of Love (1608), which was once attributed to Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker. The two plays share a similar bawdy tone and both end in a mock trial in which the romantic male lead masquerades as a judge to punish the wrongdoers for their sins. References Ewen, Cecil l'Estrange. "Lording Barry, Poet and Pirate" (1938) Kathman, David (September 2004). 'Barry, Lording (1580-1629)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. External links 1580 births 1629 deaths English Renaissance dramatists 17th-century English male writers 17th-century English writers 17th-century English dramatists and playwrights English pirates English male dramatists and playwrights