[YouTube Drop] Ben Jonson’s Deadly Duel

In 1598, playwright Ben Jonson (rival and friend of Shakespeare)
faced actor Gabriel Spencer in a duel at Hoxton Fields. Spencer
was killed, and Jonson landed in prison, facing execution for
murder. He escaped the noose through a loophole in Tudor law
known as benefit of clergy and walked free, branded but alive.





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