144 mi^y ^^ Maffinger, 



The marches of great Princes, 



Like to the motions of prodigious meteors. 



Are ftep by Hep obferved. 



Virgin Martyr, Aft I. Sc. i. 



The introduflory circumftances of a threatning 

 piece of intelligence, are 



-_ _. — but creeping billows 



Not got to ftiore yet. 



lb. Aft II. Sc. 2. 



In the fame play, we meet with this charming 

 image, applied to a modeft young nobleman ; 



The fun beams which the Emperor throws on him. 

 Shine there but as in water, and gild him 

 Not with one fpot of pride. 



No Other figure could fo happily illuftrate the 

 peace and purity of an ingenuous mind, uncor- 

 rupted by favour. Maffinger feems fond of this 

 thought; we meet with a fimilar one in the 

 Guardian j 



I have feen ihofe eyes with pleafant glances play 

 Upon Adorio's, like Phoebe's fliine 

 Gilding a cryftal river. Aft IV. Sc. i. 



There are two parallel paffages in Shakefpeare, 

 to whom we are probably indebted for this, as 

 well as for many other fine images of our poet. 

 The firft is in the Winter's Tale; 



He fays he loves my daughter; 

 I thi'ik fo too ; for never gaz'd the moon 

 Upon the water, as he'll ftand, and read. 

 As 'twere, my daughter's eyes. Aft IV. Sc. 4. 



The 



