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makes what is practically a burial testament. 1 In this he gives 
directions how a lock of his sweetheart’s hair shall he buried 
with him. The Legacy (1633) is a testament in which the 
same author bequeaths his heart to his mistress. 2 The Will 
(1633) is the best representative of the testament among 
Donne’s poems. 3 In this piece of fifty-four lines numerous be¬ 
quests, more or less satirical, are made to several classes of 
people. 
In the drama, too, during these years, the testament found 
its place. Thomas Middleton in the Inner Temple Masque 
(1619) introduces a Testament of Kersmas , 4 In this Christ¬ 
mas makes bequests to his children, who are named from cer¬ 
tain games of cards. The testament is a poor piece of work; 
the allegory is overdone, and the bequests are rather pointless. 5 
John Ford in The Brohen Heart (1633) has one of the char¬ 
acters, Penthea, make her testament. 6 After confessing that 
her life has not been free from vanity, she begs Calantha to 
hear her testament and to be her executrix. 
Penthea. I have left me 
But three poor jewels to bequeath. The first is 
My youth; for though I am much old in griefs, 
In years I am a child. 
Calantha. To whom that? 
Penthea. To virgin-wives, such as abuse not wedlock 
By freedom of desires, but covet chiefly 
The pledges of chaste beds for ties of love, 
Rather than raging of their blood; and next 
To married maids, such as prefer the number 
Of honorable issue in their virtues 
Before the flattery of delights by marriage; 
May those be ever young! 
Calantha. A second jewel 
You mean to part with. 
Penthea. ! Tis my fame; I trust 
By scandal yet untouched: this I bequeath 
To Memory, and Time’s old daughter, Truth. 
If ever my unhappy name find mention, 
When I am fall’n to dust, may it deserve 
Beseeming charity without dishonour. 
1 Ibid., I, 61. 
2 Ibid., I, 18. 
3 Ibid., I, 59. 
4 Bullen, The Works of Thomas Middleton , Boston, 1876, VII, 201. 
5 Ben Jonson in his Maske of Xmas introduces the figure of Christ¬ 
mas with his ten children. 
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