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Brome's 'The Court Beggar' refers to playwrights who pay to have their plays performed
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The prologue to Richard Brome's 'The Court Beggar' accuses playwrights who, 'To purchace fame give money with their Play, / Yet you sometimes pay deare for't, since they write / Lesse for your pleasure than their own delight.'
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From: 1653 (Source of claim: original)
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From: after 1638 (Source of claim: externally supplied)