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Shall make me bonfires with their filthy bones;

For; though the glory of this day be lost;

Afric and Greece have garrisons enough

To make me sovereign of the earth again。



TAMBURLAINE。 Those walled garrisons will I subdue;

And write myself great lord of Africa:

So from the East unto the furthest West

Shall Tamburlaine extend his puissant arm。

The galleys and those pilling brigandines;

That yearly sail to the Venetian gulf;

And hover in the Straits for Christians' wreck;

Shall lie at anchor in the Isle Asant;

Until the Persian fleet and men…of…war;

Sailing along the oriental sea;

Have fetch'd about the Indian continent;

Even from Persepolis to Mexico;

And thence unto the Straits of Jubalter;

Where they shall meet and join their force in one。

Keeping in awe the Bay of Portingale;

And all the ocean by the British shore;

And by this means I'll win the world at last。



BAJAZETH。 Yet set a ransom on me; Tamburlaine。



TAMBURLAINE。 What; think'st thou Tamburlaine esteems thy gold?

I'll make the kings of India; ere I die;

Offer their mines; to sue for peace; to me;

And dig for treasure to appease my wrath。

Come; bind them both; and one lead in the Turk;

The Turkess let my love's maid lead away;

     'They bind them。'



BAJAZETH。 Ah; villains; dare you touch my sacred arms?

O Mahomet!  O sleepy Mahomet!



ZABINA。 O cursed Mahomet; that mak'st us thus

The slaves to Scythians rude and barbarous!



TAMBURLAINE。 Come; bring them in; and for this happy conquest

Triumph; and solemnize a martial feast。

     'Exeunt。'









     ACT IV。







     SCENE I。



     Enter the SOLDAN OF EGYPT; CAPOLIN; LORDS; and a MESSENGER。



SOLDAN。 Awake; ye men of Memphis! hear the clang

Of Scythian trumpets; hear the basilisks;

That; roaring; shake Damascus' turrets down!

The rogue of Volga holds Zenocrate;

The Soldan's daughter; for his concubine;

And; with a troop of thieves and vagabonds;

Hath spread his colours to our high disgrace;

While you; faint…hearted base Egyptians;

Lie slumbering on the flowery banks of Nile;

As crocodiles that unaffrighted rest

While thundering cannons rattle on their skins。



MESSENGER。 Nay; mighty Soldan; did your greatness see

The frowning looks of fiery Tamburlaine;

That with his terror and imperious eyes

Commands the hearts of his associates;

It might amaze your royal majesty。



SOLDAN。 Villain; I tell thee; were that Tamburlaine

As monstrous as Gorgon prince of hell;

The Soldan would not start a foot from him。

But speak; what power hath he?



MESSENGER。 Mighty lord;

Three hundred thousand men in armour clad;

Upon their prancing steeds; disdainfully

With wanton paces trampling on the ground;

Five hundred thousand footmen threatening shot;

Shaking their swords; their spears; and iron bills;

Environing their standard round; that stood

As bristle…pointed as a thorny wood;

Their warlike engines and munition

Exceed the forces of their martial men。



SOLDAN。 Nay; could their numbers countervail the stars;

Or ever…drizzling drops of April showers;

Or wither'd leaves that autumn shaketh down;

Yet would the Soldan by his conquering power

So scatter and consume them in his rage;

That not a man should live to rue their fall。



CAPOLIN。 So might your highness; had you time to sort

Your fighting men; and raise your royal host;

But Tamburlaine by expedition

Advantage takes of your unreadiness。



SOLDAN。 Let him take all th' advantages he can:

Were all the world conspir'd to fight for him;

Nay; were he devil; as he is no man;

Yet in revenge of fair Zenocrate;

Whom he detaineth in despite of us;

This arm should send him down to Erebus;

To shroud his shame in darkness of the night。



MESSENGER。 Pleaseth your mightiness to understand;

His resolution far exceedeth all。

The first day when he pitcheth down his tents;

White is their hue; and on his silver crest

A snowy feather spangled…white he bears;

To signify the mildness of his mind;

That; satiate with spoil; refuseth blood:

But; when Aurora mounts the second time;

As red as scarlet is his furniture;

Then must his kindled wrath be quench'd with blood;

Not sparing any that can manage arms:

But; if these threats move not submission;

Black are his colours; black pavilion;

His spear; his shield; his horse; his armour; plumes;

And jetty feathers; menace death and hell;

Without respect of sex; degree; or age;

He razeth all his foes with fire and sword。



SOLDAN。 Merciless villain; peasant; ignorant

Of lawful arms or martial discipline!

