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Court a mistress, she denies you let her alone, she will court you.

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Ben Jonson
Age: 65 †
Born: 1572
Born: June 21
Died: 1637
Died: August 6
Actor
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Writer
City of Westminster
Benjamin Jonson
Wooing
Frailty
Denies
Mistress
Deny
Court
Alone

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