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King, weakened and subdued the whole Kingdom of Persia." " Tamburlaine. Why then, Theridamas, I '11 first assay To get the Persian Kingdom for myself ; Then thpu for

Parthia ; they for Scythia and Media

[Alarms of battle within. Then enter

Cosroe wounded] Cosroe. Barbarous and

bloody Tamburlaine, Thus to deprive me of

my crown and life ! [Dies. Tamburlaine

takes Cosroe's crown.] Tamburlaine. Who

think you now is King of Persia ? All. Tamburlaine ! Tamburlaine ! " (II. v. 81-3 and II. vii. 1-2, 56-7.)

"And when he saw himselfe Captain of an army of 400,000 horsemen, and 600,000 footmen."" Soldan of Egypt. 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 1 Messenger. Mighty lord, Three hundred thousand men in armour clad, upon their prancing steeds ...... Five hun- dred thousand footmen threatening shot, Shaking their swords" (IV. i. 17-25). This is an odd reduction for Marlowe to make. In Part II. "six hundred thousand valiant fighting men" appears in Act III. sc. v. in a different connexion.

" He made warre with Baiazet, emperor of the Turkes, overcame him in battel, and

tooke him prisoner." " Bajazeth We hear

the Tartars and the eastern thieves Under the conduct of one Tamburlaine, Presume a

bickering with your emperor Hie then,

my basso, fast to Persia ; Tell him thy lord, the Turkish emperor Wills and com- mands," &c. (III. i. 2-27), "Tamburlaine. Baso, by this thy lord and master knows

I mean to meet him in Bithynia Alas,

poor Turk ! his fortune is too weak T'encounter with the strength of Tambur- laine [They sound to the battle within]

[Bajazeth flies and he pursues him.

The battle is short, and they enter ; Bajazeth is overcome.] Tamburlaine. Now, King of bassoes, who is conqueror? Bazaj. Thou,

by the fortune of this damned foil Zabina.

Though he be prisoner, he may be ransom'd. Tamburlaine. Not all the world shall ransom Bajazeth" (III. Hi. 1-2, 6-7, 188, 212-13, 231-2).

" He obtained also a great victorie against the Souldan of Egypt and the King of Arabia." " Soldan. Awake, ye men of Mem- phis ! hear the clang Of Scythian trumpets... The rogue of Volga holds Zenocrate, The Soldan's daughter" (IV. i. 1-2, 4-5). " [Enter Soldan of Egypt, King of Arabia, Capolin, and Soldiers with streaming colours.] Soldan. ,,,To ta.me the pride of this presumptuous

beast, Join your Arabians with the Soldan'

power Now, Tamburlaine, the mighty

Soldan comes, And leads with him the great Arabian King" (IV. iii. 15-16, 63-4). "Techelles. The Soldan and the Arabian

King together March on us." [They

sound to the battle within ; and Tambur- laine enjoys the victory : after which the

King of Arabia enters wounded Dies

Re-enter Tamburlaine, leading the Soldan.] (V. i. 199-200, 406, 435.)*

"This good successe accompanied him

always he ended his days amongst his

children, as a peaceable governor of innu- merable contries." This brings us to the close of the Second Part, where Tambur- laine's last speech begins : " Farewell, my boys ! my dearest friend, farewell." But he was hardly to be called a peaceable governor, since he was advancing to the conquest of India. None of the materials of the Second Part are in Primaudaye.

"But that miserable Baiazet, who had conquered before so many peoples, and

subdued innumerable cities." " Bajazeth

the Turkish emperor, Dread lord of Afric, Europe, and Asia, Great king and conqueror of Grsecia" (III. i. 21-3). "Bajazeth. Now shalt thou feel the force of Turkish arms, Which lately made all Europe quake for fear" (III. iii. 133-4). "Ended his dayes in an iron cage, wherein being prisoner, and overcome with grief to see his wife shame- fully handled, in waiting at Tamburlaine's table with hir gowne cut," &c. "Tamburlaine. Come bind them both and one lead in the Turk : The Turkess let my love's maid lead

away" (III. iii. 266-7) "[Enter Tarabur-

laine two Moors drawing Bajazeth in a

cage, and Zabina following him] " (IV. ii. 1)

" Zabina. Unworthy king 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.

Tamburlaine. Zenocrate, look better to

your slave. Zenocrate. She is my hand

maid's slave Chide her, Anippe. Anippe

Let these be warnings Or else I swear to

have you whipt stark nak'd (IV. ii. 56-74)

Tamburlaine How now, Zenocrate! doth

not the Turk and his wife make a goodly show at a banquet 1 " (IV. iv. 59-60.)

"This unfortunate Turke beate his head so often agaynst the cage, that he ended his lyfe." "[Attendants bring in Bajazeth in

lines of Act V. intimate that it is divided into two scenes. But it is not in the text, and Bullen's line-numbers, which I am using, run throughout, e sqene badly needs divisiop,
 * In both Dyce's and Bullen's Marlowe the head-