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IN FAUSTUM. XVI. - 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 FAUSTUM. XVI.

  • “That youth,” said Faustus, “hath a lion seen,
  • Who from a dicing-house comes moneyless.”
  • But when he lost his hair, where had he been?
  • I doubt me, he1 had seen a lioness.

[1]So MS. and eds. B, C. Not in Isham copy or ed. A.