Tamburlaine the Great Volume Ii Part 14

[Note , from p. 11. (The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great):

"renowmed] i.e. renowned.--So the 8vo.--The 4to "renowned."--The form "RENOWMED" (Fr. renomme) occurs repeatedly afterwards in this play, according to the 8vo.

It is occasionally found in writers posterior to Marlowe's time. e.g.

"Of Constantines great towne RENOUM'D in vaine."

Verses to King James, prefixed to Lord Stirling's MONARCHICKE TRAGEDIES, ed. 1607.]

[Footnote 29: Cairo] Old eds. "Cario." See note --, p. 43. (i.e. note 11.)]

[Footnote 30: stream] Old eds. "streames."]

[Footnote 31: at] So the 4to.--The 8vo "an."]

[Footnote 32: Terrene] i.e. Mediterranean.]

[Footnote 33: Where] Altered by the modern editors to "Whence,"--an alteration made by one of them also in a speech at p. 48, sec.

col., [see note 57: which may be compared with the present one,--

"Therefore I took my course to Manico, WHERE, unresisted, I remov'd my camp; And, by the coast," &c.]

[Footnote 34: from] So the 4to.--The 8vo "to."]

[Footnote 35: need] i.e. must.]

[Footnote 36: let] i.e. hinder.]

[Footnote 37: tainted] i.e. touched, struck lightly; see Richardson's DICT. in v.]

[Footnote 38: shall] So the 8vo.--The 4to "should."]

[Footnote 39: of] So the 8vo.--The 4to "to."]

[Footnote 40: to] So the 8vo.--The 4to "of."]

[Footnote 41: sprung] So the 8vo.--The 4to "sp.r.o.ng".--See note ?, d. [p.] 14.

[Note ?, from p. 14. (The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great):

"Sprung] Here, and in the next speech, both the old eds.

"Sp.r.o.nG": but in p. 18, l. 3, first col., the 4to has "SPRUNG", and in the SEC. PART of the play, act iv. sc. 4, they both give "SPRUNG from a tyrants loynes."

[Page 18, First Column, Line 3, The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great, "For he was never sprung of human race,"]

[Footnote 42: superficies] Old eds. "superfluities."--(In act iii. sc. 4, we have,

"the concave SUPERFICIES Of Jove's vast palace.")]

[Footnote 43: through] So the 4to.--The 8vo "thorow."]

[Footnote 44: carca.s.ses] So the 8vo.--The 4to "carka.s.se."]

[Footnote 45: we] So the 8vo.--The 4to "yon (you)."]

[Footnote 46: channel] i.e. collar, neck,--collar-bone.]

[Footnote 47: Morocco] The old eds. here, and in the next speech, "Morocus"; but see note ?, p. 22.

[note ?, from p. 22. (The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great):

"Morocco] Here the old eds. "Moroccus,"--a barbarism which I have not retained, because previously, in the stage- direction at the commencement of this act, p. 19, they agree in reading "Morocco."]

[Footnote 48: war] So the 8vo.--The 4to "warres."]

[Footnote 49: if infernal] So the 8vo.--The 4to "if THE infernall."]

[Footnote 50: thee] Old eds. "them."]

[Footnote 51: these] So the 4to.--The 8vo "this."]

[Footnote 52: strong] A mistake,--occasioned by the word "strong"

in the next line.]

[Footnote 53: Bootes'] So the 4to.--The 8vo "Boetes."]

[Footnote 54: leaguer] i.e. camp.]

[Footnote 55: Jubalter] Here the old eds. have "Gibralter"; but in the First Part of this play they have "JUBALTER": see p. 25, first col.

[p. 25, first col. (The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great):

"And thence unto the Straits of Jubalter;"]

[Footnote 56: The mighty Christian Priest,

Call'd John the Great] Concerning the fabulous personage,

PRESTER JOHN, see Nares's GLOSS. in v.]

[Footnote 57: Where] See note --, p. 45. (i.e. note 33.)]

[Footnote 58: Byather] The editor of 1826 printed "Biafar": but it is very doubtful if Marlowe wrote the names of places correctly.]

[Footnote 59: Damascus] Here the old eds. "Damasco." See note *, p. 31.

note *, from p. 31. (The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great):

"Damascus] Both the old eds. here "Damasco:" but in many other places they agree in reading "Damascus."]