The first thought in my head was "Christopher Marlowe." But
it was 15 years
ago that I last read Marlowe, so I thought, "Surely not.
Maybe Shakespeare."
And then...
> Friar Barnardine: Thou has committed--
> Barabas: Fornication; but that was in another
country;
> And besides, the wench is dead.
>
>That's from _The Jew of Malta_, by Christopher Marlowe
(!). A Gutenberg
>e-text is available at the usual archives.
>
Thank you Bill, for reaffirming my faith in my memory, which
has been
particularly sieve-like recently.
And C. Marlowe, like P. Marlowe, not only had a hardboiled
style but an
ironic twist with language. -- Duane
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