1 Tamburlaine<date type="creation_date">1587</date> Marlowe, Christopher This text is one of some 500 EEBO-TCP transcriptions of Early Modern plays that have undergone several routines to create an interoperable and algorithmically amenable corpus of Early Modern Drama. Many incompletely or incorrectly transcribed words, as well as obvious printers' errors have been corrected, but the text has not been proofread word by word. See the editorial declaration further down in the header for more details about this edition. Martin Mueller Incompletely or incorrectly transcribed words were reviewed and in many cases fixed by Nayoon Ahn Martin Mueller
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Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License 2015 SHC-158-A07004_01.xml Tamburlaine the Great. Who, from a Scythian shephearde, by his rare and woonderfull conquests, became a most puissant and mightye monarque. And (for his tyranny, and terrour in warre) was tearmed, the scourge of God. Deuided into two tragicall discourses, as they were sundrie times shewed vpon stages in the citie of London. By the right honorable the Lord Admyrall, his seruauntes. Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593. 78 600dpi TIFF G4 page images University of Michigan, Digital Library Production Service Ann Arbor, Michigan 2003 January (TCP phase 1) 99857253 STC (2nd ed.) 17425. Greg, I, 94,95(a). 22946 A07004

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 Tamburlaine the Great. Who, from a Scythian shephearde, by his rare and woonderfull conquests, became a most puissant and mightye monarque. And (for his tyranny, and terrour in warre) was tearmed, the scourge of God. Deuided into two tragicall discourses, as they were sundrie times shewed vpon stages in the citie of London. By the right honorable the Lord Admyrall, his seruauntes. Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593. Now first, and newlie published. [164] p. : ill. (woodcut) Printed by Richard Ihones: at the signe of the Rose and Crowne neere Holborne Bridge, London : 1590.

