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IN PAULUM. XLI. - 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 PAULUM. XLI.

  • By lawful mart, and by unlawful stealth,
  • Paulus, in spite of envy, fortunate,
  • Derives out of the ocean so much wealth,
  • As he may well maintain a lord's estate:
  • But on the land a little gulf there is,
  • Wherein he drowneth all this2 wealth of his.

[2]So Isham copy—Eds. A, B, C “the.”—MS. “ye.”