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Honour is purchas'd by the deeds we do.

Christopher Marlowe

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Christopher Marlowe
Age: 29 †
Born: 1564
Born: February 23
Died: 1593
Died: May 30
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Dramatist
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Poet
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Canterbury
United Kingdom
Kit Marlowe
Honour
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Honor

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