Book 4 / Act 1 — FRANCIS BEAUMONT.
Reading edition
1585-1616.
Letter to Ben Jonson.
What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtile flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.