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IN SEPTIMIUM. XXXV. - 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 SEPTIMIUM. XXXV.

  • Septimius1 lives, and is like garlic seen,
  • For though his head be white, his blade is green.
  • This old mad colt deserves a martyr's praise,
  • For he was burned2 in Queen Mary's days.

[1]So ed. B.—Isham copy, ed. A, and MS. “Septimus.”

[2]“Burn” is often used with an indelicate double entendre. Cf Lear m. 2, “No heretics burned but wenchexs' suitors;” Troilus and Cressida, v. 2, “A burning devil take them.”