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IN FRANCUM. XXXIII. - 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 FRANCUM. XXXIII.

  • When Francus comes to solace with his whore,
  • He sends for rods, and strips himself stark naked;
  • For his lust sleeps, and will not rise before,
  • By whipping of the wench, it be awaked.
  • I envy him not, but wish I4 had the power
  • To make myself his wench but one half-hour.

[4]So Isharm copy.—Ed. A “he.”