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  • IN OBITUM HONORATISSIMI VIRI ROGERI MANWOOD MILITIS, QUAESTORII REGINALIS CAPITALIS BARONIS
  • Christopher Marlowe, On the Death of Sir Roger Manwood

    IN OBITUM HONORATISSIMI VIRI ROGERI
    MANWOOD MILITIS, QUAESTORII REGINALIS
    CAPITALIS BARONIS

    Noctivagi terror, ganeonis triste flagellum,
    Et Jovis Alcides, rigido vulturque latroni,
    5
    Urna subtegitur. Scelerum gaudete Nepotes.
    Insons luctifica sparsis cervice capillis
    Plange, fori lumen, venerandae gloria legis
    Occidit. Heu secum effoetas Acherontis ad oras
    Multa abiit virtus. Pro tot virtutibus uni
    10
    Livor parce viro: non audacissimus esto
    Illius in cineres, cuius tot milia vultus
    Mortalium attonuit; sic cum te nuncia Ditis
    Vulneret exsanguis, foeliciter ossa quiescant
    Famaque marmorei superet monumenta sepulchri.




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