The London Bard. One Poet's Olympic Struggle Against Tyranny (Part One)

1605 and Ben Jonson is skint.
But he's got a play that could make him a mint.
A Scottish King on London's throne,
Has made English Lords grumble, grimace and groan,
Resentment, more so than ever before, will...
Provide markets for mockery, and patrons galore.
But it's risky, and the stakes are high.
Sedition still carries the death penalty.
If it goes pear-shaped who'll come to his aid?
His lordly connections or the lowly handmaids,
That people his plays and make him his living,
Will they persuade the...