The fourth act of this play contains a lengthy exchange in broken Latin over whether or not a fool is a rational animal.
The fourth act of this play contains a lengthy exchange in broken Latin over whether or not a fool is a rational animal. One character in this play pays a hundred pounds in advance, and promises installments of a hundred more each after pregnancy, bed rest, and childbirth, for almond milk passed off as "fertility water." One character in this play marries a supposed heiress of nineteen mountains, shortly before a funeral service where another couple spring up out of their (*) coffins to be wed. A man in this play seduces Lady Kix and tricks a goldsmith into making a wedding ring intended for the goldsmith's daughter, the title character. In this play, Allwit is cuckolded by the opportunistic debtor Sir Walter Whorehound, whose intended bride ends up with Touchwood Junior. For 10 points, name this Thomas Middleton play about Moll Yellowhammer.
The fourth act of this play contains a lengthy exchange in broken Latin over whether or not a fool is a rational animal.
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