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Love is not ful of pittie (as men say) But deaffe and cruell, where he meanes to pray.

Christopher Marlowe

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Christopher Marlowe
Age: 29 †
Born: 1564
Born: February 23
Died: 1593
Died: May 30
Author
Dramatist
Playwright
Poet
Translator
Canterbury
United Kingdom
Kit Marlowe
Cruelty
Pray
Praying
Men
Love

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