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Does the kind root bleed out his livelihood

DMI number:
14952
Poem Aliases
Massinger, Middleton and Rowley. The Old Law. Act 1.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Does the kind root bleed out his livelihood
Last Line:
Improvident
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work
Themes:
Gratitude
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 1 Scene 1. (1656, ESTC R12634). Taylor et al. (2007): 1343.
Author:
William Rowley
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from 'The Old Law' Act 1 Scene 1. (1656, ESTC R12634). Taylor et al. (2007): 1343.
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.21
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Massinger, Middleton and Rowley's Old Laws
Attributed To:
Thomas Middleton
Philip Massinger