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Contents: IN OBITUM HONORATISSIMI VIRI ROGERI MANWOOD MILITIS, QUAESTORII REGINALIS CAPITALIS BARONIS
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Christopher Marlowe, On the Death of Sir Roger Manwood
Noctivagi terror, ganeonis triste flagellum,
Et Jovis Alcides, rigido vulturque latroni,
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
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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