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  • Title: The Whore of Babylon (Quarto, 1607)
  • Editors: Frances E. Dolan, Anna Pruitt

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    Author: Thomas Dekker
    Editors: Frances E. Dolan, Anna Pruitt
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    The Whore of Babylon (Quarto, 1607)

    Florimell followed by Captaines, Marriners and Gun-
    ners with Lin stockes.
    Flor. Shoot, shoot, they answer; braue: more Lin stocks: shoot:
    2720This stratagem dropt downe from heauen in fire.
    Om. Board, board, hoyse more sailes vp, they flie, shoot, Shoot.
    Exeunt.