56 Thus Ford, in an interesting passage in _Love’s Sacrifice_, I., 1, refers to the national love of self-depreciation among the English. _Cf._ also _Rape of Lucrece_, III., 5. 57 I., 2, 22-49. _Cf._ also _Very Woman_, III., 1, 133-135; and Webster’s _Westward Ho!_ I., 1, and III., 3. _ 58 Cf._ _The Honest Whore_, Pt. II., IV., 1: MATHEO. England is the only hell for horses, and only paradise for women. Also Lamira’s words in _The Honest Man’s Fortune_, III., 3. _ 59 Cf._ _Duke of Milan_, _Picture_, and _Roman Actor_. The Duke of “Pavy” in Ford’s _Love’s Sacrifice_ is a slighter sketch of the same type. The worthlessness of Bianca in the same play is a measure of the moral gap between Massinger and Ford. _ 60 Renegado_, IV., 2, 116-143. 61 Oxford Lectures on Poetry, pp. 363-365. _Cf._ also pp. 392-3. _ 62 Cf._ op. cit., p. 381. _Cf._ Prologue to _Henry VIII._, line 13; Prologue to _Romeo and Juliet_, line 12, and Chorus to Act I. in _The Mayor of Queensborough_. If all my powers Can win the grace of two poor hours, Well apaid I go to rest. Also Prologues to _Two Noble Kinsmen_, lines 28, 29; _Alchemist_, line 1; _Love’s Pilgrimage_, line 8; _Lover’s Progress_, line 18 (“_three_ short hours”); and Shirley’s Preface to the Folio of Beaumont and Fletcher. _ 63 Cf._ Malone’s _Shakspere_ (edition 1790), vol. i., pt. 2, p. 226. _Believe as You List_ probably represents an adaptation of this play, with classical names and setting substituted for the original plot. _Cf._ Appendix VII. 64 Chapman had to suppress a considerable part of _The Tragedy of Byron_, which referred to quite recent events in France. But the censorship seems to have become much more stringent in Massinger’s days. _ 65 The King and the Subject_; now lost. The play was performed, after alterations had been made, under another title. Sir H. Herbert wrote, “Received of Mr. Lowen’s for my paines about Massinger’s play called _The King and the Subject_, 2nd June, 1638, £1.” 66 Malone’s _Shakspere_ (ed. 1790), vol. i., pt. 2, p. 235. _ 67 Bondman_, I., 3. 68 I., 1, 49-56. _Cf._ also _Great Duke of Florence_, I., 1, 75-84. Sanazarro is one of the better type of favourites. 69 I., 1, 23-36. 70 III., 1, 10-17. 71 III., 3, 135. 72 IV., 5, 52. _Cf._ also _Great Duke of Florence_, I., 1, 73-84. _ 73 Cf._ especially the offer made by the Informer to Paulinus, I., 2, 69-89. 74 1st quarto, “pole.” 75 I., 2, 236-257. 76 IV., 1, 136-147. 77 I., 1, 220-233. 78 Middleton refers to “the great Armada” in _A Trick to Catch the Old One_, III., 4; Dampit: “In Anno ’88, when the great Armada was coming.” _Cf._ _The Alchemist_, IV., 2.