Tamburlaine the Great — Part 1Marlowe, Christopher
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Tamburlaine the Great — Part 1
Marlowe, Christopher
English drama; Historical drama; Timur, 1336-1405 -- Drama; Tragedies (Drama)
[Footnote 31: injury] This verb frequently occurs in our early writers.
"Then haue you INIURIED manie." Lyly's ALEXANDER AND CAMPASPE,
sig. D 4, ed. 1591. It would seem to have fallen into disuse
soon after the commencement of the 17th century: in Heywood's
WOMAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS, 1607, we find,
"You INJURY that good man, and wrong me too."
Sig. F 2.
but in ed. 1617 "injury" is altered to "iniure."]
[Footnote 32: ALL] So the 4to.--0mitted in the 8vo.]
[Footnote 33: Who, travelling, &c.] The halting metre shews that there
is some corruption in this and the next line.]
[Footnote 34: thorough] So the 8vo.--The 4to "through."]
[Footnote 35: unvalued] i.e. not to be valued, or estimated.]
[Footnote 36: conceit] i.e. fancy, imagination.]
[Footnote 37: Rhodope] Old eds. "Rhodolfe."]
[Footnote 38: valurous] i.e. valuable.]
[Footnote 39: pools] So the 8vo.--The 4to "Poles."]
[Footnote 40: resolv'd] i.e. dissolved.--So the 8vo.--The 4to "desolu'd."]
[Footnote 41: Shall we all offer] The 8vo "Shall we offer" (the word
"all" having dropt out).--The 4to "WE ALL SHALL offer."]
[Footnote 42: in] The 8vo "it."--Omitted in the 4to.]
[Footnote 43: triumph'd] So the 8vo.--The 4to "tryumph."]
[Footnote 44: brave] i.e. splendidly clad.]
[Footnote 45: top] So the 4to.--The 8vo "foot."]
[Footnote 46: mails] i.e. bags, budgets.]
[Footnote 47: lance] So the 4to.--Here the 8vo has "lanch;" but more than
once in the SEC. PART of the play it has "lance."]
[Footnote 48: this] So the 8vo.--The 4to "the."--Qy. "Where is this
Scythian SHEPHERD Tamburlaine"? Compare the next words of
Theridamas.]
[Footnote 49: vaults] Here the 8vo has "vauts,"--"which," says one of the
modern editors, "was common in Marlowe's time:" and so it was;
but in the SEC. PART of this play, act ii. sc. 4, the same 8vo
gives,--
"As we descend into the infernal VAULTS."]
[Footnote 50: thy] So the 8vo.--The 4to "the."]
[Footnote 51: brave] See note † in preceding column.[i.e. note 44.]]
[Footnote 52: 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 53: cliffs] So the 8vo.--The 4to "cliftes."]
[Footnote 54: merchants] i.e. merchant-men, ships of trade.]
[Footnote 55: stems] i.e. prows.]
[Footnote 56: vail] i.e. lower their flags.]
[Footnote 57: Bootes] The 8vo "Botees."--The 4to "Boetes."]
[Footnote 58: competitor] i.e. associate, partner (a sense in which the
word is used by Shakespeare).]
[Footnote 59: To these] Old eds. "ARE these."]
[Footnote 60: renowmed] See note ||, p. 11.[i.e. note 52.]--So the 8vo.
--The 4to "renowned."]
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