Frasi di John Fletcher

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Act III, scene 2. Song.
Rollo, Duke of Normandy, or The Bloody Brother, (c. 1617; revised c. 1627–30; published 1639)
Variante: Three merry boys, and three merry boys,
And three merry boys are we,
As ever did sing in a hempen string
Under the gallow-tree.

The Custom of the Country (with Philip Massinger; c. 1619–23; published 1647), Act II, scene 2
Compare: "I know death hath ten thousand several doors / For men to take their exits.", John Webster, Dutchess of Malfi (1623); act IV, scene ii

Act II, scene ii. The following well-known catch, or glee, is formed on this song: "He who goes to bed, and goes to bed sober, Falls as the leaves do, and dies in October; But he who goes to bed, and goes to bed mellow, Lives as he ought to do, and dies an honest fellow".
Rollo, Duke of Normandy, or The Bloody Brother, (c. 1617; revised c. 1627–30; published 1639)

The Knight of Malta (1647), Act I, sc. i.

Act III, scene 5.
The Elder Brother (c. 1625; published 1637)

Act IV, scene 1.
The Honest Man's Fortune, (1613; published 1647)

Act IV, scene 2.
The Tragedy of Bonduca (1611–14; published 1647)

Act IV, scene 4.
Wit Without Money (c. 1614; published 1639)

Act V, scene 5.
The Tragedy of Bonduca (1611–14; published 1647)

The Honest Man's Fortune, (1613; published 1647)

Act IV, scene i. Compare: "Take, O, take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn: But my kisses bring again, bring again; Seals of love, but sealed in vain, sealed in vain", William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.
Rollo, Duke of Normandy, or The Bloody Brother, (c. 1617; revised c. 1627–30; published 1639)

Act IV, scene 3. ("Sit tibi terra levis," familiar inscription).
The Tragedy of Bonduca (1611–14; published 1647)

Comedy of Monsieur Thomas (c. 1610–16; published 1639), Act III, scene 1.

The Lover's Progress (licensed 6 December 1623; revised 1634; published 1647), Act I, scene 1.

Act IV, scene 1.
Wit Without Money (c. 1614; published 1639)

Act I, scene 1.
The Little French Lawyer (c. 1619–23; published 1647)

Rule a Wife and Have a Wife (licensed 19 October 1624; 1640), Act III, scene 5.

Act V, scene 2.
The Tragedy of Bonduca (1611–14; published 1647)

Act II, scene 1.
The Little French Lawyer (c. 1619–23; published 1647)

Act V, scene 2. Compare William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, introduction, scene 1, line 5. Also Scene 2, line 146. ("Slip" in folio).
Wit Without Money (c. 1614; published 1639)

Act IV, scene 4.
Wit Without Money (c. 1614; published 1639)