Mariners might with far greater ease
Hear whole shoals of sirens singing.
Compare Comedy of Errors, Act iii. Scene 2.
Sing, siren, for thyself.
In this case identity of sex was as palpable an evidence for identity of authorship as diversity of sex had afforded in the preceding instance.
Again:
Have oaths no more validity with princes?
In Romeo and Juliet, Act iii. Scene 3, the very same words were coupled in the very same order:
More validity,
More honourable state, more courtship lies
In carrion flies than Romeo.
Again:
It would have killed a salamander.