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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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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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Unsavory
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Petitions
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Gold

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