Scylla Research Articles

Scylla and Charybdis

Scylla and Charybdis

Scylla and Charybdis

Scylla and Charybdis

Through Scylla and Charybdis

Through Scylla and Charybdis

Memorandums of the Immortal Ben

Me]m. I laid the plot of my Volpone, & wrote most of it, after a present [of 10 dozen of ] sack, from my very good Ld T-r; that Play I am positive will last [to Posterity, & (3) ]d when I & envy are friends, with applause. Me]m. The first Speech in my Cataline, spoken by Scylla's Ghost, was writ [after I parted from my ] Boys at the Devil-Tavern; I had.drunk well that night, &.had brave [notions. There is one (6) scen]e in that Play which I think is flat; I resolve to mix no more water [with my wine. M]em. Upon the 20th of May, the King, Heaven reward him sent me [1001. I went often to the Devi]l about that time, & wrote my Alchymist bef[ore] I had spent 501. [of it.