◊4—Similar Expressions:
the moon sleeps with Endymion
Marlowe, ELG, 1.13.43 (1885, 3:133; 1966, 4:174)
“The moon sleeps with Endymion every day,”
Shakespeare, MV, 5.1.109 (2001, 856)
“Peace!—how the moon sleeps with Endymion,”
Yet Caesar shall go forth
Marlowe, MP, 18.67 (1885, 2:287; 1966, 3:238)
“Yet Caesar shall go forth.”
Marlowe, MP, 18.87 (1885, 2:287; 1966, 3:240)
“Thus Caesar did go forth,”
Shakespeare, JC, 2.2.28 (2001, 344)
“Yet Caesar shall go forth,”
Shakespeare, JC, 2.2.48 (2001, 344)
“And Caesar shall go forth.”
Note: Exactly twenty lines separate the first and second quotes in both cases.
pampered jades of Asia ◊5
Marlowe, 2T, 4.3.1-2 (1885, 1:178; 1966, 2:254)
“Holla, ye pampered jades of Asia!
What, can ye draw but twenty miles a day,”
Shakespeare, 2H4, 2.4.162-163 (2001, 406)
“And hollow pamper’d jades of Asia,
Which cannot go but thirty mile a day,”
distressed plight
Marlowe, 1T, 1.2.7 (1885, 1:17; 1966, 2:78)
“Ah shepherd, pity my distressed plight!”
Shakespeare, TIT, 4.4.32 (2001, 1146)
“And rather comfort his distressed plight”
brinish tears ◊7
Marlowe, 2T, 4.2.8 (1885, 1:174; 1966, 2:250)
“And since this earth, dew’d with thy brinish tears,”
Shakespeare, 3H6, 3.1.41 (2001, 547)
“To hear and see her plaints, her brinish tears.”
Parallelisms: Marlowe-Shakespeare