Enter Tamburlaine with Techelles and others. Agid. With Tamburlaine? Ah faire Zenocrate. That holds you from your father in despight, Redeeme you from this deadly seruitude. 1010 1015 1021 Zen. (Agydas,) leaue to wound me with these words, And speake of Tamburlaine as he deserues : The entertainment we haue had of him, Is far from villanie or seruitude, Agid. How can you fancie one that lookes so fierce, Onelie disposed to martiall Stratagems? 1026 And might in noble minds be counted princely. Who when he shall embrace you in his armes, 1030 Zen. As looks the sun through Nilus flowing stream, Or when the morning holds him in her armes, His talke much sweeter than the Muses song, 1035 Or when Minerua did with Neptune striue, If I were matcht with mightie Tamburlaine. 1040 (Being a Shepheard) seem'd to loue you much, 1045 1020 Agydas, leave conj. Dyce, Bull. Leaue 1590-1605: Leave, Agydas Cunn. 1035 much] more 1605 Zen. Thence rise the tears that so distain my cheeks, sh Fearing his loue through my vnworthynesse. 1050 Tamburlaine goes to her, & takes her away louingly by the Agid. Betraide by fortune and suspitious loue, To see his choller shut in secrete thoughtes, 1055 1060 All sweating, tilt about the watery heauens, With shiuering speares enforcing thunderclaps, 1065 And from their shieldes strike flames of lightening) All fearefull foldes his sailes, and sounds the maine, Lifting his prayers to the heauens for aid, Against the terrour of the winds and waues. Enter Techelles with a naked dagger (and Vsumcasane). Tech. See you Agidas how the King salutes you. He bids you prophesie what it imports. 1070 Exit. Agid. I prophecied before and now I prooue, The killing frownes of iealousie and loue. He needed not with words confirme my feare, The naked action of my threatned end. For words are vaine where working tooles present It saies, Agydas, thou shalt surely die, 1075 1080 1058 1071 sent] 1050+ S.D. Exeunt.. Agydas add. Dyce 1053 of] and 1592 furies 1592 1059 shine] shone conj. Dyce, Dyce send Dyce 1072 S.D. and Vsumcasane add. Dyce om. 1605, Dyce etc. 1074 + S.D. More honor and lesse paine it may procure, To dy by this resolued hand of thine, Than stay the torments he and heauen haue sworne. And with this stab slumber eternally. 1085 1090 (Stabs himselfe.) Tech. Vsumcasane, see how right the man Tech. Agreed Casane, we wil honor him. 1095 (Exeunt, bearing out the body.) Act. 3. Scana 3. Tamburlain, Techelles, Vsumcasane, Theridamas, Bassoe, Zenocrate, with others. Tamburlaine. Bassoe, by this thy Lord and maister knowes, I meane to meet him in Bithynia? See how he comes! Tush. Turkes are ful of brags 1105 Bass. Your men are valiant but their number few, And cannot terrefie his mightie hoste. My Lord, the great Commander of the worlde, /Besides fifteene contributorie kings, Hath now in armes ten thousand Ianisaries, Brought to the war by men of Tripoly. 1091 S.D. add. 1605 meane 1605 1115 Two hundred thousand footmen that haue seru'd If he think good, can from his garrisons, Tech. The more he brings, the greater is the spoile, 1120 1124 Tam. But wil those Kings accompany your Lord? Bass. Such as his Highnesse please, but some must stay To rule the prouinces he late subdude. Tam. Then fight couragiously, their crowns are yours. This hand shal set them on your conquering heads: That made me Emperour of Asia. Vsum. Let him bring millions infinite of men, Vnpeopling Westerne Affrica and Greece: Yet we assure vs of the victorie. Ther. Euen he that in a trice vanquisht two kings, More mighty than the Turkish Emperour : Tamb. Wel said Theridamas, speake in that mood, 1 that am tearm'd the Scourge and Wrath of God, 1130 1135 1140 Those Christian Captiues, which you keep as slaues, 1145 And feeding them with thin and slender fare, And when they chance to breath and rest a space, Are punisht with Bastones so grieuously, That they lie panting on the Gallies side, And striue for life at euery stroke they giue. 1150 That make quick hauock of the Christian blood. Y 1123 seate] set 1592, Dyce, Bull. 1149 breath and rest 1590, 1605, Wag.: Bull. 1151 they om. 1605 1155 1140 giue 1592, Dyce to Bull. rest or breath 1592, Rob. to But as I liue that towne shall curse the time That Tamburlaine set foot in Affrica. Enter Baiazeth with his Bassoes and contributorie Bai. Bassoes and Ianisaries of my Guard, The greatest Potentate of Affrica. Tam. Techelles, and the rest prepare your swordes. I meane t'incounter with that Baiazeth. Bai. Kings of Fesse, Moroccus and Argier, He cals me Baiazeth, whom you call Lord. Note the presumption of this Scythian slaue : 1160 1165 I tell thee villaine, those that lead my horse And dar'st thou bluntly call me Baiazeth? horse, Tam. And know thou Turke, that those which lead my Shall lead thee Captiue thorow Affrica. And dar'st thou bluntly call me Tamburlaine ? 1170 He shall be made a chast and lustlesse Eunuke, 1175 And all his Captaines that thus stoutly stand, Whom I haue brought to see their ouerthrow. Tamb. By this my sword that conquer'd Persea, 1180 Thy fall shall make me famous through the world: I will not tell thee how Ile handle thee, But euery common souldier of my Camp Shall smile to see thy miserable state. Fess. What meanes the mighty Turkish Emperor 1183 To talk with one so base as Tamburlaine? Moro. Ye Moores and valiant men of Barbary, How can ye suffer these indignities? Arg. Leaue words and let them feele your lances pointes, Which glided through the bowels of the Greekes. Bai. Wel said my stout contributory kings, 1190 1158 S.D. contributorie] his contributory 1605 Zabina and Ebea add. Dyce Ile] I will 1605 1163 to encounter 1592 1185 the] this 1605 1168 title 1605 1182 1188 ye] you 1605 |