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ON A ROBBERY by BEN JONSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: RIDWAY ROBBED DUNCOTE OF THREE HUNDRED POUND
Last Line: THE COURTIER IS BECOME THE GREATER THIEF.
Subject(s): CRIME & CRIMINALS;
Ridway robbed Duncote of three hundred pound,
Ridway was ta'en, arraigned, condemned to die;
But, for this money was a courtier found,
Begged Ridway's pardon: Duncote, now, doth cry,
Robbed both of money, and the law's relief,
The courtier is become the greater thief.



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