Tamburlaine the Great Volume Ii Part 17

[Footnote 143: of] So the 8vo.--The 4to "to."]

[Footnote 144: all convoys that can] i.e. (I believe) all convoys (conveyances) that can be cut off. The modern editors alter "can" to "come."]

[Footnote 145: I am] So the 8vo.--The 4to "am I."]

[Footnote 146: into] So the 8vo.--The 4to "vnto."]

[Footnote 147: hold] So the 4to.--The 8vo "holdS."]

[Footnote 148: straineth] So the 4to.--The 8vo "staineth."]

[Footnote 149: home] So the 8vo.--The 4to "haue."]

[Footnote 150: wert] So the 8vo.--The 4to "art."]

[Footnote 151: join'd] So the 4to.--The 8vo "inioin'd."]

[Footnote 152: of] So the 8vo.--The 4to "in."]

[Footnote 153: the] Added perhaps by a mistake of the transcriber or printer.]

[Footnote 154: and] So the 8vo.--The 4to "the."]

[Footnote 155: Renowmed] See note , p. 11. So the 8vo.--The 4to "Renowned."

[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 156: emperor, mighty] So the 8vo.--The 4to "emperour, AND mightie."]

[Footnote 157: the] So the 4to.--The 8vo "this."]

[Footnote 158: your] So the 8vo.--The 4to "our."]

[Footnote 159: term'd] Old eds. "terme."]

[Footnote 160: the] So the 4to.--Omitted in the 8vo.]

[Footnote 161: your] So the 8vo.--The 4to "our."]

[Footnote 162: brandis.h.i.+ng their] So the 4to.--The 8vo "brandis.h.i.+ng IN their."]

[Footnote 163: with] So the 4to.--Omitted in the 8vo.]

[Footnote 164: shew'd your] So the 8vo.--The 4to "shewed TO your."]

[Footnote 165: Sorians] See note ?, p. 44. [i.e. note 13.]

[Footnote 166: repair'd] So the 8vo.--The 4to "prepar'd."]

[Footnote 167: And neighbour cities of your highness' land] So the 8vo.-- Omitted in the 4to.]

[Footnote 168: he] i.e. Death. So the 8vo.--The 4to "it."]

[Footnote 169: is] So the 8vo.--The 4to "the."]

[Footnote 170: harness'd] So the 8vo.--The 4to "harnesse."]

[Footnote 171: on] So the 4to.--The 8vo "with" (the compositor having caught the word from the preceding line).]

[Footnote 172: thou shalt] So the 8vo.--The 4to "shalt thou."]

[Footnote 173: the] So the 8vo.--The 4to "our."]

[Footnote 174: and rent] So the 8vo.--The 4to "or rend."]

[Footnote 175: Go to, sirrah] So the 8vo.--The 4to "Goe sirrha."]

[Footnote 176: give arms] An heraldic expression, meaning--shew armorial bearings (used, of course, with a quibble).]

[Footnote 177: No] So the 4to.--The 8vo "Go."]

[Footnote 178: bugs] i.e. bugbears, objects to strike you with terror.]

[Footnote 179: rout] i.e. crew, rabble.]

[Footnote 180: as the foolish king of Persia did] See p. 16, first col.

p. 15, first col. (The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great, ACT II, Scene IV):

" SCENE IV.

Enter MYCETES with his crown in his hand.

MYCETES. Accurs'd be he that first invented war!

They knew not, ah, they knew not, simple men, How those were hit by pelting cannon-shot Stand staggering like a quivering aspen-leaf Fearing the force of Boreas' boisterous blasts!

(page 16)

In what a lamentable case were I, If nature had not given me wisdom's lore!

For kings are clouts that every man shoots at, Our crown the pin that thousands seek to cleave: Therefore in policy I think it good To hide it close; a goodly stratagem, And far from any man that is a fool: So shall not I be known; or if I be, They cannot take away my crown from me.

Here will I hide it in this simple hole.