543 The quadrisyllabic scansion of such a word as “remission” (_Parliament of Love_, II., 2, 107) has not, in my opinion, any metrical significance in Massinger. It is, indeed, very frequently found, so frequently as to be no criterion of his style. I fancy that it may be more often found in passages which he wrote against time, or when his head was tired. 544 Page 59, n. 1. 545 The autograph and Herbert’s Imprimatur are reproduced in facsimile in the Percy Society volume. But would Massinger have referred to himself as _Mr._ Massenger [_sic_]? _ 546 Apology_, ii. 203. C. Cibber, in a list of dramatic authors, makes reference to Massinger’s plays. He says: “Mr. Massinger, I believe, was author of several other dramatic pieces: one I have seen in MS., which I am assured was acted, by the proper quotations, etc. The title runs thus: ‘Believe as you list, written by Mr. Massinger, with the following licence: “This play, called ‘Believe as you list,’ may be acted this 6th of May, 1631. Henry Herbert.” ’ ” Malone (_Shakspere_, vol. iii., p. 230) gives the date (_i.e._, of the actual performance as May 7th, 1631. 547 The references are as follows: II., 2, 368; III., 1, 20; IV., 3, initial stage direction. 548 Beside the Henslow document there are to be seen at Dulwich College four signatures of Massinger, in a beautiful clear hand; three of these are attached to leases of Alleyn’s, and the fourth is added to Daborne’s signature to the document mentioned by Cunningham in his Preface (p. xii.). The poem “_Sero sed serio_” is to be found in B.M. Royal MSS. XVIII., A. 20. The signature is identical with the Dulwich signatures. The poem itself is in another hand, with many flourishes. The only reason for supposing it to be the poet’s, besides his poverty, is an erasure in line 14, which runs thus: then Being,^silent then, which looks like a correction made by the author himself, _currente calamo_. The hand of _The Second Maiden’s Tragedy_ does not resemble that of _Believe as You List_. The hand of _Sir John Van Olden Barnavelt_ is uniform throughout. It is neat and full of flourishes, especially in the letter L. It is, of course, possible that Massinger wrote this in 1619. The stage directions are in a bolder hand and deep black ink. They are plainly part of the MS., and not later insertions like those in _Believe as You List_. I incline to think the writing is all due to an amanuensis. There is very little correction in the play, except that several long passages are very thoroughly scrawled out. _ 549 Cf._ Appendix VIII.: I., 1, 26; I., 2, 186; II., 1, 51; II., 2, 217; II., 2, 368; III., 1, 20; IV., 3, stage direction.