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Zeno. Sweet Tamburlaine, when wilt thou leave these arms ?

Tamb. When heaven shall cease to move on both

the poles,

And when the ground, whereon my soldiers march, Shall rise aloft and touch the horned moon ; And not before, my sweet Zenocrate.

'2 Tamb., 'p. 46, col. 2.

SeL Queen of Amasia, wilt thou yield thyself? Queen. First shall the overflowing Euripus Of sweet Eubea stop his restless course, And Phceb's bright globe bring the day from the

West, And quench his hot beams in the Eastern sea.

'Selim us,' 11. 2383-7.

Send out thy furies from thy fiery hall ; The pitiless Erynnis arm'd with whips And all the damned monsters of black hell.

' Selimus,' 11. 1320-2.

In few, the blood of Hydra, Lerna's bane, The juice of hebon, and Cocytus' breath, And all the poisons of the Stygian pool, &c.

' The Jew of Malta* III., p. 164, col. 1.

Then haste, Cosroe, to be king alone.

'1 Tamb.,' II. iii., p. 15, col. 2. Now am I king alone, and none but I.

'Selimus,' 1. 2520.

And seek not to enrich thy followers By lawless rapine from a silly maid.

'1 Tamb., 'I. ii., p. 9, col. 2. Enrich thy soldiers with robberies.

' Selimus,' 1. 2380.

I know, sir, what it is to kill a man ;

It works remorse of conscience in me, &c.

'2 Tamb.,' IV. i., p. 61, col. 1. So this is well : for I am none of those That make a conscience for to kill a man, &c.

^Selimus,' 11. 1729-30.

Valiant Theridamas, The chief captain of Mycetes' host.

' 1 Tamb.' (4to version), Dyce, p. 7, col. 2.

Ottrante is my name ; Chief captain of the Tartar's mighty host.

' Selimus,' 11. 711-2.

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.

'1 Tamb., 'II. vii., p. 18, col. 2. Oh ! th' are two wings wherewith I use to fly, And soar above the common sort.

' Selimus,' 11. 1738-9.

That e'er made passage thorough Persian arms. These are the wings shall make it fly, &c.

'1 Tamb., 'II. iii., p. 15, col. 2. And hewing pcassage through the Persians.

Selimus,' 1. 2494.

Who made the channel overflow with blood.

Edward II.,' p. 209, col. 1. The channels nm like riverets of blood.

'Selimus,' 1.1307.

When she that rules in Rhamnus' golden gates.

'1 Tamb., 'II. iii., p. 15, col. 1. Chief patroness of Ram us' golden gates.

'Selimus,' 1. 682.

I hold the Fates bound fast in iron chains, And with my hand turn Fortune's wheel about.

'1 Tamb.,' I. ii., p. 11, col. 2. Thou hast not Fortune tied in a chain.

' Selimus,' 1. 2420.

Begin betimes : Occasion 's bald behind ; Slip not thine opportunity, &c.

'The Jew of Malta,' V., p. 175, col. 2. Wisdom commands to follow tide and wind, And catch the front of swift Occasion, &c.

' Selimus,' 11. 274-5.

I '11 disinherit him and all the rest,

For I '11 rule France, but they shall wear the crown,

And, if they storm, 1 then may pull them down.

' Massacre at Paris,' p. 235, col. 1. Then, Selimus, take thou it [the crown] in his stead ; And if at this thy boldness he dare frown, Or but resist thy will, then pull him down.

' Selimus,' 11. 265-7.

In whose sweet person is compris'd the sum Of Nature's skill and heavenly majesty.

'lTamb.,'V. i., p. 32, col. 1. It cannot be, that he in whose high thoughts A map of many valours is enshrin'd, &c.

'Selimus,' 11. 181-2.

The chiefest god, first mover of that sphere, &c.

' 1 Tamb.,' IV. ii., p. 26, col. 2. But oh thou Supreme Architect of all, First mover of those tenfold crystal orbs, Where all those moving and unmoving eyes, &c.

' Selimus,' 11. 1440-2. By heaven, and all the moving orbs thereof, &c.

'Edward II.,' p. 204, col. 2. Earth's barrenness, and all men's hatred, Inflict upon them, thou great Primus Motor !

' The Jew of Malta,' p. 150, col. 1.

Whose shape is figure of the highest God.

'2 Tamb.,' II. ii., p. 50, col. 2. And please the anger of the highest God.

' Selimus,' 1. 2148. Nor yet thyself, the anger of the Highest.

' 2 Tamb.,' V. i, p. 68, col. 2. So surely will the vengeance of the Highest, And jealous anger of his fearful arm, &c.

4 2 Tamb., 'II. i., p. 50, col. 1.

By that blessed Christ, And by the tomb where he w r as buried, &c.

By the holy rites of Mahomet,

His wondrous tomb, and sacred Alcoran.

' Selimus,' 11. 1964-5 and 1170-1. By Mahomet my kinsman's sepulchre, And by the holy Alcoran I swear, &c.

' 1 Tamb.,' III. iii., p. 22, col. 2. Also see '2 Tamb.,' I. i., p. 45, col. 1. And so on, through many pages, for I have not nearly exhausted the list of parallel pas-