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The Maid of Honour

Philip Massinger

For attendants upon a queen in the royal households, see Maids of HonourThe Maid of Honour is a Jacobean era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Philip Massinger, first published in 1632. It may be Massinger's earliest extant solo work.

“Virtue, if not in action, is a vice,
And, when we move not forward, we go backward.”

Philip Massinger The Maid of Honour

The Maid of Honour (c. 1621; printed 1632), Act I, scene i.

“What a sea
Of melting ice I walk on!”

Philip Massinger The Maid of Honour

The Maid of Honour (c. 1621; printed 1632), Act III, scene iii.

“He
That kills himself to avoid misery, fears it,
And, at the best, shows but a bastard valour.
This life's a fort committed to my trust,
Which I must not yield up till it be forc'd.
—Nor will I. He's not valiant that dares die,
But he that boldly bears calamity.”

Philip Massinger The Maid of Honour

The Maid of Honour (c. 1621; printed 1632), Act IV, scene iii.

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