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O woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!
John Fletcher
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John Fletcher
Age: 45 †
Born: 1579
Born: November 30
Died: 1625
Died: August 1
Dramatist
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Rye
East Sussex
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