_ 36 Guardian_, II., 1, 84. Similarly in _The Bashful Lover_, V., 3, 110, Matilda warns Lorenzo that “Heaven’s liberal hand” has designed him to fight rather against the Turk than a Christian neighbour-king. Compare _The Devil’s Law-case_ (p. 138_b_). ERCOLE. When our bloods Embrac’d each other, then I pitied That so much valour should be hazarded On the fortune of a single rapier And not spent against the Turk. _ 37 Renegado_, II., 5, 24 and 64-73. Bertoldo, the Knight of Malta, is the hero of _The Maid of Honour_. _Cf._ also Fletcher’s play of that name; and _Guardian_, V., 4, 143-145. _ 38 Unnatural Combat_, V., 2, 230. We find a similar emphasis on the Turk and pirates in Webster’s _White Devil_ and_ Devil’s Law-case_. 39 The “zealous coblers” and “learned botchers” who preach at Amsterdam are mentioned in _Renegado_, I., 1, 30-32. In _The Unnatural Combat_, III., 1, 75, the “Hugonots” are referred to as using the word “mortified.” “Geneva print” is mentioned in _Duke of Milan_, I., 1, 11; “precisians” in _New Way_, I., 1, 6, use the word “verity.” _ 40 Fair Maid_, IV., 2. _ 41 Very Woman_, III., 1, 124: MERCHANT. They have a city, Sir—I have been in it. And therefore dare affirm it—where if you saw With what a load of vanity ’tis fraughted, How like an everlasting morris-dance it looks, Nothing but hobby-horse and Maid Marian, You would start indeed. _ 42 Old Law_, IV., 1, 20; _New Way_, III., 2, 169; _Very Woman_, III., 5, 29 and 70; _Renegado_, I., 3, 74. _Cf._ _Decameron_, II. 5. 43 For the influence of the masque on Massinger, _cf._ _Picture_, II., 2; _City Madam_, V., 3; _Guardian_, IV., 2. _ 44 Cf._ the characters of Simonides in _The Old Law_ and young Novall in _The Fatal Dowry_, II., 2; _Emperor of the East_, I., 2, 21; _Picture_, II., 2, 29-36; _Very Woman_, III., 1, 131-2. Compare also _Henry VIII._, I., 3. _ 45 Renegado_, III., 1, 57; _Guardian_, II., 1, 81. _Cf._ _Merchant of Venice_, I., 2, 78-81; _As You Like It_, IV., 1, 34-40. 46 The play ends thus: Make you good Your promised reformation, and instruct Our city dames, whom wealth makes proud, to move In their own spheres, and willingly to confess, In their habits, manners, and their highest port, A distance ’twixt the city and the court. _Cf._ also _Maid of Honour_, III., 1, 84; _City Madam_, III., 2, 153; IV., 4, 43; _New Way_, II., 1, 81 and 88. In _The Renegado_, I., 2, distinctions are drawn between the county ladies, the city dames, and the court ladies of England. Compare also the epilogue to _Henry VIII_: Others, to hear the city Abused extremely, and to cry “that’s witty.”