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The two tragical Discourses of mighty Tamburlaine , the Scythian ShepheardShepherd . &c.etc.
The Prologue . FRom iyggingjigging vainesveins of rimingrhyming mother wits , And such conceits as clownage keepeskeeps in pay , Weelewe'll lead you to the stately tent of War . Where you shall hearehear the Scythian Tamburlaine : ThreatningThreatening the world with high astounding tearmsterms And scourging kingdoms with his conquering sword View but his picture in this tragicketragic glasseglass , And then applaud his fortunes as you please .
Actus . 1.
Scaena . 1. Mycetes , Cosroe , Meander , Theridamas , Ortygius , Ceneus , with others . Mycetes . BRother Cosroe , I find my selfemyself agreeudaggrieved , Yet insufficient to expresseexpress the same : For it requires a great and thundringthundering speech : Good brother tell the cause vntounto my Lords , I know you hauehave a better wit than I . Cos. VnhappieUnhappy PerseaPersia , that in former age Hast benebeen the seat of mightiemighty Conquerors , That in their prowesseprowess and their polliciespolicies , HaueHave triumphttriumphed ouerover AffrikeAfrique , and the bounds Of Europe , wherwhere the Sun dares scarce appeareappear , For freezing meteors and coniealedcongealed coldecold : Now to be rulderuled and gouernedgoverned by a man , At whose byrth-daybirthday Cynthia with SaturneSaturn ioindejoined , And Iouejove , the Sun and Mercuriemercury denied To shed his influence in his fickle brainebrain , Now TurkesTurks and Tartars shake their swords at that Meaning to mangle all thy ProuincesProvinces , Mycet. Brother , I see your meaning well enough . And thoroughthrough your Planets I perceiueperceive you thinkethink , I am not wise enough to be a kingeking , But I refer me to my noble men , That knoweknow my wit , and can be witnesses : I might command you to be slaineslain for this , Meander , might I not ? Meand. Not for so small a fault my soueraignesovereign Lord Mycet. I meanemean it not , but yet I know I might , Yet liuelive , yea , liuelive , Mycetes wilswills it so : Meander , thou my faithfullfaithful Counsellor , Declare the cause of my conceiuedconceived griefegrief , Which is ( God knowesknows ) about that Tamburlaine . That like a FoxeFox in midst of haruestharvest time , DoothDoth pray vponupon my flockesflocks of Passengers . And as I hearehear , doth meanemean to pull my plumes , Therefore tis'tis good and meetemeet for to be wise . Meand. Oft hauehave I heard your MaiestieMajesty complain , Of Tamburlaine , that sturdiesturdy Scythian thiefethief , That robs your merchants of Persepolis , Treading by land vntounto the WesterneWestern Isles , And in your confines with his lawlesselawless trainetrain , Daily commits inciuillincivil outrages . Hoping ( misled by dreaming prophesiesprophecies ) To raignereign in Asia , and with barbarous ArmesArmies , To make himselfehimself the Monarch of the East : But ere he march in Asia , or display His vagrant EnsigneEnsign in the Perseanpersian fields , Your Grace hath taken order by TheridimasTheridama , Chardg'dCharged with a thousand horse , to apprehend And bring him CaptiueCaptive to your Highnesehighness throne , Myce. FulFull true thou speakst , &and like thy selfethyself my lord Whom I may tearmeterm a Damon for thy louelove . Therefore tis'tis best , if so it liklike you all , To send my thousand horse incontinent , To apprehend that paltriepaltry Scythian . How like you this , my honorablehonourable Lords ? Is it not a kingly resolution ? Cosr. It cannot choose , because it comes from you . Myce. Then hearehear thy charge , valiant TheridimasTheridama The chiefest CaptaineCaptain of Mycetes hostehost , The hope of PerseaPersia , and the verievery leggeslegs Whereon our state doth leanelean , as on a staffestaff , That holds vsus vpup , and foilesfoils our neighbour foes , Thou shalt be leader of this thousand horse , Whose fomingfoaming gallegall with rage and high disdainedisdain , HaueHave swornesworn the death of wicked Tamburlaine . Go growninggroaning foorthforth , but come thou smylingsmiling home , As did Sir Paris with the Grecian Dame , ReturneReturn with speed , time passeth swift away , Our life is frailefrail , and we may die to daytoday . Ther. Before the MooneMoon renew her borrowed light , Doubt not my Lord and gratiousgracious SoueraigneSovereign , But Tamburlaine , and that Tartarian rout , Shall either perish by our warlike hands , Or plead for merciemercy at your highnessehighness' feet . Myce. Go , stout TheridimasTheridama , thy words are swords And with thy lookeslooks thou conquerest all thy foes : I long to see thee back returnereturn from thence , That I may view these milk-white steeds of mine . All lodenladen with the heads of killed men , And from their knees , eueneven to their hoofeshooves below , Besmer'dBesmeared with blood , that makes a dainty show . The. Then now my Lord , I humbly take my leaueleave . Exit . Myc. Therid . farewelfarewell ten thousand times , Ah , Menaphon , why staieststayest thou thus behind , When other men preasepress forward for renownerenown ? Go Menaphon , go into Scythia , And foot by foot follow Theridamas : Cos. Nay , pray you let him stay , a greater Fits Menaphon , than warring with a ThiefeThief : Create him Prorex of AffricaAfrica , That he may win the Babylonians hearts , Which will reuoltrevolt from Perseanpersian gouernmentgovernment , VnlesseUnless they hauehave a wiser king than you . Myc. VnlesseUnless they hauehave a wiser king than you ? These are his words , Meander set them downedown . Cos. And adadd this to them , that all Asia Lament to see the folliefolly of their King . Myc. Well here I sweareswear by this my royal seat . Cos. You may doedo well to kissekiss it then . Myc. EmbostEmbossed with silkesilk as best beseemesbeseems my state . To be reueng'drevenged for these contemptuous words . O where is dutieduty and allegeanceallegiance now ? Fled to the Caspean or the Ocean mainemain ? What , shall I call thee brother ? No , a foe , Monster of Nature , shame vntounto thy stockestock , That dar'st presume thy SoueraigneSovereign for to mockemock . Meander come , I am abus'dabused Meander . Exit . Manent Cosroe &and Menaphon . Mena. How now my Lord , what , mated and amaz'damazed To hearehear the king thus thratenthreaten like himselfehimself ? Cos. Ah Menaphon , I passepass not for his threatesthreats , The plot is laid by Perseanpersian Noble men , And CaptainesCaptains of the Medean garrisons , To crownecrown me EmperourEmperor of Asia , But this it is that doth excruciate The verievery substance of my vexed soulesoul ! To see our neighbours that were woontwont to quake And tremble at the Perseanpersian Monarkesmonarch's name , Now sits and laughs our regiment to scornescorn , And that which might resolueresolve me into tearestears : Men from the farthest Equinoctiallequinoctial line , HaueHave swarm'dswarmed in troopestroops into the EasterneEastern India : Lading their shippesships with goldegold and pretiousprecious stones : And made their spoilesspoils from all our prouincesprovinces . Mena. This should intreatentreat your highnessehighness to reioicerejoice , Since Fortune giuesgives you opportunity , To gainegain the tytletitle of a ConquerourConqueror , By curing of this maimed EmperieEmpire , AffrikeAfrique and Europe bordering on your land , And continent to your Dominions : How easelyeasily may you with a mightiemighty hostehost , PassePass into Graecia , as did Cyrus once . And cause them to withdraw their forces home , Leastlest you subdue the pride of ChristendomeChristendom ! Cos. But Menaph . what means this trumpets sound Mena. Behold , my Lord OrtigiusOrtygius , and the rest , Bringing the CrowneCrown to make you EmperourEmperor . Enter Ortigius &and Conerus bearing a CrowneCrown with others . Ort. Magnificent and mightiemighty Prince Cosroe , We in the name of other Perseanpersian states , And commons of this mightiemighty MonarchieMonarchy , Present thee with th'Emperiallth'imperial Diadem . Cene. The warlike SouldiersSoldiers , &and the Gentlemen , That heretofore hauehave fildfilled Persepolis With AffrikeAfrique CaptainesCaptains , taken in the field : WhooseWhose ransomeransom made them martchmarch in coatescoats of gold , With costliecostly iewelsjewels hanging at their earesears , And shining stones vponupon their loftielofty CrestesCrests , Now liuingliving idle in the walled townestowns , Wanting both pay and martiallmartial discipline . Begin in troopestroops to threaten ciuillcivil warrewar . And openly exclaimeexclaim against the King . Therefore to stay all sodainesudden mutinies , We will inuestinvest your HighnesseHighness EmperourEmperor : Whereat the SouldiersSoldiers will conceiueconceive more ioyjoy , Then did the Macedonians at the spoilespoil Of great Darius and his wealthy hoasthost . Cosr. WelWell , since I see the state of PerseaPersia droopedroop , And languish in my brothersbrother's gouernmentgovernment : I willingly receiuereceive th'mperiallth'imperial crownecrown , And vow to wearewear it for my countriescountry's good : In spightspite of them shall malice my estate . Ortyg. And in assurance of desir'ddesired successesuccess , We here doodo crownecrown thee Monarch of the East , EmperourEmperor of Asia , and of PerseaPersia , Great Lord of Medea and Armenia : Duke of AffricaAfrica and Albania , Mesopotamia and of Parthia , East India and the late discouereddiscovered Isles , ChiefeChief Lord of all the wide vast Euxine sea , And of the euerever raging Caspian Lake : Long liuelive Cosroe mighty EmperourEmperor . Cosr. And Iouejove may neuernever let me longer liuelive , ThenThan I may seekeseek to gratifiegratify your louelove , And cause the souldierssoldiers that thus honour me , To triumph ouerover many ProuincesProvinces . By whose desires of discipline in ArmesArms , I doubt not shortly but to raignereign sole king , And with the ArmieArmy of Theridamas , Whether we presently will fliefly ( my Lords ) To rest secure against my brothersbrother's force . Ortyg We knew my Lord , before we brought the crownecrown , Intending your inuestioninvestion so neerenear , The residence of your dispiseddespised brother , The Lord would not be too exasperate , To iniureinjure or suppressesuppress your woorthyworthy tytletitle . Or if they would , there are in readinesreadiness Ten thousand horse to cariecarry you from hence , In spite of all suspected enemies . Cosr. I know it welwell my Lord , &and thankethank you all , Ortyg. Sound vpup the trumpets then , God sauesave the King . Exeunt .
Actus . 1. Scoena . 2 : Tamburlaine leading Zenocrate : Techelles , VsumeasaneUsumeasane , other Lords and SouldiersSoldiers lodenladen with treasure . Tam. COme lady , let not this appal your thoughts The iewelsjewels and the treasure we hauehave taneta'en Shall be reseru'dreserved , and you in better state , Than if you were arriu'darrived in Siria . Eueneven in the circle of your FathersFather's armesarmies : The mightiemighty SouldanSultan of Egyptia . Zeno. Ah ShepheardShepherd , pity my distressed plight , ( If as thou seem'stseemest , thou art so meanemean a man ) And seekeseek not to inrichenrich thy followers , By lawlesselawless rapine from a silly maidemaid . Who traueilingtravelling with these Medean Lords To Memphis , from my vnclesuncle's country of Medea , Where all my youth I hauehave vene gouernedgoverned , HaueHave pastpassed the armiearmy of the mightiemighty TurkeTurk : Bearing his priuieprivy signet and his hand : To safe conduct vsus thorowthorough AffricaAfrica : Mag. And since we hauehave arriu'darrived in Scythia , Besides rich presents from the puisantpuissant Cham , We hauehave his highnessehighness' letters to command AideAid and assistance if we stand in need . Tam. But now you see these letters &and commandescommands , Are countermanded by a greater man : And through my prouincesprovinces you must expect Letters of conduct from my mightinessemightiness , If you intend to keep your treasure safe . But since I louelove to liuelive at liberty , As easelyeasily may you get the Souldanssoldan's crownecrown , As any prizes out of my precinct . For they are friends that help to weanewean my state , Till men and kingdomeskingdoms help to strengthen it : And must maintainemaintain my life exempt from seruitudeservitude . But tell me MaddamMadam , is your grace betroth'dbetrothed : Zen. I am ( my Lord , ) for so you do import . Tam. I am a Lord , for so my deeds shall prooueprove , And yet a shepheardshepherd by my Parentage : But Lady , this fairefair face and heauenlyheavenly hewhue , Mud grace his bed that conquers Asia : And meanesmeans to be a terrourterror to the world , Measuring the limits of his EmperieEmpery By East and west , as PhaebusPhoebus doth his course : Lie here ye weedesweeds that I disdainedisdain to wearewear , This compleatcomplete armorarmour , and this curtle-axe Are adiunctsadjuncts more beseeming Tamburlaine . And MaddamMadam , whatsoeuerwhatsoever you esteemeesteem Of this successesuccess , and losseloss vnvalluedunvalued , Both may inuestinvest you EmpresseEmpress of the East : And these that seemeseem but silly country SwainesSwains , May hauehave the leading of so great an host , As with their waightweight shall make the mountains quake . Eueneven as when windy exhalations , Fighting for passage , tilt within the earth . Tec. As princely Lions when they rouse themseluesthemselves , Stretching their pawespaws , and threatningthreatening heardesherds of BeastesBeasts . So in his Armour looketh Tamburlaine : Me thinksmethinks I see kings kneeling at his feet , And he with frowning browesbrows and fiery lookeslooks , Spurning their crownescrowns from off their captiuecaptive heads . Vsum. And making thee and me Techelles , kingeskings , That eueneven to death will follow Tamburlaine . Tam. Nobly resolu'dresolved , sweet friends and followers , These Lords ( perhaps ) do scornescorn our estimates : And thinkethink we prattle with distempered spirits , But since they measure our deserts so meanemean , That in conceit bear Empires on our spearesspears , Affecting thoughts coequallco-equal with the cloudesclouds , They shall be kept our forced followers , Till with their eieseyes thee view vsus EmperoursEmperors . Zen. The Gods , defenders of the innocent , Will neuernever prosper your intended driftesdrifts , That thus oppresseoppress poorepoor friendlesfriendless passengers . Therefore at least admit vsus libertieliberty , EuenEven as thou hop'sthopest to be eternizedeternised , By liuingliving AsiasAsia's mightiemighty EmperourEmperor . Agid. I hope our Ladiesladies' treasure and our owneown , May serueserve for ransomeransom to our liberties : ReturneReturn our Mules and emptieempty Camels backeback , That we may traueiletravel into Siria , Where her betrothed Lord Alcidamus , Expects th'arriuallth'arrival of her highnessehighness' person . Mag. And wheresoeuerwheresoever we repose our seluesourselves , We will report but well of Tamburlaine . Tamb. DisdainesDisdains Zenocrate to liuelive with me ? Or you my LordesLords to be my followers ? ThinkeThink you I way this treasure more than you ? Not all the Gold in IndiasIndia's welthywealthy armesarms , Shall buy the meanest souldiersoldier in my trainetrain . Zenocrate , louelierlovelier than the LoueLove of Iouejove , Brighter than is the siluersilver Rhodolfe , Fairer than whitest snow on Scythian hilshills , Thy person is more woorthworth to Tamburlaine , Than the possession of the Perseanpersian CrowneCrown . Which gratiousgracious startesstarts hauehave promistpromised at my birth , A hundreth Tartars shall attend on thee , Mounted on Steeds , swifter than Pegasus . Thy Garments shall be made of Medean silkesilk , EnchastEnchased with precious iuellesjewels of mine owneown : More rich and valurousvalorous than ZenocratesZenocrate's . With milke-whitemilk-white HartesHearts vponupon an Iuorieivory sled , Thou shalt be drawendrawn amidstamid the frosenfrozen PoolesPools , And scale the ysieicy mountainesmountains lofty tops : Which with thy beautiebeauty will be soonesoon resolu'dresolved . My martiallmartial prisesprizes with fiuefive hundred men , WunWon on the fiftiefifty headed VuolgasVolga's waueswaves . Shall all we offer to Zenocrate , And then my selfemyself to fairefair Zenocrate . Tech. What now ? In louelove ? Tam. Techelles , women must be flaterrdflattered . But this is she with whom I am in louelove . Enter a SouldierSoldier . Sould.Soldier NewesNews , newesnews . Tamb. How now , what's the matter ? Sould.Soldier A thousand Perseanpersian horsmenhorsemen are at hand , Sent from the King to ouercomeovercome vsus all . Tam. How now my Lords of Egypt &and Zenocrate ? Now must your iewelsjewels be restor'drestored againeagain : And I that triumphttriumphed so be ouercomeovercome . How say you Lordings , Is not this your hope ? Agid. We hope your selfeyourself wilwill willingly restore thēthem . Tamb. Such hope , such fortune hauehave the thousand horse . Soft ye my Lords and sweet Zenocrate . You must be forced from me ere you goego : A thousand horsmenhorsemen : We fiuefive hundred footefoot ? An odsodds too great , for vsus to stand against : But are they rich : And is their armour good ? Sould.Soldier Their plumed helmeshelms are wrought with beaten goldegold . Their swords enameldenamelled , and about their neckesnecks Hangs massiemassy chaineschains of goldegold downedown to the waste , In eueryevery part exceeding brauebrave and rich . Tam. Then shall we fight couragiouslycourageously with them . Or lookelook you , I should play the Orator ? Tech. No : cowards and faintheartedfaint-hearted runawaiesrunaways , LookeLook for orations when the foe is neerenear . Our swordesswords shall play the Orators for vsus . Vsum. Come let vsus meet them at the mountain foot , And with a sodainesudden and an hot alarmealarm DriueDrive all their horses headlong down the hill . Tech. Come let vsus martchmarch . Tam. Stay Techelles , askeask a parleeparley first , The SouldiersSoldiers enter . Open the Males , yet guard the treasure sure , Lay out our golden wedges to the view , That their reflexionsreflections may amaze the PerseansPersians . And lookelook we friendly on them when they come : But if they offer word or violence , Weelewe'll fight fiuefive hundred men at armesarms to one , Before we part with our possession . And gainst'gainst the GenerallGeneral we will lift our swords . And either lanchlaunch his greedy thirsting throat , Or take him prisoner , and his chainechain shall serueserve For ManacklesManacles , till he be ransom'dransomed home . Tech, I hearehear them come , shalshall we encounter them ? Tam. Keep all your standings , and not stir a footefoot , My selfemyself will bide the danger of the brunt . Enter Theridamas with others . Ther. Where is this Scythian TamberlaineTamburlaine ? Tam. WhōWhom seekst thou Perseanpersian ? I am TaburlainTamburlaine . Ther. Tamburlaine ? A Scythian ShepheardShepherd , so imbellishedembellished With NaturesNature's pride , and richest furniture , His looks do menace heauenheaven and dare the Gods , His fieriefiery eieseyes are fixtfixed vponupon the earth . As if he now deuis'ddevised some StratagemeStratagem : Or meant to pierce AuernasAvernus' darksome vaults . To pull the triple headed dog from hell . tamb. Noble and mildemild this Perseanpersian seemesseems to be , If outward habit iudgejudge the inward man , tech. His deep affections make him passionate . tamb. With what a maiestymajesty he rears his looks : In thee ( thou valiant man of PerseaPersia ) I see the folly of thy EmperourEmperor : Art thou but CaptaineCaptain of a thousand horse , That vy Characters grauengraven in thy browesbrows , And by thy martiallmartial face and stout aspect , Deseru'stDeservest to hauehave the leading of an hostehost ? Forsake thy king and do but ioinejoin with me And we will triumph ouerover all the world . I hold the Fates bound fast in yroniron chaineschains , And with my hand turneturn FortunesFortune's wheel about , And sooner shall the Sun fall from his SpheareSphere , Than Tamburlaine be slaineslain or ouercomeovercome . Draw foorthforth thy sword , thou mighty man at ArmesArms , Intending but to raseraze my charmed skin : And Iouejove himselfehimself will stretch his hand from heauenheaven . To ward the blow , and shield me safe from harmeharm , See how he rainesrains down heaps of gold in showers . As if he meant to giuegive my SouldiersSoldiers pay , And as a sure and grounded argument , That I shall be the MonarkMonarch of the East . He sends this Sculdans daughter rich and brauebrave , To be my Queen and portly EmperesseEmpress , If thou wilt stay with me , renowmedrenowned man , And lead thy thousand horse with my conduct , Besides thy share of this Egyptian priseprize , Those thousand horse shall sweat with martiallmartial spoilespoil Of conquered kingdomeskingdoms , and of Cities sacktsacked , Both we wilwill walkewalk vponupon the lofty cliftscliffs , And Christian Merchants that with Russian stems PlowBlow vpup huge furrowesfurrows in the Caspian sea . Shall vaileveil to vsus , as Lords of all the Lake . Both we will raignereign as Consuls of the earth , And mightiemighty kings shall be our Senators , Iouejove sometime masked in a ShepheardsShepherd's weed , And by those steps that he hath scal'dscaled the heauensheavens , May we become immortallimmortal like the Gods . Ioinejoin with me now in this my meanemean estate , ( I calcall it meanemean , because being yet obscure , The Nations far remoou'dremoved admyreadmire me not ) And when my name and honorhonour shall be spread , As far as Boreas claps his brazen wings , Or fairefair BotëesBoötes sends his cheerefullcheerful light . Then shalt thou be Competitor with me , And sit with TambulaineTamburlaine . in all his maiestiemajesty . Ther. Not Hermes Prolocutor to the Gods , Could vseuse perswasionspersuasions more patheticallpathetical . Tam. Nor are ApollosApollo's Oracles more true , ThenThan thou shalt find my vaunts substantiallsubstantial . Tec. We are his friends , and if the Perseanpersian king Should offer present Duke domes to our state , We thinkethink it losseloss to make exchange for that , We are assured of by our friendsfriend's successesuccess . Vsum. And kingdomeskingdoms at the least we all expect . BefidesBesides the honorhonour in assured conquestesconquests : Where kings shall crouch vntounto our conquering swords , And hosteshosts of souldierssoldiers stand amaz'damazed at vsus , When with their fearfullfearful tongues they shall cenfesseconfess TheiseThese are the men that all the world admires , Ther. What strongestrong enchantments tice'tice my yeeldingyielding soulesoul Are these resoluedresolved noble Scythians ? But shall I prooueprove a Traitor to my King ? Tam. No , but the trustietrusty friend of Tamburlaine . Ther. Won with thy words , &and conquered with thy looks , I yeeldyield my selfemyself , my men &and horse to thee : To be partaker of thy good or ill , As long as life maintainesmaintains Theridamas . Tam. Theridamas my friend , take here my hand . Which is as much as if I swore by heauenheaven , And call'dcalled ' the Gods to witnessewitness of my vow , Thus shall my heart be still combindecombined with thine , VntillUntil our bodies turneturn to Elements : And both our soulessouls aspire celestiallcelestial thrones . Techelles , and Casane , welcome him . Tech. Welcome renowmedrenowned Perseanpersian to vsus all . Cas. Long may theridamas remaineremain with vsus . Tam. These are my friends in whōwhom I more reioicerejoice , Than doothdoth the King of PerseaPersia in his CrowneCrown : And by the louelove of PylladesPylades and Orestes , Whose statutes we adore in Scythia , Thy selfethyself and them shall neuernever part from me , Before I crownecrown you kings in Asia . Make much of them gentle Theridamas , And they will neuernever leaueleave thee till the death . ther. Nor thee , nor them , thrice noble TamburlainTamburlaine ShalShall want my heart to be with gladnesgladness pierc'dpierced To do you honorhonour and securitiesecurity . Tam. A thousand thankesthanks worthy theridamas : And now fairefair Madam , and my noble Lords , If you will willingly remaineremain with me , You shall hauehave herors , as your merits be : Or elselse you shall be forc'dforced with slauerieslavery . Agid. We yeeldyield vntounto thee happiehappy Tamburlaine tamb. For you then MaddamMadam , I am out of doubt Zeno. I must be pleasdepleased perforce , wretched Zenocrate . Exeunt .
