The Jew of Malta
- ISBN-10
- 1502886243
- ISBN-13
- 9781502886248
- Series
- The Jew of Malta
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-04-14
- Publisher
- CreateSpace
- Author
- Christopher Marlowe
Description
"[...] But by the best of poets 5 in that age THE MALTA-JEW had being and was made; And he then by the best of actors 6 play'd: In HERO AND LEANDER 7 one did gain A lasting memory; in Tamburlaine, This Jew, with others many, th' other wan The attribute of peerless, being a man Whom we may rank with (doing no one wrong) Proteus for shapes, and Roscius for a tongue, - So could he speak, so vary; nor is't hate To merit in him 8 who doth personate Our Jew this day; nor is it his ambition To exceed or equal, being of condition More modest: this is all that he intends, (And that too at the urgence of some friends, ) To prove his best, and, if none here gainsay it, [...]."
