lines are beyond questi...