“Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.”

— John Marston

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About John Marston

Author • British

John Marston was an English poet, playwright, and satirist during the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods. He was a contemporary of Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare, known for his sharp, satirical style and...

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