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IN LYCUM. XLII. - 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 LYCUM. XLII.

  • Lycus, which lately is to Venice gone,
  • Shall, if he do return, gain three for one;3
  • But, ten to one, his knowledge and his wit
  • Will not be better'd or increas'd a whit.

[3]When a person started on a long or dangerous voyage it was customary to deposit—or, as it was called, “put out”—a sum of money, on condition of receiving at his return a high rate of interest. If he failed to return the money was lost. There are frequent allusions in old authors to this practice.