Actus . 2.
Scaena . 1. Cosroe , Menaphon , Ortygius , Ceneus , with other SouldiersSoldiers . Cosroe . THus farrefar are we towards Theridamas , And valiant Tamburlaine , the man of fame , The man that in the forheadforehead of his fortune , BearesBears figures of renownerenown and myraclemiracle : But tell me , that hast seeneseen him , Menaphon , What stature wields he , and what personage : Mena. Of stature tall , and straightlystraight fashioned , Like his desire , lift vpwardsonwards and diuinedivine , Sa large of limslimbs , his iointsjoints so strongly knit , Such breadth of shoulders as might mainelymainly bearebear OldeOld AtlasAtlas' burthenburden , twixt his manly pitch , A pearlepearl more worth , thenthan all the world is plasteplaced : Wherein by curious soueraintiesovereignty of Art , Are fixtfixed his piercing instruments of sight : Whose fiery cyrclescircles bearebear encompassed A heauenheaven of heauenlyheavenly bodies in their SphearesSpheres : That guides his steps and actions to the throne . Where honorhonour sits inuestedinvested royally : Pale of complexion : wrought in him with passion , Thirsting with soueraintysovereignty with louelove of armesarms , His lofty browesbrows in foldesfolds , do figure death , And in their smoothnessesmoothness , amitieamity and life : About them hangs a knot of Amber heireheir . Wrapped in curlescurls , as fierce Achilles was , On which the breath of heauenheaven delights to play , Making it dauncedance with wanton maiestiemajesty : His armesarms and singers long and snowy , Betokening valour and excesseexcess of strength : In eueryevery part proportioned like the man , Should make the world subdued to Tamburlaine . Cos WelWell hast thou pourtraidportrayed in thy tearmsterms of life , The face and personage of a woondrouswondrous man : Nature doth striuestrive with Fortune and his stars , To make him famous in accomplishtaccomplished woorthworth : And well his merits show him to be made : His FortunesFortune's maistermaster , and the king of men . That could perswadepersuade at such a sodainesudden pinch , With reasons of his valour and his life , A thousand swornesworn and ouermatchingovermatching foes : Then when our powers in points of swords are ioin'djoined And closdeclosed in compassecompass of the killing bullet , Though straight the passage and the port be made , That leads to PallacePalace of my brothersbrother's life , Proud is his fortune if we pierce it not . And when the princely Perseanpersian Diadem , Shall ouerwayoverway his wearieweary witlessewitless head , And fall like mellowed fruit , with shakes of death , In fairefair PerseaPersia noble tamburlaine Shall be my Regent , and remaineremain as King : Ort. In happy howerhour we hauehave set the CrowneCrown VponUpon your kingly head , that seeks our honorhonour , In ioyningjoining with the man , ordain'dordained by heauenheaven To further eueryevery action to the best . Cen. He that with ShepheardsShepherds and a litlelittle spoilespoil , Durst in disdainedisdain of wrong and tyrannietyranny , Defend his freedomefreedom gainst'gainst a MonarchieMonarchy . What will he doedo supported by a king : Leading a troopetroop of Gentlemen and Lords , And stuftstuffed with trasuretreasure for his highest thoughts , Cos. And such shall wait on worthy Tamburlaine . Our army will be forty thousand strong , When TamburlainTamburlaine and brauebrave Theridamas HaueHave met vsus by the riuerriver Araris : And all conioin'dconjoined to meet the witlessewitless King . That now is marching neernear to Parthia . And with vnwillingunwilling souldierssoldiers faintly arm'darmed , To seekeseek reuengerevenge on me and Tamburlaine . To whom sweet Menaphon , direct me straight . Mena. I will my Lord . Exeunt .
Act. 2. Scaena . 2 , Mycetes , Meander , with other Lords and SouldiersSoldiers . Mycetes . COme my Meander , let vsus to this geeregear , I teltell you true my heart is swolneswollen with wrath , On this same theeuishthievish villainevillain tamburlaine . And of that false Cosroe , my traiteroustraitorous brother Would it not grieuegrieve a King to be so abusdeabused . And hauehave a thousand horsmenhorsemen taneta'en away ? And which is worst to hauehave his Diadem Sought for by such scaldescald knauesknaves as louelove him net . I thinkethink it would : welwell then , by heauensheavens I sweareswear , Aurora shall not peepepeep out of her dooresdoors , But I will hauehave Cosroe by the head , And kill proud Tamburlaine with point of sword . Tell you the rest ( Meander ) I hauehave said . Mean. Then hauinghaving pastpassed Armenian desartsdeserts now , And pitch our tents vnderunder the Georgeangeorgian hilleshills . Whose tops are coueredcovered with Tartarian thieuesthieves , That lie in ambush , waiting for a prayprey : What should we doedo but bid them battailebattle straight , And rid the world of those detested troopestroops ; Leastlest if we let them lyngerlinger here a while , They gather strength by power of fresh supplies . This countriecountry swarmesswarms with vile outragiousoutrageous men , That liuelive by rapine and by lawlesselawless spoilespoil , Fit SouldiersSoldiers for the wicked Tamburlaine . And he that could with giftesgifts and promises . InueigleInveigle him that leadled a thousand horse , And make him false his faith vntounto his King , Will quickly win such as are like himselfehimself . Therefore cheerecheer vpup your mindesminds , prepare to fight , He that can take or slaughter tamburlaine , Shall rule the ProuinceProvince of Albania . Who brings that Traitorstraitor's head theridamas , ShalShall hauehave a gouernmentgovernment in Medea : Beside the spoilespoil of him and all his trainetrain : But if Cosroe ( as our SpialsEspials say , And as we know ) remainesremains with tamburlaine , His Highnessehighness' pleasure is that he should liuelive , And be reclaim'dreclaimed with princely lenitielenity . A Spy. An hundred horsmenhorsemen of my company Scowtingscouting abroad vponupon these champion plainesplains , HaueHave view'dviewed the army of the Scythians , Which make reports it far exceeds the Kings . Mean. Suppose they be in number infinitinfinite , Yet being void of MartiallMartial discipline , All running headlong after greedy spoilesspoils : And more regarding gainegain than victory : Like to the cruellcruel brothers of the earth , SprongSprung of the teeth of Dragonsdragon's venomous , Their carelessecareless swords shalshall lanchlaunch their fellowesfellows threats And make vsus triumph in their ouerthrowoverthrow . Myc. Was there such brethrenbrothers , sweet Meander , say That sprongsprung of teeth of Dragonsdragon's venomous . Meand. So Poets say , my Lord . Myce. And tis'tis a pretypretty toy to be a Poet . WelWell , welwell ( Meander ) thou art deeply read : And hauinghaving thee , I hauehave a iewelljewel sure : Go en my Lord , and giuegive your charge I say , Thy wit will make vsus Conquerors to daytoday . Mean. Then noble souldiorssoldiers , to intrapentrap these theeuesthieves , That liuelive confounded in disordered troopestroops , If wealth or riches may preuaileprevail with them , We hauehave our CammelsCamels laden all with gold : Which you that be but common souldierssoldiers , Shall fling in eueryevery corner of the field : And while the base borneborn Tartars take it vpup , You fighting more for honorhonour than for gold , Shall massacre those greedy minded slauesslaves . And when their scattered armiearmy is subdu'dsubdued : And you march on their slaughtered carkassescarcases , Share equally the gold that bought their liueslives , And liuelive like Gentlemen in PerseaPersia , Strike vpup the Drum and martchmarch corragiouslycourageously , Fortune her selfeherself doothdoth sit vponupon our Crests . Myc. He telstells you true , my maistersmasters , so he does . Drumis , why sound ye not whēwhen Meand. speakisspeaks . Exeunt
Actus . 2. Scaena . 3. Cosroe , Tamburlaine , Theridamas , Techelles , VsumeasaneUsumeasane , Ortygius . with others . Cosroe . NOw worthy Tamburlaine , hauehave I reposdereposed , In thy approouedapproved Fortunes all my hope , What thinkst thou man , shalshall come of our attemptesattempts . For eueneven as from assured oracle , I take thy doomedoom for satisfaction . Tamb. And so mistake you not a whit my Lord . For Fates and Oracles , heauenheaven hauehave swornesworn , To roialiseroyal the deedesdeeds of tamburlaine : And make them blestblessed that share in his attemptesattempts . And doubt you not , but if you fauourfavour me , And let my Fortunes and my valour sway , To some direction in your martiallmartial deeds , The world will striuestrive with hosteshosts of men at armesarms . To swarmeswarm vntounto the EnsigneEnsign I support , The host of Xerxes , which by fame is said To drinkedrink the mightiemighty Parthian Araris , Was but a handful to that we will hauehave . Our quiueringquivering Lances shaking in the aireair , And bullets like Iouesjove's dreadfulldreadful Thunderbolts , Enroldeenrolled in flames and fiery smolderingsmouldering mistesmists , Shall threat the Gods more than Cyclopian warreswars , And with our Sun-bright armour as we march , Weelwe'll chase the Stars from heauenheaven , and dim their eieseyes That stand and muse at our admyredadmired armesarms . therid. You see my Lord , what woorkingworking woordeswords he hath . But when you see his actions stop his speech , Your speech will stay , or so extol his worth , As I shall be commended and excusdeexcused For turning my poorepoor charge to his direction . And these his two renowmedrenowned friends my Lord , Would make one thrust and striuestrive to be retain'dretained In such a great degree of amitieamity . tech. With dutieduty not with amitieamity we yeeldyield Our vtmostutmost seruiceservice to the fairefair Cosroe . Cos. Which I esteemeesteem as portion of my crown . VsumeasaneUsumeasane and techelles both , When she that rules in RhamnisRhamnis' golden gates , And makes a passage for all prosperous ArmesArms : Shall make me solely EmperourEmperor of Asia , Then shall your meeds and valloursvalours be aduaunstadvanced To roomesrooms of honour and NobilitieNobility . Tam. Then haste Cosroe to be king alone . That I with these my friends and all my men , May triumph in our long expected Fate , The King your Brother is now hard at hand , MeeteMeet with the foolefool , and rid your royallroyal shoulders Of such a burthenburden , as outwaiesoutweighs the sands And all the craggiecraggy rockesrocks of CaspeaCaspia . Mess.Messenger My Lord , we hauehave discouereddiscovered the enemieenemy Ready to chardgecharge you with a mighty armiearmy . Cos. Come tamburlainTamburlaine , now whet thy winged sword And lift thy lofty armearm into the cloudesclouds , That it may reach the King of PerseasPersia's crownecrown , And set it safe on my victorious head . tam. See where it is , the keenest Cutle-axeCurtle-axe . That ere made passage thorowthorough Perseanpersian ArmesArms , These are the wings shall make it fliefly as swift , As doothdoth the lighteninglightning : or the breath of heauenheaven , And kill as sure as it swiftly flies . Cos. Thy words assure me of kind successesuccess : Go valiant SouldierSoldier , go before and charge The fainting army of that foolish King . tamb. VsumeasaneUsumeasane and techelles come , We are enough to scarrescar the enemy , And more than needesneeds to make an EmperourEmperor .
To the BattaileBattle , and Mycetes comes out alone with his CrowneCrown in his hand offering to hide it . Myc. AccurstAccursed be he that first inuentedinvented war , They knew not , ah , they knew not simple men , How those were hit by pelting Cannon shot , Stand staggering like a quiueringquivering Aspen leafeleaf , Fearing the force of Boreas boistrousboisterous blasts . In what a lamentable case were I , If Nature had not giuengiven me wisedomeswisdom's lore ? For Kings are clouts that eueryevery man shoots at , Our CrowneCrown the pin that thousands seekeseek to cleauecleave , Therefore in polliciepolicy I thinkethink it good To hide it close : a goodly Stratagem , And far from any man that is a foolefool . So shall not I be knowenknown , or if I beebe , They cannot take away my crownecrown from me . Here will I hide it in this simple hole . Enter Tamburlain . tam. What fearful coward straglingstraggling from the camp When Kings themseluesthemselves are present in the field . Myc. Thou liest . tam. Base villainevillain , darstdar'st thou giuegive the lie ? Myc. Away , I am the King : go , touch me not . Thou breakstbreakest the law of ArmesArms vnlesseunless thou kneelekneel . And cry me merciemercy , noble King . Tam Are you the witty King of PerseaPersia ? Myce. I mariemarry am I : hauehave you any suitesuit to me ? Tam. I would intreatentreat you to speak but three wise wordeswords . Myce. So I can when I see my time . Tam. Is this your CrowneCrown ? Myce. Iay , Didst thou euerever see a fairer ? Tamb. You will not sell it , wilwill ye ? Myce. Such another word , and I , will hauehave thee executed . Come giuegive it me . Tamb. No , I tooketook it prisoner . Myce. You lie , I gauegave it you . tam. Then tis'tis mine . Myce. No , I meanemean , I let you keep it . tamb. WelWell , I meanemean you shall hauehave it againeagain . Here take it for a while , I lend it thee , Till I may see thee hem'dhemmed with armed men . Then shalt thou see me pull it from thy head : Thou art no match for mightiemighty Tamburlaine . Myce. O Gods , is this tamburlaine the thiefethief , I marueilemarvel much he stole it not away . Sound trumpets to the battellbattle , and he runs in .
Cosroe , Tamburlaine , Theridamas , Menaphon , Meander , Ortygius , Techelles . VsumeasaneUsumeasane , with others . Tamb. HoldeHold thee Cosroe , wearewear two imperiallimperial CrownesCrowns . Thinks thee InuestedInvested now as royally , EuenEven by the mighty hand of tamburlaine , As if as many kingeskings as could encompasseencompass thee , With greatest pompepomp had crown'dcrowned thee EmperourEmperor . Cosr. So do I thrice renowinedrenowned man at armesarms , And none shall keepekeep the crownecrown but tamburlaine : Thee doodo I make my Regent of PerseaPersia , And GenerallGeneral LieftenantLieutenant of my Armies . Meander , you that were our brothersbrother's Guide , And chiefest CounsailorCounsellor in all his acts , Since he is yeeldedyielded to the stroke of War , On your submission we with thanks excuse , And giuegive you equallequal place in our affairesaffairs . Mean. Most happy EmperourEmperor in humblest tearmsterms I vow my seruiceservice to your MaiestieMajesty . With vtmostutmost vertuevirtue of my faith and dutieduty . Cosr. Thanks good Meander , thenthan Cosroe raignreign And gouernegovern PerseaPersia in her former pomp : Now send Ambassage to thy neighborneighbour Kings , And let them know the Perseanpersian King is chang'dchanged : From one that knew not what a King should do , To one that can commaundcommand what longs thereto : And now we will to fairefair Persepolis , With twenty thousand expert souldierssoldiers . The Lords and CaptainesCaptains of my brothersbrother's campecamp , With litlelittle slaughter take MeandersMeander's course , And gladly yeeldyield them to my gracious rule : OrtigiusOrtygius and menaphon , my trustietrusty friendesfriends , Now will I gratify your former good , And grace your calling with a greater sway . Ort. And as we euerever and at your behoofebehoof , And sought your state , all honorhonour it deseru'ddeserved , So will we with our powers and our liueslives , IndeuorEndeavour to preseruepreserve and prosper it . Cos. I will not thank thee ( sweet OrtigiusOrtygius ) Better replies shall prooueprove my purposes . And now , Lord tamburlaine , my brothersbrother's CampeCamp I leaueleave to thee , and to theridamas , To follow me to fairefair Persepolis . Then will we march to all those Indian Mines , My witlessewitless brother to the Christians lost : And ransomeransom them with fame and vsurieusury . And till thou ouertakeovertake me tamburlaine , ( Staying to order all the scattered troopestroops ) Farewell Lord Regent , and his happiehappy friends , I long to sit vponupon my brothersbrother's throne , Mena. Your MaiestieMajesty shall shortly hauehave your wish . And ride in triumph through Persepolis . Exeunt . Manent Tamb. Tech. Ther. Vsum.Usum. tamb. And ride in triumph through Persepolis ? Is it not brauebrave to be a King , techelles ? VsumeasaneUsumeasane and theridamas , Is it not passing brauebrave to be a King , And ride in triumph through Persepolis ? tech. O my Lord , tis'tis sweet and full of pompepomp . Vsum. To be a King , is halfehalf to be a God . ther. A God is not so glorious as a King : I thinkethink the pleasure they enioyenjoy in heauenheaven Can not compare with kingly ioyesjoys in earth , To wearewear a CrowneCrown enchac'denchased with pearlepearl and goldegold , Whose vertuesvirtues cariecarry with it life and death , To askeask , and hauehave : command , and be obeiedobeyed . When looks breed louelove , with lookeslooks to gainegain the prize ; Such power attractiueattractive shines in princesprinces' eieseyes . tam. Why say theridamas , wilt thou be a king ? the. Nay , though I praise it , I can liuelive without it . tam. What saiessays my other friends , wilwill you be kings ? tec. Iay , if I could with all my heart my Lord . tam. Why , that's welwell said techelles , so would I , And so would you my maistersmasters , would you not ? Vsum. What then my Lord ? tam. Why then Casanes shall we wish for ought The world affoordsaffords in greatest noueltienovelty , And rest attmplesseattemptless faint and destitute ? Me thinksmethinks we should not , I am strongly moou'dmoved , That if I should desire the Perseanpersian CrowneCrown , I could attaineattain it with a woondrouswondrous ease , And would not all our souldierssoldiers soonesoon consent , If we should aimeaim at such a dignitiedignity ? ther. I know they would with our perswasionspersuasions . tam. Why then theridamas , IleI'll first assay , To get the Perseanpersian KingdomeKingdom to my selfemyself : ThenThan thou for Parthia , they for Scythia and Medea . And if I prosper , all shall be as sure , As if the TurkeTurk , the Pope , AffrikeAfrique and Greece , Came creeping to vsus with their crownescrowns apace . tech. Then shall we send to this triumphing King , And bid him battellbattle for his nouellnovel CrowneCrown ? Vsum. Nay quickly then , before his roomeroom be hot . tam. Twil'Twill prooueprove a pretiepretty iestjest ( in faith ) my friends . the. A iestjest to chardgecharge on twenty thousand men ? I iudgejudge the purchase more important far . tam. IudgeJudge by thy selfethyself theridamas , not me , For presently techelles here shalshall haste , To bid him battailebattle ere he passepass too farrefar , And lose more laborlabour than the gainegain will quightquite . Then shalt thou see the Scythian tamburlaine , Make but a iestjest to win the Perseanpersian crownecrown . techelles , take a thousand horse with thee , And bid him turneturn his back to war with vsus , That onelyonly made him King to make vsus sport . We will not stealesteal vponupon him cowardly , But giuegive him warning and more warriourswarriors . Haste the techelles , we will follow thee . What saith theridamas ? ther. GoeGo on for me . Exeunt .
Actus . 2. Scaena . 6. Cosroe , Meander , Ortygius , Menaphon , with other SouldiersSoldiers . Cos. VVhatWhat means this diuelishdevilish shepheardshepherd to aspire With such a Giantly presumption . To cast vpup hilshills against the face of heauenheaven : And dare the force of angrieangry Iupiterjupiter . But as he thrust them vnderneathunderneath the hilshills , And prestpressed out fire from their burning iawesjaws : So will I send this monstrous slaueslave to hell , Where flames shall euerever feed vponupon his soulesoul . mean.mean Some powers diuinedivine , or elselse infernallinfernal , mixtmixed Their angry seeds at his conception : For he was neuernever sprongsprung of humainehuman race , Since with the spirit of his fearefullfearful pride , He dares so doubtleslydoubtlessly resolueresolve of rule . And by profession be ambitousambitious . Ort. What God or FeendFiend , or spirit of the earth , Or Monster turned to a manly shape , Or of what mould or mettelmetal he be made , What star or state soeuersoever gouernegovern him , Let vsus put on our meet incountringencountering mindesminds , And in detesting such a diuelishdevilish ThiefeThief , In louelove of honorhonour &and defence of right , Be arm'darmed against the hate of such a foe , Whether from earth , or hell , or heauenheaven he grow . Cos. Nobly resolu'dresolved , my good Ortygius . And since we all hauehave sucktsucked one wholsomewholesome aireair , And with the same proportion of Elements , ResolueResolve , I hope we are resembled , Vowing our louesloves to equallequal death and life , Let's cheerecheer our souldierssoldiers to incounterencounter him , That grieuousgrievous image of ingratitude : That fiery thirster after Soueraingtiesovereignty : And burneburn him in the fury of that flame , That none can quench but blood and EmperieEmpery . ResolueResolve my Lords and louingloving souldierssoldiers now , To sauesave your King and country from decay : Then strike vpup Drum , and all the StarresStars that make The loathsome Circle of my dated life , Direct my weapon to his barbarous heart , That thus opposeth him against the Gods , And scornesscorns the Powers that gouernegovern PerseaPersia . Enter to the BattellBattle , &and after the battellbattle , enter Cosroe wounded , Theridamas , tamburlaine , Techelles , VsumeasaneUsumeasane , with others . Cos. Barbarous and bloody Tamburlaine , Thus to depriuedeprive me of my crownecrown and life . Treacherous and false theridamas , EuenEven at the morning of my happy state , Scarce being seated in my royallroyal throne , To workework my downfall and vntimelyuntimely end . An vncouthuncouth painepain torments my grieuedgrieved soulesoul , And death arrests the organeorgan of my voice . Who entringentering at the breach thy sword hath made , Sacks eueryevery vainevain and artierartery of my heart , Bloody and insatiate TamburlainTamburlaine . tam. The thirst of raignereign and sweetnessweetness of a crown , That causdecaused the eldest sonneson of heauenlyheavenly Ops , To thrust his doting father from his chairechair , And place himselfehimself in the EmperiallImperial heauenheaven , Moou'dMoved me to manage armesarms against they state , What better presidentprecedent than mightiemighty Iouejove ? Nature that fram'dframed vsus of fourefour Elements , Warring within our breasts for regiment , Doth teach vsus all to hauehave aspyringaspiring minds : Our soulessouls , whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous Architecture of the world : And measure eueryevery wandringwand'ring plannetsplanets course . Still climingclimbing after knowledge infinite , And alwaiesalways moouingmoving as the restlesrestless SphearesSpheres . WilsWills vsus to wearewear our seluesourselves and neuernever rest . VntilUntil we reach the ripest fruit of all . That perfect blissebliss and sole felicitiefelicity . The sweet fruition of an earthly crownecrown . Ther. And that made me to ioinejoin with tamburlainTamburlaine For he is grossegross and like the massiemassy earth , That moouesmoves not vpwardsonwards , nor by princely deeds Doth meanemean to soaresoar aboueabove the highest sort . Tec. And that made vsus the friends of Tamburlaine . To lift our swords against the Perseanpersian King . Vsum. For as when Iouejove did thrust old Saturn down . Neptune and Dis gain'dgained each of them a CrowneCrown . So do we hope to raignreign in Asia , If tamburlainTamburlaine be plac'dplaced in PerseaPersia . Cos. The strangest men that euerever nature made , I know not how to take their tyrannies . My bloodlessebloodless body waxeth chill and coldecold , And with my blood my life slides through my wound . My soulesoul begins to take her flight to hell . And sommonssummons all my sencessenses to depart : The heat and moisture which did feed each other , For want of nourishment to feed them both . Is driedry and cold , and now doothdoth gastlyghastly death With greedy tallentstalents gripe my bleeding hartheart , And like a HarpyrHarper tires on my life . Theridamas and Tamburlaine , I die , And fearefullfearful vengeance light vponupon you both . He takes the CrowneCrown and puts it on . tam. Not all the curses which the furies breathe , Shall make me leaueleave so rich a prize as this : TeridamasTheridamas , techelles , and the rest , Who thinkethink you now is king of PerseaPersia ? All. Tamburlaine , tamburlaine . Tamb. Though Mars himselfehimself the angrieangry God of armesarms , And all the earthly Potentates conspire , To dispossessedispossess me of this Diadem : Yet will I wearewear it in despightdespite of them , As great commander of the EasterneEastern world , If you but say that tamburlaine shall raignereign . Al. Long liuelive tamburlaine , and raignereign in Asia . tamb. So , now it is more surer on my head , Than if the Gods had held a Parliament : And all pronounstpronounced me king of PerseaPersia .