Pillage and murder are his usual trades:

The slave usurps the glorious name of war。

See; Capolin; the fair Arabian king;

That hath been disappointed by this slave

Of my fair daughter and his princely love;

May have fresh warning to go war with us;

And be reveng'd for her disparagement。

     'Exeunt。'







     SCENE II。



     Enter TAMBURLAINE; TECHELLES; THERIDAMAS; USUMCASANE;

     ZENOCRATE; ANIPPE; two MOORS drawing BAJAZETH in a cage;

     and ZABINA following him。



TAMBURLAINE。 Bring out my footstool。

     'They take BAJAZETH out of the cage。'



BAJAZETH。 Ye holy priests of heavenly Mahomet;

That; sacrificing; slice and cut your flesh;

Staining his altars with your purple blood;

Make heaven to frown; and every fixed star

To suck up poison from the moorish fens;

And pour it in this glorious tyrant's throat!



TAMBURLAINE。 The chiefest god; first mover of that sphere

Enchas'd with thousands ever…shining lamps;

Will sooner burn the glorious frame of heaven

Than it should so conspire my overthrow。

But; villain; thou that wishest this to me;

Fall prostrate on the low disdainful earth;

And be the footstool of great Tamburlaine;

That I may rise into my royal throne。



BAJAZETH。 First shalt thou rip my bowels with thy sword;

And sacrifice my heart to death and hell;

Before I yield to such a slavery。



TAMBURLAINE。 Base villain; vassal; slave to Tamburlaine;

Unworthy to embrace or touch the ground

That bears the honour of my royal weight;

Stoop; villain; stoop! stoop; for so he bids

That may command thee piecemeal to be torn;

Or scatter'd like the lofty cedar…trees

Struck with the voice of thundering Jupiter。



BAJAZETH。 Then; as I look down to the damned fiends;

Fiends; look on me! and thou; dread god of hell;

With ebon sceptre strike this hateful earth;

And make it swallow both of us at once!

     'TAMBURLAINE gets up on him into his chair。'



TAMBURLAINE。 Now clear the triple region of the air;

And let the Majesty of Heaven behold

Their scourge and terror tread on emperors。

Smile; stars that reign'd at my nativity;

And dim the brightness of your neighbour lamps;

Disdain to borrow light of Cynthia!

For I; the chiefest lamp of all the earth;

First rising in the east with mild aspect;

But fixed now in the meridian line;

Will send up fire to your turning spheres;

And cause the sun to borrow light of you。

My sword struck fire from his coat of steel;

Even in Bithynia; when I took this Turk;

As when a fiery exhalation;

Wrapt in the bowels of a freezing cloud;

Fighting for passage; make's' the welkin crack;

And casts a flash of lightning to the earth:

But; ere I march to wealthy Persia;

Or leave Damascus and th' Egyptian fields;

As was the fame of Clymene's brain…sick son

That almost brent the axle…tree of heaven;

So shall our swords; our lances; and our shot

Fill all the air with fiery meteors;

Then; when the sky shall wax as red as blood;

It shall be said I made it red myself;

To make me think of naught but blood and war。



ZABINA。 Unworthy king; that by thy cruelty

Unlawfully usurp'st the Persian seat;

Dar'st thou; that never saw an emperor

Before thou met my husband in the field;

Being thy captive; thus abuse his state;

Keeping his kingly body in a cage;

That roofs of gold and sun…bright palaces

Should have prepar'd to entertain his grace?

And treading him beneath thy loathsome feet;

Whose feet the kings of Africa have kiss'd?



TECHELLES。 You must devise some torment worse; my lord;

To make these captives rein their lavish tongues。



TAMBURLAINE。 Zenocrate; look better to your slave。



ZENOCRATE。 She is my handmaid's slave; and she shall look

That these abuses flow not from her tongue。

Chide her; Anippe。



ANIPPE。 Let these be warnings; then; for you; my slave;

How you abuse the person of the king;

Or else I swear to have you whipt stark nak'd。



BAJAZETH。 Great Tamburlaine; great in my overthrow;

Ambitious pride shall make thee fall as low;

For treading on the back of Bajazeth;

That should be horsed on four mighty kings。



TAMBURLAINE。 Thy names; and titles; and thy dignities

Are fled from B

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