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The good needs fear no law

DMI number:
16036
Poem Aliases
Massinger, Middleton and Rowley. The Old Law. Act 5.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
The good needs fear no law
Last Line:
It is his safety and the bad man's awe
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work
Themes:
The law
Related People
Author:
Philip Massinger
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
ODNB entry (William Rowley): 'The title-page of [The Old Law] credits Philip Massinger as well as Middleton and Rowley, but Massinger's involvement is disputed, and at most minor.'
Author:
Thomas Middleton
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from 'The Old Law' Act 5 Scene 1. (1656, ESTC R12634). Taylor et al. (2007): 1396.
Author:
William Rowley
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from 'The Old Law' Act 5 Scene 1. (1656, ESTC R12634). Taylor et al. (2007): 1396.
Content/Publication
Title:
The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. [vol II] [T131617] [ecco]
Page No(s):
p.154
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Massinger, Middleton, and Rowley's Old Law
Attributed To:
Philip Massinger
Thomas Middleton