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We worldly men when we see friends and kinsmen

DMI number:
16593
Poem Aliases
Massinger. New Way to Pay Old Debts. Act 3.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
We worldly men when we see friends and kinsmen
Last Line:
Upon their heads to press them to the bottom
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work
Themes:
Fate / fortune / providence
Related People
Author:
Philip Massinger
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Edwards and Gibson (1976): II, 346 (extract from 'A New Way to Pay Old Debts', Act 3, Scene 3).
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.251
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Massinger's New Way to pay old Debts
Attributed To:
Philip Massinger