"Marlowe, renown’d for his rare art and wit, Could ne’er attain beyond the name of Kit; Mellifluous Shakespeare, whose enchanting quill Commanded mirth or passion, was but Will; And famous Jonson, though his learned pen Be dipped in Castaly, is still but Ben. Fletcher and Webster, of that learned pack None of the meanest, was but Jack; Dekker but Tom, nor May, nor Middleton, And he’s but now Jack Ford that once was John."
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Thomas Heywood, Hierarchy of the Blessed Angels (1635) bk. 4
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