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Graunt that these signes of victorie we yeeld
May bind the temples of his conquering head,
To hide the folded furrowes of his browes,
And shadow his displeased countenance,
With happy looks of ruthe and lenity.
Leaue vs my Lord, and louing countrimen,
What simple Virgins may perswade, we will.

Go. Farewell (sweet Virgins) on whose safe return
Depends our citie, libertie, and liues.

1840

Exeunt (all except the Virgins.)

Actus 5. Scana 2.

Tamburlaine, Techelles, Theridamas, Vsumcasan, with others: Tamburlaine all in blacke, and verie melancholy.

Tamb. What, are the Turtles fraide out of their neastes? Alas poore fooles, must you be first shal feele

The sworne destruction of Damascus.

They know my custome: could they not as well
Haue sent ye out, when first my milkwhite flags

1846

Through which sweet mercie threw her gentle beams 1850 Reflexing them on your disdainfull eies:

As now when furie and incensed hate

Flings slaughtering terrour from my coleblack tents,
And tels for trueth, submissions comes too late.

1. Virgin. Most happy King and Emperour of the earth,

Image of Honor and Nobilitie,

1856

For whome the Powers diuine haue made the world,

And on whose throne the holy Graces sit,

In whose sweete person is compriz'd the Sum
Of natures Skill and heauenly maiestie,
Pittie our plightes, O pitie poore Damascus :
Pitie olde age, within whose siluer haires
Honor and reuerence euermore haue raign'd,
Pitie the mariage bed, where many a Lord
In prime and glorie of his louing ioy
Embraceth now with teares of ruth and blood,
The iealous bodie of his fearfull wife,

1844 S.D. all.. Virgins add. Dyce
1848 know] knew 1592, Dyce to Bull.
Rob. etc. exc. Bull.
As] and 1605
Bull.

1860

1865

1847 Damascus walls Bull. 1851 Reflexing] Reflexed 1852

your] their conj. Dyce1, Dyce, Wag. 1853 tent 1605 1854 submission Rob. etc. exc. 1866 of ruth and] and ruth of 1605

Whose cheekes and hearts so punisht with conceit,
To thinke thy puisant neuer staied arme
Will part their bodies, and preuent their soules

1870

From heauens of comfort, yet their age might beare,

Now waxe all pale and withered to the death,
As well for griefe our ruthlesse Gouernour
Haue thus refusde the mercie of thy hand,
(Whose scepter Angels kisse, and Furies dread)
As for their liberties, their loues or liues.
O then for these, and such as we our selues,
For vs, for infants, and for all our bloods,
That neuer nourisht thought against thy rule,
Pitie, O pitie, (sacred Emperour)

The prostrate seruice of this wretched towne.
And take in signe thereof this gilded wreath,
Whereto ech man of rule hath giuen his hand,
And wisht as worthy subiects happy meanes,
To be inuesters of thy royall browes,
Euen with the true Egyptian Diadem.

Tam. Virgins, in vaine ye labour to preuent
That which mine honor sweares shal be perform'd:
Behold my sword, what see you at the point?

1875

1880

1885

Virg. Nothing but feare and fatall steele my Lord. 1890 Tam. Your fearfull minds are thicke and mistie then, For there sits Death, there sits imperious Death, Keeping his circuit by the slicing edge.

But I am pleasde you shall not see him there,
He now is seated on my horsmens speares :

And on their points his fleshlesse bodie feedes.
Techelles, straight goe charge a few of them

To chardge these Dames, and shew my seruant death,
Sitting in scarlet on their armed speares.
Omnes. O pitie vs.

1895

1900

Tam. Away with them I say and shew them death.
They take them away.

I will not spare these proud Egyptians,
Nor change my Martiall obseruations,
For all the wealth of Gehons golden waues,
Or for the loue of Venus, would she leaue
The angrie God of Armes, and lie with me.
They haue refusde the offer of their liues,

1905

1874 Haue] Hath 1605, Dyce to Bull.: Has Rob. 1879 nourish 1605 1884 wisht] wish 1605 1887 ye] you 1592, Rob. to Bull.

And know my customes are as peremptory
As wrathfull Planets, death, or destinie.

Enter Techelles.

What, haue your horsmen shewen the virgins Death? 1910 Tech. They haue my Lord, and on Damascus wals

Haue hoisted vp their slaughtered carcases.

Tam. A sight as banefull to their soules I think

As are Thessalian drugs or Mithradate.

But goe my Lords, put the rest to the sword.

1915

Exeunt.

