Of Callapine, the son of Bajazeth, Alm. My lord, I pity it, and with all my heart Call. Ah, were I now but half so eloquent Alm. No talk of running, I tell you, sir. Call. A little farther, gentle Almeda. Call. By Cairo runs to Alexandria bay Hoping by some means I shall be released, ΙΟ 20 1 Old copies, " Cario" (which I take to be a misprint, not a recognised form like Cairon in l. 47). 2 So 4to.-8vo. "an." Amongst so many crowns of burnished gold, With naked negroes shall thy coach be drawn, And as thou rid'st in triumph through the streets With Turkey carpets shall be covered, As that fair veil that covers all the world, Alm. But need1 we not be spied going aboard? 1 I.e. can we escape being spied? Call. Betwixt the hollow hanging of a hill, And crooked bending of a craggy rock, The sails wrapt up, the mast and tacklings down, She lies so close that none can find her out. 60 Alm. I like that well: but tell me, my lord, if I should let you go, would you be as good as your word? Shall I be made a king for my labour? Call. As I am Callapine the emperor, And by the hand of Mahomet I swear Thou shalt be crowned a king, and be my mate. Call. Thanks, gentle Almeda; then let us haste, 70 Call. Even straight; and farewell, cursèd Tamburlaine. I to revenge my father's death. Now go [Exeunt. SCENE III. Enter TAMBURLAINE, with ZENOCRATE and his three Sons, CALYPHAS, AMYRAS, and CELEBINUS, with drums and trumpets. Tamb. Now, bright Zenocrate, the world's fair eye, Whose beams illuminate the lamps of heaven, Now rest thee here on fair Larissa plains, Where Egypt and the Turkish empire part Zeno. Sweet Tamburlaine, when wilt thou leave these Tamb. When heaven shall cease to move on both the poles, And when the ground, whereon my soldiers march, Shall rise aloft and touch the hornèd moon, And not before, my sweet Zenocrate. Sit up, and rest thee like a lovely queen; 20 The element When these, my sons, more precious in mine eyes, 1 Effeminate. Bewrays they are too dainty for the wars; Their arms to hang about a lady's neck, 30 Would make me think them bastards not my sons, But that I know they issued from thy womb That never looked on man but Tamburlaine. Zeno. My gracious lord, they have their mother's looks, But, when they list their conquering father's heart. This lovely boy, the youngest of the three, Not long ago bestrid a Scythian steed, Trotting the ring, and tilting at a glove, Which when he tainted 1 with his slender rod,21 He reigned him straight and made him so curvet, 40 Tamb. Well done, my boy, thou shalt have shield and lance, Armour of proof, horse, helm, and curtle axe, If thou wilt love the wars and follow me, 1 "This word is the property of the tilt-yard and relates to the management of the spear or staff. It occurs in Massinger's Parliament of Love (iv. 3), 'Do not fear, I have A staff to taint and bravely." "-Broughton. 2 Broughton compares Faerie Queene, iv. 3 (46) :- She with her rod did gently smite the rail." |