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The charge is prepared the lawyers are met The judges all ranged (a terrible show!) I go, undismay'd. For death is a debt, A debt on demand. So take what I owe.

John Gay

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John Gay
Age: 47 †
Born: 1685
Born: June 30
Died: 1732
Died: December 4
Librettist
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Barnstaple
Devon
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Debt
Take
Mets
Judging
Prepared
Ranged
Demand
Judges
Terrible
Lawyers
Show
Charge
Death
Lawyer

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