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Swinburne, A Study of Ben Jonson, 1889.

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THE POETASTER: OR, HIS
ARRAIGNMENT

TO THE VIRTUOUS, AND MY WORTHY FRIEND
MR. RICHARD MARTIN

SIR,--A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when
he needs it. To make mine own mark appear, and shew by which of
these seals I am known, I send you this piece of what may live of
mine; for whose innocence, as for the author's, you were once a
noble and timely undertaker, to the greatest justice of this
kingdom. Enjoy now the delight of your goodness, which is, to see
that prosper you preserved, and posterity to owe the reading of
that, without offence, to your name, which so much ignorance and
malice of the times then conspired to have supprest.
Your true lover, BEN JONSON.


DRAMATIS PERSONAE
AUGUSTUS CAESAR. HERMOGENES TIGELLIUS.