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

Note 1162 — ACT V. SCENE I.

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my dell and my dainty wild dell] Dell is a girl yet undebauched: “these Dells are reserued for the Vpright-men, &c.... Of these Dells, some are termed Wilde Dells, and those are such as are born and begotten vnder a hedge: the other are yong wenches that either by death of parents, the villainie of Executors, or the crueltie of maisters and mistresses, fall into this infamous and damnable course of life.” Id. sig. D 3, 4.

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