Mr. Simpson recognises the fact that most of the Chrisoganus passages, especially those in the earlier portions of Histriomastix, pertain to the play in its original form. If the reader will take the trouble to read Chapman's Hymns to the Shadow of Night (1594), his poem to Thomas Harriot, and his Tears of Peace, and compare their mental attitude and verbal characteristics with the "Chrisoganus" and "Peace" passages of Histriomastix, Chapman's authorship of the latter will become apparent. The following parallels from four of Chapman's poems are convincing, and they can be extended indefinitely:
Histriomastix—
"Have always borne themselves in Godlike State
With lofty foreheade higher than the stars."
De Guiana, Carmen Epicum—
"Whose forehead knocks against the roof of stars."
Histriomastix—
"Consume whole groves and standing fields of corn
In thy wild rage and make the proud earth groan."
The Shadow of Night—
"Convert the violent courses of thy floods,
Remove whole fields of corn and highest woods."
Histriomastix—