Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 5, No. 0360.  Monday, 25 April 1994.
 
(1)     From:   Milla Riggio <
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        Date:   Sunday, 24 Apr 1994 14:29:02 -0500 (EST)
        Subj:   Re: SHK 5.0353  Qs: Quotation
 
(2)     From:   Robert Burke <BURKE@RCKHRST1.BITNET>
        Date:   Sunday, 24 Apr 1994 20:22:02 -0500 (CDT)
        Subj:   Re: SHK 5.0353  Qs: Quotation
 
(3)     From:   David Schalkwyk <
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        Date:   Sunday, 25 Apr 94 10:31:13 SAST-2
        Subj:   Re: SHK 5.0357  Re: Quotation: "The dead wench"
 
 
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From:           Milla Riggio <
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Date:           Sunday, 24 Apr 1994 14:29:02 -0500 (EST)
Subject: 5.0353  Qs: Quotation
Comment:        Re: SHK 5.0353  Qs: Quotation
 
Dear Terence Martin:
 
I'm sure you will get 100 answers to your query.  Your quotation come from
Marlowe's JEW OF MALTA.  When asked if he did not once commit fornication,
Barrabas replies, something to the effect that:  "Yes,  but that  was in
another country and besides the wench is dead."
 
Best,
Milla Riggio
 
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From:           Robert Burke <BURKE@RCKHRST1.BITNET>
Date:           Sunday, 24 Apr 1994 20:22:02 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: 5.0353  Qs: Quotation
Comment:        Re: SHK 5.0353  Qs: Quotation
 
As many perhaps have already pointed out, the quote appears in Marlowe's
-Jew of Malta-, IV.i.40.  "But that was in another country; and besides, the
wench is dead."
 
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Date:           Sunday, 25 Apr 94 10:31:13 SAST-2
Subject: 5.0357  Re: Quotation: "The dead wench"
Comment:        Re: SHK 5.0357  Re: Quotation: "The dead wench"
 
> The passage is from Marlowe's THE JEW OF MALTA, 4.1.42 (according to the
> Fehrenbach, et al. Concordance). But, of course, that was in another country
> -- a phrase that has provided titles and words for many another writer.
>
> Nostalgically yours, Bill Godshalk
 
From "another country": I translated an Afrikaans novel entitled _'n Ander
Land_ recently and found, miraculously, that the author had anticipated Marlowe
by almost four hundred years.  Perhaps there is a universal operating here
somewhere?
 
David Schalkwyk