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I judge the purchase more important far。



TAMBURLAINE。 Judge by thyself; Theridamas; not me;

For presently Techelles here shall haste

To bid him battle ere he pass too far;

And lose more labour than the gain will quite:

Then shalt thou see this Scythian Tamburlaine

Make but a jest to win the Persian crown。

Techelles; take a thousand horse with thee;

And bid him turn him back to war with us;

That only made him king to make us sport:

We will not steal upon him cowardly;

But give him warning and more warriors:

Haste thee; Techelles; we will follow thee。

     'Exit TECHELLES。'

What saith Theridamas?



THERIDAMAS。 Go on; for me。

     'Exeunt。'







     SCENE VI。



     Enter COSROE; MEANDER; ORTYGIUS; and MENAPHON; with

SOLDIERS。



COSROE。 What means this devilish shepherd; to aspire

With such a giantly presumption;

To cast up hills against the face of heaven;

And dare the force of angry Jupiter?

But; as he thrust them underneath the hills;

And press'd out fire from their burning jaws;

So will I send this monstrous slave to hell;

Where flames shall ever feed upon his soul。



MEANDER。 Some powers divine; or else infernal; mix'd

Their angry seeds at his conception;

For he was never sprung of human race;

Since with the spirit of his fearful pride;

He dares so doubtlessly resolve of rule;

And by profession be ambitious。



ORTYGIUS。 What god; or fiend; or spirit of the earth;

Or monster turned to a manly shape;

Or of what mould or mettle he be made;

What star or fate soever govern him;

Let us put on our meet encountering minds;

And; in detesting such a devilish thief;

In love of honour and defence of right;

Be arm'd against the hate of such a foe;

Whether from earth; or hell; or heaven he grow。



COSROE。 Nobly resolv'd; my good Ortygius;

And; since we all have suck'd one wholesome air;

And with the same proportion of elements

Resolve; I hope we are resembled;

Vowing our loves to equal death and life。

Let's cheer our soldiers to encounter him;

That grievous image of ingratitude;

That fiery thirster after sovereignty;

And burn him in the fury of that flame

That none can quench but blood and empery。

Resolve; my lords and loving soldiers; now

To save your king and country from decay。

Then strike up; drum; and all the stars that make

The loathsome circle of my dated life;

Direct my weapon to his barbarous heart;

That thus opposeth him against the gods;

And scorns the powers that govern Persia!

     'Exeunt; drums sounding。'







     SCENE VII。



     Alarms of battle within。  Then enter COSROE wounded;

     TAMBURLAINE; THERIDAMAS; TECHELLES; USUMCASANE; with others。



COSROE。 Barbarous and bloody Tamburlaine;

Thus to deprive me of my crown and life!

Treacherous and false Theridamas;

Even at the morning of my happy state;

Scarce being seated in my royal throne;

To work my downfall and untimely end!

An uncouth pain torments my grieved soul;

And death arrests the organ of my voice;

Who; entering at the breach thy sword hath made;

Sacks every vein and artier of my heart。

Bloody and insatiate Tamburlaine!



TAMBURLAINE。 The thirst of reign and sweetness of a crown;

That caus'd the eldest son of heavenly Ops

To thrust his doting father from his chair;

And place himself in the empyreal heaven;

Mov'd me to manage arms against thy state。

What better precedent than mighty Jove?

Nature; that fram'd us of four elements

Warring within our breasts for regiment;

Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds:

Our souls; whose faculties can comprehend

The wondrous architecture of the world;

And measure every wandering planet's course;

Still climbing after knowledge infinite;

And always moving as the restless spheres;

Will us to wear ourselves; and never rest;

Until we reach the ripest fruit of all;

That perfect bliss and sole felicity;

The sweet fruition of an earthly crown。



THERIDAMAS。 And that made me to join with Tamburlaine;

For he is gross and like the massy earth

That moves not upwards; nor by princely deeds

Doth mean to soar above the highest sort。



TECHELLES。 And that made us; the friends of Tamburlaine;

To lift our swords against the Persian king。



USUMCASANE。 For as; when Jove did thrust old Saturn down;

Neptune and Dis gain'd each of them a crown;

So do we hope to reign in Asia;

If Tamburlaine be plac'd in Persia。



COSROE。 The strangest men that ever nature made!

