Singe these fair plains and make them seem as black As is the island where the Furies mask, Compassed with Lethe, Styx, and Phlegethon, Cal. This pillar, placed in memory of her, Amy. And here this mournful streamer shall be placed, Wrought with the Persian and th' Egyptian arms, To signify she was a princess born, And wife unto the monarch of the East. Cel. And here this table as a register Of all her virtues and perfections. Tamb. And here the picture of Zenocrate, To show her beauty which the world admired; Sweet picture of divine Zenocrate, That, hanging here, will draw the gods from heaven, And cause the stars fixed in the southern arc, (Whose lovely faces never any viewed That have not passed the centre's latitude,) As pilgrims, travel to our hemisphere, Thou shalt not beautify Larissa plains, And when I meet an army in the field, Those 1 looks will shed such influence in my camp 1 Old copies "Whose." 20 30 As if Bellona, goddess of the war, And now, my lords, advance your spears again : Cal. If I had wept a sea of tears for her, Amy. As is that town, so is my heart consumed With grief and sorrow for my mother's death. Cel. My mother's death hath mortified my mind, Tamb. But now, my boys, leave off and list to me, In champion grounds, what figure serves you best, 1 So 4to.-8vo. "colde." 40 50 60 The ditches must be deep; the counterscarps Narrow and steep; the walls made high and broad; With cavalieros and thick counterforts, By plain and easy demonstration I'll teach you how to make the water mount, That you may dry-foot march through lakes and pools, Deep rivers, havens, creeks, and little seas, And make a fortress in the raging waves, Fenced with the concave of a monstrous rock, When this is done, then are ye soldiers, And worthy sons of Tamburlaine the Great. 1 "Argin is an earthwork, and here must mean the particular earthwork called the glacis. The covered way is the protected road between the argin and the counterscarp."—Cunningham. 2 So the old copies.-Dyce, who keeps the form "pioner" for "pioneer," prints "musketeers." Old copies "their." Cal. My lord, but this is dangerous to be done; We may be slain or wounded ere we learn. Tamb. Villain! Art thou the son of Tamburlaine, To hew thy flesh, and make a gaping wound? And canst thou, coward, stand in fear of death? And see him lanch his flesh to teach you all. [He cuts his arm. A wound is nothing, be it ne'er so deep; 1 The simplest change is to read" foot." Mitford proposed, “A ring of pikes and horse, mangled with shot." 2 So 4to.-8vo. "march." 3 So 8vo.-4to." dram." As great a grace and majesty to me, As if a chain of gold, enamelled, Enchased with diamonds, sapphires, rubies, Were mounted here under a canopy, And I sate down clothed with a massy robe, Whom I brought bound unto Damascus walls. Come, boys, and with your fingers search my wound, 120 Now, my boys, what think ye of a wound? Cal. I know not what I should think of it; methinks it is a pitiful sight. Cel. This? nothing: give me a wound, father. Tamb. Come, sirrah, give me your arm. 130 Cel. Here, father, cut it bravely, as you did your own. Tamb. It shall suffice thou darest abide a wound; My boy, thou shalt not lose a drop of blood Before we meet the army of the Turk; But then run desperate through the thickest throngs, My speech of war, and this my wound you see, That we have sent before to fire the towns 140 |