Finis Actus 2.
Actus . 3.
Scaena . 1. Baiazeth , the kings of Fess. Moroco , and Argier . with others , in great pompepomp . Baiazeth . GReat Kings of Barbary , and my portly Bassoes , We hearehear , the Tartars &and the EasterneEastern theeuesthieves VnderUnder the conduct of one Tamburlaine , Presume a bickering with your EmperourEmperor : And thinks to rouse vsus from our dreadful siege Of the famous Grecian Constantinople . You know our ArmieArmy is inuincibleinvincible : As many circumcised TurkesTurks we hauehave , And warlike bands of Christians renied , As hath the Ocean or the Terrene sea Small drops of water , when the Moon begins To ioinejoin in one her semi-circledsemicircled horneshorns : Yet would we not be brau'dbraved with forrainforeign power , Nor raise our siege before the Gretians yeeldyield . Or breathlesbreathless lie before the citiecity walleswalls . Fess. RenowmedRenowned EmperourEmperor , and mighty GenerallGeneral What if you sent the Bassoes of your guard . To charge him to remaineremain in Asia . Or elselse to threaten death and deadly armesarms , As from the mouth of mighty BaiazethBajazeth . Bai. Hie thee my Bassoebassa fast to PerseaPersia , Tell him thy Lord the Turkish EmperourEmperor , Dread Lord of AffrikeAfrique , Europe and Asia . Great King and conquerourconqueror of Grecia , The Ocean , Terrene , and the cole-blackecoal-black sea , The high and highest MonarkeMonarch of the world . WilsWills and Commands ( for say not I intreatentreat ) Not once to set his foot in AffricaAfrica , Or spread his collourscolours in Grecia . Leastlest he incurreincur the furiefury of my wrath . Tell him , I am content to take a truce , Because I hearehear he bearesbears a valiant mind . But if presuming on his silly power , He be so mad to manage ArmesArms with me , Then stay thou with him , say I bid thee so . And if before the Sun hauehave measured heauenheaven With triple circuit thou regreet vsus not , We meanemean to take his morningsmorning's next arise . For messenger , he will not be reclaim'dreclaimed , And meanemean to fetch thee in despightdespite of him . Bass. Most great and puisantpuissant MonarkeMonarch of the earth , Your Bassoebassa will accomplish your behest : And show your pleasure to the Perseanpersian . As fits the Legate of the stately Turk . Exit Bass. Arg. They say he is the King of PerseaPersia . But if he dare attempt to stir your siege , Twere'twere requisite he should be ten times more , For all flesh quakes at your magnificence . Bai. True ( Argier ) and tremble at my lookeslooks . Moro. The spring is hindredhindered by your smootheringsmothering host , For neither rain can fall vponupon the earth , Nor Sun reflexereflect his vertuousvirtuous beamesbeams thereon . The ground is mantled with such multitudes . Bai. All this is true as holy Mahomet , And all the trees are blasted with our breathes . Fess. What thinks your greatnesgreatness best to be atchieu'dachieved In pursuit of the CitiesCity's ouerthrowoverthrow ? Bai. I wilwill the captiuecaptive PionersPioneers of Argier , Cut of the water , that by leaden pipes Runs to the citiecity from the mountain Carnon , Two thousand horse shall forrageforage vpup and downedown , That no relieferelief or succour come by Land . And all the sea my GalliesGalleys countermaundcountermand . Then shall our footmen lie within the trench , And with their Cannons mouth'dmouthed like OrcusOrcus' gulfegulf Batter the walleswalls , and we will enter in : And thus the Grecians shall be conquered . Exeunt
Actus . 3. Scaena . 2. Agidas , Zenocrate , Anippe , with others . MAdam Zenocrate , may I presume To know the cause of these vnquietunquiet fits : That workework such trouble to your woontedwonted rest : Tis'Tis more thenthan pittypity such a heauenlyheavenly face Should by heartsheart's sorrow wax so wan and pale . When your offensiueoffensive rape by tamburlaine , ( Which of your whole displeasures should be most ) Hath seem'dseemed to be digested long agoeago . Zen. Although it be digested long agoeago As his excedingexceeding fauoursfavours hauehave deseru'ddeserved , And might content the QueeneQueen of heauenheaven as well : As it hath chang'dchanged my first conceiu'dconceived disdainedisdain . Yet since a farther passion feeds my thoughts , With ceaselesseceaseless and disconsolate conceits . Which dies my lookeslooks so liuelesseliveless as they are . And might , if my extreamsextremes had full euentsevents , Make me the gastlyghastly counterfeit of death . Agid. EternallEternal heauenheaven sooner be dissolu'ddissolved . And all that pierceth PhoebesPhoebe's siluersilver eieeye , Before such hap fall to zenocrate . zen. Ah , life , and soulesoul still houerhover in his Breast . And leaueleave my body sencelessesenseless as the earth . Or elselse vniteunite you to his life and soulesoul , That I may liuelive and die with tamburlainTamburlaine . Enter Tamburlaine with Techelles and others . Agid. With tamburlaine ? Ah fairefair zenocrate . Let not a man so vile and barbarous , That holds you from your father in despightdespite , And keeps you from the honorshonours of a QueeneQueen . Being supposdesupposed his worthlesseworthless Concubine . Be honoredhonoured with your louelove , but for necessity . So now the mighty SouldanSultan heareshears of you , Your HighnesseHighness needs not doubt but in short time , He will with TamburlainesTamburlaine's destruction RedeemeRedeem you from this deadly seruitudeservitude . Zen. leaueleave to wound me with these words . And speakespeak of tamburlaine as he deseruesdeserves : The entertainment we hauehave had of him , Is far from villanievillainy or seruitudeservitude . And might in noble minds be counted princely . Agid. How can you fanciefancy one that lookeslooks so fierce , OnelieOnly disposed to martiallmartial Stratagems ? Who when he shall embrace you in his armesarms , Will tell how many thousand men he slew . And when you lookelook for amorous discourse , Will rattle foorthforth his facts of war and blood . Too harsh a subiectsubject for your dainty earesears . Zen. As looks the sun through Nilus flowing stream , Or when the morning holds him in her armesarms . So lookeslooks my Lordly louelove , fairefair tamburlaine : His talketalk much sweeter than the Musesmuse's song , They sung for honorhonour gainst'gainst Pierides . Or when MineruaMinerva did with Neptune striuestrive , And higher would I rearerear my estimate , Than Iunojuno sister to the highest God . If I were matchtmatched with mightiemighty tamburlaine , Agid. Yet be not so inconstant in your louelove , But let the yongyoung Arabian liuelive in hope , After your rescue to eioyenjoy his choisechoice . You see though first the King of PerseaPersia ( Being a ShepheardShepherd ) seem'dseemed to louelove you much , Now in his maiestymajesty he leauesleaves those lookeslooks , Those words of fauourfavour , and those comfortings , And giuesgives no more than common courtesies . Zen. Thence rise the tears that so distain my checks , Fearing his louelove through my vnworthynesseunworthiness . Tamburlaine goes to her , &and takes her away louinglylovingly by the hand , looking wrathfully on Agidas , and sayessays nothing . Agid. BetraideBetrayed by fortune and suspitioussuspicious louelove . ThreatnedThreatened with frowning wrath and iealousiejealousy . SurprizdSurprised with fearefear of hideous reuengerevenge . I stand agastaghast : but most astoniedastonished To see his chollercholer shut in secretesecret thoughtesthoughts , And wraptwrapped in silence of his angry soulesoul . VponUpon his browesbrows was pourtraidportrayed vglyugly death , And in his eieseyes the furiefury of his hartheart . That shine as Comets , menacing reuengerevenge , And casts a pale complexion on his cheeks . As when the Sea-manSeaman sees the Hyades Gather an armyearmy of Cemerian clouds , ( Auster and Aquilon with winged Steads All sweating , tilt about the watery heauensheavens , With shiueringshivering spearesspears enforcing thunderclaps . And from their shieldesshields strike flames of lighteninglightning ) All fearefullfearful foldesfolds his sailessails , and sounds the mainemain , Lifting his prayers to the heauensheavens for aid , Against the terrourterror of the winds and waueswaves . So fares AgydasAgidas for the late felt frownesfrowns That sent a tempest to my daunted thoughtesthoughts , And makes my soulesoul deuinedivine her ouerthrowoverthrow . Enter Techelles with a naked dagger . tech. See you Agidas how the King salutes you . He bids you prophesieprophesy what it imports . Exit . Agid. I propheciedprophesied before and now I prooueprove , The killing frownesfrowns of iealousiejealousy and louelove . He needed not with words confirmeconfirm my fearefear , For words are vainevain where working toolestools present The naked action of my threatnedthreatened end . It saiessays , AgydasAgidas , thou shalt surely die . And of extremities elect the least , More honorhonour and lesseless painepain it may procure , To dydie by this resoluedresolved hand of thine , Than stay the torments he and heauenheaven hauehave swornesworn . Then haste AgydasAgidas , and preuentprevent the plagues : Which thy prolonged Fates may draw on thee : Go wander free from fearefear of Tyrantstyrant's rage . RemoouedRemoved from the Torments and the hell : Wherewith he may excruciate thy soulesoul . And let Agidas by Agidas die . And with this stab slumber eternally . tech. VsumeasaneUsumeasane , see how right the man Hath hit the meaning of my Lord the King . Vsum. Faith , and techelles , it was manly done ; And since he was so wise and honorablehonourable , Let vsus affoordafford him now the bearing hence . And crauecrave his triple worthy buriallburial . tech. Agreed Casane , we wilwill honorhonour him .
Act. 3. Scaena . 3 , Tamburlain , Techelles , VsumeasaneUsumeasane , Theridamas , Bassoebassa , Zenocrate , with others . Tamburlaine . BAssoebasso , by this thy Lord and maistermaster knowesknows , I meanemean to meet him in Bithynia : see how he comes ? Tush . TurkesTurks are fulfull of brags And menace more than they can welwell performeperform : He meet me in the field and fetch thee hence ? Alas ( poorepoor TurkeTurk ) his fortune is totoo weakeweak , T'incounter with the strength of Tamburlaine . View well my Camp , and speakespeak indifferently , DooDo not my captainescaptains and my souldierssoldiers lookelook As if they meant to conquer AffricaAfrica . Basl. Your men are valiant but their number few , And cannot terrefieterrify his mightiemighty hostehost , My Lord , the great Commander of the worldeworld , Besides fifteenefifteen contributoriecontributory kings , Hath now in armesarms ten thousand Ianisariesjanissaries , Mounted on lusty Mauritanian Steeds . Brought to the war by men of TripolyTripoli . Two hundred thousand footmen that hauehave seru'dserved In two set battelsbattles fought in Grecia : And for the expedition of this war , If he think good , can from his garrisons , Withdraw as many more to follow him . tech. The more he brings , the greater is the spoilespoil , For when they perish by our warlike hands , We meanemean to seateseat our footmen on their Steeds . And rifle all those stately Ianisarsjanisars . tam. But wilwill those Kings accompany your Lord ? Bass. Such as his HighnesseHighness please , but some must stay To rule the prouincesprovinces he late subdudesubdued . tam. ThēThen fight couragiouslycourageously , their crowns are yours This hand shalshall set them on your conquering heads : That made me EmperourEmperor of Asia . Vsum. Let him bring missions infinite of men , VnpeoplingUnpeopling WesterneWestern AffricaAfrica and Greece : Yet we assure vsus of the victorievictory . ther. Eueneven he that in a trice vanquishtvanquished two kings , More mighty than the Turkish EmperourEmperor : Shall rouse him out of Europe , and pursue His scattered armiearmy tiltill they yeeldyield or die . tamb. WelWell said theridamas , speakespeak in that mood , For WilWill and Shall best fitteth TamburlainTamburlaine , Whose smiling stars giuesgives him assured hope Of martiallmartial triumph , ere he meetemeet his foes : I that am tearm'dtermed the Scourge and Wrath of God , The onelyonly fearefear and terrourterror of the world , WilWill first subdue the TurkeTurk , and then inlargeenlarge Those Christian CaptiuesCaptives , which you keep as slauesslaves , Burdening their bodies with your heauieheavy chaineschains . And feeding them with thin and slender fare , That naked rowerow about the Terrene sea . And when they chance to breathbreathe and rest a space , Are punishtpunished with Bastones so grieuouslygrievously , That they lie panting on the Galliesgalley's side . And striuestrive for life at eueryevery stroke they giuegive , These are the cruellcruel pirates of ArgeireArgier , That damned trainetrain , the scum of AffricaAfrica . Inhabited with straglingstraggling RunnagatesRunagates , That make quick hauockhavoc of the Christian blood . But as I liuelive that townetown shall curse the time That Tamburlaine set foot in AffricaAfrica : Enter Baiazeth with his Bassoes and contributoriecontributory KingesKings . Bai. Bassoes and Ianisariesjanissaries of my Guard , Attend vponupon the person of your Lord , The greatest Potentate of AffricaAfrica . Tam. Techelles , and the rest prepare your swordesswords I meanemean t'incounter with that BaiazethBajazeth . Bai. Kings of FesseFez , Moroccus and Argier , He calscalls me BaiazethBajazeth , whom you call Lord . Note the presumption of this Scythian slaueslave : I tell thee villainevillain , those that lead my horse HaueHave to their names tytlestitles of dignity , And dar'st thou bluntly call me BaiazethBajazeth ? Tam. And know thou TurkeTurk , that those which lead my horse , Shall lead thee CaptiueCaptive thorowthorough AffricaAfrica . And dar'st thou bluntly call me tamburlaine ? Bai. By Mahomet , my Kinsmanskinsman's sepulchersepulchre . And by the holy Alcaron I sweareswear , He shall be made a chastchaste and lustlesselustless EunukeEunuch , And in my Sarellseraglio tend my Concubines : And all his CaptainesCaptains that thus stoutly stand , Shall draw the chariot of my EmperesseEmpress . Whom I hauehave brought to see their ouerthrowoverthrow . Tamb. By this my sword that conquer'dconquered PerseaPersia , Thy fall shall make me famous through the world : I will not tell thee how IleI'll handle thee , But eueryevery common souldiersoldier of my Camp Shall smile to see thy miserable state . Fess. What meanesmeans the mighty Turkish Emperor To talk with one so base as tamburlaine . Moro. Ye MooresMoors and valiant men of Barbary . How can ye suffer these indignities . Arg. LeaueLeave words and let them feelefeel your lances pointespoints . Which glided through the bowels of the GreekesGreeks . Bai. WelWell said my stout contributory kings , Your threefold armiearmy and my hugiehugy hostehost , Shall swallow vpup these base borneborn PerseansPersians , tech. Puissant , renowmedrenowned and mighty tamburlainTamburlaine , Why stay we thus prolonging all their liueslives ' ? ther. I long to see those crownescrowns won by our swords That we may raignereign as kings of AffricaAfrica . Vsum. What Coward woldwould not fight for such a prize ? Tamb. Fight all couragiouslycourageously and be you kings . I speakespeak it , and my words are oracles . Bai. Zabina , mother of three brauerbraver boiesboys , Than Hercules , that in his infancieinfancy Did pash the iawesjaws of Serpents venomous : Whose hands are made to gripe a warlike Lance . Their shoulders broad , for completcomplete armour fit , Their limslimbs more large and of a bigger size Than all the brats ysprongysprung from TyphonsTyphon's loins : Who , when they come vntounto their fathersfather's age , Will batter Turrets with their manly fists . And on thy head wearewear my EmperiallImperial crownecrown , VntillUntil I bring this sturdy tamburlainTamburlaine , And all his Captains bound in captiuecaptive chaineschains . zab. Such good successesuccess happen to BaiazethBajazeth , Tam. zenocrate , the loueliestloveliest MaideMaid aliuealive , Fairer than rockesrocks of pearlepearl and pretiousprecious stone , The onelyonly Paragon of tamburlaine , Whose eieseyes are brighter than the Lamps of heauenheaven . And speech more pleasant than sweet harmony : That with thy lookeslooks canst cleareclear the darkened Sky : And calmecalm the rage of thundringthundering Iupiterjupiter : Sit downedown by her : adorned with my CrowneCrown , As if thou wert the EmpresseEmpress of the world . Stir not zenocrate vntilluntil thou see Me martchmarch victoriously with all my men , Triumphing ouerover him and these his kings . Which I will bring as Vassals to thy feetefeet . TilTill then take thou my crownecrown , vaunt of my worth , And manage words with her as we will armesarms . zen. And may my LoueLove , the king of PerseaPersia ReturneReturn with victorievictory , and free from wound . Bai. Now shalt thou feel the force of Turkish arms , Which lately made all Europe quake for fearefear : I hauehave of TurkesTurks , Arabians , MooresMoors and IewesJews Enough to couercover all BythiniaBithynia , Let thousands die , their slaughtered CarkassesCarcases ShalShall serueserve for walleswalls and bulwarkesbulwarks to the rest : And as the heads of Hydra , so my power Subdued , shall stand as mighty as before : If they should yeeldyield their necks vntounto the sword , Thy souldierssoldiers armesarms could not endure to strike So many blowesblows as I hauehave heads for thee . Thou knowest not ( foolish hardy Tamburlaine ) What tis'tis to meet me in the open field , That leaueleave no ground for thee to martchmarch vponupon . Tam. Our conquering swords shall marshal vsus the way We vseuse to march vponupon the slaughtered foe : Trampling their bowels with our horses hooffeshoofs : BraueBrave horses , bred on the white Tartarian hilshills : My CampeCamp is like to Iuliusjulius CaesarsCaesar's hostehost , That neuernever fought but had the victorievictory : Nor in Pharsalia was there such hot war , As these my followers willingly would hauehave : Legions of Spirits fleeting in the aireair , Direct our Bullets and our weapons pointespoints And make our strokes to wound the sencelessesenseless lure , And when she sees our bloody ColloursColours spread . Then VictorieVictory begins to take her flight , Resting her selfeherself vponupon my milk-white Tent : But come my Lords , to weapons let vsus fall . The field is ours , the Turk , his wife and all . Exit , with his followers . Bai. Come Kings and Bassoes let vsus glut our swords That thirst to drinkedrink the feblefeeble PerseansPersians' blood . Exit , with his followers . zab. Base Concubine , must thou be plac'dplaced by me That am the EmpresseEmpress of the mighty TurkeTurk ? zen. Disdainful TurkesseTurkess and vnreuerendunreverend BosseBoss , Call'stCallest thou me Concubine that am betroath'dbetrothed VntoUnto the great and mighty tamburlaine ? Zab. To tamburlaine the great Tartarian thiefethief ? Zen. Thou wilt repent these lauishlavish words of thine , When thy great Bassoebassa , maistermaster and thy selfethyself . Must plead for merciemercy at his kingly feet , And sue to me to be your AduocatesAdvocates . Zab. And sue to thee ? I tell thee shamelesseshameless girlegirl , Thou shalt be LandresseLaundress to my waiting maid . How lik'stlikest thou her Ebea , will she serueserve ? Ebea. Madamemadam , she thinks perhaps she is too fine . But I shall turneturn her into other weedesweeds . And make her daintiedainty fingers fall to woorkework . Zen. hearst thou Anippe , how thy drudge doth talk , And how my slaueslave , her mistressemistress menaceth . Both for their sausinessesauciness shall be employed , To dressedress the common souldierssoldier's meat and drink . For we will scornescorn they should come nerenear our seluesourselves . Anip. Yet somtimessometimes let your highnessehighness send for thēthem To do the work my chamber maid disdainesdisdains . They sound the battellbattle within , and stay Zen. Ye Gods and powers that gouernegovern PerseaPersia . And made my lordly LoueLove her worthy King : Now strengthen him against the Turkish BaiazethBajazeth , And let his foes like flockesflocks of fearfullfearful Roes , PursudePursued by hunters , fliefly his angrieangry lookeslooks , That I may see him issue ConquerourConqueror . Zab. Now Mahomet , solicit God himselfehimself , And make him rainerain down murtheringmurdering shot frōfrom heauenheaven To dash the Scythians brainesbrains , and strike them dead , That dare to manage armesarms with him , That offered iewelsjewels to thy sacred shrine . When first he war'dwarred against the Christians . To the battellbattle againeagain . Zen. By this the Turks lie weltringweltering in their blood sound , And tamburlaine is Lord of AffricaAfrica : Zab. Thou art deceiu'ddeceived , I heard the Trumpets As when my EmperourEmperor ouerthrewoverthrew the Greeks : And led them CaptiueCaptive into AffricaAfrica . Straight will I vseuse thee as thy pride deseruesdeserves : Prepare thy selfethyself to liuelive and die my slaueslave . Zen. If Mahomet should come from heauenheaven and sweareswear , My royallroyal Lord is slaineslain or conquered . Yet should he not perswadepersuade me otherwise . But that he liueslives and will be ConquerourConqueror . Baiazeth flies , and he pursues him . The battellbattle short , and they enter , Baiazeth is ouercomeovercome . Tam.

