Brighter than is the silver Rhodope,
is paralleled later by
Zenocrate, the lovliest maid alive,
Fairer than rocks of pearl and precious stone.
One line Marlowe remodels with triumphant success:
And set black streamers in the firmament
(Tamburlaine)
becomes
See, see, where Christ’s blood streams in the firmament!
(Doctor Faustus)