Builders of iron mills, that grub up forests
With timber trees for shipping.
Cf. Volpone, I., 1, 33-36.
Cf. The Honest Whore, Pt. II., IV., 1:
Matheo. England is the only hell for horses, and only paradise for women. Also Lamira's words in The Honest Man's Fortune, III., 3.
Cf. op. cit., p. 381. Cf. Prologue to Henry VIII., line 13; Prologue to Romeo and Juliet, line 12, and Chorus to Act I. in The Mayor of Queensborough.
If all my powers
Can win the grace of two poor hours,
Well apaid I go to rest.
Also Prologues to Two Noble Kinsmen, lines 28, 29; Alchemist, line 1; Love's Pilgrimage, line 8; Lover's Progress, line 18 (“three short hours”); and Shirley's Preface to the Folio of Beaumont and Fletcher.
There are many touches in Henry VIII which remind one of Massinger; and not a few passages in Massinger remind one of Henry VIII. Take as an example City Madam, III., 2, 111.
Luke. O my lord!
This heap of wealth, which you possess me of,
Which to a worldly man had been a blessing,
And to the messenger might with justice challenge
A kind of adoration, is to me
A curse I cannot thank you for; and, much less
Rejoice in that tranquillity of mind
My brother's vows must purchase. I have made
A dear exchange with him: he now enjoys
My peace and poverty, the trouble of
His wealth conferr'd on me; and that a burthen
Too heavy for my weak shoulders.
Lord Lacy. Honest Soul,
With what feeling he receives it!