is a repetition of the idea in Virgin Martyr. On page 212 "Grave Maurice"; here "Grave" is Count Maurice, who is also so called in Love's Cure, I. 2. Bobadilla's speech. (Love's Cure is by Massinger and another author, not Fletcher.)
Page 213.
The desire of glory
Was the last frailty wise men ere put off.
This occurs again in A Very Woman, V. 4, line 10,—
Though the desire of fame be the last weakness
Wise men put off.
Though the thought occurs in Tacitus and Simplicius, Milton seems to have adopted it, as he has done many other of his most striking passages from Massinger. It occurs also in at least one other play of Massinger's, but the passage has escaped me for the moment.
Same page:—
'Tis like yourself,
Like Barnavelt, and in that all is spoken.
An expression which, with a slight change from "spoken" to "comprehended," occurs in almost every one of Massinger's plays.