Now king of Bassoes , who is Conqueror ?

Bai.

Thou , by the fortune of this damned foilefoil ,

Tam.

Where are your stout contributoriecontributory kings ?

Enter Techelles , Theridamas , VsumeasaneUsumeasane . Tech.

We hauehave their crownescrowns their bodies strowestrow the fieldefield .

Tam. Each man a crown ? why kingly fought ifaithi'faith DeliuerDeliver them into my treasurietreasury . Zen. Now let me offer to my gracious Lord . His royallroyal CrowneCrown againeagain , so highly won : tam. Nay take the Turkish Crown from her , zen.zen And crownecrown me EmperourEmperor of AffricaAfrica . Zab. No tamburlainTamburlaine , though now thou gatgot the best Thou shalt not yet be Lord of AffricaAfrica . ther. GiueGive her the CrowneCrown TurkesseTurkess you werwere best . He takes it from her , and giuesgives it Zenocrate , zab. IniuriousInjurious villainesvillains , thieuesthieves , runnagatesrunagates , How dare you thus abuse my MaiestyMajesty ? ther. Here Madam , you are EmpresseEmpress , she is none , tam. Not now theridamas , her time is past : The pillerspillars that hauehave bolstered vpup those tearmesterms , Are falnefallen in clusters at my conquering feet . zab. Though he be prisoner , he may be ransomed : tamb. Not all the world shall ransom BaiazethBajazeth . Bai. Ah fairefair zabina , we hauehave lost the field . And neuernever had the Turkish EmperourEmperor So great a foilefoil by any forraineforeign foe . Now will the Christian miscreants be glad , Ringing with ioyjoy their superstitious bellesbells : And making bonfires for my ouerthrowoverthrow . But ere I die those foulefoul Idolaters Shall make me bonfires with their filthy bones , For though the glorieglory of this day be lost . AffrikAfrique and Greece hauehave garrisons enough To make me SoueraigneSovereign of the earth againeagain . Tam. Those walled garrisons wilwill I subdue , And write my selfemyself great Lord of AffricaAfrica : So from the East vntounto the furthest West , Shall tamburlainTamburlaine extend his puisantpuissant armearm . The GallesGalls and those pilling BriggandinesBrigandines , That yeerelyyearly sailesail to the Venetian gulfegulf , And houerhover in the straightesstraits for Christians wrackewrack , Shall lie at anchor in the Isle Asant . VntillUntil the Perseanpersian FleeteFleet and men of war , Sailing along the OrientallOriental sea , HaueHave fetchtfetched about the Indian continent : EuenEven from Persepolis to Mexico , And thence vntounto the straightesstraits of IubalterGibraltar : Where they shall meetemeet , and ioinejoin their force in one Keeping in awawe the Bay of Portingale . And all the Ocean by the British shore : And by this meanesmeans IleI'll win the world at last . Bai. Yet set a ransomeransom on me tamburlaine . Tam. What , thinkst thou tamburlainTamburlaine esteems thy gold , IleI'll make the kings of India ere I die , Offer their mines ( to sew for peace ) to me , And dig for treasure to appease my wrath : Come bind them both and one lead in the TurkeTurk . The TurkesseTurkess let my Loueslove's maid lead away . They bind them . Bai. Ah villainesvillains , dare ye touch my sacred armesarms . O Mahomet , OhO sleepiesleepy Mahomet . zab. O cursed Mahomet that makest vsus thus The slauesslaves to Scythians rude and barbarous . Tam. Come bring them in , &and for this happy cōquestconquest Triumph , and solemnize a martiallmartial feast . Exeunt .
Finis Actus tertii .
Actus . 4.
Scaena . 1. SouldanSultan of EgiptEgypt with three or four Lords , Capolin SouldanSultan . AWake ye men of Memphis , hearehear the clangeclang Of Scythian trumpets , hearehear the BasiliskesBasilisks , That roaring , shake Damascus turrets downedown , The rogue of Volga holds zenocrate , The Souldanssoldan's daughter for his Concubine , And with a troopetroop of theeuesthieves and vagabondesvagabonds . Hath spread his collourscolours to our high disgrace : While you faint-hearted base Egyptians , Lie slumbering on the flowrieflowery bankesbanks of Nile , As Crocodiles that vnaffrightedunaffrighted rest , While thundringthundering Cannons rattle on their Skins . Mess.Messenger Nay ( mightiemighty SouldanSultan ) did your greatnesgreatness see The frowning lookeslooks of fiery Tamburlaine , That with his terrourterror and imperious eieseyes , CommandesCommands the hearts of his associates , It might amaze your royallroyal maiestymajesty . Soul. Villain . I tell thee , were that tamburlaine , As monstrous as Gorgon , prince of Hell , The SouldaneSoldan would not start a foot from him . But speakespeak , what power hath he ? Mess.Messenger MightieMighty Lord , Three hundred thousand men in armour clad , VponUpon their pransing Steeds , disdainfully With wanton paces trampling on the ground . FiueFive hundred thousand footmen threatningthreatening shot , Shaking their swords , their spearesspears and yroniron bilsbills , EnuironingEnvironing their Standard round , that stood As bristle-pointed as a thorny wood . Their warlike EnginsEngines and munition Exceed the forces of their martial men . Soul. Nay could their nūbersnumbers counteruailcountervail the stars Or euerever drislingdrizzling drops of AprillApril showers , Or withered leauesleaves that Autumeautumn shaketh downedown . Yet would the SouldaneSoldan by his conquering power : So scatter and consume them in his rage , That not a man should liuelive to rue their fall , Cap. So might your highnessehighness , had you time to sort Your fighting men , and raise your royallroyal hostehost . But tamburlaine , by expedition AduantageAdvantage takes of your vnreadinesseunreadiness . Soul. Let him take all th'aduantagesth'advantages he can , Were all the world conspirdconspired to fight for him , Nay , were he DeuillDevil , as he is no man , Yet in reuengerevenge of fairefair Zenocrate , Whom he detaineth in despightdespite of vsus , This armearm should send him downedown to Erebus . To shroud his shame in darknesdarkness of the night . Mess.Messenger Pleaseth your mightinessemightiness to vnderstandunderstand , His resolution far exceedeth all : The first day when he pitcheth downedown his tentestents , White is their hewhue , and on his siluersilver crest A snowy Feather spangled white he bearesbears , To signify the mildnessemildness of his mindemind . That satiate with spoilespoil refuseth blood : But when Aurora mounts the second time , As red as scarlet is his furniture , Then must his kindled wrath beebe quenchtquenched with blood . Not sparing any that can manage armesarms : But if these threats moouemove not submission . Black are his collourscolours , blackeblack PauilionPavilion , His spearespear , his shield , his horse , his armour , plumes , And Iettyjetty Feathers menace death and hell , Without respect of Sex , degree or age . He raceth all his foes with fire and sword . Soul. MercilesseMerciless villainevillain , PesantPeasant ignorant , Of lawfulllawful armesarms , or martiallmartial discipline : Pillage and murder are his vsuallusual trades . The slaueslave vsurpsusurps the glorious name of war . See Capolin the fairefair Arabian king , That hath benebeen disapointeddisappointed by this slaueslave : Of my fairefair daughter , and his princely LoueLove : May hauehave fresh warning to go war with vsus , And be reueng'drevenged for her dispardgementdisparagement .
Actus . 4. Scaena . 2. Tamburlain , Techelles , Theridamas , VsumeasaneUsumeasane , Zenocrate , Anippe , two MooresMoors drawing Baiazeth in his cage , and his wife following him . Tamb. BRing out my foot-stoolefootstool . They take him out of the cage . Bai Ye holy Priests of heauenlyheavenly Mahomet , That sacrificing slice and cut your flesh , Staining his Altars with your purple blood : Make heauenheaven to frownefrown and eueryevery fired starrestar To suckesuck vpup poison from the moorish Fens , And pourepour it in this glorious Tyrantstyrant's throat . tam. The chiefest God first moouermover of that SpheareSphere , Enchac'dEnchased with thousands euerever shining lamps , Will sooner burneburn the glorious frame of HeauenHeaven . Then it should so conspire my ouerthrowoverthrow . But VillaineVillain , thou that wishest this to me , Fall prostrate on the lowelow disdainefulldisdainful earth . And be the foot-stoolefootstool of great TamburlainTamburlaine , That I may rise into my royallroyal throne . Bai. First shalt thou rip my bowels with thy sword , And sacrifice my heart to death and hell , Before I yeeldyield to such a slaueryslavery . tamb. Base villain , vassallvassal , slaueslave to Tamburlaine : VnworthyUnworthy to imbraceembrace or touch the ground . That bearesbears the honorhonour of my royallroyal waightweight . Stoop villainevillain , stoopestoop , stoopestoop for so he bids , That may command thee peecemealepiecemeal to be tornetorn , Or scattered like the lofty Cedar trees , Strockestruck with the voice of thundringthundering Iupiterjupiter . Bai. Then as I look downedown to the damned FeendsFiends . FeendsFiends lookelook on me , and thou dread God of hell . With Evan ScepterSceptre strike this hatefullhateful earth , And make it swallow both of vsus at once . He gets vpup vponupon him to his chairechair . Tamb. Now cleareclear the triple region of the aireair , And let the maiestiemajesty of heauenheaven beholdebehold Their Scourge and TerrourTerror treadetread on EmperoursEmperors , Smile Stars that raign'dreigned at my natiuitynativity : And dim the brightnessebrightness of their neighborneighbour Lamps , DisdaineDisdain to borrow light of Cynthia , For I the chiefest Lamp of all the earth , First rising in the East with mildemild aspect , But fired now in the Meridian line , Will send vpup fire to your turning SphearesSpheres , And cause the Sun to borroweborrow light of you . My sword stroke fire from his coat of steelesteel , EuenEven in BythiniaBithynia , when I took this TurkeTurk : As when a fiery exhalation WraptWrapped in the bowels of a freezing cloudecloud , Fighting for passage , make the Welkin crackecrack , And casts a flash of lightning to the earth . But ere I martchmarch to wealthy PerseaPersia , Or leaueleave Damascus and th'Egyptian fields , As was the fame of Clymeus brain-sickebrainsick sonneson , That almost brent the AxeltreeAxletree of heauenheaven , So shall our swords , our lances and our shot . Fill all the aireair with fiery meteors . Then when the Sky shalshall waxewax as red as blood , It shall be said , I made it red my selfemyself , To make me think of noughtnaught but blood and war . Zab. VnworthyUnworthy king , that by thy crueltiecruelty , VnlawfullyUnlawfully vsurpestusurpest the Perseanpersian seat : Dar'stDarest thou that neuernever saw an EmperourEmperor , Before thou met my husband in the field , Being thy CaptiueCaptive , thus abuse his state , Keeping his kingly body in a Cage , That rooffesroofs of goldegold , and sun-bright PallacesPalaces , Should hauehave prepar'dprepared to entertaineentertain his Grace ? And treading him beneath thy loathsome feet , Whose feet the kings of AffricaAfrica hauehave kistkissed . tech. You must deuisedevise some tormēttorment worsseworse , my Lord To make these captiuescaptives reinerein their lauishlavish tongues . tam. zenocrate , lookelook better to your slaueslave : zen. She is my Handmaidshandmaid's slaueslave , and she shalshall lookelook That these abuses flow not from her tongue : Chide her Anippe . Anip. Let these be warnings for you then my slaueslave , How you abuse the person of the king : Or elselse I sweareswear to hauehave you whiptwhipped stark nak'dnaked . Bai. Great tamburlaine , great in my ouerthrowoverthrow , Ambitious pride shall make thee fall as low . For treading on the back of BaiazethBajazeth , That should be horsed on fowerfour mightiemighty kings . tam. Thy names and tytlestitles , and thy dignities Are fled from BaiazethBajazeth , and remaineremain with me , That will maintainemaintain it against a world of Kings . Put him in againeagain . Bai. Is this a place for mighty BaiazethBajazeth ? Confusion light on him that helps thee thus . tam. There whiles he liueslives , shalshall BaiezethBajazeth be kept , And where I goego be thus in triumph drawnedrawn : And thou his wife shalt feed him with the scraps My seruituresservitures shall bring thethee from my boordboard . For he that giuesgives him other food than this : Shall sit by him and staruestarve to death himselfehimself . This is my mindemind , and I will hauehave it so . Not all the Kings and EmperoursEmperors of the Earth : If they would lay their crownescrowns before my feet , Shall ransomeransom him , or take him from his cage . The ages that shall talk of TamburlainTamburlaine , EuenEven from this day to PlatoesPlato's wondrous yeareyear , Shall talketalk how I hauehave handled BaiazethBajazeth . These Mores that drew him from BythiniaBithynia , To fairefair Damascus , where we now remaineremain , Shall lead him with vsus wheresoerewheresoever we goego . Techelles , and my louingloving followers , Now may we see Damascus lofty towers , Like to the shadowesshadows of PyramidesPyramids , That with their beauties grac'dgraced the Memphionmemphian fields ▪ The golden stature of their feathered bird That spreads her wings vponupon the citiecity walswalls , Shall not defend it from our battering shot . The townes-mentownsmen maskemask in silkesilk and cloathcloth of gold . And eueryevery house is as a treasurietreasury . The men , the treasure , and the townetown is ours . Ther. Your tentestents of white now pitch'dpitched before the gates And gentle flags of amitieamity displaiddisplayed . I doubt not but the GouernourGovernor will yeeldyield , Offering Damascus to your MaiestyMajesty . Tam. So shall he hauehave his life , and all the rest . But if he stay vntiluntil the bloody flag Be once aduanc'dadvanced on my vermilion Tent , He dies , and those that kept vsus out so long . And when they see me march in black arayarray , With mournfullmournful streamers hanging down their heads , Were in that citiecity all the world contain'dcontained . Not one should scape : but perish by our swords . zen. Yet would you hauehave some pitiepity for my sake , Because it is my countries , and my Fathers . Tam. Not for the world Zenocrate , if I hauehave sworn : Come bring in the TurkeTurk . Exeunt .
Act. 4. Scaena . 3 , SouldaneSoldan , Arabia , Capoline , with steaming collorcolour : and SouldiersSoldiers . Souldan . ME thinksmethinks we martchmarch as MeliagerMeleager did , EnuironedEnvironed with brauebrave Argolian knightesknights : To chacechase the sauagesavage Caldonian BoareBoar , Or Cephalus with lustielusty The bane youths . Against the WoolfeWolf that angrieangry Themis sent . To waste and spoilespoil the sweet Aonian fieldesfields . A monster of fiuefive hundred thousand headesheads , Compact of Rapine , PyraciePiracy , and spoilespoil . The Scum of men , the hate and Scourge of God , RauesRaves in Egyptia , and annoyeth vsus . My Lord it is the bloody Tamburlaine . A sturdy Felon and a base-bred ThiefeThief . By murder raised to the Perseanpersian CrowneCrown . That dares controllcontrol vsus in our Territories . To tame the pride of this presumptuous Beast , Ioinejoin your Arabians with the Souldanssoldan's power : Let vsus vniteunite our royallroyal bandesbands in one , And hasten to remooueremove DamascusDamascus' siege . It is a blemish to the MaiestieMajesty And high estate of mightiemighty EmperoursEmperors , That such a base vsurpingusurping vagabond Should brauebrave a king , or wearewear a princely crownecrown . Ara. RenowmedRenowned SouldaneSoldan , hauehave ye lately heard The ouerthrowoverthrow of mightiemighty BaiazethBajazeth , About the confines of BythiniaBithynia ? The slauerieslavery wherewith he persecutes The noble TurkeTurk and his great EmperesseEmpress . Soul. I hauehave , and sorrow for his bad successesuccess : But noble Lord of great Arabia , Be so perswadedpersuaded , that the SouldanSultan is No more dismaidedismayed with tidings of his fall , Than in the hauenhaven when the Pilot stands And viewesviews a strangersstranger's ship rent in the winds , And shiueredshivered against a craggiecraggy rockerock , Yet in compassion of his wretched state , A sacred vow to heauenheaven and him I make , Confirming it with lbis holy name , That Tamburlaine shall rue the day , the howerhour , Wherein he wrought such ignominious wrong . VntoUnto the hallowed person of a prince , Or kept the fairefair zenocrate so long . As Concubine , I fearefear to feed his lust . Ara. Let griefegrief and furiefury hasten on reuengerevenge , Let Tamburlaine for his offences feelefeel Such plagues as heauenheaven and we can pourepour on him . I long to breakebreak my spearespear vponupon his crest , And prooueprove the waightweight of his victorious armearm : For Fame I fearefear hath benebeen too prodigallprodigal : In sounding through the world his partiallpartial praise : Soul. Capolin , hast thou suruaidsurveyed our powers . Cap. Great EmperoursEmperors of Egypt and Arabia . The number of your hosteshosts vnitedunited is , A hundred and fifty thousand horse , Two hundred thousand foot , brauebrave men at armesarms , CouragiousCourageous and full of hardinessehardiness : As frolikefrolic as the hunters in the chacechase : Of sauagesavage beastesbeasts amid the desartdesert woods . Arab. My mind presageth fortunate successesuccess , And tamburlaine , my spirit doth foresee The vtterutter ruineruin of thy men and thee . Soul. Then rearerear your standardesstandards , let your sounding DrummesDrums Direct our SouldiersSoldiers to Damascus walleswalls . Now Tamburlaine , the mightiemighty SouldaneSoldan comes , And leads with him the great Arabian King . To dim thy basenessebaseness and obscurity . Famous for nothing but for theft and spoilespoil , To race and scatter thy inglorious cruecrew , Of Scythians and slauishslavish Persians . Exeunt .
Actus : 4. Scaena 5. The Banquet , and to it commethcometh Tamburlain alall in scarlet , Theridamas . Techelles , VsumeasaneUsumeasane , the TurkeTurk , with others . Tamb. NOw hang our bloody collourscolours by Damascus . Reflexing heweshues of blood vponupon their heads . While they walkewalk quiueringquivering on their citiecity walleswalls , HalfeHalf dead for fearefear before they feelefeel my wrath : Then let vsus freely banquet and carouse Full bowlesbowls of wine vntounto the God of war , That meanesmeans to fill your helmets full of goldegold ▪ And make Damascus spoilesspoils as rich to you , As was to Iasonjason Colchos golden fleece . And now BaiazethBajazeth , hast thou any stomackestomach ? Bai. Iay , such a stomackestomach ( cruel tamburlaneTamburlaine ) as I could Willingly feed vponupon thy blood-raw hartheart . tam. Nay , thine owneown is easier to come by , pluckepluck out that , And twil'twill serueserve thee and thy wife : WelWell zenocrate , techelles , and the rest , fall to your victuals . Bai. Fall to , and neuernever may your meat digest , Ye Furies that can maskemask inuisibleinvisible , DiueDive to the bottomebottom of AuernasAvernus' poolepool , And in your hands bring hellish poison vpup . And squeasesqueeze it in the cup of tamburlainTamburlaine . Or winged snakes of Lerna cast your stings , And leaueleave your venoms in this Tyrantstyrant's dish . zab. And may this banquet prooueprove as omenousominous , As PrognesProgne's to th'adulterous Thracian King . That fed vponupon the substance of his child . zen. My Lord , how can you suffer these outragiousoutrageous curses By these slauesslaves of yours ? tam. To let them see ( diuinedivine zenocrate ) I glorieglory in the curses of my foes . HauingHaving the power frōfrom the EmperiallImperial heauenheaven , To turneturn them alall vponupon their proper headesheads . tech.

