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IN QUINTUM. XII. - 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 QUINTUM.1 XII.

  • Quintus his wit, infus'd into his brain,
  • Mislikes the place, and fled into his feet;
  • And there it wanders up and down the street,2
  • Dabbled in the dirt, and soakéd in the rain.
  • Doubtless his wit intends not to aspire,
  • Which leaves his head, to travel in the mire.

[1]Not in MS.

[2]Old eds. “streets.”