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Ben Jonson, or Ben Johnson

By N. A. B.

Among some papers I possess of the Digby family, I have an autograph poem on *The Picture of the Minde of the Lady Venetia Digby*, by Ben "Johnson." Is this the same as Ben "Jonson?" and if so, how comes it the "h" has been dropped from his name? Or was there some other Ben "Johnson," a poet of that period?

Topics: Poetry, Literature