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It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune, but it is a poor comfort after all.
Christopher Marlowe
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Christopher Marlowe
Age: 29 †
Born: 1564
Born: February 23
Died: 1593
Died: May 30
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Kit Marlowe
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