Note 137 — ACTUS I, SCÆNA 1.[129]
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If Theobald had been as well read in our ancient dramatic writers as he pretended to be, he would have produced this passage in justification of the celebrated line in "The Double Falshood"—
"None but himself can be his parallel."
It is certain, if authorities would sanctify absurdity, he might have made a better defence against Mr Pope than that which he published. He might also have quoted the following line from Massinger's "Duke of Milan," act iv. sc. 3—
"And, but herself, admits no parallel."