 It appears that Massinger revised the play after Fletcher's death; Fletcher's characteristic preference for "ye" instead of "you" was toned down in Massinger's revision.The dramatists drew their plot from two tales in "The Orator" (1596) by "Lazarus Pyott" (perhaps a pseudonym of Anthony Munday).The characters' names derive from "The Historie of Philip De Commines," in Thomas Danett's English translation (1596/1601).