The Authoyship of " King Henry VI." 163 



Ibid., 1. 317: 



" Cheef standard bearer to the Lutheranes." 



(h) Massacre at Paris, 11. 524-530 : 



" I, but my Lord let me alone for that, 

 For Katherine must haue her will in France : 

 As I doe Hue, so surely shall he dye, 

 And Henry then shall weare the diadem. 

 And if he grudge or crosse his Mothers wiU, 

 He disinherite him and all the rest : 

 For He rule France, but they shall weare the crowne." 

 Ihid., 11. 653-659: 



" Thus man, let me alone with him, 



To work the way to bring this thing to passe : 



And if he doe deny what I doe say, 



He dispatch him with his brother presently. 



And then shall Mounser weare the diadem : 



Thus, all shall dye vnles I haue my will. 



For while she hues Katherine will be Queene." 



(i) Ibid., 11. 938 f. : 



" Come on sirs, what, are you resolutety bent. 

 Hating the life and honour of the Guise ? " 



Ibid., 11. 956 f.: 



" But are they resolute and armde to kiU, 

 Hating the life and honour of the Guise ? " 



(j) Massacre at Paris, 11. 992 f. : 



" Now doe I but begin to look about, 



And all my former time was spent in vaine." 



Ibid., 11. 1011 f. : " Nay then tis time 

 To look about." 



In the instances just cited, two kinds of parallels are illustrated. 

 In some cases, as in (a), (f), (g), (i), (j), a striking hne or expression, 

 which has already been used once in a play, lingers in the poet's 

 mind and repeats itself later either from carelessness or as a con- 

 scious rhetorical device. In the other cases, though identity of 

 wording is still largely present, this is of less importance than the 

 identity of idea. In these latter instances, usually occurring in 

 different plays, the poet happens to deal with similar conceptions, 

 and his mind naturally reacts in each case in a similar manner, 

 so that there results a parallel of thought and language, quite un- 



