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What can innocence hope for, When such as sit her judges are corrupted!
Philip Massinger
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Philip Massinger
Age: 57 †
Born: 1583
Born: January 1
Died: 1640
Died: January 1
Dramatist
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Salisbury
England
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Petitions, not sweetened with gold, are but unsavory and oft refused or, if received, are pocketed, not read.
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