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All comedies, Marmion's plays show the influence of Ben Jonson. Marmion adapted
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than to the play's unusual popularity. Marmion's second play,
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7 Volumes, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1956; Vol. 4, p. 746.
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History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton
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