And always moving as the restless spheres, Ther. And that made me to join with Tambur laine; For he is gross and like the massy earth, That moves not upwards, nor by princely deeds Tech. And that made us, the friends of Tambur laine, To lift our swords against the Persian king. Usum. For as, when Jove did thrust old Saturn down, Neptune and Dis gain'd each of them a crown, If Tamburlaine be plac'd in Persia. Cos. The strangest men that ever Nature made! I know not how to take their tyrannies. My bloodless body waxeth chill and cold, And with my blood my life slides through my wound; My soul begins to take her flight to hell, And summons all my senses to depart: The heat and moisture, which did feed each other, * With greedy talents gripe my bleeding heart, And like a harpy + tires on my life. Theridamas and Tamburlaine, I die: And fearful vengeance light upon you both! [Dies.—Tamburlaine takes Cosroe's crown, and puts it on his own head. Tamb. Not all the curses which the ‡ Furies breathe, Shall make me leave so rich a prize as this. Theridamas, Techelles, and the rest, Who think you now is king of Persia ? All. Tamburlaine! Tamburlaine ! Tamb. Though Mars himself, the angry god of arms, And all the earthly potentates conspire To dispossess me of this diadem, Yet will I wear it in despite of them, As great commander of this eastern world, All. Long live Tamburlaine, and reign in Asia! [Exeunt. * talents] Was often used by our early writers for talons, as many passages might be adduced to shew. Hence the quibble in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, act iv. sc. 2. " If a talent be a claw," &c. † harpy] So the 8vo.—The 4to " Harper"; and with that reading the line is cited, in a note on Macbeth, act iv. sc. I, by Steevens, who also gives "tires upon my life;" but " tires (a well-known term in falconry, and equivalent here to—preys) is to be pronounced as a dissyllable (in the 4to it is spelt "tyers"). the] So the 4to.—The 8vo "thy." ACT III. SCENE I. Enter Bajazeth, the Kings of Fez, Morocco, and Argier, with others, in great pomp. Baj. Great kings of Barbary and my portly We hear the Tartars and the eastern thieves, And think to rouse us from our dreadful siege You know our army is invincible ; As many circumcisèd Turks we have, And warlike bands of Christians renied‡, *bassoes] i. e. bashaws. † think] Old eds. " thinks" and "thinkes." Christians renied] i. e. Christians who have denied, or renounced their faith.—In The Gent. Magazine for Jan. 1841, J. M. would read "Christians renegadens" or "Christian renegades:" but the old text is right; among many passages that might be cited, compare the following; "And that Ydole is the God of false Cristene, that han reneyed hire feythe." The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile, p. 209. ed. 1725. "For that thou should'st reny thy faith, and her thereby pos sesse, The Soldan did capitulat in vaine: the more thy blesse." Warner's Albions England, B. XI. Ch. 68. p. 287. ed. 1596. As hath the ocean or the Terrene* sea Small drops of water when the moon begins Yet would we not be brav'd with foreign power, K. OF FEZ. Renowmèd+ emperor and mighty What, if you sent the bassoes of your guard Or else to threaten death and deadly arms BAJ. Hie thee, my bassot, fast to Persia; Terrene] i. e. Mediterranean. † Renowmèd] See note, p. 27. So the 8vo.—The 4to renowned." basso] So the 8vo -The 4to "Brother." § Not] So the 8vo.—The 4to " Nor." in] So the 8vo.—The 4to " on." ¶Or spread, &c.] A word has dropt out from this line. Because I hear he bears a valiant mind: BAS. Most great and puissant monarch of the earth, Your basso will accomplish your behest, And shew your pleasure to the Persian, As fits the legate of the stately Turk. [Exit. K. OF ARG. They say he is the king of Persia ; BAJ. True, Argier; and tremble[s] at my looks. K. OF MOR. The spring is hinder'd by your smothering host; For neither rain can fall upon the earth, And all the trees are blasted with our breaths. K. OF FEZ. What thinks your greatness best to be achiev'd measur'd heaven] So the 8vo.—The 4to "measured the heauen." |