Anything more unlike Massinger than this fishing for minnows cannot be imagined.

Take again the parallel,[328] “which alone should be conclusive of Massinger's authorship”:

Pirithous. Though I know

His ocean needs not my poor drops, yet they

Must yield their tribute there. My precious maid,

Those best affections, that the heavens infuse

In their best temper'd pieces, keep enthroned

In your dear heart.[329]

In Believe as You List we have:

Though I know