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The Old Law

The Old Law, or A New Way to Please You is a seventeenth-century tragicomedy written by Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, and Philip Massinger. It was first published in 1656, but is generally thought to have been written about four decades earlier.


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“The good needs fear no law,
It is his safety and the bad man's awe.”

The Old Law (c. 1615–18; printed 1656), with Thomas Middleton and William Rowley.

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