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Pleasures of worse natures Are gladly entertained, and they that shun us Practice in private sports the stews would blush at.
Philip Massinger
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Philip Massinger
Age: 57 †
Born: 1583
Born: January 1
Died: 1640
Died: January 1
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Salisbury
England
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