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The Devil's Law Case

The Devil's Law Case
John Webster

The Devil's Law Case is a Jacobean era stage play, a tragicomedy written by John Webster, and first published in 1623.

“Vain the ambition of kings
Who seek by trophies and dead things
To leave a living name behind,
And weave but nets to catch the wind.”

John Webster The Devil's Law Case

The Devil's Law Case (1623).

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