I pray you giuegive them leaueleave Madam , this speech is a goodly refreshing to them .

Ther.

But if his highnessehighness would let them be fed , it would doedo them more good .

tam.

SirraSirrah , why fall you not too , are you so daintily brought vpup , you cannot eat your owneown flesh ?

Bai.

First legions of deuilsdevils shall tearetear thee in peecespieces .

Vsum.

Villain , knowest thou to whom thou speakest

tam.

O let him alone : here , eat sir , take it from my swordssword's point , or IleI'll thrust it to thy heart .

He takes it and stamps vponupon it . ther

He stamps it vnderunder his feet my Lord .

tam.

Take it vpup VillaineVillain and eat it , or I will make thee slice the brawnesbrawns of thy armesarms into carbonadoes , and eat them .

vsu.

Nay , twere'twere better he kildkilled his wife , &and then she shall be sure not to be staru'dstarved , &and he be prouidedprovided for a monethsmonth's victuallvictual before hand .

tam.

Here is my dagger , dispatch her while she is fat , for if she liuelive but a while longer , sheeshe will fall into a comsumptionconsumption with freattingfretting , and then she will not beebe woorthworth the eating .

ther.

DoostDost thou think that Mahomet wilwill suffer this

tech.

Tis'Tis like he wilwill , when he cannot let it .

tam.

Go to , falfall to your meat : what not a bit ? belike he hath not benebeen watered to daytoday , giuegive him some drinkedrink .

They giuegive him water to drinkedrink , and he flings it on the ground .

FasteFast and welcome sir , while hunger make you eat . How now zenocrate , doothdoth not the TurkeTurk and his wife make a goodly showeshow at a banquet ?

Zen.

Yes . my Lord .

ther

Me thinksmethinks , tis'tis a great dealedeal better than a consort of musickemusic .

tam.

Yet musickemusic wouldewould doedo well to cheerecheer vpup zenocrate : pray thee teltell , why art thou so sad ? If thou wilt hauehave a song , the TurkeTurk shall strainestrain his voice : but why is it ?

Zen. My lord , to see my fathersfather's townetown besieg'dbesieged , The countriecountry wasted where my selfemyself was borneborn , How can it but afflict my verievery soulesoul ? If any louelove remaineremain in you my Lord , Or if my louelove vntounto your maiestymajesty May merit fauourfavour at your highnessehighness' handeshands , Then raise your siege from fairefair Damascus walleswalls , And with my father take a frindlyfriendly truce . tamb. Zenocrate , were Egypt Iouesjove's owneown land , Yet would I with my sword make Iouejove to stoupestoop , I will confute those blind Geographers That make a triple region in the world , Excluding Regions which I meanemean to trace And with this pen reduce them to a Map . Calling the ProuincesProvinces , CittiesCities and townestowns After my name and thine zenocrate : Here at Damascus will I make the Point That shall begin the Perpendicular . And wouldst thou hauehave me buy thy FathersFather's louelove With such a losseloss ? Tell me zenocrate ? Zen. HonorHonour still waightweight on happy tamburlaine : Yet giuegive me leaueleave to plead for him my Lord . Tam. Content thy selfethyself , his person shall be safe . And all the friendesfriends of fairefair Zenocrate , If with their liueslives they will be pleasdepleased to yeeldyield , Or may be forc'dforced to make me EmperourEmperor . For Egypt and Arabia must be mine . Feed you slaueslave , thou maistmayst thinkethink thy selfethyself happiehappy to be fed from my trencher . Bai. My empty stomackestomach fulfull of idle heat , DrawesDraws bloody humours from my feeble partesparts , PreseruingPreserving life , by hasting cruellcruel death . My vainesveins are pale , my sinowessinews hard and driedry , My iointesjoints benumb'dbenumbed , vnlesseunless I eat , I die . Zab. Eat BaiazethBajazeth , Let vsus liuelive in spite of them , Looking some happiehappy power will pitiepity and inlargeenlarge vsus . tam. Here Turk , wilt thou hauehave a cleaneclean trencher ? Bai. I Tyrant , and more meat . tam.

Soft sir , you must be dieted , too much eating will make you surfeit .

ther.

So it would my lord , specially hauinghaving so smalsmall a walkewalk , and so litlelittle exercise .

Enter a second course of CrownesCrowns . tam.

Theridamas , techelles and Casane , here are the cates you desire to finger , are they not ?

ther.

I ( my Lord ) but none sauesave kingeskings must feedefeed with these .

tech.

Tis'Tis enough for vsus to see them , and for tamburlaine onelyonly to enioyenjoy them .

tam.

WelWell , Here is now to the SouldaneSoldan of Egypt the King of Arabia , and the GouernourGovernor of Damascus . Now take these three crownescrowns , and pledge me , my contributoriecontributory Kings .

I crownecrown you here ( Theridamas ) King of Argier : Techelles King of FesseFez , and VsumeasaneUsumeasane King of MorocusMoroccus . How say you to this ( TurkeTurk ) these are not your contributoriecontributory kings .

Bai.

