Excerpt from The Plays of Philip Massinger: With Notes Critical and Explanatory Massinger was born, as all the writers of his life agree. At Salisbury, probably at Wilton, the seat of the Earl of Pembroke, in whose family he appears to have been educated. W hen he reached his six teenth year, he sustained an irreparable loss in the death of that worthy nobleman', who, from attach ment to the father, would, not improbably, have extended his powerful patronage to the young poet. He was succeeded in his titles and estates by his son William, the third Earl of Pembroke; one of the brightest characters that adorned the court of Eliza beth and James. He was, as s Wood, not only a great favourer of learned an ingenious men, but was himself learned, and endowed to admiration with a poetical geny. As by those amorous and poetical aires and poems of his composition doth evident] appear some of which had musical notes set to t em by Hen. Lawes and Nich. Lancare. Ath. I. 546. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.