"An Ambitious woman shewes her selfe to bee a troublesome disturber of the world, powerfull to make smale things great, and great monstrous"
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The Just Downfall of Ambition, Adultery and Murder.
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Thomas Overbury
Sir Thomas Overbury (1581 – 14 September 1613) was a British poet and essayist.
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