IN OBITUM HONORATISSIMI VIRI, ROGERI
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irst printed by Payne Collier (_History of the English Stage,_ etc.p. xliv.--prefixed to the first vol. of his _Shakespeare_) from a MS. on theback of the title-page of a copy of _Hero and Leander_, ed. 1629, whereit is subscribed with Marlowe's name. 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 orasMulta abiit virtus. Pro tot virtutibus uni,Livor, parce viro; non audacissimus estoIllius in cineres, cujus tot millia vultusMortalium attonuit: sic cum te nuntia DitisVulneret exsanguis, feliciter ossa quiescant,Famaque marmorei superet monumenta sepulcri.
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