'Till men and kingdoms help to strengthen it, 30 And must maintain my life exempt from servitude.- Zeno. I am my lord-for so you do import. But, lady, this fair face and heavenly hue By east and west, as Phoebus doth his course. As with their weight shall make the mountains quake, Fighting for passage, tilt within the earth. Tech. As princely lions, when they rouse themselves, Stretching their paws, and threatening herds of beasts, So in his armour looketh Tamburlaine. Methinks I see kings kneeling at his feet, And he with frowning brows and fiery looks, Spurning their crowns from off their captive heads. 40 50 1 Not to be valued; as in Richard III., i. 4:—"Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." Usum. And making thee and me, Techelles, kings, That even to death will follow Tamburlaine. Tamb. Nobly resolved, sweet friends and fol lowers ! These Lords, perhaps do scorn our estimates, Zeno. The Gods, defenders of the innocent, Even as thou hopest to be eternised, By living Asia's mighty emperor. Agyd. I hope our ladies' treasures and our own, May serve for ransom to our liberties : Return our mules and empty camels back, Where her betrothed lord Alcidamas, Mag. And wheresoever we repose ourselves, Tamb. Disdains Zenocrate to live with me? Or you, my lords, to be my followers? Think you I weigh this treasure more than you? 70 38 Not all the gold in India's wealthy arms 3 Tamb. Techelles, women must be flattered: But this is she with whom I am in 6 love. 1 Old copies "Rhodolfe." 2 Cf. 1594 Taming of a Shrew :— "Thou shalt have garments wrought of Median silk 3 i.e. valuable. 4 8vo. 66 Pooles."-4to. "poles." 90 100 Enter a Soldier. Sold News! news! Tamb How now-what's the matter? Sold. A thousand Persian horsemen are at hand, Sent from the king to overcome us all. ΠΙΟ Tamb. How how, my lords of Egypt, and Zenocrate ! How!-must your jewels be restored again, And I, that triumphed so, be overcome? How say you, lordings,-is not this your hope? Agyd. We hope yourself will willingly restore them. Tamb. Such hope, such fortune, have the thousand horse. Soft ye, my lords, and sweet Zenocrate! You must be forced from me.ere you go. A thousand horsemen !We five hundred foot !— An odds too great for us to stand against But are they rich ?—and is their armour good? 120 Sold. Their plumèd helms are wrought with beaten gold, Their swords enamelled, and about their ecks Hangs1 massy chains of gold, down to the waist, Tamb. Then shall we fight courageously with them? Or look you I should play the orator? 1 So the 8vo. Modern editors (including Dyce) read "hang." It is very common to find in old writers a plural subject joined to a singular verb. See Abbott's Shakespearean Grammar (§ 333). I have retained the seeming anomaly wherever it occurs in the editio princeps. 2 Gaily dressed. The use of the word "brave" in this sense is very common. more 22 The First Part of Tech. No cowards and faint-hearted runaways : Look for orations when the foe is near Our swords shall play the orator for us. [ACT I. 130 Usum. Come! let us meet them at the mountain top,1 And with a sudden and a hot alarum, Drive all their horses headlong down the hill. Tech. Come, let us march Tamb. Stay! ask a parle first. The Soldiers enter. ¿ Open the mails,2 yet guard the treasure sure; And 'gainst the general we will lift our swords, 140 Tech. I hear them come; shall we encounter them? Tamb. Keep all your standings and not stir a foot, Myself will bide the danger of the brunt. Enter THERIDAMAS and others. Ther. Where is the Scythian Tamburlaine? 1 So 4to.-8vo. "mountain foot." 2 Bags or trunks (Fr. malle). 150 3 So 8vo. Marlowe uses "lance" and "lanch" indifferently. |