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IN CINEAM. XXIII. - 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 CINEAM. XXIII.

  • When Cineas comes amongst his friends in morning,
  • He slyly looks7 who first his cap doth move:
  • Him he salutes, the rest so grimly scorning,
  • As if for ever they had lost his love.
  • I, knowing how it doth the humour fit
  • Of this fond gull to be saluted first,
  • Catch at my cap, but move it not a whit:
  • Which he perceiving,1 seems for spite to burst.
  • But, Cineas, why expect you more of me
  • Than I of you? I am as good a man,

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  • And better too by many a quality,
  • For vault, and dance, and fence, and rhyme I can:
  • You keep a whore at your own charge, men tell me;
  • Indeed, friend Cineas, therein you excel me.2

[7]SoIsham copy and ed. A —Eds. B, C “spies”—MS. “notes.”

[1]So the MS.—Isham copy and ed. A “Which perceiving he.”—Eds. B, C “Which to perceiving he.”

[2]The MS. adds—

  • “You keepe a whore att your [own] charge in towne,
  • Indeede, frend Ceneas, there you put me downe.”