I Would Rather Be in an Apple Tree Than a Naughty Boy in Adversity

Marlow is the first person singular of the verb meaning prefer. The word malusa with a long a, means an apple tree. Mallo is a form of bad, which it can be a masculine form,. And latin very commonly just uses an adjective for a person. A roman might understand you, but they might think you're not speaking great latin. Ao, apple tree on its own doesn't count. I'm sure there's some robert grave style shin anigans going on in that translationwel off you go.