For examples of the latter: The Country Captain employs the phrase "feather-footed Hours," which also occurs in two of Shirley's masques, The Triumph of Beauty and The Triumph of Peace. The line "That snorts at Spain by an instinct of Nature" can be found both in The Country Captain and in Shirley's The Bird in a Cage. A verse beginning "Come let us throw the dice," which is used as a drinking song in the play, is printed in Shirley's Poems (1646).
For examples of the latter: The Country Captain uses the phrase "light-footed Hours," which also appears in two of Shirley's masques, The Triumph of Beauty and The Triumph of Peace. The line "That snorts at Spain by a natural instinct" can be found both in The Country Captain and in Shirley's The Bird in a Cage. A verse beginning "Come let us toss the dice," used as a drinking song in the play, is included in Shirley's Poems (1646).