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IN SYLLAM. XXVII. - 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 SYLLAM. XXVII.

  • Sylla is often challeng'd to the field,
  • To answer, like a gentleman, his foes:
  • But then doth he this1 only answer yield,
  • That he hath livings and fair lands to lose.
  • Sylla, if none but beggars valiant were,
  • The king of Spain would put us all in fear.

[1]So Isham copy.—Ed. A “when doth he his.”