Nor shall they long be thine , I warrant them .

tam. Kings of Argier , MorocusMoroccus , and of FesseFez . You that hauehave martchtmarched with happy Tamburlaine , As far as from the frozen place of heauenheaven . VntoUnto the watrywatery morningsmorning's ruddy howerhour . And thence by land vntounto the Torrid Zone , DeserueDeserve these tytlestitles I endow you with . By value and by magnanimity . Your byrthesbirths shall be no blemish to your fame . For vertuevirtue is the fount whence honorhonour springs . And they are worthy she inuestethinvesteth kings . ther. And since your highnessehighness hath so well vouchsaftvouchsafed , If we deseruedeserve them not with higher meeds ThenThan erst our states and actions hauehave retain'dretained , Take them away againeagain and make vsus slauesslaves . Tam. WelWell said Theridamas , when holy Fates Shall stablishestablish me in strong Egyptia . We meanemean to traueiletravel to th'Antatiqueth'Antarctic Pole , Conquering the people vnderneathunderneath our feet . And be renowm'drenowned , as neuernever EmperoursEmperors were . zenocrate , I will not crownecrown thee yet , VntilUntil with greater honorshonours I be grac'dgraced .
Finis Actus quarti .
Actus : 5.
Scaena . 1. The GouernourGovernor of Damasco , with three or fourefour Citizens , and fourefour Virgins with branches of LaurellLaurel in their hands . GouernourGovernor . STilstill doth this man or rather God of war , Batter our walleswalls , and beat our Turrets downedown And to resist with longer stubbornessestubborness , Or hope of rescue from the Souldanssoldan's power , Were but to bring our wilfullwilful ouerthrowoverthrow , And make vsus desperate of our threatnedthreatened liueslives : We see his tents hauehave now benebeen altered , With terroursterrors to the last and cruelstcruelest hewhue : His cole-blackecoalblack collourscolours euery whereeverywhere aduaunstadvanced , Threaten our citiecity with a generallgeneral spoilespoil : And if we should with common rites of ArmesArms , Offer our safeties to his clemencieclemency , I fearefear the customecustom proper to his sword , Which he obseruesobserves as parcellparcel of his fame : Intending so to terrifieterrify the world , By any innouationinnovation or remorse , Will neuernever be dispenc'ddispensed with tiltill our deaths , TherforeTherefore , for these our harmlesseharmless virginesvirgins sakes , Whose honorshonours and whose liueslives relierely on him : Let vsus hauehave hope that their vnspottedunspotted praiersprayers Their blubbered cheekescheeks and hartiehearty humble monesmoans Will melt his furiefury into some remorse : And vseuse vsus like a louingloving ConquerourConqueror . Virg. If humble suitessuits or imprecations , ( vttereduttered with tearestears of wretchednessewretchedness and blood , SheadShed from the heads and hearts of all our Sex . Some made your wiueswives , and some your children ) Might hauehave intreatedentreated your obdurate breasts . To entertaineentertain some care of our securities . Whiles only danger beat vponupon our walleswalls , These more than dangerous warrants of our death Had neuernever benebeen erected as they beebe , Nor you depend on such weakeweak helps as we Go. WelWell , louelylovely Virgins , think our countries care Our louelove of honorhonour lothloath to be enthral'denthralled To forraineforeign powers , and rough imperious yokes : Would not with too much cowardizecowardice or fearefear , Before all hope of rescue were denied , Submit your seluesyourselves and vsus to seruitudeservitude . Therefore in that your safeties and our owneown Your honorshonours , liberties and liueslives were weigh'dweighed In equallequal care and ballancebalance with our owneown , Endure as we the malice of our stars . The wrath of TamburlainTamburlaine , and power of warreswars . Or be the means the ouerweighingoverweighing heauensheavens HaueHave kept to quallifiequalify these hot extreamesextremes . And bring vsus pardon in your chearfullcheerful lookeslooks . 2. Virg. Then here before the maiestymajesty of heauenheaven , And holy PatronesPatroness of Egyptia , With knees and hearts submissiuesubmissive we intreateentreat , Grace to our words and pitiepity to our lookeslooks That this deuisedevice may prooueprove propitious , And through the eieseyes and earesears of tamburlaine , ConueyConvey euentsevents of merciemercy to his heart : GrauntGrant that these signessigns of victorievictory we yeeldyield May bind the temples of his conquering head , To hide the folded furrowesfurrows of his browesbrows , And shadow his displeased countenance , With happy looks of rutheruth and lenity , LeaueLeave vsus my Lord , and louingloving countrimencountrymen , What simple Virgins may perswadepersuade , we will . Go. Farewell ( sweet Virgins ) on whose safe return Depends our citiecity , libertieliberty , and liueslives . Exeunt .
Actus . 5. Scaena . 2. Tamburlaine . Techelles Theridamas , VsumeasanUsumeasane , with others : Tamburlaine all in blackeblack , and verievery melancholy . Tamb. WHat , are the Turtles fraidefraid out of their neastesnests ? Alas poorepoor foolesfools , must you be first shalshall feelefeel The swornesworn destruction of Damascus . They know my customecustom : could they not as well HaueHave sent ye out , when first my milkwhitemilk-white flags Through which sweet merciemercy threw her gentle beams Reflexing them on your disdainfulldisdainful eyes : As now when furiefury and incensed hate Flings slaughtering terrourterror from my coleblackcoal-black tents . And telstells for truethtruth , submissions comes too late . 1. Virgin . Most happy King and EmperourEmperor of the earth . Image of HonorHonour and NobilitieNobility . For whomewhom the Powers diuinedivine hauehave made the world . And on whose throne the holy Graces sit . In whose sweetesweet person is compriz'dcomprised the Sum Of naturesnature's Skill and heauenlyheavenly maiestiemajesty . PittiePity our plightesplights , OOh pitiepity poorepoor Damascus : PitiePity oldeold age , within whose siluersilver haireshair's HonorHonour and reuerencereverence euermoreevermore hauehave raign'dreigned , PitiePity the mariagemarriage bed , where many a Lord In prime and glorieglory of his louingloving ioyjoy . Embraceth now with tearestears of ruth and blood , The iealousjealous bodiebody of his fearfullfearful wife , Whose cheekescheeks and hearts so punishtpunished with conceit , To thinkethink thy puisantpuissant neuernever staiedstaid armearm Will part their bodies , and preuentprevent their soulessouls From heauensheavens of comfort , yet their age might bearebear , Now waxewax all pale and withered to the death , As well for griefegrief our ruthlesseruthless GouernourGovernor HaueHave thus refusderefused the merciemercy of thy hand , ( Whose sceptersceptre Angels kissekiss , and Furies dread ) As for their liberties , their louesloves or liueslives , OOh then for these , and such as we our seluesourselves , For vsus , for infants , and for all our bloods , That neuernever nourishtnourished thought against thy rule , PitiePity , OOh pitiepity , ( sacred EmperourEmperor ) The prostrate seruiceservice of this wretched townetown . And take in signesign thereof this gilded wreath , Whereto echeach man of rule hath giuengiven his hand , And wishtwished as worthy subiectssubjects happy meanesmeans , To be inuestersinvesters of thy royallroyal browesbrows , EuenEven with the true Egyptian Diadem . tam. Virgins , in vainevain ye laborelabour to preuentprevent That which mine honorhonour swearesswears shalshall be perform'dperformed : Behold my sword , what see you at the point ? Virg. Nothing but fearefear and fatallfatal steelesteel my Lord . tam. Your fearfullfearful minds are thickethick and mistiemisty then For there sits Death , there sits imperious Death . Keeping his circuit by the slicing edge . But I'amI'm pleasdepleased you shall not see him there , He now is seated on my horsmenshorsemen's spearesspears : And on their points his fleshlessefleshless bodiebody feches . Techelles , straight goego charge a few of them To chardgecharge these Dames , and shewshow my seruantservant death : Sitting in scarlet on their armed spearesspears . Omnes . O pitiepity vsus . tam. Away with them I say and shewshow them death . They take them away . I will not spare these proud Egyptians . Nor change my MartiallMartial obseruationsobservations , For all the wealth of GehonsGehon's golden waueswaves . Or for the louelove of Venus , would she leaueleave The angrieangry God of ArmesArms , and lie with me . They hauehave refusderefused the offer of their liueslives , And know my customescustoms are as peremptory As wrathfullwrathful Planets , death , or destiniedestiny . Enter Techelles . What , hauehave your horsmenhorsemen shewenshown the virginsvirgin's Death ? tech. They hauehave my Lord , and on Damascus walswalls HaueHave hoistedhoist vpup their slaughtered carcases . tam. A sight as banefullbaneful to their soulessouls I think As are Thessalian drugs or Mithradatemithridate . But goego my Lords , put the rest to the sword . Exeunt . Ah fairefair Zenocrate , diuinedivine Zenocrate , FaireFair is too foulefoul an EpithiteEpithet for thee , That in thy passion for thy countriescountry's louelove , And fearefear to see thy kingly FathersFather's harmeharm , With hairehair dischewelddisheveled wip'stwipest thy watery cheeks : And like to Flora in her morningsmorning's pride , Shaking her siluersilver treshes in the aireair . Rain'stRainest on the earth resoluedresolve pearlepearl in showers , And sprinklest Saphyrssapphires on thy shining face , WherWhere Beauty , mother to the Muses sits , And comments vollumesvolumes with her YuoryIvory pen : Taking instructions from thy flowing eieseyes , EiesEyes when that Ebena steps to heauenheaven . In silence of thy solemn EueningsEvening's walk . Making the mantle of the richest night . The MooneMoon , the Planets , and the Meteorsmeteor's light , There Angels in their christalcrystal armours fight A doubtfulldoubtful battellbattle with my tempted thoughtesthoughts , For EgyptsEgypt's freedom and the Souldanssoldan's life : His life that so consumes Zenocrate , Whose sorrowessorrows lay more siege vntounto my saulesaul , Than all my Army to Damascus walleswalls . And neither PerseansPersians SoueraignSovereign , nor the Turk Troubled my sencessenses with conceit of foilefoil , So much by much , as doothdoth zenocrate . What is beauty saith my sufferings then ? If all the pens that euerever poets held , Had fed the feeling of their maistersmaster's thoughts , And eueryevery sweetnessweetness that inspir'dinspired their hartshearts , Their minds , and muses on admyredadmired theamesthemes : If all the heauenlyheavenly Quintessence they still From their immortallimmortal flowers of Poesy , Wherein as in a myrrourmirror we perceiueperceive The highest reaches of a humainehuman wit . If these had made one PoemsPoem's period And all combin'dcombined in BeautiesBeauty's worthinesseworthiness , Yet should therthere houerhover in their restlesserestless heads , One thought , one grace , one woonderwonder at the least , Which into words no vertuevirtue can digest : But how vnseemlyunseemly is it for my Sex My discipline of armesarms and ChiualrieChivalry , My nature and the terrourterror of my name . To harbour thoughts effeminate and faint ? SaueSave onelyonly that in / BeautiesBeauty's iustjust applause , With whose instinct the soulesoul of man is touchttouched . And eueryevery warriourwarrior that is rapt with louelove , Of fame , of valour , and of victory Must needs hauehave beauty beat on his conceitesconceits , I thus conceiuingconceiving and subduing both : That which hath stoptstopped the tempest of the Gods , EuenEven from the fiery spangled vaileveil of heauenheaven , To feelefeel the louelylovely warmth of shepheardsShepherd's flames , And martchmarch in cottages of strowed weeds , ShalShall giuegive the world to note for all my byrthbirth , That VertueVirtue solely is the sum of glorieglory , And fashions men with true nobility . Who's within there ? Enter two or three . Hath BaiazethBajazeth benebeen fed to daytoday ? An.

Iay , my Lord .

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Bring him forth , &and let vsus know if the townetown be ransacktransacked .

Enter Techelles , Theridamas , VsumeasanUsumeasane &and others . tech The town is ours my Lord , and fresh supply Of conquest , and of spoilespoil is offered vsus : tam. Thatsthat's welwell techelles , what's the newesnews ? tech. The SouldanSultan and the Arabian king together MartchMarch on vsus with such eager violence , As if there were no way but one with vsus . tam. No more there is not I warrant thee techelles They bring in the TurkeTurk . ther. We know the victorievictory is ours my Lord , But let vsus sauesave the reuerendreverend Souldanssoldan's life , For fairefair Zenocrate , that so laments his state . tamb. That will we chiefly see vntounto , theridamas . For sweet zenocrate , whose worthinesseworthiness DeseruesDeserves a conquest ouerover eueryevery hartheart : And now my footstoolefootstool , if I looselose the field , You hope of libertieliberty and restitution : Here let him stay my maystersmasters from the tents , Till we hauehave made vsus ready for the field . Pray for vsus BaiazethBajazeth , we are going . Exeunt . Bai. Go , neuernever to returnereturn with victorievictory : Millions of men encompasseencompass thee about . And gore thy body with as many wounds , SharpeSharp forked arrowesarrows light vponupon thy horse : Furies from the blackeblack CocitusCocytus lake , BreakeBreak vpup the earth , and with their firebrands , Enforce thee run vponupon the banefullbaneful pikes . VolleyesVolleys of shot pierce through thy charmed Skin . And eueryevery bullet diptdipped in poisoned drugs , Or roaring Cannons seuersever all thy iointsjoints . Making thee mount as high as Eagles soaresoar . zab. Let all the swords and Lances in the field , Stick in his breast , as in their proper roomesrooms , At eueryevery porepoor let blood commecome dropping foorthforth . That lingringlingering painespains may massacre his heart . And madnessemadness send his damned soulesoul to hell . Bai. Ah fairefair zabina , we may curse his power , The heauensheavens may frownefrown , the earth for anger quake , But such a Star hath influence in his sword , As rules the Skies , and countermands the Gods , More than CymerianCimmerian StixStyx or Distiniedestiny : And then shall we in this detested guyseguise , With shame , with hungarhunger , and with horror aieaye GripingGripping our bowels with retorqued thoughtesthoughts , And hauehave no hope to end our extasiesecstasies . zab. Then is there left no Mahomet , no God , No FeendFiend , no Fortune , nor no hope of end ? To our infamous monstrous slaueriesslaveries : Gape earth , and let the FeendsFiends infernallinfernal view , As hell , as hoplessehopeless and as full of fearefear As are the blasted banks of Erebus : Where shaking ghosts with euerever howling gronesgroans , HouerHover about the vglyugly FerrimanFerryman , to get a passage to Elisiāelysian why should we liuelive , OOh wretches , beggars slauesslaves Why liuelive we BaiazethBajazeth , and build vpup neastsnests , So high within the region of the aireair , By liuingliving long in this oppression , That all the world will see and laugh to scornescorn . The former triumphestriumphs of our mightinesmightiness , In this obscure infernallinfernal seruitudeservitude : Bai. O life more loathsome to my vexed thoughts , Than noisome parbreak of the Stygian Snakes , Which filsfills the nookesnooks of Hell with standing aireair , Infecting all the Ghosts with curelessecureless griefs : OOh dreary Engines of my loathed sight , That sees my crownecrown , my honorhonour and my name , Thrust vnderunder yoke and thraldom of a thiefethief . Why feed ye still on daiesday's accursed beams , And sink not quite into my tortur'dtortured soulesoul . You see my wife , my QueeneQueen and EmperesseEmpress , Brought vpup and propped by the hand of fame , Queen of fifteenefifteen contributory Queens , Now throwenthrown to roomesrooms of blackeblack abiectionabjection , Smear'dSmeared with blots of basest drudgery : And VillanesseVillainess to shame , disdainedisdain , and misery : Accursed BaiazethBajazeth , whose words of ruth , That would with pity chearcheer zabinasZabina's heart : And make our soulessouls resolueresolve in ceaslesceaseless tearestears , Sharp hunger bites vponupon and gripes the root : From whence the issues of my thoughts doedo breakebreak , OOh poorepoor zabina , OOh my Queen , my Queen , Fetch me some water for my burning breast , To coolecool and comfort me with longer date , That in the shortned sequel of my life , I may pourepour foorthforth my soulesoul into thine armesarms , With words of louelove : whose moaning entercourseintercourse Hath hethertohitherto binbeen staidstayed , with wrath and hate Of our expreslesseexpressless band inflictions : zab. Sweet BaiazethBajazeth , I will prolong thy life , As long as any blood or sparkespark of breath Can quench or coolecool the torments of my griefegrief . She goes out : Bai. Now BaiazethBajazeth , abridge thy banefullbaneful daiesdays , And beat thy brainesbrains out of thy conquer'dconquered head : Since other meanesmeans are all forbidden me , That may be ministers of my decay . O highest Lamp of euerliuingeverliving Iouejove , Accursed day infected with my griefs , Hide now thy stained face in endlesendless night , And shut the windoweswindows of the lightsome heauensheavens , Let vglyugly darknessedarkness with her rusty coach Engyrtengirt with tempests wraptwrapped in pitchy clouds , Smother the earth with neuernever fading mistesmists : And let her horses from their nostrelsnostrils breathe Rebellious winds and dreadfulldreadful thunderclaps : That in this terrourterror tamburlaine may liuelive . And my pin'dpined soulesoul resolu'dresolved in liquid ay , May stylstill excruciate his tormented thoughts . Then let the stony dart of sencelessesenseless coldecold , Pierce through the centercentre of my withered heart , And make a passage for my loathed life . He brains himself against the cage . Enter Zabina . Zab. What do mine eieseyes behold , my husband dead ? His Skulskull alall riuinriven in twain , his brainesbrains dashtdashed out ? : The brainesbrains of BaiazethBajazeth , my Lord and SoueraigneSovereign ? : OOh BaiazethBajazeth , my husband and my Lord ,

OOh BaiazetBajazeth , OOh Turk , OOh Emperor , giuegive him his liquor Not I , bring milk and fire , and my blood I bring him againeagain , tearetear me in peecespieces , giuegive me the swordesword with a ball of wildefirewildfire vponupon it . DowneDown with him , downedown with him . GoeGo to my child , away , away , away . Ah , sauesave that Infant , sauesave him , sauesave him . Iay , eueneven I speakespeak to her , the Sun was downedown . Streamers white . Red , BlackeBlack , here here , here . Fling the meat in his face . Tamburlaine , tamburlaine , Let the souldierssoldiers be buried . HelHell , death , tamburlainTamburlaine , Hell , make ready my CochCoach , my chairechair , my iewelsjewels , I come , I come , I come .

