Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640 -- Criticism and interpretation
379 V., 2, 51. _Cf._ also _Unnatural Combat_, III., 2, 157; _Duke of
Milan_, V., 2, 82; _Bondman_, IV., 2, 75; _City Madam_, V., 3, 108;
_Guardian_, I., 1, 191. In these last instances marriage is not
referred to, nor is the word “despatched” used.
380 V., 1, 106.
381 II., 1, 128.
_ 382 Picture_, II., 2, 159, 163; _Unnatural Combat_, I., 1, 4; III., 2,
70; IV., 1, 103; _Great Duke of Florence_, I., 2, 75 and 155; II.,
1, 186; IV., 2, 88; V., 3, 40; _Guardian_, I., 2, 142; II., 3, 47;
III., 5, 34: IV., 1, 86; _Maid of Honour_, I., 1, 175; III., 3, 214,
221 and 234; _Duke of Milan_, I., 3, 30; _Parliament of Love_, II.,
2, 23; III., 3, 150; _A Very Woman_, II., 2, 28; IV., 3, 99;
_Bashful Lover_, III., 3, 68; _New Way_, I., 1, 31; III., 1, 17;
III., 2, 49; _Virgin Martyr_, I., 1, 321; _Fatal Dowry_, I., 1, 85;
II., 2, 107 and 313; _Emperor of the East_, Prol., 2, 14; II., 1,
324; _Bondman_, I., 3, 290; _Renegado_, II., 1, 66. It is true that
blushing plays a great part in all our old dramatists. Compare in
Fletcher, _False One_, II., 3, _ad finem_; II., 6, 22; Leandro, in
_The Spanish Curate_, I., 1; and in Shakspere, _Henry V_, V., 2,
253; _Much Ado_, IV., 1, 35, 160-163; _Antony and Cleopatra_, I., 1,
29; V., 2,149. _Cf._ also _Eastward Ho_, I., 1. “Give me a little
box on the ear, that I may seem to blush”; II., 1. “As I am a lady,
if he did not make me blush so that mine eyes stood awater.” _Every
Man in his Humour_, V., 1. “Nay, Mistress Bridget, blush not.” _The
Devil is an Ass_, I., 3; _Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay_, I., 2;
_James IV._, III., 3.
_ 383 Guardian_, III., 6, 55; IV., 2, 52; _Old Law_, III., 1, 272;
_Emperor of the East_, IV., 5, 202.
_ 384 Picture_, I., 1, 43; II., 1, 71-75; _Maid of Honour_, I., 1, 157;
II., 2, 119; V., 2, 267-270: _Unnatural Combat_, II., 1, 135 and
220: II., 3. 29; _Bondman_, III., 3, 98-102; III., 4, 65;
_Renegado_, II., 1, 31-34; IV., 1, 147; V., 3, 76-81; _Guardian_,
III., 1, 8-10 and 42: III., 6, 6; IV., 1, 13 and 21; _Emperor of the
East_, IV., 1, 59; IV., 3, 22; V., 3, 137; _New Way_, III., 2, 220;
IV., 3, 4; _A Very Woman_, V., 3, 21; _Bashful Lover_, V., 2, 12;
V., 3, 146; _Duke of Milan_, II., 1, 420: _Believe as You List_, I.,
1, 117; IV., 3, 27.
_ 385 Picture_, II., 2, 336:
HONORIA. I am full of thoughts,
And something there is here I must give form to,
Though yet an embryon.
_Bondman_, I., 3, 315; II., 1, 74-77; V., 2, 103; _Renegado_, III.,
3, 97; _The Virgin Martyr_, III., 2, 98; _Guardian_, II., 3, 140;
_Emperor of the East_, V., 1, 129; _Bashful Lover_, IV., 1, 200;
_Roman Actor_, IV., 2, 105. _Cf._ also _Emperor of the East_, III.,
3, 13; _Thierry and Theodoret_, I., 2.
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