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sophisticated play about the downfall of a, weak king and his treacherous usurper, Mortimer, and Dr. Faustus, in which Faustus sells his soul to the devil in exchange, for power and knowledge. Before writing, these plays, however, Marlowe translated, poetry by the ancient Romans Ovid and, Lucan. Later, he translated (with some additions of his own witty innovations) the ancient Greek poem Hero and Leander., , While living in London, Marlowe associated with the dramatist Thomas Kyd and, the poet Thomas Watson. In 1589, Marlowe, and Watson were briefly imprisoned for, their roles in the homicide of a publican. In, the subsequent years, Marlowe was involved in several other scuffles and legal, disputes. In 1593, Kyd accused him of authoring several heretical papers that had, been discovered in Kyd's room. Marlowe, appeared before the queen's Privy Council,, which was the normal course for a gentlemen; it was afforded to Marlowe, most, likely, because of his continued associations with powerful politicians, but there, is no evidence that they examined him., Shortly afterwards, on May 30, 1593, Marlowe spent all day with Ingram Frizer, a, , known operative of the powerful