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Malice scorned, puts out itself but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation.

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Philip Massinger
Age: 57 †
Born: 1583
Born: January 1
Died: 1640
Died: January 1
Dramatist
Playwright
Writer
Salisbury
England
Philip Massinger
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Scorned
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Accusation
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Malice
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Credit

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