Alchemist

Ben Jonson came of the stock that was centuries after to give to the world Thomas Carlyle; for Jonson's grandfather was of Annandale, over the Solway, whence he migrated to England. Jonson's father lost his estate under Queen Mary, "e;having been cast into prison and forfeited."e; He entered the church, but died a month before his illustrious son was born, leaving his widow and child in poverty. ...