She runs against the Cage and brainesbrains her selfeherself Zenocrate wythwith Anippe , Wretched Zenocrate , that liuestlivest to see , Damascus walleswalls di'ddied with EgytianEgyptian blood . Thy FathersFather's subiectssubjects and thy countrimencountrymen : Thy streetesstreets strowed with disseuereddissevered iointesjoints of men , And wounded bodies gasping yet for life . But most accurstaccursed , to see the Sun-bright troopetroop Of heauenlyheavenly vyrginsvirgins and vnspottedunspotted maidesmaids , Whose lookeslooks might make the angry God of armesarms , To breakebreak his sword , and mildly treat of louelove , On horsmenshorsemen's Lances to be hoistedhoist vpup , And guiltleslyguiltlessly endure a cruellcruel death . For eueryevery fell and stout Tartarian Stead , That stamptstamped on others with their thundringthundering hooueshooves When alall their riders chardg'dcharged their quiueringquivering spearesspears Began to checkecheck the ground , and rain themseluesthemselves : Gazing vponupon the beautiebeauty of their lookeslooks : Ah Tamburlaine , wert thou the cause of this That tearm'stterm'st Zenocrate thy dearest louelove ? Whose liueslives were dearer to Zenocrate Than her owneown life , or ought sauesave thine owneown louelove . But see another bloody spectacle . Ah wretched eieseyes , the enemies of my hartheart , How are ye glutted with these grieuousgrievous obiectsobjects , And tell my soulesoul mormore tales of bleeding ruth ? See , sesee Anippe if they breathe or no . Anip. No breath nor sencesense , nor motion in them both Ah Madam , this their slaueryslavery hath Enforc'denforced , And ruthlesseruthless cruelty of Tamburlaine . Zen. Earth cast vpup fountainesfountains from thy entrallesentrails , And wet thy cheeks for their vntimelyuntimely deathesdeaths : Shake with their waightweight in signesign of fearefear &and griefegrief : Blush heauenheaven , that gauegave them honorhonour at their birth , And let them die a death so barbarous . Those that are proud of fickle Empery , And place their chiefest good in earthly pompepomp : Behold the TurkeTurk and his great EmperesseEmpress . Ah tamburlaine , my louelove , sweet tamburlaine , That fights for SceptersSceptres and for slippery crownescrowns , Behold the Turk and his great EmperesseEmpress , Thou that in conduct of thy happy stars , Sleep'stSleepest eueryevery night with conquest on thy browesbrows , And yet wouldst shun the waueringwavering turnesturns of war , In fearefear and feeling of the like distressedistress , Behold the TurkeTurk and his great EmperesseEmpress . Ah myghtymighty Iouejove and holy Mahomet , Pardon my LoueLove , oho pardon his contempt , Of earthly fortune , and respect of pitiepity , And let not conquest ruthleslyruthlessly pursewdepursued Be equally against his life incenstincensed , In this great Turk and haplessehapless EmperesseEmpress . And pardon me that was not moou'dmoved with rutheruth , To see them liuelive so long in misery : Ah what may chance to thee zenocrate ? Anip, Madam content your selfyourself and be resolu'dresolved , Your LoueLove hath fortune so at his command , That she shall stay and turneturn her wheelewheel no more , As long as life maintainesmaintains his mighty armearm , That fights for honorhonour to adorneadorn your head . Enter a Messenger . Zen. What other heauieheavy news now brings Philemus ? Phi. Madam , your father and th' Arabian king , The first affecter of your excellence , Comes now as Turnus gainst'gainst EneasAeneas did . Armed with lance into the Egyptian fields , Ready for battailebattle gainst'gainst my Lord the King . Zen. Now shame and duty , louelove and fearefear presents A thousand sorrowessorrows to my martyred soulesoul : Whom should I wish the fatallfatal victory , When my poorepoor pleasures are deuideddivided thus , And racktracked by dutieduty from my cursed heart : My father and my first betrothed louelove , Must fight against my life and present louelove : WherinWherein the change I vseuse condemns my faith , And makes my deeds infamous through the world . But as the Gods to end the TroyansTrojans toiletoil , Preuent'dPrevented Turnus of LauiniaLavinia . And fatally enrichtenriched EneasAeneas' louelove . So for a finallfinal Issue to my griefesgriefs , To pacifiepacify my countriecountry and my louelove , Must Tamburlaine by their resistlesseresistless powers , With vertuevirtue of a gentle victorievictory , Conclude a league of honorhonour to my hope , Then as the powers deuinedivine hauehave preordaindepreordained , With happy saftysafety of my fathersfather's life , Send like defence of fairefair Arabia . They sound to the battailebattle . And Tamburlaine enioyesenjoys the victory , after Arabia enters wounded . Ar. What cursed power guides the murtheringmurdering hands , Of this infamous Tyrants souldierssoldiers . That no escape may sauesave their enemies : Nor fortune keep them seluesthemselves from victory . LyeLie down Arabia , wounded to the death , And let ZenocratesZenocrate's fairefair eieseyes beholdebehold That as for her thou bearstbearest these wretched armesarms . Eueneven so for her thou diest in these armesarms : LeauingLeaving thy blood for witnessewitness of thy louelove . zen. Too dearedear a witnessewitness for such louelove my Lord , Behold Zenocrate , the cursed obiectobject Whose Fortunes neuernever mastered her griefs : Behold her wounded in conceit for thee , As much as thy fairefair body is for me . Ar. Then shalshall I die with full contented heart , HauingHaving beheld deuinedivine Zenocrate , Whose sight with ioyjoy would take away my life , As now it bringeth sweetnessesweetness to my wound , If I had not binbeen wounded as I am . Ah that the deadly pangespangs I suffer now , Would lend an howershours license to my tongue : To make discourse of some sweet accidents HaueHave chanc'dchanced thy merits in this worthlesworthless bondage . And that I might be priuyprivy to the state , Of thy deseru'ddeserved contentment and thy louelove : But making now a vertuevirtue of thy sight , To driuedrive all sorrow from my fainting soulesoul : Since Death denies me further cause of ioyjoy . Depriu'dDeprived of care , my heart with comfort dies . Since thy desired hand shall close mine eieseyes . Enter Tamburlain leading the SouldaneSoldan , Techelles , Theridamas , VsumeasaneUsumeasane , with others . Tam. Come happy Father of Zenocrate , A title higher than thy Souldanssoldan's name : Though my right hand hauehave thus enthralled thee Thy princely daughter here shall set thee free . She that hath calmdecalmed the furiefury of my sword . Which had ere this binbeen bathdebathed in streamesstreams of blood , As vast and deep as Euphrates or Nile . Zen: O sight thrice welcome to my ioifuljoyful soulesoul . To see the king my Father issue safe , From dangerous battelbattle of my conquering LoueLove . Soul. WelWell met my only dearedear Zenocrate , Though with the losseloss of Egypt and my Crown . tam. Twas'twas I my lord that gatgot the victory , And therforetherefore grieuegrieve not at your ouerthrowoverthrow . Since I shall render all into your hands . And adadd more strength to your dominions Then euerever yet confirm'dconfirmed th'Egyptian Crown . The God of war resignesresigns his roumeroom to me , Meaning to make me GenerallGeneral of the world , Iouejove viewing me in armesarms , lookeslooks pale and wan , Fearing my power should pull him from his throne , Where ere I come the fatallfatal sisterssister's sweat , And grieslygrisly death by running to and fro , To doodo their ceasslesceaseless homaghomage to my sword : And here in AffrickAfrique where it seldom rainesrains , Since I arriu'darrived with my triumphattriumphant hostehost , HaueHave swelling cloudesclouds drawendrawn from wide gasping woundeswounds . Benebeen oft resolu'dresolved in bloody purple showers , A meteor that might terrify the earth , And make it quake at eueryevery drop it drinks : Millions of soulessouls sit on the bankesbanks of StyxTamburlaine , Waiting the back returnereturn of CharonsCharon's boat , Hell and ElisianElysian swarmeswarm with ghosts of men , That I hauehave sent from sundry foughten fields . To spread my fame through hell and vpup to heauenheaven : And see my Lord , a sight of strange import , EmperoursEmperors and kings lie breathlessebreathless at my feet , The Turk and his great EmperesseEmpress as it seems , Left to themseluesthemselves while we were at the fight . HaueHave desperatlydesperately dispatchtdispatched their slauishslavish liueslives : With them Arabia too hath left his life , AlAll sights of power to grace my victory : And such are obiectsobjects fit for Tamburlaine . Wherein as in a mirrourmirror may be seeneseen , His honorhonour , that consists in sheadingshedding blood , When men presume to manage armesarms with him . Soul. Mighty hath God &and Mahomet made thy hand ( RenowmedRenowned tamburlainTamburlaine ) to whom all kings Of force must yeeldyield their crownescrowns and Emperies , And I am pleasdepleased with this my ouerthrowoverthrow : If as beseemesbeseems a person of thy state , Thou hast with honorhonour vsdeused Zenocrate . tamb. Her state and person wants no pomp you see , And for all blot of foulefoul inchastity , I record heauenheaven , her heauenlyheavenly selfeself is cleareclear : Then let me find no further time to grace Her princely Temples with the Perseanpersian crownecrown : But here these kings that on my fortunes wait : And hauehave benebeen crown'dcrowned for proouedproved worthynesseworthiness , EuenEven by this hand that shall establish them , ShalShall now , adioiningadjoining alall their hands with mine , InuestInvest her here my QueeneQueen of PerseaPersia , What saith the noble SouldaneSoldan and Zenocrate : Soul. I yeeldyield with thanks and protestations Of endlesseendless honorhonour to thee for her louelove . Tamb. Then doubt I not but fairefair Zenocrate Will soonesoon consent to satisfy vsus both . Zen. ElsElse should I much forget my selfmyself , my Lord , Ther. Then let vsus set the crownecrown vponupon her head , That long hath lingredlingered for so high a seat . Tech. My hand is ready to performeperform the deed , For now her mariagemarriage time shall workework vsus rest : Vsum. And her'shere's the crown my Lord , help set it on Tam. Then sit thou downedown diuinedivine Zenocrate , And here we crownecrown thee QueeneQueen of PerseaPersia , And all the kingdomeskingdoms and dominions That late the power of Tamburlaine subdewedsubdued : As Iunojuno , when the Giants were supprestsuppressed , That darted mount aimesaims at her brother Iouejove : So lookeslooks my LoueLove , shadowing in her browesbrows TriumphesTriumphs and TropheesTrophies for my victories : Or as LatonasLatona's daughter bent to armesarms , Adding more courage to my conquering mind , To gratify the sweet zenocrate , Egyptians , MooresMoors and men of Asia , From Barbary vntounto the Westemewestern Indieindy , Shall pay a yearly tribute to thy SyreSire . And from the boundesbounds of AffrickAfrique to the banks Of Ganges , shall his mighty armearm extend . And now my Lords and louingloving followers , That purchac'dpurchased kingdomeskingdoms by your martiallmartial deeds , Cast off your armorarmour , put on scarlet roabesrobes . Mount vpup your royallroyal places of estate , EnuironedEnvironed with troopestroops of noble men , And there make laweslaws to rule your prouincesprovinces : Hang vpup your weapons on AlcidesAlcides' postepost , For Tamburlaine takes truce with alall the world , Thy first betrothed , LoueLove Arabia , Shall we with honorhonour ( as beseemesbeseems ) entombeentomb , With this great TurkeTurk and his fairefair EmperesseEmpress : Then after all these solemnesolemn Exequies , We wilwill our celebrated rites of mariagemarriage solemnize ,
Finis Actus quinti &et vltimiultimi huius primae partis .
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cōquering astounding tearms And scourging kingdoms with his conquering sword View but his picture in this tragicke th●● Turkes and Tartars shake their swords at that Meaning to mangle all thy Prouinces , vpnon Foxe in midst of haruest time , Dooth pray vpon my flockes of Passengers . And as I heare Fairet , Brighter than is the siluer Rhodolfe , Fairer than whitest snow on Scythian hils , Thy whitcst than is the siluer Rhodolfe , Fairer than whitest snow on Scythian hils , Thy person is more Mountrf A hundreth Tartars shall attend on thee , Mounted on Steeds , swifter than Pegasus . Thy Garments Tambutlain Nor thee , nor them , thrice noble Tamburlain Shal want my heart to be with gladnes pierc'd w●●h your merits be : Or els you shall be forc'd with slauerie . firt Wherein by curious soueraintie of Art , Are fixt his piercing instruments of sight : Whose Thrirsting complexion : wrought in him with passion , Thirsting with souerainty with loue of armes , His m●ister merits show him to be made : His Fortunes maister , and the king of men . That could perswade brothet And of that false Cosroe , my traiterous brother Would it not grieue a King to be so abusde knaucs haue his Diadem Sought for by such scalde knaues as loue him net . I thinke it would : wel swarntes by power of fresh supplies . This countrie swarmes with vile outragious men , That liue by eutragious supplies . This countrie swarmes with vile outragious men , That liue by rapine and by lawlesse Srowting An hundred horsmen of my company Scowting abroad vpon these champion plaines , Haue vtew'd abroad vpon these champion plaines , Haue view'd the army of the Scythians , Which make reports quence in the fury of that flame , That none can quench but blood and Emperie . Resolue my Lords Maon Terrene sea Small drops of water , when the Moon begins To ioine in one her semi-circled higest , and the cole-blacke sea , The high and highest Monarke of the world . Wils and Commands reflere neither rain can fall vpon the earth , Nor Sun reflexe his vertuous beames thereon . The ground Grccians walles , and we will enter in : And thus the Grecians shall be conquered . ceasclesse farther passion feeds my thoughts , With ceaselesse and disconsolate conceits . discorsolate passion feeds my thoughts , With ceaselesse and disconsolate conceits . fuil they are . And might , if my extreams had full euents , Make me the gastly counterfeit Surpriz d Threatned with frowning wrath and iealousie . Surprizd with feare of hideous reuenge . I stand Tody More honor and lesse paine it may procure , To dy by this resolued hand of thine , Than chames , Burdening their bodies with your heauie chaines . presemption Baiazeth , whom you call Lord . Note the presumption of this Scythian slaue : I tell thee villaine Eunuk● , He shall be made a chast and lustlesse Eunuke , And in my Sarell tend my Concubines : Captaincs my Sarell tend my Concubines : And all his Captaines that thus stoutly stand , Shall draw the sists age , Will batter Turrets with their manly fists . And on thy head weare my Emperiall crowne nusc reants any forraine foe . Now will the Christian miscreants be glad , Ringing with ioy their superstitious didainfully armour clad , Vpon their pransing Steeds , disdainfully With wanton paces trampling on the ground snowers the stars Or euer drisling drops of Aprill showers , Or withered leaues that Autume shaketh sight th'aduantages he can , Were all the world conspird to fight for him , Nay , were he Deuill , as he is detameth Yet in reuenge of faire Zenocrate , Whom he detaineth in despight of vs , This arme should send Enchacd chiefest God first moouer of that Spheare , Enchac'd with thousands euer shining lamps , Will ▪ their beauties grac'd the Memphion fields . The golden stature of their feathered bird Excunt Exeunt . Perse an base-bred Thiefe . By murder raised to the Persean Crowne . That dares controll vs in our Territories presumotuous To tame the pride of this presumptuous Beast , Ioine your Arabians with the Souldans sto●pe , Yet would I with my sword make Ioue to stoupe , I will confute those blind Geographers Batt●r STil doth this man or rather God of war , Batter our walles , and beat our Turrets downe deat● These more than dangerous warrants of our death Had neuer bene erected as they bee , Nor count●●s Wel , louely Virgins , think our countries care Garewell Farewell ( sweet Virgins ) on whose safe return Depends veri● others : Tamburlaine all in blacke , and verie melancholy . labo●● Virgins , in vaine ye labore to preuent That which mine honor sweares danmed massacre his heart . And madnesse send his damned soule to hell . excruciat pin'd soule resolu'd in liquid ay , May styl excruciate his tormented thoughts . Then let the stony conguering issue safe , From dangerous battel of my conquering Loue . het blot of foule inchastity , I record heauen , her heauenly selfe is cleare : Then let me find aines Giants were supprest , That darted mount aimes at her brother Ioue : So lookes my Loue matiall followers , That purchac'd kingdomes by your martiall deeds , Cast off your armor , put on scarlet