The good needs fear no law
- DMI number:
- 16036
- 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
- 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.
- 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 MassingerThomas Middleton
Poem Aliases
Massinger, Middleton and Rowley. The Old Law. Act 5.
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