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 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 Tamburlaine the Great, Part 2
by Christopher Marlowe THE SECOND PART OF
TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT
EDITED BY THE REV.ALEXANDER DYCE
The Second Part of Tamburlaine the Great.
Concerning the old eds., see the prefatory matter to THE FIRST PART.<
THE PROLOGUE.
The general welcomes Tamburlaine receiv'd, When he arrived last upon the stage, Have made our poet pen his Second Part, Where Death cuts off the progress of his pomp, And murderous Fates throw all his triumphs down.
But what became of fair Zenocrate, And with how many cities' sacrifice He celebrated her sad Lords of Buda and Bohemia.
CALLAPINE, son to BAJAZETH, and prisoner to TAMBURLAINE.
ALMEDA, his keeper.
GOVERNOR OF BABYLON.
CAPTAIN OF BALSERA.
HIS SON.
ANOTHER CAPTAIN.
MAXIMUS, PERDICAS, Physicians, Lords, Citizens, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.
ZENOCRATE, wife to TAMBURLAINE.
OLYMPIA, wife to the CAPTAIN OF BALSERA.
Turkish Concubines.
THE SECOND PART OF
TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT.
