Excerpt from Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Vol. 27: Edited From Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications

I have reason to believe that the ms. Was formerly in the hands of David Garrick, in whose time the merits of Massinger were not highly appreciated, and who might not, therefore, have had the same regard for the missing document, as it would subsequently have obtained from the late Mr. Gifford had it fortunately fallen into his hands.

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