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THE

WORKS

OF

BEN JONSON,

IN NINE VOLUMES.

WITH NOTES CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY,
AND A BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR,

By W. GIFFORD, Esq.

The Muses' fairest light in no dark time;

The wonder of a learned age; the line

Which none can pass; the most proportion'd wit,

To nature, the best judge of what was fit;

The deepest, plainest, highest, clearest pen;

The voice most echo'd by consenting men;

THE SOUL WHICH ANSWER'D BEST TO ALL WELL SAID

BY OTHERS, AND WHICH MOST REQUITAL MADE.

VOLUME THE FIFTH.

CONTAINING

THE DEVIL IS AN ASS.

THE STAPLE OF NEWS.

THE NEW INN.

LONDON:

CLEVELAND.

PRINTED FOR G. AND W. NICOL; F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON; CADELL
AND DAVIES; LONGMAN AND CO.; LACKINGTON AND CO.;
R. H. EVANS; J. MURRAY; J. MAWMAN; J. CUTHELL; J. BLACK;
BALDWIN AND CO.; RODWELL AND MARTIN; AND R. SAUNDERS;
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THE

DEVIL IS AN ASS.

VOL. V.

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