Excerpt from Tis Pity She's a Whore, and the Broken Heart When John Ford was a young man Of twenty read ing law at the inns-of-court he committed two trifling literary indiscretions called Fame' s Memorial and Honour Triumphant. Theselittle tracts, both published in 1606, are of slight intrinsic interest, and they have passed hitherto with insignificant comment. At first sight, indeed, there seems to be no important connection between them and their author's dramatic work which began to appear in print more than a score Of years later. As a matter of fact, however, they yield to closer scrutiny extremely suggestive hints on the source Of Ford's ideas and cul ture, on the native bias Of his character, and on his pe culiar conception Of tragedy. 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.