(1559-1634) , the Rival Poet of Shakespeare's Sonnets, known for his translation of Homer, Christopher "Kit" Marowe (1564-93) , author of Tamburlaine the Great (1587) Doctor Faustus , and The Jew of Malta (1592), Thomas Nashe (1567-1601) , author of Summers Last Will and Testament (1592), with the famous lyric: "Adieu, farewell