Effay on Majftnger. 149 



The great work ended, were difmifsM, and fed 

 At th' public coft ; nay faithful dogs have found 

 Their fepulchres; but man to nan more cruel. 

 Appoints no end to th' fufF'rings of his flave. 



lb. Aa IV. Sc. 2 



The fenfe of degradation in a lofty mind, hur- 

 ried into vice by a furious and irrefiftible paf- 

 fion, is expreffed very happily in the Renegado, 

 by Donufa. 



-.--- What poor means 



Muft I make ufe of now ? And flatter fuch. 

 To whom, till I betray'd my liberty. 

 One gracious look of mine would have ere£led 

 An altar to my fervice. 



Again, 



O that I Ihould bluOi 



To fpeak what I fo much defire to do ! 



When Mathias, in the Pifture, is informed by 

 the magical (kill of his friend, that his wife's 

 honour is in danger, his firft exclamations have 

 at leaft as much fentiment as paflion : 



.. It is more 



Impoffible in Nature for grofs bodies 

 Defcending, of themfelves to hang in th' air. 

 Or with my fmgle arm to underprop 

 A falling tower, nay in its violent courfe 

 To Hop the lightning, than to flay a woman 

 Hurried by two furies, lull and falfehood. 

 In li'.-r full career to wickednefs 



. -I am thrown 



P'rom a fteep rock, headlong into a gulph 



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