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One who, or that which, accelerates.

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IN MARCUM. XXI.

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Christopher Marlowe·1564–1593·English Renaissance theatre
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hen Marcus comes from Mins',[495] he still doth swear,By "come[496] on seven," that all is lost and gone:But that's not true; for he hath lost his hair,Only for that he came too much on[497] one. FOOTNOTES: [495] Dyce conjectures that this was the name of some person who kept anordinary where gaming was practised. (MS. "for newes.") [496] So eds. B, C.--Isham copy and ed. A "a seaven." [497] So MS. with some eccentricities of spelling ("to much oneone").--Old eds. "at."
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