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IN MACRUM. XV.

6 lines
Christopher Marlowe·1564–1593·English Renaissance theatre
hou canst not speak yet, Macer; for to speak,Is to distinguish sounds significant:Thou with harsh noise the air dost rudely break;But what thou utter'st common sense doth want,--Half-English words, with fustian terms among,Much like the burden of a northern song.