Note 21 — Chapter VII · The Witch in Dramatic Literature
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Mrs. Behn owes a hint to Shirley’s The Lady of Pleasure, licensed by Sir Henry Herbert, 15 October, 1635; 4to. 1637. It must be confessed that she has managed her scenes with more wit and spirit than the older dramatist, whose charming verse is perhaps too seriously poetical for the actual situation.