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The Loyal Subject

The Loyal Subject is a Jacobean era stage play, a tragicomedy by John Fletcher that was originally published in the first Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1647.


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“Great things thro' greatest hazards are achiev'd,
And then they shine.”

Act I, scene 5.
The Loyal Subject (c. 1616–19; published 1647, 1679)

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“I'll put that in my considering cap.”

Act II, scene 1.
The Loyal Subject (c. 1616–19; published 1647, 1679)

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“Look babies in your eyes, my pretty sweet one.”

The Loyal Subject (c. 1616–19; published 1647, 1679)

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