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heauen; To feele the louely warmth of shepheards flames; And MARTCH 

in cottages of strowed WEEDS;〃 &c。 

    The 4to has;  〃I thus   concieuing   and subduing both; That   which hath 

STOPT   the   TEMPEST   of   the   Gods;   Euen   from   the   SPANGLED   FIRIE 

vaile of heauen; To feele the louely warmth of Shepheardes flames; And 

MARCH in COATCHES of strowed WEEDES;〃 &c。 

    The     alterations  which    I  have   made   in  this  corrupted    passage   are 



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supported by the following lines of the play; 

       〃See now; ye slaves; my children STOOP YOUR PRIDE 'i。e。 make 

your pride to stoop'; And lead your bodies sheep…like to the sword。〃 Part 

Second;act iv。 sc。 1。 

       〃The   chiefest   god;   FIRST  MOVER   OF   THAT   SPHERE〃;   &c。   Part 

First;act iv。 sc。 2。 

       〃Jove   SOMETIME   masked   IN A  SHEPHERD'S   WEED〃;   &c。   Part 

First;act i。 sc。 2。 

    Perhaps in the third line of the present passage 〃fiery…spangled〃 should 

be 〃FIRE…YSPANGLED。〃 

          Attend。'   Old   eds。   〃An。〃   (a  misprint    probably);   which    the 

modern editors understand as 〃Anippe〃 (the waiting…maid of Zenocrate)。 

      March on us with' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃MARTCHT on WITH 

vs with。〃 

      As if there were no way but one with us' i。e。 as if we were to 

lose our lives。 This phrase; which is common in our early writers; was not 

obsolete     in  Dryden's    time:  〃for;  if  he  heard   the   malicious    trumpeter 

proclaiming his name before his betters; he knew THERE WAS BUT ONE 

WAY WITH HIM。〃 Preface to ALL FOR LOVE。 

      pore' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃dore。〃 

      in' i。e。 on。 

      stay' Old eds。 〃aie〃 and 〃aye。〃 

      retorqued' i。e。 bent back in reflections on our former happiness。 

So the 8vo。The 4to 〃retortued。〃 

      A' Old eds。 〃As。〃 

      Elysium' Old eds。 〃Elisian。〃 

      thoughts' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃thought。〃 

      parbreak' i。e。 vomit。 

      abjection' Old eds。 〃obiection。〃 

      villainess' i。e。 servant; slave; 

      ruth' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃truth。〃 

      resolve' i。e。 dissolve。 

      bann'd' i。e。 cursed。 

      the' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃thy。〃 



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     ever…living' So the 8vo。The 4to。 〃euerlasting。〃 

     give' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃AND giue。〃 

     her' Must mean Zenocrate; whom Zabina fancies herself to be 

addressing。 

       Let   the   soldiers   be   buried。Hell;   death;   Tamburlaine'   So   the 

8vo。Omitted   in   the   4to。   (Where   the   modern   editors   got   their   reading; 

〃Let the soldiers be CURSED;〃 I know not。) 

     Make ready my coach' Shakespeare seems to have remembered 

this   passage    when    he   made    Ophelia    say;   〃Come;    my    coach;〃    &c。 

HAMLET; act iv。 sc。 5。 

     I come; I come; I come' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃I come; I come。〃 

     Egyptians'' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃Egiptian。' 

     The' Old eds。 〃Thy。〃 

     thy' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃thine。〃 

     war' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃warres。〃 

     Come' Old eds。 〃Comes〃 and 〃Comep。〃 

     Armed' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃Armes。〃 

     final' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃small。〃 

     King of Arabia' i。e。 Alcidamus; see p。 10; l。 9; sec。 col。 

        

     thy' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃my。〃 

     conceit' i。e。 fancy; imagination。 

     have' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃hath。〃 

       Euphrates'   So   our   old   poets   invariably;   I   believe;   accentuate 

this word。  

     should' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃shall。〃 

     sweat' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃sweare。〃 

     wide…gaping' Old eds。 〃wide GASPING。〃 

     resolv'd' i。e。 dissolved。 

     Millions' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃Million。〃 

     Elysium' Old eds。 〃Elisian。〃 

     Renowmed' See note ||; p。 11。 So the 8vo。 The 



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4to 〃Renowned。〃 

      record' i。e。 take to witness。 

      no further time' i。e。 no more distant time。 

      the' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃my。〃 

      I not' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃not I。〃 

      Else' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃Then。〃 

      on' So the 4to。Omitted in the 8vo。 

      as beseems' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃as BEST beseemes。〃 

      We will our rites; &c。' Old eds。 〃We will our CELEBRATED 

rites;〃   &c。〃The   word   'CELEBRATED'   occurs   in   both   the   old   editions; 

but may well be dispensed with as regards both the sense and measure。〃 

Ed。   1826。   〃I   think   this   word   got   into   the   text   from   either   the   author   or 

printer;    who     was    perhaps     the   editor;   doubting     whether     to   use 

'SOLEMNIZE'   or   'CELEBRATE;'   and   it   slipt   from  the   margin;   where  it 

was probably placed; into the verse itself。〃 J。 M。 in GENT。 MAG。 for Jan。 

1841。 



     End of the Project Gutenberg Etext of Tamburlaine the Great; PT 1 by 

Christopher Marlowe 



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