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To Banbury came I, O profane one!
Where I saw a Puritane-one
Hanging of his cat on Monday,
For killing of a mouse on Sunday.

— Richard Brathwait

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A wily wench there was (as I have read)
Who us’d to capricorn her husband’s head.

I'd rather die Maid, and lead apes in Hell
Than wed an inmate of Silenus' Cell.

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I came to Gotham, where I saw many who were fools, if not all.

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