A. H. B. agrees that the play is due to Massinger and Middleton.
Fleay thinks that Massinger altered a play by Beaumont and Fletcher.
A. H. C.: It is to be noted that the Prologue expressly attributes the play to Beaumont and Fletcher. I find nothing like Massinger except a few touches in Act I., 1 and 3. The lightheartedness of the play reminds us alike of Fletcher and Middleton; the romantic atmosphere reminds us of the former, the inferiority of the metre of the latter.
23. The Fatal Dowry. (Massinger and Field.)
M.: Act I.; Act III. (to “Enter Novall junior”); Act IV., 2, 3, 4; Act V., 1, 2.
For further discussion cf. [Appendix XI].
24. The Virgin Martyr. (Massinger and Dekker.)
M.: Act I.; Act III., 1, 2; Act IV., 3; Act V., 2.
For a discussion of this verdict cf. [Appendix X].
25. The Old Law. (Massinger, Middleton, Rowley.)