Viewing Event Record: Marston refers to Kemp's jig

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John Marston, in his 'Scourge of Villiany' mocks Sir John Davies' poem Orchestra by comparing it to Kemp's jig: 'A hall, a hall, / Roome for the Spheres, the Orbes celestiall / Will daunce Kemps Iigge.'

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From: 1598 (Source of claim: original)

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From: before 1598 (Source of claim: original)

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