Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640 -- Criticism and interpretation
_ 390 Maid of Honour_, III., 3, 142; _Roman Actor_, I., 1. 87; II., 1,
186; IV., 2, 85; _Great Duke of Florence_, I., 1, 135; III., 1, 14;
V., 3, 10; _Fatal Dowry_, V., 2, 187; _Parliament of Love_, IV., 1,
8; IV., 4, 18; _Guardian_, II., 1, 53; III., 4, 6; _A Very Woman_,
II., 2, 60; _Picture_, I., 3, 176; II., 2, 158, 307; V., 3, 47;
_Duke of Milan_, I., 1, 74; III., 1, 221; V., 4, 18; _Emperor of the
East_, II., 1, 73, 147; III., 1, 28; III., 2, 82; V., 3, 189;
_Renegado_, I., 2, 78; II., 4, 95. _Cf._ also _Beggar’s Bush_, V.,
2. Ford uses “royal magnificence” in the same way in _Perkin
Warbeck_ (II., 1). In Ben Jonson’s _Staple of News_ (IV., 1) we find
“very communicative and liberal, and began to be magnificent.” In
Greene’s _James IV_, I., 1:
Your mightiness is so magnificent,
You cannot choose but cast some gift apart.
The word “munificent” occurs in _New Way_, IV., 2, 109.
_ 391 Maid of Honour_, IV., 3, 100; _Unnatural Combat_, II., 3, 49;
_Renegado_, IV., 3, 42; _Parliament of Love_, II., 3, 70;
_Guardian_, V., 4, 231; _New Way_, IV., 1, 103; _Bashful Lover_, I.,
1, 217; _cf. Prophetess_, IV., 6, 57.
_ 392 Unnatural Combat_, I., 1, 251, 393; _Virgin Martyr_, III., 1, 28;
IV., 3, 62; V., 2, 52; _Renegado_, I., 1, 138; IV., 3, 159; _Believe
as You List_, II., 2, 107 and 325; V., 1, 8.
_ 393 Great Duke of Florence_, III., 1, 358; _Guardian_, II., 3, 141;
_Bashful Lover_, IV., 1, 200; _Picture_, II., 2, 337; _Believe as
You List_, I., 2, 44. _Cf. Thierry and Theodoret_, II., 3.
_ 394 Unnatural Combat_, V., 1, 37; _Parliament of Love_, V., 1, 115;
_Guardian_, IV., 1, 77; _Duke of Milan_, II., 1, 138; _Believe as
You List_, IV., 4, 30. _Cf. Cupid’s Revenge_, II., 2, _ad finem_.
_ 395 Unnatural Combat_, I., 1, 283; _Bondman_, I., 3, 23. _Cf.
Prophetess_, II., 3, 1.
_ 396 Unnatural Combat_, V., 2, 234; _Bondman_, III., 2, 17; IV., 3, 34;
_Parliament of Love_, V., 1, 221; _Guardian_, I., 1, 192; III., 6,
17; V., 2, 132; _Bashful Lover_, III., 3, 88; _Picture_, III., 4,
46; _Duke of Milan_, II., 1, 288.
_ 397 Maid of Honour_, IV., 4, 93-95; V., 1, 14; _Roman Actor_, I., 2,
64; II., 1, 198; _Duke of Milan_, I., 3, 206; V., 2, 212;
_Parliament of Love_, II., 3, 94; _Guardian_, II., 5, 59; V., 2, 52;
_Emperor of the East_, II., 1, 355; IV., 5, 106; _New Way_, III., 1,
75; _Bashful Lover_, III., 3, 33; _Picture_, I., 3, 128; III., 5,
71. _Cf. Love’s Cure_, I., 3.
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