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The seasoning of a play, is the applause...

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Volpone

Ben Jonson

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Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Comedic
Act/Scene
Act 5, Scene 12
Time & Place
Venice, Seventeenth Century
Length
Short
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)

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The seasoning of a play, is the applause.

Now, though the Fox be punish'd by the laws,

He yet doth hope, there is no suffering due,

For any fact which he hath done 'gainst you;

If there be, censure him; here he doubtful stands:

If not, fare jovially, and clap your hands.

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