"Cold there compels no use of rugged furs, Nor makes the mountains barren; there's no dog To rage, and scorch the land. Spring's always there, And paints the valleys; whilst a temperate air Sweeps their embroider'd face with his curl'd gales, And breathes perfumes:--there night doth never spread Her ebon wings: but daylight's always there, And one blest season crowns the eternal year." GIFFORD. [51] _Enter_ ANGELO, _in the Angel's_ habit, &c.] It appears that Angelo was not meant to be seen or heard by any of the people present, but Dorothea. In the inventory of the Lord Admiral's properties, given by Mr. Malone, is, "a roobe for to goe invisibell." It was probably of a light gauzy texture, and afforded a sufficient hint to our ancestors, not to see the person invested with it; or rather, to understand that some of the characters on the stage were not to see him.--GIFFORD. [52] ------------_Learn all, By your example_, &c.] "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares." Heb. c. xiii. v. 2. Here is also a beautiful allusion to the parting speech of the "sociable archangel," to Tobit and his son.--GIFFORD. [53] The whole of this scene Gifford ascribes to Decker. [54] ------------_is not out of hate To poor tormented wretches_, &c.] This is said to distinguish his character from that of Sapritius, whose zeal is influenced by motives of interest, and by many other considerations, which appear to weigh nothing with Theophilus.--GIFFORD. [55] _Put on_,] i. e. _instigated_. [56] ----_this small weapon._] Meaning the "cross of flowers," which he had just found. The language and ideas of this play are purely catholic.--GIFFORD. [57] _That my last act the best may parallel._] Thus far Decker; what follows, I apprehend, was written by Massinger. In pathos, strength, and harmony, it is not surpassed by any passage of equal length in the English language.--GIFFORD. SCENE II. DIOCLESIAN'_s Palace_. _Enter_ DIOCLESIAN, MAXIMINUS, _the Kings of Epire, Pontus, and Macedon, meeting_ ARTEMIA; _Attendants_. _Artem._ Glory and conquest still attend upon Triumphant Cæsar! _Diocle._ Let thy wish, fair daughter, Be equally divided; and hereafter Learn thou to know and reverence Maximinus, Whose power, with mine united, makes one Cæsar. _Max._ But that I fear 'twould be held flattery, The bonds consider'd in which we stand tied, As love and empire, I should say, till now I ne'er had seen a lady I thought worthy To be my mistress.