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Thomas Middleton

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From thousands of our undone widows
One may derive some wit.
--
A Trick to catch the Old One (1605), Act i. Sc. 2. Compare: "Some undone widow sits upon mine arm", Philip Massinger, A New Way to pay Old Debts, act v. sc. 1.

 
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