Ah faire Zenocrate, diuine Zenocrate,

Faire is too foule an Epithite for thee,

That in thy passion for thy countries loue,

And feare to see thy kingly Fathers harme,

With haire discheweld wip'st thy watery cheeks:
And like to Flora in her mornings pride,
Shaking her siluer treshes in the aire,

1920

Rain'st on the earth resolued pearle in showers,
And sprinklest Saphyrs on thy shining face,
Wher Beauty, mother to the Muses sits,

1925

And comments vollumes with her Yuory pen :
Taking instructions from thy flowing eies,
Eies when that Ebena steps to heauen,
In silence of thy solemn Euenings walk,
Making the mantle of the richest night,
The Moone, the Planets, and the Meteors light.
There Angels in their christal armours fight
A doubtfull battell with my tempted thoughtes,
For Egypts freedom and the Souldans life:
His life that so consumes Zenocrate,
Whose sorrowes lay more siege vnto my soule,
Than all my Army to Damascus walles.
And neither Perseans Soueraign, nor the Turk
Troubled my sences with conceit of foile,
So much by much, as dooth Zenocrate.
What is beauty saith my sufferings then?
If all the pens that euer poets held,

Had fed the feeling of their maisters thoughts,
And euery sweetnes that inspir'd their harts,

1922 tresses 1592, Rob. etc.

1930

1935

1940

1928

1921 morning Cunn., Bull. when that] that when Ellis, Bull. which when that conj. Schipper, 1930 Making] Make in Ellis, Bull.

Wag.
Cunn., Bull.

1932 There] These

fights 1605 1938 Persia's Rob. etc.

Their minds, and muses on admyred theames :
If all the heauenly Quintessence they still
From their immortall flowers of Poesy,
Wherein as in a myrrour we perceiue
The highest reaches of a humaine wit.
If these had made one Poems period

1945

1950

And all combin'd in Beauties worthinesse,

Yet should ther houer in their restlesse heads,

One thought, one grace, one woonder at the least,

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Saue onely that in Beauties iust applause,

With whose instinct the soule of man is toucht,
And euery warriour that is rapt with loue,
Of fame, of valour, and of victory

1960

Must needs haue beauty beat on his conceites,

I thus conceiuing and subduing both

That which hath st(o)opt the tempest of the Gods,

1965

Euen from the fiery spangled vaile of heauen,

To feele the louely warmth of shepheards flames,

And martch in cottages of strowed weeds,

Shal giue the world to note for all my byrth,
That Vertue solely is the sum of glorie,
And fashions men with true nobility.

Who's within there?

Enter two or three.

Hath Baiazeth bene fed to day?

An. I, my Lord.

1970

Tamb. Bring him forth, & let vs know if the towne be ransackt.

1953 least] last conj. Broughton 1960 and 1961 conj. Mitford

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Enter Techelles, Theridamas, Vsumcasan & others. Tech. The town is ours my Lord, and fresh supply Of conquest, and of spoile is offered vs.

Tam. Thats wel Techelles, what's the newes?

Tech. The Souldan and the Arabian king together 1980 Martch on vs with such eager violence,

As if there were no way but one with vs.

Tam. No more there is not I warrant thee Techelles.

They bring in the Turke.

Ther. We know the victorie is ours my Lord,

But let vs saue the reuerend Souldans life,

For faire Zenocrate, that so laments his state.

Tamb. That will we chiefly see vnto, Theridamas. For sweet Zenocrate, whose worthinesse

1985

Deserues a conquest ouer euery hart :

And now my footstoole, if I loose the field,
You hope of libertie and restitution :

1990

Here let him stay my maysters from the tents,

Till we haue made vs ready for the field.
Pray for vs Baiazeth, we are going.

Exeunt.

1995

Bai. Go, neuer to returne with victorie:
Millions of men encompasse thee about,
And gore thy body with as many wounds.
Sharpe forked arrowes light vpon thy horse :
Furies from the blacke Cocitus lake,

Breake vp the earth, and with their firebrands,
Enforce thee run vpon the banefull pikes.

2000

Volleyes of shot pierce through thy charmed Skin,
And euery bullet dipt in poisoned drugs,

Or roaring Cannons seuer all thy ioints,
Making thee mount as high as Eagles soare.

Zab. Let all the swords and Lances in the field,
Stick in his breast, as in their proper roomes,
At euery pore let blood comme dropping foorth,
That lingring paines may massacre his heart,
And madnesse send his damned soule to hell.

Bai. Ah faire Zabina, we may curse his power,
The heauens may frowne, the earth for anger quake,
But such a Star hath influence in his sword,

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2010

1976 S.D. & 1590: and 1592: with 1605 1981 vs] with vs 1592 1985 reuerent 1605 1994 S.D. Exeunt all except Bajazeth and 1999 Furies] May Furies conj. Broughton

Zabina Dyce

pore] dore 1605

2008

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