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The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 2 (of 5)

Note 843 — ACT IV. SCENE I.

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Enter Succubus in the shape of Mis. Harebrain] Old eds. have “Enter the Diuell in her shape,” but prefix Succubus to his speeches. Concerning the evil spirits called Succubæ,

————"that are said

To put on feminine feature....

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To draw men headlong with them to perdition,"

see that very curious work by Heywood, The Hierarchie of the Blessed Angels, 1635, pp. 500, 542.

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