The chief of these is the _Virgin Martyr_, in which he was assisted by Dekker.

The best of the others are _The City Madam_ and _A New Way to Pay Old Debts_, _The Fatal Dowry_, _The Unnatural Combat_, and _The Duke of Milan_.

_A New Way to Pay Old Debts_ keeps its place upon the modern stage.
John Ford, born 1586: author of _The Lover's Melancholy_, _Love's Sacrifice_, _Perkin Warbeck_, and _The Broken Heart_.

He was a pathetic delineator of love, especially of unhappy love.

Some of his plots are unnatural, and abhorrent to a refined taste.
Webster (dates unknown): this author is remarkable for his handling of gloomy and terrible subjects.