Of all their judgments, which was true,
Rip up my heart; O, then I fear
The world will see thy picture there.”
—though it is perhaps more probable that it was addressed to Beaumont by Fletcher, and has accidentally found place among the former’s writings.
In the Maids Tragedy by B. and F., (Act I. Scene i.) we have Melantius speaking about his companion Amintor, a young nobleman:—
“All joys upon him! for he is my friend.
Wonder not that I call a man so young my friend:
His worth is great; radiant he is, and temperate;
And one that never thinks his life his own,
If his friend need it.”