Marlowe, Christopher Elegies of Ovid (London a.1593)
Marlowe, Christopher The Jew of Malta (London c.1592)
Marlowe, Christopher The Lascivious Queen (London 1657)
Marlowe, Christopher The Tragical History of Dr Faustus (London 1604)
but between them they offer a meagre 30 citations. My sense is that these stem not from reading whole plays, but from importing citations from elsewhere, e.g. in the OED. Indeed do not recall attending fully to the playwright. So I would be very grateful for recommendations as to any slang-heavy texts.
Have you looked at Shakespeare's contemporary Marlowe? In high school English class we read FAUSTUS and all giggled at the character who preferred "inches of raw mutton" to an ell of dried stockfish (or something like that...)
The GDoS bibliography offers:
Marlowe, Christopher Elegies of Ovid (London a.1593)
Marlowe, Christopher The Jew of Malta (London c.1592)
Marlowe, Christopher The Lascivious Queen (London 1657)
Marlowe, Christopher The Tragical History of Dr Faustus (London 1604)
but between them they offer a meagre 30 citations. My sense is that these stem not from reading whole plays, but from importing citations from elsewhere, e.g. in the OED. Indeed do not recall attending fully to the playwright. So I would be very grateful for recommendations as to any slang-heavy texts.
Very interesting and comprehensive.
Have you looked at Shakespeare's contemporary Marlowe? In high school English class we read FAUSTUS and all giggled at the character who preferred "inches of raw mutton" to an ell of dried stockfish (or something like that...)