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Representative English Comedies, v. 1. From the beginnings to Shakespeare

Note 651 — William Stevenson GAMMER GURTONS NEDLE

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Of course it is not meant that these persons corresponded exactly to the type represented by Diccon—the ex-patient of Bethlehem Hospital, discharged as being supposed to be cured or rendered harmless, and wearing a badge indicating the possession of a licence to beg.

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