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* London comedies that are specifically satirical in nature, depicting London as a hotbed of vice and folly ; in particular, some of the comedies of Ben Jonson ( Volpone, Epicoene ), Thomas Middleton ( A Trick to Catch the Old One, A Chaste Maid in Cheapside ) and John Marston ( The Dutch Courtesan ').