Lidia, in The Great Duke of Florence, when Sanazarro seems to be treating her rudely, exclaims:
Oh, the difference of natures![375]
But she does not leave the stage.
We might say: Oh, the difference of styles! In the one case we have a rustic maiden of low birth; in the other, a lady justly offended.
I do not deny that some of the parallels are remarkable, but they may be due to imitation or reminiscence. Take the words:
Thou, O jewel,
O' th' wood, o' th' world, hast likewise blest a place
With thy sole presence.[376]
In The Great Duke of Florence we find:
And what place