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Swinburne, A Study of Ben Jonson, 1889.



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BEN JONSON'S PLAYS




THE ALCHEMIST

BY

BEN JONSON.


TO THE LADY MOST DESERVING HER NAME AND BLOOD:

LADY MARY WROTH.

Madam,

In the age of sacrifices, the truth of religion was not in the
greatness and fat of the offerings, but in the devotion and zeal