“Let no man fear to die: We love to sleep all,
And death is but the sounder sleep.”
John Fletcher The Humorous Lieutenant
Act III, scene 6.
The Humorous Lieutenant (c. 1619; published 1647)
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“Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast.”
John Fletcher The Honest Man's Fortune
Act V, scene 3, line 170.
The Honest Man's Fortune, (1613; published 1647)
“I'll put a spoke among your wheels.”
The Mad Lover, (acted 5 January 1617; 1647), Act III, scene 5.
John Fletcher The Honest Man's Fortune
Act III, scene 3.
The Honest Man's Fortune, (1613; published 1647)
“Then, everlasting Love, restrain thy will;
'Tis god-like to have power, but not to kill.”
The Chances (c. 1613–25; 1647), Act II, scene 2. Song.
“Let them learn first to show pity at home.”
John Fletcher Wit Without Money
Scene 2.
Wit Without Money (c. 1614; published 1639)
“Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.”
John Fletcher Wit Without Money
Act IV, scene 4.
Wit Without Money (c. 1614; published 1639)
“Look babies in your eyes, my pretty sweet one.”
John Fletcher The Loyal Subject
The Loyal Subject (c. 1616–19; published 1647, 1679)
John Fletcher The Elder Brother
Act I, scene 2.
The Elder Brother (c. 1625; published 1637)
“One good turn deserves another.”
John Fletcher The Little French Lawyer
Act III, scene 2.
The Little French Lawyer (c. 1619–23; published 1647)
“Let's meet and either do or die.”
John Fletcher The Island Princess
The Island Princess (c. 1620; published 1647), Act II, scene 2. Compare: "Let us do or die", Robert Burns, Bannockburn; same in Thomas Campbell, Gertrude of Wyoming, part iii. stanza 37.
Act III, scene 2. Song.
Rollo, Duke of Normandy, or The Bloody Brother, (c. 1617; revised c. 1627–30; published 1639)
Variant: Three merry boys, and three merry boys,
And three merry boys are we,
As ever did sing in a hempen string
Under the gallow-tree.
“Death hath so many doors to let out life.”
John Fletcher The Custom of the Country
The Custom of the Country (with Philip Massinger; c. 1619–23; published 1647), Act II, scene 2
Compare: "I know death hath ten thousand several doors / For men to take their exits.", John Webster, Dutchess of Malfi (1623); act IV, scene ii
“And he that will to bed go sober
Falls with the leaf in October.”
Act II, scene ii. The following well-known catch, or glee, is formed on this song: "He who goes to bed, and goes to bed sober, Falls as the leaves do, and dies in October; But he who goes to bed, and goes to bed mellow, Lives as he ought to do, and dies an honest fellow".
Rollo, Duke of Normandy, or The Bloody Brother, (c. 1617; revised c. 1627–30; published 1639)
“Of all the paths lead to a woman's love
Pity's the straightest.”
The Knight of Malta (1647), Act I, sc. i.
“There's nothing that allays an angry mind
So soon as a sweet beauty.”
John Fletcher The Elder Brother
Act III, scene 5.
The Elder Brother (c. 1625; published 1637)
“As high as Heaven, as deep as Hell.”
John Fletcher The Honest Man's Fortune
Act IV, scene 1.
The Honest Man's Fortune, (1613; published 1647)
“What mare's nest hast thou found?”
Act IV, scene 2.
The Tragedy of Bonduca (1611–14; published 1647)
“Whistle, and she'll come to you.”
John Fletcher Wit Without Money
Act IV, scene 4.
Wit Without Money (c. 1614; published 1639)
Act V, scene 5.
The Tragedy of Bonduca (1611–14; published 1647)