In Obitum: In Obitum

In Obitum

In obitum honoratissimi viri, Rogeri Manwood, militis,
Qu�storii Reginalis Capitalis Baronis

First printed by Payne Collier (History of the English Stage, etc.
p. xliv.--prefixed to the first vol. of his Shakespeare) from a MS. on the
back of the title-page of a copy of Hero and Leander, ed. 1629, where
it is subscribed with Marlowe's name.

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NOCTIVAGI terror, ganeonis triste flagellum,
Et Jovis Alcides, rigido vulturque latroni,
Urn� subtegitur. Scelerum, gaudete, nepotes!
Insons, luctific� sparsis cervice capillis,
Plange! fori lumen, venerand� gloria legis,
Occidit: heu, secum eff�tas Acherontis ad oras
Multa abiit virtus. Pro tot virtutibus uni,
Livor, parce viro; non audacissimus esto
Illius in cineres, cujus tot millia vultus
Mortalium attonuit: sic cum te nuntia Ditis
Vulneret exsanguis, feliciter ossa quiescant,
Famaque marmorei superet monumenta sepulcri.

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