I know not how to take their tyrannies。

My bloodless body waxeth chill and cold;

And with my blood my life slides through my wound;

My soul begins to take her flight to hell;

And summons all my senses to depart:

The heat and moisture; which did feed each other;

For want of nourishment to feed them both;

Are dry and cold; and now doth ghastly Death

With greedy talents gripe my bleeding heart;

And like a harpy tires on my life。

Theridamas and Tamburlaine; I die:

And fearful vengeance light upon you both!

     'Dies。TAMBURLAINE takes COSROE'S crown; and puts it on

     his own head。'



TAMBURLAINE。 Not all the curses which the Furies breathe

Shall make me leave so rich a prize as this。

Theridamas; Techelles; and the rest;

Who think you now is king of Persia?



ALL。 Tamburlaine!  Tamburlaine!



TAMBURLAINE。 Though Mars himself; the angry god of arms;

And all the earthly potentates conspire

To dispossess me of this diadem;

Yet will I wear it in despite of them;

As great commander of this eastern world;

If you but say that Tamburlaine shall reign。



ALL。 Long live Tamburlaine; and reign in Asia!



TAMBURLAINE。 So; now it is more surer on my head

Than if the gods had held a parliament;

And all pronounc'd me king of Persia。

     'Exeunt。'









     ACT III。







     SCENE I。



     Enter BAJAZETH; the KINGS OF FEZ; MOROCCO; and ARGIER; with

     others; in great pomp。



BAJAZETH。 Great kings of Barbary; and my portly bassoes;

We hear the Tartars and the eastern thieves;

Under the conduct of one Tamburlaine;

Presume a bickering with your emperor;

And think to rouse us from our dreadful siege

Of the famous Grecian Constantinople。

You know our army is invincible;

As many circumcised Turks we have;

And warlike bands of Christians renied;

As hath the ocean or the Terrene sea

Small drops of water when the moon begins

To join in one her semicircled horns:

Yet would we not be brav'd with foreign power;

Nor raise our siege before the Grecians yield;

Or breathless lie before the city…walls。



KING OF FEZ。 Renowmed emperor and mighty general;

What; if you sent the bassoes of your guard

To charge him to remain in Asia;

Or else to threaten death and deadly arms

As from the mouth of mighty Bajazeth?



BAJAZETH。 Hie thee; my basso; fast to Persia;

Tell him thy lord; the Turkish emperor;

Dread lord of Afric; Europe; and Asia;

Great king and conqueror of Graecia;

The ocean; Terrene; and the Coal…black sea;

The high and highest monarch of the world;

Wills and commands; (for say not I entreat;)

Not once to set his foot in Africa;

Or spread his colours in Graecia;

Lest he incur the fury of my wrath:

Tell him I am content to take a truce;

Because I hear he bears a valiant mind:

But if; presuming on his silly power;

He be so mad to manage arms with me;

Then stay thou with him;say; I bid thee so;

And if; before the sun have measur'd heaven

With triple circuit; thou regreet us not;

We mean to take his morning's next arise

For messenger he will not be reclaim'd;

And mean to fetch thee in despite of him。



BASSO。 Most great and puissant monarch of the earth;

Your basso will accomplish your behest;

And shew your pleasure to the Persian;

As fits the legate of the stately Turk。

     'Exit。'



KING OF ARGIER。 They say he is the king of Persia;

But; if he dare attempt to stir your siege;

'Twere requisite he should be ten times more;

For all flesh quakes at your magnificence。



BAJAZETH。 True; Argier; and tremble's' at my looks。



KING OF MOROCCO。 The spring is hinder'd by your smothering host;

For neither rain can fall upon the earth;

Nor sun reflex his virtuous beams thereon;

The ground is mantled with such multitudes。



BAJAZETH。 All this is true as holy Mahomet;

And all the trees are blasted with our breaths。



KING OF FEZ。 What thinks your greatness best to be achiev'd

In pursuit of the city's overthrow?



BAJAZETH。 I will the captive pioners of Argier

Cut off the water that by leaden pipes

Runs to the city from the mountain Carnon;

Two thousand horse shall forage up and down;

That no relief or succour come by land;

And all the sea my galleys countermand:

Then shall our footmen lie within the trench;

And wit

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