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Quotation from The Fair Jilt by Aphra Behn

“the Doctors said, she had taken Mercury”

Aphra Behn (spoken by Narrator)

The Fair Jilt, The poisoning of Alcidiana

Town report of Alcidiana's condition after Van Brune's potion; an apothecary's testimony that the page bought mercury convicts him.

Citation: "the Doctors said, she had taken Mercury" — Aphra Behn, The Fair Jilt, The poisoning of Alcidiana. (id behn-the-fair-jilt-q7)

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