_ 79 Cf._ Champernal in _The Little French Lawyer_, and Alberto in _The Fair Maid of the Inn_. Notice too the zest with which Valerio (_A Wife for a Month_, V., 3) describes the sea-action with the Turks. 80 The question whether Massinger knew Greek is discussed in Appendix II. To take one play only, _The Maid of Honour_, we find classical allusions in I., 1, 240; I., 2, 36, 107-128; II., 1, 48; II., 2, 23; II., 3, 26; II., 4, 17; II., 5, 13, 28; III., I, 29; III., I, 194; IV., 4, 13; IV., 4, 97, 108, 109; IV., 4, 140-145. _ 81 N. S. S._, xxvi., p. 581. _ 82 Englische Studien_, V., 93. 83 I., 2, 27. 84 Also called _The Prince of Tarent_. It would have been easier for Fletcher to imitate Massinger than for Massinger to imitate Fletcher. The pathos and comedy of the latter were alike out of our author’s range. 85 III., 1, 39. 86 See discussion on p. 141. _ 87 Cf._ Appendix III. 88 The question suggests itself at once: Did Massinger ever collaborate with Beaumont? Mr. Macaulay does not face this problem in his interesting monograph on Beaumont; indeed, he ignores Massinger’s undoubted claims to have collaborated with Fletcher, though he makes full amends for this omission in his article in the _Cambridge History of English Literature_. Boyle at one time thought that Massinger worked with Beaumont and Fletcher in _The Honest Man’s Fortune_ and _The Knight of Malta_ (_N. S. S._, pp. 589-590). 89 From the nature of the case the idea is not new; thus Weber, in the Preface to the 1812 Edinburgh edition of Beaumont and Fletcher, attributes the completion of _The Lover’s Progress_, _Love’s Pilgrimage_, and the character of Septimius in _The False One_ to Massinger. Fleay (_Shakespeare Manual_, p. 152) makes out a list of ten of Fletcher’s plays in which he traces Massinger’s hand. _Cf._ Appendix III. _ 90 Eng. St._, VII., 75. 91 Reprinted 1877. Congleton. A copy of the original book is to be seen at Shakspere’s birthhouse, Stratford-on-Avon. 92 An inauspicious date for such a publication! 93 There are many touches in _Henry VIII_ which remind one of Massinger; and not a few passages in Massinger remind one of _Henry VIII_. Take as an example _City Madam_, III., 2, 111. LUKE. O my lord! This heap of wealth, which you possess me of, Which to a worldly man had been a blessing, And to the messenger might with justice challenge A kind of adoration, is to me A curse I cannot thank you for; and, much less Rejoice in that tranquillity of mind My brother’s vows must purchase. I have made A dear exchange with him: he now enjoys My peace and poverty, the trouble of His wealth conferr’d on me; and that a burthen Too heavy for my weak shoulders.