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IN MEDONTEM. X - Christopher Marlowe, The Works of Christopher Marlowe, vol. 3 (Poems) [1598]

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The Works of Christopher Marlowe, ed. A.H. Bullen (London: John C. Nimmo, 1885). Vol. 3.

Part of: The Works of Christopher Marlowe, 3 vols.

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IN MEDONTEM. X

  • Great Captain Medon wears a chain of gold
  • Which at five hundred crowns is valuéd,
  • For that it was his grandsire's chain of old,
  • When great King Henry Boulogne conqueréd.
  • And wear it, Medon, for it may ensue,
  • That thou, by virtue of this massy chain,
  • A stronger town than Boulogne mayst subdue,
  • If wise men's saws be not reputed vain;
  • For what said Philip, king of Macedon?
  • “There is no castle so well fortified,

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  • But if an ass laden with gold comes on,
  • The guard will stoop, and gates fly open wide”