"I'd rather die Maid, and lead apes in Hell Than wed an inmate of Silenus' Cell."
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The English Gentelman and Gentelwoman (1640), in a supplemental tract, The Turtle's Triumph. Phrase "lead apes in hell" found in his Drunken Barnaby's Journal...Bessy Bell (ed. 1716). Massinger, The City Madam, Act II, Sc. 2 · Shirley, The School of Compliments (1637) · Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act II, Sc 1
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Richard Brathwait
Richard Brathwait (or Brathwaite, Braithwaite; 1588 – 4 May 1673) was an English poet.
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