The 1637 quarto was printed by John Norton for the booksellers Andrew Crooke and William Cooke, the stationers who issued five plays by Shirley in that year alone.
Guilt and embarrassment work a reformation on him: Fitzavarice presents her with the mortgage and adds a precious jewel in admiration of her steadfastness.
The Lord accepts, but his second, a follower named Confident Rapture, arranges for the Captain to be apprehended for debt and so save his master the risks of single combat.
Peregrine now realizes his error and accepts his wife's virtue; but when he attempts to reconcile with Fitzavarice, the Lord refuses him, and insists that they meet on the "field of honor."
"[4] The result is an interesting study of paranoia in a 17th-century context: Sir Solitary sees enemies everywhere and hides in his residence for safety.